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Title: Country life reader
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Stevenson, Orlando John, 1869- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Country life. (from old catalog) Readers
Publisher: New York, Chicago (etc.) C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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t as theday wore on there was less and less need of assistance forCameron, for he was making rapid progress with his work,and Tim was able to do, not only his own drill, but almosthalf of Camerons as well. By supper time Cameron wasthoroughly done out. Never had a day seemed so long,never had he known that he possessed so many musclesin his back. The continuous stooping and the steadyclick-click of the hoe, together with the unceasing strainof hand and eye, and all this under the hot burning raysof a June sun, so exhausted his vitality that when thecow-bell rang for supper it seemed to him a sound moredehghtful than the strains of a Richter orchestra in aBeethoven symphony. On the way back to the field after supper, Cameron ob-served that Tim was in a state of suppressed excitement,and it dawned upon him that the hour of his challenge ofPerkinss supremacy as a turnip hoer was at hand. I say, Tim, boy! he said earnestly, listen to me.You are going to get after Perkins this evening, eh?
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An expert with the hoe. i8o COUNTRY LIFE READER *How did you know? said Tim in surprise. *Never mind! Now listen to me; I have raced myselfsome and I have trained men to race. Are you not tootired with your days work? Tired! Not a bit, said the gallant Httle soul scorn-fully. Well, all right. Its nice and cool and you cant hurtyourself much. Now, how many drills do you do aftersupper as a rule? Down and up twice, said Tim. How many drills can you do at your top speed, yourvery top speed, remember? About two drills, I guess, repHed Tim, after a mo-ments thought. Now, listen to me! said Cameron impressively.Go quietly for two and a half drills, then let yourselfout and go your best. And, listen! I have been watch-ing you this afternoon. You have easily done once and ahalf what Perkins has done, and you are going to beathim out of his boots. Tim gulped a moment or two, looked at his friend withghstening eyes, but said not a word. For the first two anda half drills Cameron exerted to the

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