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 of course.…You know I always try.…Don't forget to drop in sometimes.…Well, anyway, if you ever do happen to hear of a decent young fellow who wants a good, clean, comfortable home, you'll be sure to send him to me, will you?' (He says he will). 'Well, of course, Mr. Sampson, &amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c., and-so-on, and-so-on, and-so-on, and-so-on,…' It's enough to give a man rats.

He escapes, and we regard his departure very much as a gang of hopeless convicts might regard the unexpected liberation of one of their number.

This is the sort of life that gives a man a God Almighty longing to break away and take to the bush.