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process some of them settled 011 his face and 

 neck. To get rid of them he hastily pulled his 

 shirt over his head, of course turning it inside 

 out. After some time had passed he came to 

 me with a very puzzled and anxious face, 

 and said that, try as he would, he could not 

 get the shirt right side out again ; but when 

 I laughingly showed him what a simple pro- 

 cess it was, he seemed rather ashamed of his 

 stupidity. 



He stayed with me more than a year, a rather 

 rare occurrence, but at last went the way of all 

 blacks, and left me suddenly and ungratefully, 

 after gradually becoming very lazy and inatten- 

 tive. He was, however, so good a collector, and 

 I knew so much valuable time would be wasted 

 and many innocent lives sacrificed whilst I was 

 training another boy, that, after a month's 

 discomfort with an idle woman-servant, I put 

 aside my dignity and asked him to " come back, 

 giving him also a slight increase of wages. 

 He seemed only too delighted to return, and 

 remained with me another year, this time be- 



