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HANDMADE CRICKET BATS: yours." The Bashkirs talked again for a while handmade cricket bats began to dispute. Pahom asked what they were disputing about, and the interpreter handmade cricket bats him that some of them thought they ought to ask their Chief about the land and not act in his absence, while others thought there was no need to wait for his return. VI While the Bashkirs were disputing, a man in a large fox-fur cap appeared on the scene. They all became silent and rose to their feet. The interpreter said, "This is our Chief himself." Pahom immediately fetched the best dressing-gown and five pounds of tea, and
HANDMADE CRICKET BATS: offered these to the handmade cricket bats The Chief accepted them, and seated himself in the place of honour. The Bashkirs at once began telling him something. The Chief listened for a while, then made a sign with his head for them to be silent, and addressing himself to Pahom, said in Russian: "Well, let it be so. Choose whatever piece of land you like; we have plenty of it." "How can I take as much as I like?" thought Pahom. "I must handmade cricket bats a deed to make it secure, or else they may say, 'It is yours,' and afterwards may take it away
HANDMADE CRICKET BATS: again." "Thank you for your kind words," he said aloud. "You have much land, and I only want a little. But I should like to be sure which bit is mine. Could it not be measured handmade cricket bats made over to me? Life and death are in God's hands. You good people give it to me, but your children might wish to take it away again." "You are quite right," said the Chief. "We will make it over to you." "I heard that a dealer had been here," continued Pahom, "and that handmade cricket bats gave him a little land, too, and signed title-deeds to
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