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a

sidelong glance at Dame Vauthinkle,

and at the least frourish of a

broomstick

lacle would fly to the door with relping precipitation.

Jimnes grew

worse and worse

with Risi

raustintle as years of matrimony rolled

er never mellows with

a tart temper.

age, and a sharp tongue is the only tool that grows keener by constant

edge

use.

For a

frequenting

long

while he used to console

д

himself when driven pom home, by p a kind of perpetuol dub the sages, philosophers and other idle per=sonages of the village that appotted

a

bunch fe before the ins a small patic house, designated by

purtrait of his majesty george the third. Are they used to sit in the shade, of a long

nothing. But it would have mea statesmans heard good money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when

by

chance an

host fell into their hands

old newspaper hast

M. S. Page. Sketch Book from the original in the possession of

Mr J C. Brevoort.