CONTENTS. XV 



PAGB 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE WILLEY LONG EUNS. 



The Willey Long Runs— Dibdin's fifty miles no figure of 

 speecli— From the Wrekin to the Clee— The Squire's 

 Breakfast— Phoebe Higgs— Doggrel Ditties— Old Tinker 

 —Moody's Horse falls dead— Run by Moonlight . .93 



CHAPTER IX. 



bachelor's hall. 



Its Quaint Interior — An Old Friend's Memory — Crabbe's 

 Peter at Ilford Hall— Singular Time-pieces — A Meet at 

 Hangster's Gate— Jolly Doings — Dibdin at Dinner — 

 Broseley Pipes — Parson Stephens in his Shirt — The Par- 

 son's Song 102 



CHAPTER X. y 



THE WILLEY RECTOR AND OTHER OF THE SQUIRE's FRIENDS. 



The Squire's Friends and the Rector more fully drawn — 

 Turner — Wilkinson — Harris — The Rev. Michael Pye 

 Stephens — His Relationship to the Squire — In the Com- 

 mission of the Peace — The Parson and the Poacher — A 

 Fox-hunting Christening 113 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE WILLEY WHIPPER-IN. 



The Willey Whipper-in— Tom's Start in Life— His Pluck and 

 Perseverance — Up hill and down dale — Adventures with 

 the Buff-coloured Chaise — His own Wild Favourite — His 

 Drinking Horn — Who-who-hoop — Good Temper — 

 Never Married — Hangster's Gate — Old Coaches — Tom 

 gone to Earth — Three View Halloos at the Grave — Old 

 Boots 124 



