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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

what we can make of the martel. Half an hour's hammering at en will conquer the toughness of en; I'll warn it.'

''Od rabbit it all!' said Mr. Penny, interrupting with a flash of his spectacles, and at the same time clawing at something in the depths of a large side pocket. 'If so be I hadn't been as scatter-brained and thirtingill as a chiel, I should have called at the schoolhouse wi' a boot as I cam up-along. Whatever is coming to me I really can't estimate at all!'

'The brain hev its weaknesses,' murmured Mr. Spinks, waving his head ominously.

'Well, I must call with en the first thing to-morrow. And I'll empt my pocket o' this last too, if you don't mind, Mrs. Dewy.' He drew forth a last, and placed it on a table at his elbow. The eyes of three or four followed it.

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