Chapter IV. Mr. Hawker's Politics.--Election of 1857.--His Zeal for the Laborers.--"The Poor Man and his Parish Church."--Letter to a Landlord.--Death of his Man, Tape.--Kindness to the Poor.--Verses over his Door.--Reckless Charity.--Hospitality.--A Breakdown.--His Eccentric Dress.--The Devil and his Barn.--His Ecclesiastical Vestments.--Dislike of Ritualists.--Ceremonial.--The Nine Cats.--The Church Garden.--Kindness to Animals.--The Rooks and Jackdaws.--The Well of St. John.--Letter to a Young Man entering the University.

 

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