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"Engaged, sir--engaged!" stammered the man--"me?"

"As my valet," nodded Barnabas

"But, sir, I told you--I was--a thief!"

"Yes," said Barnabas, "and therefore I have great hopes of your

future honesty"

Now hereupon the , rose up to his knees, and with

a swift, appealing gesture, stretched out his hands towards Barnabas,

and his hands were tre all at once

"Sir!" said he, "oh, sir--d'ye mean it? You don't know, you can't

knohat such an offerwith me?"

"No," answered Barnabas, cal;

and to prove it, here is an advance of wages" And he dropped two