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`` No telling , young man , how long the job will last , '' Tom warned him . `` We may at any hour break camp and get away . '' But Alf had taken the job and gratefully . Not until after the noon meal had the little fellow revealed his unfortunate vice for cigarette smoking . `` You 've simply got to give up that habit , Alf '' Tom urged , as they walked along . `` You ca n't make me , '' retorted young Drew . `` You 've no right to . ''