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206 farm of which he had been such a successful manager. Although Allan had appeared quite con,cured to work a home for his father, he old man wished to deal fairly by him, and to allow him to have a share of he profits of he increasing property a his own disposal He had never seen any good come in he long run from_ keeping young men in he position of children, however useful they might be; and he knew that Allan would meet with many temptations to leave him both by being offered wages, and by the prospect of more adventure and change. Allan was greatly pleased with the handsome way in which his father put the new arrangement.

"And here's another I wanted speak to you about, Allan, and hat is about Amy. You well know hat she is like a daughter in the house, and that whatever she want she may have it, just like Jessie or Isabel or Phemie; but she does not just belong to us, and I'm thinking that when she grows older and bigger she'll want to go to push her own fortune, which by all accounts she's well fitted to do. McCallum was saying that the governess at Mr. Braddin's station where he was at the North was not fit to hold he candle to Amy for the Scotch tunes and the Irish tunes she plays; and in other things,