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 HANS OF ICELAND. I. Did you see it ? did you see it ? did you see it ? Oh ! did you see it ? Who saw it ? Who did see it For mercy's sake, who saw it ? STERXE : Tristram Shandy. T HAT'S what comes of falling in love, Neighbor Niels. Poor Guth Stersen would not be stretched out yonder on that great black slab, like a starfish for- gotten by the tide, if she had kept her mind on mending her father's boat and patching his nets. Saint Usuph, the fisher, console our old friend in his affliction!" " And her lover," added a shrill, tremulous voice, " Gill Stadt, that fine young man beside her, would not be there now, if instead of making love to Guth and seeking his