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the brightness of his eyes and his frisky demeanour, 

 he appeared to have enjoyed this hunting on his own 

 account immensely. Now, when one of these gaily 

 decorated carts draws up at a lonely cottage to 

 deliver a list of goods with prices attached, and 

 the man in charge tells the folks they will have 

 good value for their money if they honour him 

 with their custom, the master or the " missus " 

 believes "there must be a summut in it, and reckins 

 as they wun't go to that 'ere little pokin' shop down 

 in willage no moore." Besides this, they flock now 

 to the towns on Saturday nights from all quarters. 

 Six or eight miles are considered as nothing in view 

 of all the advantages set forth in the list of goods 

 and prices. The master says, " It's a bit o' a 

 change like fur mother an' the gals." The girls, 

 fresh-coloured, healthy lasses that they are, cer- 

 tainly enjoy it thoroughly. "To be waited on as 

 if they wus ladies, an' showed heaps o' things 

 to pick an' choose from, an' talked to nice by 

 real gentlemen as waited on 'em, and thanked 'em 

 for their money, an' bowed to 'em when they left 

 the shop that's the place for their money when 

 they has any to lay out, an' no mistake about it." 



