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Now Tyro, though unused to fairs, was no flat ; the 

 fellow had overshot his mark, added to which. Tyro 

 had read of similar tricks having been played off on 

 the innocent. He wisely resolved to have nothing to 

 do with him or the horse of the divine, said so, and 

 turned on his heel — his pace somewhat accelerated 

 by hearing ** There he goes !" from some one, and, 

 turning to see from whom, the very gentlemanly man 

 was taking a sight of him. 



He ordered his gig, vowing he would never enter 

 a fair again, and above all other fairs, Stourbridge. 



