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"Why, look'ee now, ot your breakfus' surely, if you're ive ye a jug of good ale to wash it down" Now as he spoke thus, seeing the sturdy manliness of him I dropped my staff and reached outive your honest hand to a thief--there's mine!"

The man stared fro hand on snowy s therip, such as I had not known forday

"Will 'ee come, master?" he questioned I shook hter and I'ood, sweet , I dropped his hand and turning, strode away down the road, his dinner beneathwhere I had left hiate beside the way, I sat down beneath a hedge in the ware appetite and (stolen though it was) never tasted food more sweet I was thus rapturously e about, beheld a ragged creature on the opposite side of the hedge who glared at the food with haggard eyes and reached out claw-like hands in supplication

"O for the love o' Christ, spare a crust!" she wailed "Spare a bite to a grannaer O sweet Jesu--a mouthful to a poor soul as do be pined for lack o' food--"

"Off!" cries I fiercely, "What know you of hunger? Away, hag!" and I reached forher dis

But nohile my jaws champed ravenously, the food had lost its savour; wherefore I cursed and choked and, springing toto flee fro!" quoth I, "Be da him of what he was at pains to rob for himself!" Then I thrust the well-filled napkin into her clutching fingers and hasted away, but her raptured cry followed me as I went