s, sir," answered Price.

"Why, Sir Arthur," said Attorney Case, seeing that he was too late,
"let there be no dispute about the ground. Let it belong to the
village if you will. I give up all claim to it."

"But you know well, Mr. Case, that a man cannot give up claim to a
place which is not his. You cannot give up this piece of land, for you
have no claim to it, as I can prove to you by a look at my maps. This
field used to belong to the farm on the other side of the road, but
was cut off from it when the lane was made."

"Indeed you must know best," said the trembling Attorney, who was
afraid of Sir Arthur and enraged to be shown in the wrong before
Farmer Price.

"Then," said Sir Arthur to the farmer, "you understand that this
little green is to be a playground for the village children, and I
hope they may gather hawthorn from their favorite bush for many a
Mayday to come."

Farmer Price bowed low, which he seldom did, even when he received a
kindness for himself, but he was now overjoyed to think of the
children's delight when he should tell them the good news.

"And now, Mr. Case," said Sir Arthur, turning to the Attorney, "you
sent me a lease to look over."

"Yes, I thought it my duty to do so. I hope it will not hurt the good
farmer."

"No, it will not hurt him," said Sir Arthur. "I am willing to write a
new one for him when he pleases. He has a letter from my brother who
let the farm to him, which shows exactly what was meant, even if there
was a mistake made in making out the lease. I hope I shall never treat
any one unfairly."

"No, indeed," said the Attorney, "but I always thought if there was a
mistake in a lease it was fair to take advantage of it."

"Then you shall be judged by your own words," answered Sir Arthur.
"You meant to send me Farmer Price's lease, but your son has somehow
brought me yours instead. I have found a bad mistake in it."

"A bad mistake in my lease!" gasped the alarmed Attorney.

"Yes," replied Sir Arthur, pulling the lease out of his pocket. "Here
it is. You will see it has not been signed."

"But you won't take advantage of a mistake, surely!" said the
Attorney, who seemed to forget that he had shortly before said that it
was fair to do so.

"I shall not take advantage of you as you would have done of this
honest man," replied Sir Arthur. "You shall be paid the value of your
house and land upon condition that you leave the parish within one
month."

The Attorne