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236 ere long the English price of wheat will determine how much wheat shall be groom."

"I wonder what is to determine the point of our halting-pls," said Mr. Lufto "There seems an opener piece of country right ahead. where the horses could pick up something."

"We had better stop there and have something to ea It is well that Mrs. Troubridge supplied us with so much cold tea, for there is so much wind here, that if we atempted to light a fire, to make fresh tea, we should set the whole country in a blaze. I am sorry for you, Amy, because you dislike cold tea so muck That is one bush taste she has no acquired, Mr. Lufton."

"Can we not manage to boil a little water in the billy you are carrying, Allan, and make some tea for Miss Staunton I' said Lufton, when they had alighted, and hobbled the horses, and taken out their provisions. "See, here is a pretty clear space. You can watch on one side, and I will guard on the other. There is no risk of fire when people are looking after it."

"Don't take all that trouble for me. I can drink water. I do not really care about tea," said Amy.

"But I know you do, and we can manage it," said Mr. Lufton.