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XXXVI. Wealth in Jeopardy—The Revel

           Themusicians,notlookinguponthemselvesas"company,"slippedquietlyawaytotheirspringwaggonandputinthehorse.ThusTroyandthemenonthefarmwereleftsoleoccupantsoftheplace.Oak,nottoappearunnecessarilydisagreeable,stayedalittlewhile;thenhe,too,aroseandquietlytookhisdeparture,followedbyafriendlyoathfromthesergeantfornotstayingtoasecondroundofgrog.

           Gabrielproceededtowardshishome.Inapproachingthedoor,histoekickedsomethingwhichfeltandsoundedsoft,leathery,anddistended,likeaboxing-glove.Itwasalargetoadhumblytravellingacrossthepath.Oaktookitup,thinkingitmightbebettertokillthecreaturetosaveitfrompain;butfindingituninjured,heplaceditagainamongthegrass.HeknewwhatthisdirectmessagefromtheGreatMothermeant.Andsooncameanother.

           Whenhestruckalightindoorsthereappeareduponthetableathinglisteningstreak,asifabrushofvarnishhadbeenlightlydraggedacrossit.Oak’seyesfollowedtheserpentinesheentotheotherside,whereitleduptoahugebrowngarden-slug,whichhadcomeindoorsto-nightforreasonsofitsown.ItwasNature’ssecondwayofhintingtohimthathewastoprepareforfoulweather.

           Oaksatdownmeditatingfornearlyanhour.Duringthistimetwoblackspiders,ofthekindcommoninthatchedhouses,promenadedtheceiling,ultimatelydroppingtothefloor.Thisremindedhimthatiftherewasoneclassofmanifestationonthismatterthathethoroughlyunderstood,itwastheinstinctsofsheep.

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