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 exceedingly pleaed his client; he chearfully promied the donation: the priet concientiouly weighed the gold in her preence to a cruple, and put it into the church coffer, when his piritual daughter quitted him with a light and joyful heart.

Number-Nip was a patron of the fair ex, as well as the good village priet, however with this difference, that the latter repected the ex in general, becaue, as he aid, the Holy Virgin belonged to it, without ever hewing any uch partiality to individuals as might afford the tongue of candal an opportunity of throwing dicredit upon his good name; whereas the former thoroughly hated the whole ex, on account of one girl who had outwitted him, though his caprice ometimes induced him to take an individual under his protection, and to render her eential ervices. He was dipleaed with the avage Stephen, in proportion as he had been captivated by the behaviour and entiments of his patient wife; he therefore had a trong incli- nation