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"Now you try that," suggested Mr. Tower to James, "and see how much muscle
you can raise."
"I'm no gutter snipe," he sneered. "I'm a gentleman! I don't need muscle.
I'm never going to work."
"But you've just been working!" cried the tutor. "Carrying those stones
was work, and you'll remember it took both of you to lift one that
William, who is only a little older than you, James, moved with one hand.
You can't _play_ without working. You've got to pull to row a boat, or
hold a horse. You must step out lively to play tennis, or golf, or to
skate, while if you try to swim without work, you'll drown."
"I ain't going to do those things!" retorted James.
"No, you are going to spend your life riding in an automobile with a
nurse, feeding you cake!" scoffed the tutor.
William shouted and turned a cart wheel so flashingly quick that both boys
jumped, James' face coloured a slow red, so the tutor took hope.
"I see that makes you blush," he said. "No wonder! You should be as tough
as leather, and spinning along this creek bank like William.


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