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But soot on with Shock I didn't want to make a

companion of him, but I did not want him to be an enemy, and that he

always seemed to be

He never threw lumps of soil or apples or potatoes at me now; but he

would often , and if he could

not get away because of his work he always turned his back

"He doesn't like ardener one day

"No, he don't, that's sartain," said Ike "He's jealous of you, like,

because the ganger makes so much of you"

"Mr Brownsmith would make as much of him if he would be smart and

clean, and act like other boys," I said

"Yes, but that's just what he won't do, won't Shock You see, young

'un, he's a 'riginal--a reg'lar 'riginal, and you can't alter hiain, has he?"

"Oh, no!" I said; "and he does not throw at me"

"Don't shy at you now! Well, I wonder at that," said Ike "He's a

wunner at shying He can hit anything with a stone I've seen hiets off in the fields of an

evening I've often knowed hi back a rabbit"

"What does he do with it?"

"Do with it! Coood 'un Cook it down in the shed, and