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Not another as spoken for some time, and they climbed a hill, then another hill piled on the summit of the first An additional mile of plateau followed, froht-houses on the coast they were nearing, reposing on the horizon with a calnity Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet, towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle, and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow They sank lower and lower

'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here,' continued the man with the reins 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow, and has a church to itself Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both, and bobs backward and forward Ah, well! 'tis a funny world 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands The lebe for earth to put round the vicarage, and laid out a little paradise of flowers and trees in the soil he had got together in this hilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since'

'How long has the present incumbent been here?'

'Maybe about a year, or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize hiins to scandalize the pa'son at the end of two years a 'em familiar But he's a very nice party Ay, Pa'son Swancourt knowsover; and I know Pa'son Swancourt'

They eed froables of the vicarage becahted; thethe bell

At the end of three or fourany sounds of a response, the stranger advanced and repeated the call in a more decided manner He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall, and sundry movements of the door-knob, but nobody appeared

'Perhaps they beant at hohed the driver 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen Sich lovely ed keakes, and cider, and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!'

'All right, naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men, that ye ht?' exclai their heads, they saw a rickety individual sha from his hand