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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

'Ay, sure; that I did.'

'Well, 'twastn't opposite his house, but a little lower down—by his pigsty, in front o' Parkmaze Pool. I was a-walking down the lane, and lo and behold, there was a man just brought out o' the Pool, dead; he had been bathing, and gone in flop over his head. Men looked at en; women looked at en; children looked at en; nobody knowed en. He was covered in a cloth; but I catched sight of his foot, just showing out as they carried en along. "I don't care what name that man went by," I said, in my bold way, "but he's John Woodward's brother; I can swear to the family foot." At that very moment, up comes John Woodward, weeping and crying, "I've lost my brother! I've lost my brother!"'

'Only to think of that!' said Mrs. Dewy.

''Tis well enough to know this foot and that foot,' said Mr. Spinks. ''Tis some-

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