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against his leg, and he see very deeply

"Yes, all nonsense See here; wait for a week or two, perhaps one of

your uncles ood school,

eh?"

"No, sir," I said; "my uncle Frederick said I must not expect to be sent

to a school"

"Oh he did, did he?"

"Yes, sir"

"Well, then, if nothing better turns up--if they don't find you a good

place, you ly; "what, learn to be a

so very dreadful in that, is there?"

"Oh no, sir! but what could I do?"

"Heaps of things Tally the bunches and check the sieves, learn to bud

and graft, and how to cut young trees, and--oh, I could find you enough

to do"

I looked at hih, dirty

Shock, crawling about on his hands and knees, and digging out the weeds

froers