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hard nature, I know ; but it isn't in him to

be really cruel to anyone/

; Oh, well, I don't know,’ said Fair-
brass ; che beat my father/

‘ We don’t know the rights and wrongs
of that story/ answered Pax. ( Perhaps

your father wouldn’t fetch his stick out of
the water, or something of that sort. I

can’t say, but I ’m certain he's fond of him
now.’

‘ Do you think so ? 1 said Fairbrass
dubiously.

‘ Think s o ? I ’m certain of it/ said

Pax ; * and he's fond of you too, and of
your brothers and sisters/

‘ But I don't see how that can be. He
doesn't know us/

‘ Oh yes, he does, in his way. There's
a certain spot on the hill, not far from here,

where the Little House and its garden can

be plainly seen, though anybody down there
wouldn't find it so easy to see us on the

hill. Well, evening after evening he and
I have sat together there, and through a