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"FOOL, OF THYSELF SPEAK WELL.".
As the parson left Shoulthwaite that morning he encountered Joe Garth at the turning of the lonnin.

The blacksmith was swinging along the road, with a hoop over his shoulder.

He lifted his cap as the Reverend Nicholas came abreast of him.

That worthy was usually too much absorbed to return such salutations, but he stopped on this occasion.
"Would any mortal think it ?" he said; "the man Simeon Stagg is here housed at the home of my old friend and esteemed parishioner, Angus Ray!" Mr.Garth appeared to be puzzled to catch the relevancy of the remark.
He made no reply.
"The audacity of the man is past belief," continued the parson.