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knew it was Dan, and Dad and Dave sprang out in their shirts to let him in. All of us jumped up to see Dan. This
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"A Hundred-and-Ninety a Day was My Tally!"
time he had been away a long while, and when the slush-lamp was lit and fairly going, how we stared and wondered at his altered looks! He had grown a long whisker, and must have stood inches higher than Dad.
Dad was delighted. He put a fire on, made tea, and he and Dan talked till near daybreak—Dad of the harvest, and the Government dam that was promised, and the splendid