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f OOKTDtTJVZk. 1 looking woman, who aeemfed in# nipper for the men who 1 ing in the lug trough before or in waiihbaamn on a low in the kitchen door. There were rather two men and a b the boy who waa waahing : i. One of the men waa 1 much bent. Tie! othe

d talked as if he were the b

their eye*, and a. they wiped the v • • ' long towel they held r all looked critically of them

haatily assured His h'osteaa that 'everything waa exceedingly comfortable. Everything waa certainly clean and aa aa wax. With some reluctance Martha backed out, leaving the- candle i corner of the waxhatand, and Aleo crawled into bed aa aoon aa he could

CHAPTER UL

IX GETS a CHANCE TO Xiim Ilia BOXED

UOKIKO POTATOKH.

Alec waa awakened next morning by > lend knock on hia door and the ann< inurement in the voice of Martha that if he wanted acme breakfast he would ave to come down right away. He harried ly <1 rewed and went down lairs, where he followed the example f little John (aa ho diaoovered the oung man waa called) and washed in he home trough. He wondered if the man with the randy beard (be didn't

. and 1 wondered if they dHr aume one to help them a litt some np from New York city, a: ■o walked op from tho Rnsh-e. a

that a

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lid:

‘I think my father lias all the help bo wants. Ho hires my two half brothers regularly, and he's g.d Mr. Coudon Ip him hoc, and 1 don't think be anybody mure. But you might go ak him. lie’s the old man with tha th face with those men rrm- saw g down there. Yon ask for Mr. ett, and they will any of them tell rbo be is. He is the oldest, exoept

London, who-luts a beard.”

im to go t

be did. him, bnt they paid him a oc ot respect which flattered his little, and they watched bis pi closely to see that be had and seemed greatly didn't eat i Instead of fried on, rye rolls tie John, Alec, explained ticnlarly early variety of apple tree somewhere in the hollow back c<!_Jhe house which bore those apples. A also offered another piece at the i pie he had fur supper the

s heart quaked a bit, but be didn't mind Chat and boldly do hia wish ns known. Milo Beauctt a a very short man with a very big, :, flabby face, bnt with rather gixid lured bine eyes. Ho threw himself k on hia hoe the minnte ho saw Aioo ning, evidently glad of an oppurtanito rest, even so early in the morning. ■Well, sir. what can I do for your' he inquired briskly, bnt not d:

bly.

"I wanted to see if you wanted anybody to help you a few days, 1 ' answered

loo promptly.

“What can you do?” the man inquired, with a light surer, ailing the slim, young figure up from top to toe. “Your hands don't look os if they had boon . in hoeing np to tho present time. Where do yon conio from, anyway?” "From New York.” answered Aleo In aome fright, looking <

t his white

irlthmit Mrhands and realising hia physical incapacity to do anything very heavy. Bnt he thought be could hoe. He immediately Mated this lielief. “You'll blister those prejty hands of yours inside of an boar," sneered tho in, bnt as lief ore not unpleasantly. "I might try." suggested Alec. 'Well, maybe you can oam your ‘ " said Milo, turning to work for the othi-ra had Mopped the it bo did. "I wouldn't pay you a cent for what yon would do the first day. You can find a hoe inside the barn Lklec stood undecided for a moment, bnt no one was paying tho slightest athim, so bn walked rilcntly with the help of the pretty girl, found the boa. He rebelled at the idea of working merely for hia hoard, but the tear fit having ' i so heavily on hia very of cash divided him to work one day ot least. If ho only earned hia board, they curtain ly would not exery hard. Milo, ns they called the boys, took some pains to how To manage his hoe, how to pnll the weeds ant from among the Ttbout pulling up the potato and then how to bill the dirt ike it compact all around. It of a trick than he had imid be took some interoat In iuw to do it neatly and qaickiploverhad prophesied, distemi inside of an he had to wind hie handkerit tho right one ju order to it from becoming tortnringly sore, his back began to ache faetty d before very long it ached so pezned aa if he couldn't keep at