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 own name, found favour with Dan bach? There’s sad it is.

Shaci closed his Bible.

“Pray will I now, Mali fach,” he said, “for Dan.”

“What for you pray, Shaci,” answered Mali, ”and do nothing? Say now we got Sadrach Danyrefail to come and speak to the boy.”

“Good that would be.”

“And Joshua Llanwen.”

“He too is a man of God.”

Shaci went to Llanwen and spoke to Joshua by the ditch under the house.

“Mali is wanting you to speak wise words to Dan,” he said.

“Dan’s sins have reached my ears,” said Joshua. “By and by I will say phrases to the dear Big Man, and the words of the Terrible One will scorch your son Dan.”

Shaci then went across the fields (for this horrid thing made him fearsome of