LE LONG DU SENTIER 



strenuously to carry his views, and, 

 incidently, for the election of his nomi- 

 nee, but was not able to bring him in. 

 On the evening of the New Year's Day 

 when the election took place, there was 

 a sort of mild triumph over the people's 

 victory, and the cure's discomfiture. 

 The visitors who dropped in to give the 

 season's greetings were in high good 

 humour with themselves, but another 

 sentiment showed itself very plainly, to 

 wit, one of sturdy resentment at any 

 meddling with what they conceived to 

 be their proper affairs. 



The Anglo-Saxon, whatever his ad- 

 vantages of birth and education, need 

 not fear that his courtesy will be of too 

 fine a quality for the peasants of the 

 field to appreciate. Nay, he may find 

 himself outdone in swiftness of compre- 

 hension, and readiness of tact. One who 

 had not learned this lesson sufficiently, 

 felt a little uneasy as to taking ladies 

 into the wilds, in the company of rough 



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