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"He reat coward," I said

"To be sure he was; but then you er

with the thorns of a rose, or had to do so hard, eh?"

"I don't think I should be," I replied

"But you

and fruit fit to pick with the sun shining and the sky blue; but life is

not all suh

tiot ready in the

cold wintry weather, when they were only seeds, or bare shabby-looking

roots"

"Yes, I know that," I said

"And you think you would like to coarden, and look on while the work is done?"

"I think I should be ashamed to do that," I said; "it would be so lazy

If you please, Mr Browns, and if

you will have me, I should like to coood business and profitable and

healthy, and there are times when, in spite of bad crops, bad weather,