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202 CARAVAN DAYSand his thirst for music was continually thwarted.And after supper he showed me over the wholeof his establishment and related to me the epicof his success, for he had started without capitalor prospects fifteen years before. It was to onequality alone that he attributed his rapid rise tohis present proud position his courage. Fromthe first he assured me "he wasna feared."" Div 'e see yon meer \vi' the foal yonder ? "" Yes," said I." She cost me ninety pound when she was a"yearlin'." He roared with laughter. Hech !" "Hech ! he gasped. I'm no feared tae spend"ma siller on a meer, am I ?With the same indomitable pluck he had justput in a new thrashing mill and purchased twoself-binders, all in the same season." " I'm no feared, am I ? he demanded in glee.And when he assured me that his had been afruit farm five years ago and that he had alreadygot rid of the " berries " and turned over thewhole establishment into a dairy farm, and it waspaying him fine," You're no feared," said I, with admiration." " That's it ! he cried, roaring with laughter.Thus I was given a most vivid picture of hisheadlong career, a succession, as far as I could