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A prisoner may slip from me , Sergeant-major , but when that strapping woman puts her arms round him , he 'll be as helpless as a child . I shall apply to the Council for an increase of pay . '' Soon afterwards , Maguffin got a holiday , went to Dromore , where Miss Tolliver was sojourning with Mrs. Thomas , took that lady to Collingwood , the coloured Baptist preacher of which united them , and came home triumphantly in the stage with his bride . They received a great ovation in the kitchen , and , Mr. Terry having joined the party , played the geographical game till midnight , as a sober , improving , and semi-religious way of celebrating the event . Mr. Maguffin remarked that the Baktis preacher had promised , out of the two-dollar fee , to insert a notice of the marriage in a leading paper , adding the words , `` No Cards , '' but , said Tobias , `` he war n't nebber moah leff in all hees life , ` kase here 's the keerds and heaps on 'em . Yah ! yah !