"He might have got as much as you." "No, padrone; I was lucky.

A kind lady gave me fifty cents." "That is not my affair.

I don't care where you get the money.

But if you don't bring home all I expect, you shall feel the stick." These last words were addressed to Giacomo, who understood their import only too well.

In the miserable lodging where he herded with thirty or forty others scarcely a night passed without the brutal punishment of one or more unfortunate boys, who had been unsuccessful in bringing home enough to satisfy the rapacity of the padrone.