By the first of June the time of harvest had come and the demand for reapers became great, but only those who had skies could get work, "The poor refugees had now, no money, no work, no food. "Let 3 bay some and give the most 1kemen a chance," someone suezest-Jed, and the idea' was warmly taken tp. Next day crowds of men were begging for sickles. Some of the gentry of the city stood with our men for hours, three days running, in that inn yard, and examined each applicant carefully. Only those who were free from opium and appeared to be used to hard work twere chosen. After" months Harvation diet and often weeks of fever, many of the men looked very unfit for hard work, but some plead~ ed with tears to be given a chance vand they were not refused, In the
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