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of a hearty welcome, and having appeased 

 his hunger, he would again hie away to the 

 grave, receive visitors while the sexton re- 

 ceived tips, and at nightfall leave the grave- 

 yard with the grave-digger. If Bobby was 

 an impostor, his career ought to be laid 



bare. 



X. 



[We do not believe in this view of " Grey- 

 friars' Bobby," having received a totally dif- 

 ferent account of him in Edinburgh eight or 

 nine years ago. ED. Spectator. 



