THE POST OFFICE
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has had no mother since infancy; and now the other day he lost his father as well.
Gaffer
Poor thing: and so he needs me all the more.
Madhav
The doctor says all the organs of his little body are at loggerheads with each other, and there isn't much hope for his life. There is only one way to save him and that is to keep him out of this autumn wind and sun. But you are such a terror ! What with this game of yours at your age, too, to get children out of doors!
Gaffer
God bless my soul! So I'm already as bad as autumn wind and sun, eh! But, friend, I know something, too, of the game of keeping them indoors. When my day's work is over I am com-
