. Our village. , but somethingmuch more in his own way— a cow ! any cow ! oldor lame, or what not, so that it were a cow ! she wouldbe bound to keep it well ; if she did not, he mighttake it back again. She even hoped to pay for itby and by, by instalments, but that she woukl n(jtpromise ! and, partly amused, partly interested by thechilds earnestness, the wealthy yeoman gave licr, notas a purchase, but as a present, a very fmc youngAlderney. She then went to the lord of the manor, 238 OUR VILLAGE and, with equal knowledge of character, begged hispermission to keep her cow on the Shaw
. Our village. , but somethingmuch more in his own way— a cow ! any cow ! oldor lame, or what not, so that it were a cow ! she wouldbe bound to keep it well ; if she did not, he mighttake it back again. She even hoped to pay for itby and by, by instalments, but that she woukl n(jtpromise ! and, partly amused, partly interested by thechilds earnestness, the wealthy yeoman gave licr, notas a purchase, but as a present, a very fmc youngAlderney. She then went to the lord of the manor, 238 OUR VILLAGE and, with equal knowledge of character, begged hispermission to keep her cow on the Shaw To the lord of the manor. Copyright 1893 by Macmiltan &■ Co. Farmer Oakley had given her a fine Alderney, andshe would be bound to pay the rent, and keep herfather off the parish, if he would only let it graze onthe waste ; and he too, half from real good nature— HANNAH BINT 239 half, not to be outdone in liberality b\- his tenant, notonly granted the requested permission, but reduced therent so much, that the produce of the vine seldom failsto satisfy their kind landlord. Now Hannah showed great judgment in setting upas a dairy-woman. She could not ha\-e chosen anoccupation more completely unoccupied, or more loudhcalled for. One of the most provoking of the pett\-difficulties which beset people with a small establish-ment in this neighbourhood, is the trouble, almost theimpossibility, of procuring the pastoral luxuries ofmilk, eggs, and butter, which rank, unfortunatel}-,amongst the indispensable necessaries of your thoroughbred Londoner, who, whilst grumblin
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