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manure heaps I will not say that they grew, but 

 they certainly failed to decrease. 



" He is a nice little chap and amusin'," said my 

 brother as he took leave of me. " But if you mean 

 to get the seed in quickly, take my advice and get 

 the best man you can find, and pay him good wages. 

 But don't give top-hole salary to your chore-boy 

 until you find out for yourself what he is made of. 

 If you had offered seven dollars for the first month 

 and promised to give a rise at the end if he was 

 worth it, you could have got at least a month's good 

 work out of Hylton-Cave. He can work if he likes. 

 But none of us ever choose to work if we can see a 

 way to avoid it." 



My neighbour, who had returned from a winter 

 in England, also eyed the mountains of manure 

 wrathfully. 



" That chore- boy of yours is having a nice easy 

 time," he remarked. " Are you going to keep 

 him ? " 



" I haven't found a man, and I can't milk," I 

 said lamely. " I must have somebody, but I am 

 afraid that he and I are not particularly good for 

 each other." 



" What are you paying him ? " 



" Fifteen dollars." 



" It is too much by two-thirds." 



" That's not the boy's fault I offered it." 



" Well, he can work if he likes, but he wants a 

 good Canadian hustler behind him. I have two 

 boys coming out from the Old Country next week, 

 and their father wants me to find them a job. One 

 has been a pupil on an English farm for more than a 

 year ; he ought to know something. You had 



