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"George!" George went on haain He

raised the hammer for another stroke, hesitated, then lifted his

head with a jerk, and immediately I knehy he had avoided my eye

"What do 'ee i' in work--"

"Then ye'd best go away again," he broke in; "ye'll get no work

here"

"And the second," I went on, "is to offer you ones?"

"No," he burst out vehemently "No, I tell 'ee Ye think to

come 'ere an' crow o'er me, because ye beat me, by a trick, and

because ye heerd--her--" His voice broke, and, dropping his

hammer, he turned his back upon me "Called me 'coward'! she

did," he went on after a little while "You heerd her--they all

heerd her! I've been a danged fule!" he said,me, "but a man can't

help lovin' a lass--like Prue, and when 'e loves 'e can't 'elp

hopin' I've hoped these three years an'bright and glistening

splashed down upon the anvil, and there ensued a silence broken