` Bless the Lord , ' he said , raising his hands to heaven . Mr. St. Clare felt rather hurt . He did not like Tom to be so glad to leave him . ` You have n't had such a very bad time here that you need be in such rapture , Tom , ' he said . ` No , no , mas ` r ! ta n't that . It 's bein ' a free man ! That 's what I 'm joyin ' for . ' ` Why , Tom , do n't you think that you are really better off as you are ? ' ` No , indeed , Mas ' r St. Clare , ' said Tom , very decidedly ; ` no , indeed . ' ` But , Tom , you could n't possibly have earned by your work such clothes and such nice , comfortable rooms and good food as I have given you . ' ' I knows all that , Mas ' r St. Clare . Mas ' r has been too good . But , mas ` r , I 'd rather have poor clothes , poor house , poor everything , and have 'em mine than have the best , and have 'em any man 's else . I had so , mas ` r. I thinks it 's nature , mas ` r. ' ' I suppose so , Tom . You will be going off and leaving me , in a month or two , ' he said , rather discontentedly . ` Though why you should n't , I do n't know , ' he added , in a gayer voice . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` Not while mas ' r is in trouble , ' said Tom . ` I 'll stay with mas ' r as long as he wants me -- so as I can be of any use . ' ` Not while I am in trouble , Tom ? '
XXXXX Mr. St. Clare , looking sadly out of the window .
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