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24 an English officer who had been killed. His comrade viewed him with a greedy eye; which the man taking notice of, said to him "Tamn you gapin' creedy bitch, gang an' shoot a shentleman for hersel', an no envie me o' my pit watch. Next morning finding his watch motionless, and meeting his comrade, says to him, "Och! she no be care muckle about a watch, an' you be like mine what will you gie me for her?" The other replied, I be venture a kinny."—Weel then," said the other, "Shust tak her, an' welcome, for she be die yester night."

CAPTAIN SILK.

In a party of ladies, on it being reported that a Captain Silk had arrived in town, they exclaimed, with one exception, 'What a name for a soldier!' 'The fittest name in the world,' replied a witty female, 'for Silk never can be Worsted!'