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says the same thing. Only he doesn’t like to go
against you and the Little General there. We’ve
got to get ahead without loss of time, and
every week we go a day behind.”

“You’re mistaken, my friend,” Professor
Allen answered mildly. ‘Our Sunday’s rest
does not put us a day behind, for we make
better time all the week because of it. Besides,
there’s no dire need of haste. It’s only August;
we'll have another opportunity of laying in
supplies before we get into the high mountains
of the Tete Jaune Pass.”

“But why waste the time when we might
be going?” growled the tailor.

‘““Because we need the rest,”’ was the answer.

“Rubbish! Rubbish!” the little man insisted
angrily. “Besides, that’s not your reason. You
think, since it’s one of the Ten Commandments
it must be kept if we all die for it!”

“And why is it one of the Ten Command-
ments? Did you ever ask yourself that?” The
professor paused, then raised his voice as he
did for the Sunday sermon: “It’s one of the
commandments because it is based on an ever-
lasting law of nature. Did you ever think, my
friends, that the laws of nature are simply

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