Cut off from all the World. TiS 
tails of the oxen, enjoying an evening pipe under 
their broad-brimmed hats. It was just getting dusk 
when up rides a highwayman, pointing his revolver 
at them and demanding their money, watches, and, 
if I do not remember wrongly, their pipes also. “It 
was hard luck,” Mr. Evans said, but they had to give 
up all as they had no weapons themselves, and re- 
sistance would have been useless. However, when 
the robber was about to depart, Mr. Evans conceived 
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a bright idea. He drew out a pack of cards and 
invited the departing robber to make a third in a 
game, which he consented to do. Mr. Evans and 
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