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gentleman would always reply :—
‘Me not a bigger man “nuff, yet.’

‘Then what will you learn,
Johnny?” she would say; and he
generally chose digging, going off to
fetch his spade, and returning to say,
‘Dig great, big hole like father; May
teach Johnny.’

If May did try to teach him this
art, however, he always maintained
that his own way was the best; and
as she did not think that this mat-
tered, she generally ended by getting
something else to do, and leaving
him to dig away until he was tired
of that occupation.

Sometimes, however, she tried a
slate instead of a spelling-book, and

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