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MAY 



under his tuition, sung at convivial meetings, and 

 tootled by the juvenile drum-and-fife band until we 

 were all familiar with it. 



On the morning of May Day nothing but Jim's 

 May song was heard in the village. So far the 



"WHAT DO HE SAY, BETTY?" 



festival was a complete success. The revels proper 

 were to begin immediately after the village dinner- 

 hour. Punctually at two o'clock we assembled on 

 the green, the parish clerk as bellman, dressed in 

 our late Vicar's clerical garb, and the parish warden, 

 Farmer Stubbs, as prompter, occupying prominent 

 places beside Jim and Mr. Curtice. 



