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IN PRISON.
bish o' the streets. I am old and poor, Sir Miles; but say the word and I will go forth and proclaim the truth though I be strangled for it."
"No," said Hendon; "thou shalt not. It would ruin thee, and yet 
"THE OLD MAN LOOKED HENDON OVER."help but little in my cause. But I thank thee; for thou hast given me back somewhat of my lost faith in my kind."
The old servant became very valuable to Hendon and the king; for he dropped in several times a day to "abuse" the former, and always smuggled in a few delicacies to help out the prison bill of fare; he also
