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Billy does now And, s ht low, the hu; I hear theone But hearkee! they have told

me your name, Barnabas? yes, yes; Barn--, Barnabas; for the other,

no matter--ht we shall ain, all three of us, under an orbed ht, Barnaby Bright,

The sun's awake, and shines all night!"

"Ay, ay, 't is the night o' the fairies--when spirits pervade the air

Then will I tell you other truths; but now--They callfair, and by her beauty, suffering shall co that men are made, and because of pride,

shame shall come on her; but by shaone--farewell till Barnaby Bright We are to ain in

London town, I think--yes, yes--in London Oho! oysters! oysters, sir?"

"Many a knight and lady gay

My oysters fine would try,

They are the finest oysters

That ever you could buy!

Oysters! Oysters"

And so he bowed, turned, and danced away into the shadows, and above

the hush of the leaves rose the silvery jingle of his one And nowat Barnabas, sighed

again--though indeed a very soft, little sigh this ti after the strange

creature, and pondering his ords Thus my lady, unobserved,

viewed him at her leisure; noted the dark, close-curled hair, the

full, well-opened, brilliant eye, the do jaw, the sensitive

nostrils, the tender curve of the firhman--a runaway footman," and had even--she could

see the lowed! Did it hurt much,

she wondered?