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He found to his own discomfort what was the fact and the reality, which were not very convenient for him. HE FOUND TO HIS OWN DISCOMFORT WHAT WAS THE FACT AND THE REALITY WHICH WERE NOT VERY CONVENIENT FOR HIM
top, so long as Morgan played. Even very old, lame and one-legged people joined in. Several old women, whom nobody had ever prevailed upon to get out of their chairs, were cured of their rheumatism. Such unusual exercise was severe for them, but it seemed to be healthful. A shrewd monk, the business manager of the monastery near by, wanted to buy Morgan's house, set up a sanatarium and advertise it as a holy place. He hoped thus to draw pilgrims to it and get for it a great reputation as a healing place for the lame and the halt, the palsied and the rheumatic. Thus the monastery would be enriched and all the monks get fat. But Taffy was a happy-go-lucky fellow, who cared little about money and would not sell; for, with his harp, he enjoyed both fun and fame. One day, in the crowd that stood around his door waiting to begin to hop and whirl, Morgan espied the bard who had compared his voice to a cow and a cur. The bard had come to see whether the stories about the harp were true or not. GAN SHUFFLING NOR COULD ANYONE STOP SO LONG AS MORGAN PLAYED VERY OLD LAME AND ONE LEGGED PEOPLE JOINED IN SEVERAL OLD WOMEN WHOM NOBODY HAD EVER PREVAILED UPON TO GET OUT OF THEIR CHAIRS WERE CURED OF THEIR RHEUMATISM SUCH UNUSUAL EXERCISE WAS SEVERE FOR THEM BUT IT SEEMED TO BE HEALTHFUL A SHREWD MONK THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF A MONASTERY NEAR BY WANTED TO BUY MORGAN'S HOUSE SET UP A SANITARIUM AND ADVERTISE IT AS A HOLY PLACE HE HOPED THUS TO DRAW PILGRIMS TO IT AND GET FOR IT A GREAT REPUTATION AS A HEALING PLACE FOR THE LAME AND THE HALT THE PALSIED AND THE RHEUMATIC THUS THE MONASTERY WOULD BE ENRICHED AND ALL THE MONKS GET FAT BUT TAFFY WAS A HAPPY GO LUCKY FELLOW WHO CARED LITTLE ABOUT MONEY AND WOULD NOT SELL FOR WITH HIS HARP HE ENJOYED BOTH FUN AND FAME ONE DAY IN THE CROWD THAT STOOD AROUND HIS DOOR WAITING TO BEGIN TO HOP AND WHIRL MORGAN ESPIED THE BARD WHO HAD COMPARED HIS VOICE TO A COW AND A CUR THE BARD HAD COME TO SEE WHETHER THE STORIES ABOUT THE HARP WERE TRUE OR NOT
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