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IT is said, and with truth, that all, or nearly all, wandering races / are rich in the grace of hospitality, and these French gipsies, or / rather tramps of a mixed race, had kind hearts, as Tad and Phil proved.
Poor, outcast, homeless creatures as they were, strangers in a strange / land, these good people had asked of them but few questions, but made / the boys heartily welcome, giving them permission to continue with the / troupe so long as it suited them to do so.