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"So be it, young sir; then per the bri stem of

his pipe, the Venerable Man turned and left ently on all hands, I saw nothing

of Si my

steps ho-booths

had been set up, and where they were preparing to roast an ox

whole, as is the i on,

with its usual accoh

horseplay--the vulgarity of which ever annoys me Two or three

ti, so thataside to

avoid all this, I came full upon two felloell-to-do farirl between the theether with a sounding

crack--and then I saw that the girl was Prudence Next , hand in hand, with the two fellows roaring in

pursuit But Prudence onderfully fleet and light of foot,

wherefore, doubling and turning a carts, tents, and booths,

we had soon outstripped our pursuers, and rid ourselves of theether In spite of which Prudence still ran on till,

catching her foot in some obstacle, she tripped, and would have