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stretcher, and bringing the whole team, and the 

 wagon after them, rumbling round the corner, a very 

 near shave and at the imminent risk of shooting off a 

 sack or two of Wheat that lay not very safely on the 

 near-side shel'-board. 



* Ay ! there ye go,' said Mr. Greening, rather 

 angrily, as his hot and rough-coated nag jumped with 

 some alacrity against the pathway out of reach of the 

 wheels, pressing the other rider pretty close to the 

 ditch, while the wagon passed on before them ' there 

 you go Mr. Cropfield with your new wheat and your 

 Straw again ! I wonder how many sacks to the acre 

 you've grown upon last year's Oat-stubble this time ! 

 Do look at the boultings, Sir ! That's for litter for 

 the team I suppose ! He's late to market with that 

 load ; no wonder the' go so fast. Well, if it ain't 

 enough to make an honest head ache to see that ! ' 

 added the indignant farmer, in a tone of unusual 

 sarcasm. f That's what I call taking the eggs to 

 market, and the hen along.'' 



( Wheat on an Oat-stubble ! He brings back 



manure, I suppose ? ' 



* Ay, for the Barley-crop ; or Oats again, may 

 be: it's all the same: Recounts backwards; he begins 

 with the grain, and ends with no, no, he never 



