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and he looked out for his return, anticipat-
ing rare pleasure at seeing his ‘‘ face as
long as his arm.” But this particular plea-
sure was not obtained, for he didn’t see the
doctor afterward.

“ What’s become of Dr. Grimes?” he asked
of one and another, after a few days had
passed, and he did not see that individual
on the street as before.

But none of whom he made inquiry hap-
pened to know any thing of the doctor's
movements. It was plain to Bunting that,
he had driven the said doctor out of the
village; and this circumstance quite flat-
tered his vanity, and made him feel of
more consequence than before. In a little
while, he told his secret to one and another,
and it was pretty generally believed that
Doctor Grimes had gone away under a
sense of mortification at the storekeeper s
practical joke.

“Took out for next year,” said one and
another. “If Doctor Grimes isn't even
with you then, itll be a wonder.”

xI.—K