THE GOBLIN AND THE MUCKSTER. 435

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The Student's bargain.

the Goblin stuck to the huckstcr’s shop, and that was very inte-
resting,

One evening the student came through the back door to buy
candles and cheese for himself. He had no one to send, and that’s
why hecame himself. He procured what he wanted and paid for
it, and the huckster and his wife both nodded a “ good evening”
to him; and the woman was one who could do more than merely
nod—she had an immense power of tongue! And the student
nodded too, and then suddenly stood still, reading the sheet of
paper in.which the cheese had been wrapped. It wasa leaf torn

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