A Farmer’s Life 
Mr. Smith having with much difficulty ascer- 
tained the date of the man’s visit to the farm, 
after all failed to identify him; and the carter 
also failed. But the man was convi¢ted, and 
given imprisonment for nine months, to run con- 
currently with the previous sentence. ‘This was 
offensive lenity in Mr. Smith’s view. He and 
his carter, whose wages and journey he had to 
pay, were by some official quibble robbed of 
their expenses for the two days. Indeed, they 
suffered more from Justice than from the tramp ; 
yet it was chiefly in Christian charity that John 
Smith was injured. 
He came home from Winchester and was cross. 
“Grumpy,” he said; “I groused about and 
wasn’t fit company for anybody. Well, Sunday 
I went to church in the morning and sleep in the 
afternoon, and wasn’t so bad; but Monday again 
I was in a bad temper, and dunno as I ben’t 
now. I did use to have a little charity, but this 
job ’ve purty well squeezed it out of me. 
““ However, Tuesday night, about dusk, I see 
an old feller come hobblin’ up, and I says to 
George, ‘I won’t see ’n. You and Jack must 
deal with he.’ (Jack was the yard dog.) ‘“ Jack 
(on his chain) tore about fine. But instead of 
the man going, George come back to me. ‘ He 
got some sheep here for Mr. Bachelor, and can’t 
get no further with ’em. He’s come from 
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