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I have n't seen him in such high spirits for days . We 'll fix things up with Wharton so that whenever he fancies to come here you can be on hand . The poor boy has n't many pleasures and he sees few persons of his own age . '' The visits of Laurie during the following two weeks became very frequent ; and such pleasure did they afford him that orders were issued for Ted Turner to knock off work each day at four o'clock and return to the shack , where almost invariably he found his new acquaintance awaiting him . It was long since Laurie Fernald had had a person of his own age to talk with . In fact , he had never before seen a lad whose friendship he desired . Most boys were so well and strong that they had no conception of what it meant not to be so , and their very robustness and vitality overwhelmed a personality as sensitively attuned as was that of Laurie Fernald .