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"So you've brought little Joseph to see me at last?" said Ro him ever since you said he was to

be your porter soht to call on the ladies, oughtn't they,

Joseph?"

And Joseph, whose curly poll had been hiding behind the leg of his

father's trousers, showed half of a face that was shining all over

"See! See here--do you knoho this is? This gentleman in the bust?"

"Uncle David," said the boy

"What a clever boy you are, Joseph!"

"Doesn't want h," said Bruno "It's

wonderful! it's nificent! And it will shut up all their damned

excuse me, miss, excuse me"

"And Joseph still intends to be a porter?"

"Dead set on it, and says he wouldn't change his profession to be a

king"

"Quite right, too! And now let us look at so, Joseph Here it is Down on your

knees, gentle it out One--two--and away!"

Froe cardboard box, and Joseph's

eyes glistened like big black beads