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Rh resting his arm on his mother's knee. They saw that he was a very poor little fellow indeed, with a hunch back.

"Mother," he said, "let 'em stay. I'll sleep on the floor."

The woman gave a dreary half laugh, and got up



from the step. "He's crazy about the Fair," she said.

"We haint no money to spend on fairs, an' he's most wild about it. You can stay here to-night if you want to."

She made a sign to them to follow her. The