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would be willing to keep him ?
and if it should
be so, what would become of him? Would he
not have to lie out all night ? "
" Suppose it should be so, my son, — suppose
he should be compelled once or twice a month
in midsummer, as it now to sleep out of doors,
— do you think would hurt him?"
it
is,
?" Might he not take cold
And do not colds
bring on fevers, consumptions, rheumatisms,
&c?"
This might possibly happen, I"
admit, Henry
but
it
is
only possible.
;
Many such men as he,
at his age, can sleep in the open air in summer
without the slightest injury. Generally, how
ever, they can find some place — barn, shop,
shed,
or
a
a
a
a
wood-house — into which they can
creep and screen themselves,
if
not from the