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'He flung his ainst the wall, Said, "The Lord make churches and chapels to fall, And there'll be work for tradesmen all!"

When Joan's ale was new, My boys, When Joan's ale was new' 'You understand, friend,' the postinally a mason by trade: no offence to you if you be a parson?' 'None at all,' said Manston

The rain now came down heavily, but they pursued their path with alacrity, the produce of the several fields bethich the lane wound its way being indicated by the peculiar character of the sound e hiss proclai by a pasture, then a patter would show that the rain fell upon so plash announced the naked arable, the low sound of the wind in their ears rising and falling with each pace they took

Besides the ss of the county faeneral budget for the ree or hamlet they came to, the postman searched for the packet of letters destined for that place, and thrust it into an ordinary letter-hole cut in the door of the receiver's cottage--the village post-offices being hts e s showed that such people as carters, wood

The postman had by this time become markedly unsteady, but he still continued to be too conscious of his duties to suffer the steward to search the bag Manston was perplexed, and at lonely points in the road cast his eyes keenly upon the short bowed figure of the h the reat risk indeed

It frequently happened that the houses of farymen, etc, lay a short distance up or down a lane or path branching from the direct track of the postman's journey To save time and distance, at the point of junction of soate-post was hollowed out to form a letter-box, in which the post in the box again in the evening to collect those placed there for the return post Tolchurch Vicarage and Fare street, were served on this principle This fact the steward now learnt by conversing with the post his intentions es of his journey