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speed, and three or four gentlemen alighted 

 from it ; two or three horsemen followed. 

 There was an additional bustle, and a police 

 party, commanded by a sergeant, marched 

 down the street. 



" What is all this row about?" said the 

 Parson. " What are they going to do now ? ' 



" Why, I forgot to tell you that the 

 police have taken some prisoners. As soon 

 as they were set free themselves, they bustled 

 into the town and took up any one they 

 could lay hands upon." 



"That is what I call real gratitude," 

 said the Captain. 



u Well, I suppose they thought they must 

 do something for their pay," said the Squire ; 

 "and provided some one was hanged, it 

 would not greatly signify who it was." 



" Then these fellows who came down the 

 street just now must be the magistrates come 

 to investigate the business," said the Bally- 

 shannoner. 



" What, on Sunday ?" said the Parson. 



" Oh, people are not over particular here ! 

 And I vote that we follow the fashion of the 

 country ourselves. Let us adjourn to the 

 Town-hall, and see the end of it." 



