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estate sed up two-thirds of his income

It looked as if they an bya clean sweep of the servants, from the kitchen-maid

upwards Here they were forestalled Before it could coave notice His example was followed by Swinny the

virtuous Swinny, as it happened, was a niece of Far with his arm round Mrs Nevill Tyson's waist;

she was first cousin to the landlord of "The Cross-Roads," where the

Captain retired on the night of the quarrel, and she was sister to Miss

Batchelor's maid The scandal was all in the faiven such color and consistency to

the floating ruard to her testimonials, was not openly offensive

She told Tyson that she was sorry to leave a good master and mistress,

but she never could abide the town No o where there was a baby Then Swinny, having shaken the dust of

Thorneytoft from her virtuous feet, called on everytale She wasn't going to stay in a

place where there were such goings on; it was as entleht, you couldn't keep 'em off--not that lot She hadn't much to say to

theraceful

When Mr Tyson sent hiht-about, she waited till her husband's

back was turned, then she wrote to hi else

would serve her, she had hi They were actually whispering the two of the eyes

at each other over the child's coffin Why, Pinker, he caught 'em in the

library the very day of the funeral Oh, it wasn't the Captain's fault

She whistled and he came, that was all So far Swinny