it was
such as he who made bad blood in the parish, and that poor folks
had their rights as well as their betters, and should have them
as long as he was constable. If he got papa's order to open the
pound, he supposed he must do it, and 'twas not for him to say
what was law, but Henry Winburn had had to get the 'tally' for
his pig from Farmer Tester, and what was fair for one was fair
for all.

"I was afraid papa would have made the order, but the lawyer said
something at last which made him take the other side. So he
settled that the farmer should pay five shillings for the
'tally,' which was what he had taken from Betty, and had stopped
out of the wages, and that was the only order he would make, and
the lawyer might do what he pleased about it. The constable
seemed satisfied with this, and undertook to take the money down
to Harry Winburn, for Farmer Tester declared he would sooner let
the pony starve than go himself. And so papa got rid of them
after an hour and more of this talk. The lawyer and Farmer Tester
went away grumbling and very angry to the Red Lion. I was very
anxious to hear how the matter ended; so I went after the
constable to ask him to come back and see me when he had settled
it all, and about nine o'clock he came. He had had a very hard
job to get Harry Winburn to take the money, and give up the
'tally.' The men said that, if Farmer Tester could make them pay
half-a-crown for a pig in his turnips, which were no bigger than
radishes, he ought to pay ten shillings at least for his pony
trampling down their corn, which was half grown, and I couldn't
help thinking this seemed very reasonable. In the end, however,
the constable had persuaded them to take the money, and so the
pony was let out.

"I told him how pleased I was at the way he had behaved, but the
little man didn't seem quite satisfied himself. He should have
liked to have given the lawyer a piece of his mind, he said, only
he was no scholar, 'but I've a got all the feelin's of a man,
miss, though I medn't have the ways o' bringin' on 'em out.' You
see I'm quite coming round to your opinion about him. But when I
said that I hoped all the trouble was over, he shook his head,
and he seems to think that the men will not forget it, and that
some of the wild ones will be trying to pay Farmer Tester out in
the winter nights, and I could see he was very anxious about
Harry Winburn; so I promised him to go and see Betty.

"I went down to her c