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Second-cousin Willis did not reply for a week, and he said it was the

duty of one of my uncles to provide forthe for

One or two other relatives wrote to me that they were not in

circu, stout boys such

as I was, they would try and get a situation, for it was no disgrace to

earn ; and they wished me well

I took all these letters over to Mr Brownsmith, and he read them day

after day as they came; but he did not say a word, and itof his offer

And so aI found

arden, where the

fruit was being gathered day after day The ti over to Browns remote,

while I never seemed to have seen so much of Shock

It appeared to me that he must know of my disappointment; for whenever

he saw me at the , and could do so unseen, he threw dabs of clay,

or indulged in derisive gestures ant than ever

I affected to take no heed of these antics, but they annoyedat tiivethat objectionable