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'Yes, as right in the service o' God as I be myself,' repeated the clerk 'But last Sunday, ere in the tenth commandment, says she, "Incline our hearts to keep this law," says she, when 'twas "Laws in our hearts, we beseech Thee," all the church through

Her eye was upon _him_--she was quite lost--"Hearts to keep this law," says she; she was no more than a mere shadder at that tenth time--a mere shadder You mi't ha' mouthed across to her "Laws in our hearts we beseech Thee," fifty times over--she'd never ha' noticed ye She's in love wi' the er stunpoll than I took her for,' said Mr

Springrove 'Why, she's old enough to be his , you'll see She won't run the risk of that pretty face be-en near' 'Clerk Crickett, I d' fancy you d' know everything about everybody,' said Gad

'Well so's,' said the clerk modestly 'I do know a little It comes to me' 'And I d' knohere from' 'Ah' 'That wife o' thine She's an entertainen woman, not to speak disrespectful' 'She is: and a winnen one Look at the husbands she've had--God bless her!' 'I wonder you could stand third in that list, Clerk Crickett,' said Mr Springrove

'Well, 't has been a power o' in wi' "Dearly beloved," and ends wi' "Amazement," as the prayer-book says But what could I do, naibour Springrove?

'Twas ordained to be Well do I call to mind what your poor lady said to me when I had just married "Ah, Mr Crickett," says she, "your ill soon settle you as she did her other two: here's a glass o' rum, for I shan't see your poor face this tiain next year, and said, "Mrs

Springrove, you gaveto die--here I be alive still, you see" "Well said, clerk! Here's two glasses for you now, then," says she "Thank you,et three And call I did But she wouldn't give me a drop o' the coh for a woh! Here be I, that was expected to die, alive and hard as a nail, you see, and there's she rave' 'I used to think 'twas your wife's fate not to have a liven husband when I zid 'em die off so,' said Gad