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Rh delighted with the idea. You recollect when Mr Morgan moved out there he was as poor as we are, and he died in three years, leaving his widow worth a hundred thousand dollars.

Filing a Bill.—A solicitor, who was remarkable for the length and sharpness of his nose, once told a lady that if she did not immediately settle an affair in dispute, he would file a bill against her. 'Indeed, Sir,' said the lady, 'there is no necessity for you to file your bill,—it is sharp enough already.'

Connubial Compliment.—'No, Catherine,' said Patrick to his wife, 'you never catch a lie coming out of my mouth.' 'You may well say that,' replied Kate; 'they fly out so fast that nobody can catch 'em.'

A Bull.—A Munster man was telling his companions one day of the plenty of wild fowl in his country. 'Arrah', says he, 'but partridges are so numerous there, that a blind man might kill a whole covey at a shot, if he could but see them rise.'

A Crust for a Coward.—On an evening before a battle, an officer came to the Field Marshall de Toiras, and asked permission to visit his father, who, he said, was at the point of death; and, therefore, he wished to pay him his last duties. 'Go,' replied the General, who clearly perceived the motive of his request. 'Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land!'

Repartee.—A counsel at the Old Bailey, in cross-examining a witness, asked him, among other questions, 'Where he was on a particular day?' to which he replied, 'he was in company with two friends.' 'Friends !' exclaimed the counsel, 'two thieves I suppose you mean'