THE COUNTRYi BOY 



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they looked like the pictures, and they said, 

 "Just exactly, only finer." I was astonished to 

 hear that the others had all taken theirs and left 

 only one for me to choose from. I had never 



seen uniforms, only in catalogues, and once at a 

 circus, and never had had any on except I wore 

 once Father's Good Templar Lodge regalia 

 for a few minutes. They had come in a big 

 box, and this one suit and cap was all that was 



