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 weel,” and a promise of immediate attendance. A new turn in the business of the lounge, banished the circumstance from the father’s recollection—the boy returned in breathless haste to repeat the requisition, which he did in a clearer, louder, and more anxious tone than ever—true, withal, to the late hint on etiquette—Fayther! If ye dinna come quick, the Gentleman ’ll be quite cauld!

S be like three things; which three things she should not be like. F—She should be like a snail, always keep within her house:—but she should not be like a snail, to carry all she has upon her back. SShe should be like an echo, speak when she is spoken to:—but she should not be like an echo, always to have the last word. T—She should be like a town-clock, always keep time and regularity:—but she should not be like a town-clock, to speak so loud that all the town may hear her.

A Irish pastor, when applied to by one of his flock for a shower of rain, said he