The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

with Fanny when they had plighted their
 troth Upon the thief being searched and
 the piece of gold being pulled out of his
 pocket, Betty seized 1t and straightway
 ran upstairs with 1t to MT. Joseph, who
 received 1t with raptuous kisses. The
 bundle which contained Joseph's clothes
 being opened, Parson Adams at once
 recognized the livery, and hearing that the man who had been robbed was even | now lying i'll of wounds upstairs, ran to the chamber to find that the sufferer was his beloved pupil.
 To make a long story short, though
 Joseph did not get his money back from ! the thief, Adams rescued him from his i unpleasant predicament, and the youth being well enough the next day to travel, the two took their way back to Somer- setshire, the parson not only having laid
 out in behalf of Joseph the money he
 needed for continuing his journey to Lon don, but having made the discovery that he had been guilty of the trif1ing over
 sight of neglecting to pack his precious sermons in his saddlebags. One thing
 else the parson forgot, and that was to pay at the inn for the keep of his horse.
 They had agreed to ride tie' on their
 return journey-that Is, the parson was to walk before until Joseph overlook him on
 the horse and passed him. When he had
 gone some distance ahead Joseph was to
 dismount. tie the animal to tree, and
 walk forward Adams, when he came up to the horse, was to mount and ride on
 until he had gone some miles ahead of yits-lmllSqI, ,ta 'viafnxzfih xzf zfif zflfff Joseph, when he was to dismount and
 leave the horse for Joseph. By repeating this they hoped to expedite the journey
 and get an equal value out of the horse But when Adams was gone on and Jo-
 there appeared MT Tow-wouse with a bill for the horses keep While things were
 in this state carriage drove up te the inn. In it was Mrs. slipslop. who greeted
 Joseph effusively and immediately re-
 deemed himself and the horse.
 If knowledge of the world must make
 men williams
 May Juba ever live in ignorance"
 But Joseph replied that vice could be ] learned in other places than public
 school and cited several country squires
 who never had been at such an institution and were yet notorious prohigates "YoG
 talk like a jackanapes," responded the parson-and Joseph held his peace. When
 an old man tells a young man that he talks like a jackanapes the argument is closed with the young man on the losing ever has been able to tell the reason why. The travellers sat down in a pleasant place to enjoy their monday meal, and
 after it the parson stretched himself out for nap while Joseph and Fanny, re- tiring little way, began to admire the landscape and each other as lovers will. Suddenly there came the sound of a pack of hounds in full cry and a hare hopping out of the underbrush was pulled
 down close to where Adams was snoring profoundly. In their excitement one of the dogs, by mistake perhaps, got hold of the parsons wig, while another seized his ! cassock. The proceeding awakened the good man with start and he sprang to his feet and ran. The huntsmen. who ! were close behind the hounds, came gal 1 loping up and the leader, a burly, red
 faced squire, cried out in great glee, l "Gone awayi' and sent the whole pack l after the fleeing parson Away went the 1 parson away went the dogs and away went the huntsmen. clatterng after with their hunting cries, while Joseph. leaving | Fanny. came panting in the rear The man hunt furnished infinite amusement to 1 the squire and his friends until the quarry turned at bay. Then Adams laid about him so fiercely with his stick that he laid low many of the hounds who sought to pull him down, while Joseph, coming to his aid, they soon had the pack knocked senseless, dead or cowed.
 The squire riding up, was at first furious at the damage to his dogs, but the ap- pearance of Fanny upon the scene, who