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°. To stand or fall,
Of Romance, General Literature, Science and Art.
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‘New Serres.—Vor I.—Part 1.
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JANUARY 1855.
FRANK LESLIE'S NEW YORK JOURNAL,
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18 3-4: CENTS. .
TEMPTATION.
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CHAPTER I.
Free in thine own arbitrant it stands—
Perfect within, no outward aid require;
. _And all temptation to transgress repel. : Mintoy.
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Farnsriex.p, on the borders of Nottinghamshire, is
one of the few, remaining villages in England where
~ the stocks and maypole—those all but obsolete relies
of bygone times—may still be found standing in pri-
meyal dignity. The former, we are happy to say,
were gradually falling into disuse af the time our
tale commences, much to the regret of one Michael
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Tippin—gencrally called Old Mike—the grey-haired | teemed it none the less on that ‘account—perhaps
beadle, sexton, and constable of the village: three |the more; for it was a labor. of love with him to
single gentlemen rolled into one
patch, paint, and keep the ricketty, decaying ma-
Frequently had Mike, when party polities ran | chine in repair, in the hope that justice would one.
high in Farnsfield, or the boys were more than usu- daywee the error of its ways, and once more bring
ally unruly, been heard emphatically to declare |it into use. « - tore :
that the country would never be safe from the
The fifth of November—when the lad¢ went.
French and revolution, until the stocks were brought | about collecting old barrels, gate-posts, hurdles—in
into general use again, In his opinion, they were | short, every thing they could lay their hands upon
the only panacea for the growing corruption of the | as contributions to the. bonfire on the green—was
times. _ What would the old man say were he living | a day of sore trial and tribulation to the sexton,
now # : . . Fe
The palladium of Minerva’s favored city, we are
who watched over the safety of the stocks with all
the vigilance of a jealous lover. More than once
told fell from heayen—that of Farnsfield came from |had‘the dignity of his staff and-Jaced hat been
the hands of the carpenter; but ite champion es- | perilled by a contest with the youthful marauders.{
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