3IO Dick Painter. 



Painter bought a horse of a Doctor of Divinity, 

 which was of very high breeding and good 

 quahties, and had won many prizes as a colt, in 

 consequence of which the doctor was beset with 

 would-be purchasers ; and he therefore decided to 

 sell the horse to Painter, who promised him to me. 



This doctor was very sensitive and very 

 sagacious. In his early life he lived under a 

 nobleman and was treated most kindly by his 

 patron. In course of time the nobleman died 

 and his son succeeded him ; and he, whether 

 from accident or intention is not known, took no 

 notice of the reverend gentleman, who keenly felt 

 this neglect. 



One Sunday the doctor took for his text the 

 words: "There arose up a new king over Egypt, 

 w^hich knew not Joseph " ; and, after having 

 expatiated on the unkindness of people who 

 forget their old friends, he concluded his sermon, 

 which, however, made no impression upon the 

 young nobleman. Later on in the autumn the 

 young nobleman went out shooting, and, by 

 accident, stuck a shot into a labouring man. The 

 following Sunday the doctor who, of course, had 

 heard of the accident, took for his text the words : 

 " A certain man drew a bow at a venture,^' and 

 read a strong lecture upon such carelessness. 



