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Promlse 10 pay Hc III the rate Vi hal-a-cro"h
u week.
L can only give you my word for it at the
present time replied the cobbler; but
you'll find I'll keep it,
Well, then, SAID the Dean, opening his
pocket-book, here are the ten pounds for
you, which give, trusting you will make
good use of them
You are Dean Swift said the cobbler,
for no other man would do such an act as
this
I am. replied the Dean, and will further
beiriend you ii you deserve it. Now, good
bye, and be Industrious
'Asy, your reverence, replied the cobbier.
= l can't part from you that way. Down to
my cellar you must come, till Nelly and the
childer sees you, or give up the money. It's
the honor of the thing look to-and, besides.
| have duty to discharge Come, your re-
verencc, don't be ashamed it'll be no longer
a cellar while you re in 1t, but charming
room; and for the same raisOn, you must get
drLwing-room treatment-bcsides, have an
ould custom of tins country to fulfil
The Dom, whose curiosity was excited to
know more about..a man whom he looked upon
as an original, suffered himself to be pre-.
vailed upon, and descended into the cellar.
After the cobblcr had introduced Nelly and
the Dean to each other, he whispered to the
former, into whose hands he thrust the ten
pound note; and in few minutes she re-
turned ,cith a hattie Of ciaret!
What's this = exclaimed the Dean. DO
you expect me to drink with you'
We have ould and holy custom in this
country replied the cobbler, 'that the man
who gets the money always gires the Hate;
because, you see, sir, nothing prospers when
il IS not DONE
The Dean received glass, and drank to
/ r.. ,ol L., l..
steps homcwards, considerably amused, and
not little mystiied by the rather eccentric
conduct Of the Crispin. Before he went,
however, he enjoned him to come to the
Deanery every Saturday at an appointed hour,
to pay him his weekly instalmcnt Of halt-a-
crown.
Accordingly, when the day and hour came,
he presented himself at the hall-door, stating
that he wished to see the Dean upon bust
ness.
| You, you rascal returned the servant :;
have you the assurance to suppose that DR..
Swift could have any business with you un-
less through the servants
: come by his own appointment, replied
retuse 20 nrlng tne e nlesSe, ioi t,St you
find slippery stone at his door. You ought
to know him. think. His reverence took Il
glass Of claret with me in my own place. If
don't know who | am.
With some difficulty the man went up and
delivered his message; when, much to his
surprise, the Dean Immediately desired the
man to be shown up, to the drawing-room,
where he happened to be sitting.
Well, said the Dean, am glad to find
that you are likely to be punctual in your
payments
Sir returned the cobber. you will find
me here as regularly as Saturday comes.
There's the first haltcrown.'
That is very right, said the Dean; moth
ing like punctuality and honesty.
The Dean, who was reading, then resumed
his book, feeling naturally certain that the
man. now that the affair between them had
been transacted, would, Of course, have gone
about his business-but in this he was inista-
ken, for the cobbler held his ground.
Pray, why do you wait = asked the Dean,
at length have you not paid the money =
No doubt Of that, sir, replied the cob
bier, but you cannot forgot the old cuatom
Of the country-the man that gets the money
always gircs the trdte.
'Oh!' exclaimed the Dean, you shall
have it, and as he spoke he rang the bell.
John, said he, when the servant entered,
give this man glass Of whskey.'
Sir said the cobbler, in reply, l.
though but poor man, got you II bottle Of
caret, and you, who are rich one, offer me
a glass Of whiskey. expect, sir, to get as
good as gave.
And you shall, too replied the Dean
John, give that min u bottle of claret
Now, sir, understand you he added :,
hottie of claret is worth four shillings, anC
your weekly instalmcnt is only halt-a-crowr
-begone, you rascal, and never let me se'
your face again. / could ahJrd to lend yo'
ten pounds, but could not afford to be re
paid upon your own principle
The tradition, however, goes on to say tina
the cobbler, whose name We think, was Par
ker, proved himself to to be an honest man
and punctually paid the money in question
which pleased the Dean SO much, that he l'e
came II warm friend and supporter to him
and scrupled not to aid him till he had til
satisfaction of seeing his witty protege a
independent and respectable man.