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10 HENBY'S BIRTHDAY.
fast, Henry, who it was observed ate slower and
was more thoughtful than usual, asked his father
how it would do for him to stay at home from
school the coming summer, and see if he could
not grow stronger as well as taller.
"Do you think you can endure the fatigue of
working all day during the hot days of sum
mer V said his father ;
" for if you stay at home
I shall be glad to have you work, at least a part
of the time."
Henry thought he could endure the labor well
"
enough : Albert, who is of my age, worked all
summer with his father, last year ; and surely I
ought to be able to do it this year," said he.
Mr. Williams, though a little surprised at the
proposal, was glad to hear
it,
and readily con
sented. He thought, however, that six or eight