Of course they thought it was me they had.

Off they started; and a tolerable chase Art put them to.

At last he was caught, after a run across the country of about four miles; but ne'er a word came out of his lips, till a keen fellow, on looking closely at him, discovered the mistake.

Some of them were then going to kill the poor fool, but others interfered, and wouldn't allow him to be touched; and many of them laughed heartily when they saw Art turned into a clergyman, as they said.

Art, however, was no coward, and threatened to read every man of them out from the altar.