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ALL LN A GARDEN FAIR. 13<br />

'You did well,' lie said. 'Never know<br />

that you are beaten. Then j'ou will always<br />

feel <strong>the</strong> pride <strong>of</strong> victory. My daughter, divide<br />

<strong>the</strong> prize <strong>in</strong>to four portions and give Ol<strong>in</strong>thus<br />

one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> quarters.'<br />

' I Avas w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g easily,' cried <strong>the</strong> tallest lad.<br />

He was as handsome a boy as you may wish to<br />

see anywhere, with clear, fresh complexion and<br />

brave outlook ; a lad <strong>of</strong> mettle who liked <strong>fair</strong><br />

fight<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>the</strong> rigour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> game ;<br />

a boy with<br />

plenty <strong>of</strong> ability, as was shown by his broad<br />

forehead and clear-cut nostril, yet perhaps<br />

without <strong>the</strong> yearn<strong>in</strong>g for books which makes a<br />

scholar and a writer.<br />

' ' Ha ! ha ! laughed<br />

<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. ' So you<br />

were, Will; I own that. <strong>All</strong> <strong>the</strong> better for me<br />

that you fell down.'<br />

' <strong>All</strong> <strong>fair</strong>, <strong>All</strong>en. But it is a beastly sell.'<br />

<strong>All</strong>en laughed aga<strong>in</strong>. He was a much<br />

handsomer boy, but his face wanted <strong>the</strong> strength<br />

that lay <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r's ; his eyes were full and<br />

light, his lips were mobile, his forehead was<br />

hiirh ra<strong>the</strong>r than broad.

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