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What does he seel What does In- observe 1 Who 

 knows! They say, hm\v\ vr, that there comes to his 

 beaming face a holy joy, as if he had just found 

 himself face to face with some secret of the wonders 

 of God. It makes us feel better when we hear stories 

 that he tells at these moments; we feel better, and 

 furthermore we learn a number of things that some 

 day may be very useful to us. 



Uncle Paul is an excellent, God-fearing man, oblig- 

 ing to every one, and "as good as bread. " The 

 village has the greatest esteem for him, so much so 

 that they call him Maitre Paul, on account of his 

 learning, which is at the service of all. 



To help him in his field work for I must tell you 

 that Uncle Paul knows how to handle a plow as well 

 as a book, and cultivates his little estate with success 

 he has Jacques, the old husband of old Ambroisine. 

 Mother Ambroisine has the care of the house, 

 Jacques looks after the animals and fields. They 

 are better than two servants; they are two friends 

 in whom Uncle Paul has every confidence. They 

 saw Paul born and have been in the house a long, 

 Inmr time. How often has Jacques made whistles 

 from the bark of a willow to console little Paul when 

 he. was unhappy ! How many times Ambroisine, to 

 encourage him to go to school without crying, has 

 put a hard-boiled new-laid egg in his lunch basket ! 

 So Paul has a great veneration for his father's two 

 old servants. His house is their house. You should 

 see, too, how Jacques and Mother Ambroisine love 

 their master! For him, if it were necessary, they 

 would let themselves be quartered. 



