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THE GYPSY LAD OF ROUMANIA.

skins. He was awakened by voices, and sitting up, he thought the low room seemed full of men. But it was only the farmer and his three sons, home from the fields. A smoky oil lamp burned on the table, and the wife was setting out an abundant supply of black bread and meat.

As the men ate the meal, Peter sat rather forlornly among the sheepskins, wondering what they would do with him.