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left off calling witnesses, and bought a rivet to mend
itself with.’ — ‘Ah! you may laugh,” said the ag-
grieved man; “ but it will be a different thing when
the magistrate calls on the case.” The son now lost
all patience, and forcibly carried his father into the
house, already probably wishing that he had been
content to leave him in the enjoyment of his old
occupation. .