BEN had long wished he could enter the Squire's service, but did not know how to do so, as he was with Farmer Chapman, and could not leave him till his time was up. But one day he saw the Squire comeing, and holding the gate open for him, he looked so anxious to speak to him that the Squire stopped and questioned Ben, and liking his looks and manner, he promised to remember his wish to take service at the Hall, and wrote down Ben's name and address, telling him that when he had left the farm he could come and see if any place was then vacant, either in the stable or garden. And Ben, delighted with this offer, made his best bow, and promised to do as the Squire said, and went back to his work happily. Politeness always helps a boy on in life.
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