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Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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He sa friend of one of the lawyers you saw here theother day, and he s looking for bright boys, butthey re of no use to him unless they knowsomething. He wants you in his business,Jimmie; but he does nt think you 11 ever be-come fitted for it where you are now. If you11go, he 11 send you away to school for a time,and give you a chance to become as big a manas he is when you get through. And that ssaying a good deal. Now I ve told him thatI know you well, and that you 11 do whateveryou say you 11 do. Is that right, Jimmie ? Sure, answered the boy. I always playedsquare with you, did nt I, jedge ? Yes, indeed, answered the judge, andthat s why I know you will with him. This isyour chance to become a man. Will you takeit, Jimmie ? Jedge, said the boy, after a pause, I dlike to see de guy dat s makin de bluff first. I 11 send you to him, returned the judge,withdignity, and he hastily wrote a note of explana-tion. By the way, Jimmie, he added, howdid you come out with that new policeman ?
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JEDGE, SAID THE BOY, IMPULSIVELY EXTENDING HIS HAND, IT S A GO! 202 AN OFFICER OF THE COURT. Oh, he s all right, answered the boy. Dat junction did de business, an we re goodfriends now. Hes been helpin me. The matter was settled when Jimmie returnedto the judge. He was pleased with his patron,and his patron, previously interested throughthe reports he had received, found much ofpromise in the boy. He suits me, Jimmie announced. Heaint none of yer kid-glove kind. He s busi-ness from de ground up, an when I says, It sa go, we shook hands jest like you an me did,jedge. Oh, he s all right. He aint workinno charity dodge. He wants me, an, jedge, Iwant him. We re goin to be a great teamsome o these days. I believe you will be, said the judge,earnestly. Sure we will, asserted Jimmie; an he sgoin to look after me mudder a bit, so shewont feel too cut up bout me goin away. AnI m goin to report to him reglar how I mdoin, so he kin know how near I am to beinready to help him out. He s holdin a

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