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The Measure of a Man

CHAPTER IX
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Whatever is he coming to Yoden for?
Yoden will take a goodish bit of money to run it and if he hasn't a capable wife, he had better move out as soon as he moves in." Then John told her the whole truth about Harry's position--his weariness of his profession, his indifference to business, and his temptation to gamble.
"The poor lad! The poor lad!" she cried.

"He began all wrong.

He has just been seeking his right place all these years." "Well, mother, we cannot get over the stile until we come to it.

I think Harry has crossed it now.

And there could not be a better wife and mother than Lucy Hatton.


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