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and could do as he pleased. I was Boot aiid must
stoutly work for my living.

“And you will not go until after Thanksgiving, will
you, Robert? Well, then, I am for having some capital
fun—some first-rate times,—will we not?”

And he threw his arm round my shoulder as he used
to do when we were younger.

: My time is fixed to go on the sth of November ;
but since Thanksgiving Day is so near, Jane and Mary
say I ought to stay, and I think so too.”

“What does your father say?”

«J have not said anything to him yet,” I replied,—
with many misgivings as to the result of such ay appli-
cation. . ;

“Oh! well, you shall not go.. Why, it will. be too
bad! Of course your father will let you stay. It cannot
make much difference—indeed, it cannot make any
difference that I see. Only two weeks! Ask your father
this very evening,—I would.”

We parted, and I resolved to do as Charley had

advised.

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