Well , what are you going to do now ? '' `` I do n't know . Harvest will be on next week . I may get in somewhere as an extra hand for a spell . '' `` Ellis , '' said his uncle abruptly , after a moment 's silence , `` I 'm going to discharge my man . He 's no earthly good . Will you take his place ? I 'll give you fifteen dollars a month and found . '' Ellis stared at Timothy Robinson . `` I thought you told me that you had no place for my father 's son , '' he said slowly . `` I 've changed my mind . I 've seen how you went at that elderberry job . Great snakes , there could n't be a better test for anybody than rooting out them things . I know you can work . When Jacob Green told me why you 'd refused his offer I knew you could be depended on . You come to me and I 'll do well by you . I 've no kith or kin of my own except you . And look here , Ellis . I 'm tired of hired housekeepers . Will your mother come up and live with us and look after things a bit ?
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