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"Then he went round by where one apple-tree, like that, had lost a

bough, and whose stu

to trierly; "and then--"

"You attend to your apple-tree, sir, and let ood-humoured way, and I saith h, and the stu that the cats all jumped in different directions, and then stared

back at the stuer, one big Toainst it from end to end,

and the others followed suit

"All at once, as he stood staring at the broken tree, an idea flashed

across his brain, Grant"

"Yes," I said, pruning-knife in hand

"He knew that if he had not cut and tri right away, and perhaps have killed the

tree"

"Yes, of course," I said, still watching hih, my lad?" said Old Browns "Well, he thought that if

this saved the tree, why should it not save the life of the rew so excited that he went in at once and had a look at the patient,

and then went in to the prior, who shook his head

"`Poor fellow,' he said; `he will die' "`Yes,' said the young monk, `unless--' "`Unless--' said the prior

"`Yes, unless,' said the younghim all his ideas, while the other monks shook their heads

"`It could not be done,' they said `It would be too horrible' "`There is no horror in perfor monk; `it is a duty' "`But it would kill the poor fellow,' they chorused

"`He will die as it is,' said the young monk `You said as much when I

came in, and I am sure of it' "`Yes,' said the prior sadly, `he will die' "`Thishas never been done,' they said `It is too horrible' "`And even if it saved his life he would only have one leg' "`Better have no legs at all,' said the young monk, `than die before his

time' "`But it would be his time,' said the old monks