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The telephone within her cottage was ringing madly. Even as the Cadgelings watched their parent sweating at his toil, a blue-coated figure ran swiftly down the bank, caught the hard-working man by the collar, and firmly led him away to where steady work awaited him. Mrs. Cadge watched him go with mingled feelings.
His wife appeared at noon with slices of bread and butter for the Cadgelings, to which was added a cold beefsteak and a bucket of beer for the support of their house. Having already lunched at home, she was permitted to lay a tier of heavier stones along the wall while waiting for her family to finish the repast. It was an arduous day for the tribe of Cadge, excepting, of course, its head.
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