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"Oh, well, that is settled," said Cardo "I shall be glad of a

companion, and will do my best to make him happy I hope he'll be a

jolly fellow"

"Jolly fellow? I hope he will be a steady young man, and a fit

companion for you You don't seem to think of the necessity of that!"

"I leave that to you, sir," said Cardo, with a hu your prudence in the ered his papers

"Well, that is settled I will not keep you longer fro--which is it to-day, Cardo?" and he raised his black

eyebrows, and spoke with a slight sneer

Cardo laughed good-naturedly

"Neither fishing nor boating to-day, sir No! it's that field of

swedes this afternoon," and he turned aith his hands dug deep in

his pockets

"A bad habit, Cardo! An industrious man never walks about with his

hands in his pockets"

"All right, father! here goes for the swedes; and you bet I won't have

ood work as

well as any man"

His father looked after him with a curious wistfulness

"A fine fellow!" he said to hie "Not much fault to be found with hio"

Meanwhile Cardo, no longer with his hands in his pockets, stood in the

swede field directing Shoni and Dye, and not only directing, but often