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"Elder, will you have drink of cider?"
enquired a farmer of nn old
lempcrauce man, who was spending
(he evening at lua house.
"Ah! hum?no, thank ye," said
the old man?"1 never drink liquor
of any kiud?Specially cider?hut ef
you caM it appie juice, reckon I II
iukc a cu'cpi"
Depen* c: ox Cikci:m3taxces.
?Said Dinah to Sambo, as thoy
were, takirg a loving promenade,
'Sambo, what your 'pin on bout tie
married life? tinlc it be de mast happiest/'
'Well, I'll tell you, dat arc 'pond
a? i j?- -
.uiwjtuuuj iiuw uuy vujoy uemseivesf)ldl
Stjuire 13 ? was Heeled
Judge of the inferior'Court of some
< ouuty in Georgia. When he went
home, his delighted wife exclaimed:
"Now my dear, you arc Judge, whnt
atn //'' uThe same darned old fcol
you allers was,''1 was the tart reply.
l)o you profess religion?"
uJVo? sir, I profess mv faith ninl
pi ucticemy religion."
Header, do thou likewise.
An Irishman remarked that a true
gentleman will never look at the
I&uUjf* of a pretty woman without
Uniting his eyes.
A gentleman meeting John Sav
nge one day, looking very dolorous,
said?
"Why, Jaclc, what ails you; isn't
your fiddle in tune ?"
"No, sir," replied Jack, "it is in
paw it V
Ooleman relate* that a Scotchman
slipped o!f the roof of a habitation
fsKtefcn Stories high, nnd when midway
in his descent through the air,
he arrived at a lodger looking out of
ft' window of the eighth (lortr, to
who?A,(as he was an acquaintance)
he observed, en passant, "Eh, Saunflv.
si<> n fsi* na I Irto!"
T? r~ *
l AHA V/ > i' ' I i1 hi!- i
The editor of a newspaper heiiig
challenged, .coolly replied, that any
fribl nvght give a challenge, but thai
two fools were needed for a fight.
An E^tract.-Willis oft hp Homo
JouVn/it sflcaks ' of a charming girl J
Whrimhe rtiet in an omnibus in New ,
York ciVi one,uirfip.es Si the corners
of'whosb mouth were so deep
and sA tfirildd'in like inverted commas
that her lips looked like a quotation."
The old bachelor of t he j
evening ro9t says, he "would like to
mnko?n extract from that quotalion."
In 1510 Philip II sent the young
CoristtrMb de Castile to Rome; to
congratjjlpte Scxtus the Fifth onjiis
advancement. The Popis imprudehtJy
said?
"Are there so lew men in Spain,
t hat your king Sends one Without a
beard?" M
"SiVi" W(W (he fierce Spaniard, "if
his Majesty had possessed the least
idea that you imagined merit lay in a
.-,y hofirdv lie would doubtless have
piUeA a goat to you instead of a geniimmWiiil
"? ui . !*_ ? ' .?:km
, A fellow who was -.brought before
the liOndon Police Courts lor
awMtiagroml eknost Ming a woman,
excused himself by saying
tfeffebe thought it was #K*.wife
per? \\iai.the iucfgc "chargod IhJ J?i
iron SO g L ft, ft INlg ? y ?,
From ChAniberu's T?dinbjrg Journal.
THE O Xj T) MAID.
) w hen I lirst knew hci\ ^he was
between thirty and forty. Her fea:
lures were plrtiu, yet she was far
; from ugly; there was a nameless
; charm in their expression which
i made her almost beautiful. Hers
; was n face that you would have stood
' to look at, as at a picture. ] recollect
seoiHtf her toinetm)es at our
licuse, a long- time ago, when 1 was
a ery little lellow. 'Jhere was;
! something very quiet, and gentle
1 about her, and lhat very calmnuss
seemed to repel intrusion. I used lo
wish to love her, but dare not. Sonic
| times I would steal up to .her noiselessly
as she sat at wortc, and she
would stoop (town and kiss my forehead,
nnd push me /renlly away; and |
sometime? I thought I felt j: tear
on my cheek hut il may have
only fancy.
Years passed on, but to my youthr
* r * 1
I uuiancy tnoy wrought no change in
1 her*, she was li e same gentle be'ng
as before. She rented a pretty little
cottage, but could not be said to live
there, for she was always wandering I
from place 1o plrce among her acquaintance,
doing them little services.
Did Mrs. Tompkins want assistance
in making a dress??the old maid did
the ncatast needlework imaginable.
, W as Mrs. Jenks busy preparing for
her Christmas party.'?the first preliminary
was to write to the old
inn 1(1 1(1 flimn 'liicl mol n "I* '
I ? . utiM I^unu ouiui: WI II1U
j m:nce-pies 11 >at were so much praised
I last year. And when any individual
I in her cirolfc of acquaintance was
laid on a bed of sickness, who so
I ready to smooth with gentle hand
the pillow of pain, and calm the unquiet*
wondering mind, as the old
maid? Who, lite her, would tend
with unwearied care the restless
hours of sickness, and raise the sinking
heari of t,ue sufferer by sitting
noju; him through.the;livelong night
with 119 othereompamon than a book
and her own quiet thoughts/
one seemoU strangely alone in the
world} for, excepting a widpw,e<l siptcr,
shfc had no relatives. Sometimes
) wondered that hhc clUl not got matlied,
hut how the thought camo in^o
my head I have no idea. For f>oi;i)e-<
how, I cannot iell why, the notion
seemed (juite absurd in connection
with her. What ron'd we have
done with her7 She irot married! It I
was out of lh(fquestion.
She lived on a small annuity in
her little cottage near the suburbs of
the town. There was a little patch
of fruit garden, about three yards
square, wi;h a little rriund bed in the
m'<dd!e and a few stunted evergreens
round the side. She had one maid,
servant, a little demure creature, as
prim and quiet asherse'f. The little
, fivint Dar'onr was rather scantily furI
l ? > J i * - '
iiisnuui uiiu t o.u-;ooKing, nui very
neat. You 'always Raw some elegant
bit of industry in process on the
table, but there was nothing bf the
kind lobe .seen round the room.
Some of her numerous friends were
constantly asking her to make them
one of those nice so-and-sos, like the
one ihe did for Mrs. Briggs; and she
was always happy to oblige tlnm.
| There was no arm-chair or sofa in !
the room, oh the square pianoforte j
("jlll nlrl rm*? r?f I?
x..;. W. W.viaiuuuu a,j V UU
might sometimes observe a plain
black bonnet and a pair of cotton
gloves. There was a scent-bottle on
the maiiicljtfcce, but it had been a
long while empty. There were a
few books on a little shelf hang
against the wall; a little poetry, ana
some good solid prose; strange companion^
stood side by side, for it contained
anoddjumbld of things new
nriVI AM : *.
u.ivi * wu ui.^iii iihvb sifeii "rvasselas''
and Ffcrvey's "Meditations,"
Moore's "Zeluco," and Young's
' Nrght Thoughts," Scott's ^frokeby.'
and "Oily Mannerinjor," Walton's
^Angler," and "paradise Lost.*1 A
Shnlcspeaye there was of course?*an I
old edition, in many volumes; and,
what used to please me most, alftr&e,
old Bible with pictures in \\e? V
Years nai&ed by. We hAd lost
sight of the old rtiiud for several
weeks, when one day she appeared
at our house, paler than ev6r, and in
deep mourning, leading in her hand a
boy ftf about eight, years old. Her {
fiisiter was dns?d. end hud l??ft tk'iu t
^ _ ?MHMIVIV irilOWUJ'
to the car? of his only relative in the
world. 1 was grown n typ fellow
now; ami when the okl maid at intervals
mm? to see ua, I used tb patronise
herlittlo nephew, aiidwnuld initiate
him into the 8cieneoTof "peg in
the ring,"or endeavour to make him
an adopt at "fives."
Tht>=<4tl*b aid seldom visited now, t
f >r sho devoted all her time to the
education of her nephew; and with
! such a course of training he grew up,
gentle and quiet like herself. As years
prtssed away, We could see little
chailge in her tranquil cotirse of life;
but there Was miir.li in nntlno/l
rr_, T%~- yv ?VHVVl* III
her protege. He had early given
token of intellect vial power of a high
' order, and niei procured the best mas'^rs
for himt and when she could no
1 ngir superintend his studios, she
would sit by him, and encourage him
by gentle words and kisses.
lu course of time he went to Cambridge.
We knew not by what
means his aunt was thus enabled
to prepare him for fame and honour.
till we noticed that, though the cot
i?l?J -
iyvhhju us neat as uelore, the
prim maid servant was no longer to
be seen.
Some years afterwards, the. old
maid called at our house to bid us
good-bye. Her nephew, after be!
coming an A. M., had been received
i into tne church; and while continuing
bis studies, had been anxiously
looking for a culacy,but without suc!
cess. He had been offered a situa|
tion to travel as tutor with a noblei
man's son; but the poor old woman
I could not bear to nnrt with a *
_ f ..i?ui* ai
I last, through some titled^ friend, he
i had procured a curacy ofa hundred
a year in a dotintry village, a long
way off, and she was goihg to him
there- She looked rather thinner
and older than of yore; but she was
very cheerful and merry at the thought
that her Harry was at last prov ed
lor, however poorly.
Time passed, and the nephew, from
I he cim^y, ^icCROded to the living.
f T-> i ?" '
iiu iuun u icvv private uupils, and Ins
income was increased. After a lit!
tie tiVne h6 married; bxit the old maid
j could'not love hia wife, tliough there
was no outward objection to her.
j The bride was cheerful, good-tempered,
and pretty; I ut the old maid
opke'd for something inside, and
cofld hot find it; there was no depth
in he* eyes?they shone like painted
The old maid left her home wliern
i , ...
I sne hud been happy for eo many vears
| and returnee! to hei* cottage. I dare
say tho minister and his wife were
not sorry to get rid of her, for She
w^S-^lhot4 rtchfefck "upon them; moreover,
she had become, they said, soman!)
odd; and thero was often no
pleasing her, do what they would.?
But she was Vvus growing, old, and
tlie weight of"yuars will bend down
ihe strongest mind, and wither the
j oitte'r'd6vfc,Vm$ (if tl^c heart, though
i not the heart itself.
i She returned to her cottage, and
became acquainted with a few old
1 people like herself, who could feel
| ior her loneliness, and at their homes
1 she used to spend her evenings. Hut
| site was no longer the gentle, puffering
woman of thirty years before;
she had become fretful and peevish;
and now her frequent amusement
?vno n i-iiKli/iH *
?..w. ?.uVuw yi wuisi, at winch
game she began to be an adept.
You seldom saw her face look pleasant,
ns of old, unless when seated at
the table with a partner to her satisfaction
She now wore several rings
on her fingers, and though her dress
was of the same quiet kind as ever,
it was ornamented with a brooch and
chain which did not use to be there.
She wquld talk to you of things you
had forgqtteu 1?"^ of her visit
to AbbotsjToyd*. with an anecdote of
Sir Walter, \Vnicn she had heard
from the housekeeper. She would
criticise Rdmnnn s_u.-ia
? *>vuii? emu tiu|iurc
if you knew John Kemble. She
used tq praise the lattejVand say she
never cared to go to the play unless
to see 'his Hamlet, it ivas .go quiot,so
melanfelibly arid solemn. Sne would
wish to nJe itftgairt, the said, but she
had no onfe to take her. J would
then tell he? ti?^t that, celebrated
man had ctyud yearu ago, and she
\Vo\ild 6nly cnan<jeJ the subject, and
ask me whot I1 thought of Scott's
last novel. . ' ' "S ^
Sometimes she would dak
?
a miniature representing man of
noble feajurcs m v nxfitwy cbess.
Then she woufyl (ell you how br^ve
be wa?, bu? he wrts ambitious, wfycb
made her very titihbtipy; and how
he went abroad^ and Ins fteVheKiid
been rettt:?8ti among the itfetflot1iHy
wounded' ii> the skirmish at; Quitter
Ht as, For many Jong years she had
expected he vW'guId retnr,nv for his
deatli had hot been reported. and shp !
could ri&t but taliove that He Was
still alive., if-VOtft asked her Who he
wo** ^he would turn a way and give
you no annwor. ,
and Was anxious to deft Viiwi &9W
ii'hmv. Oo 'he wtoing1?f tho follow
tag day he set out, and reached the
cottage a few hours after she was
dead. However, ho wusintinieto
read her burial service.
And I believe he placed (he stone
upon her grave, which sets forth that
she was the daughter of a certain person,
and that she died on sur'> a day j
in such a year. And then follows,
if! ijcollect rightly, a verse from
Holy VViit. This was the conclu
sion. Even her nephew, wedded by
the ties of wife and children to the |
living, Would forget his benefactress
soon. She passed away as if she '
I had nevgjr been; and no one now, but
some solitary dreamer like myself,
recalls even a flitting memory of the
Old Maid.
THE BROKEN^IIEART.
About forty years since, a'young
man in the neighborhood of J)ro/r
hccla, Ireland, paid his addresses to a '
yc >g woman, a farmer's daughter;1
and although his attentions were not. I
approved of ivy her friends, yet she
encouraged luin t) hope, and eventually
promised to marry him. His
circumstances not being the best, and ,
believing, he might trust to her fideli-1
ly, he was inclined to defvr the eereI
inony until he could realize a com-;
petence, or sufficient to make her
comfortable; but Mary being sought I
after by many, pressed by her parents
decided, and believing his delay arose
from indifference, at length became i
dissatisfied, and told him she would
wait no longer, but would marry the j
first man who would ask her. He j
thinking her declaration arose from j
sudden caprice, carelessly told her to I
do so* and they parted in anger. 1
The miller of Mellifont was a
douse, warm, middle-aged bachelor,
1-: i i- -? i-; v -
uuunsu im ins appearance, and sottish
in his manners; hut withal, having
thcpame of money, and a comfortable
situation in the mill, hp was
far from being an object of indifter-1
ehce to the parents of unmarried fe- j
mates. Having long regarded Mary
with a wistful eye, any been often
proposed for her acccpjtance by her
friends, she no\y, while warm .with
indignation against James for what j
fehe considered his falsehood, consent-1
eel to marry him*, and requesting
that it wight he done aa soon as possible,
no tiirje was lost; every thing
was prepared for the wedding, and :
before the'expiration of tweniy-lour
hours she was his wife.
Among the guests invited, James
was not forgotten ; perhaps she
Li _ i i -
wtuucu 10 enjoy a sort triumph over
him, and prove she could marry without
him. lie attended, but was
downcast and sorrowful, taking no
part in the boisterous merriment so
general at country weddings, and
appearing to ..pay no attention to 1
what was passing around him. Af- j
ter the bride had retired, her husband |
the miller, havinir indulged rut hop i
freely, was carrieri up in a slate of |
insensibility and laid beside her, and i
the lights being removed, she hat |
full leisure to reflect on her hasty
conduct and rash treatment of James,
Who she now found possessed her
heart* although her hand was another's.
Ere long she perceived a figure
seated near the bed's foot, and eagerly
asking "Who's there?" was answered
by James:
"It is me, Mary, don't be alarmed
I"
."Why, James,1' said she, "this is
very improp r conduct ; 1 am the
wite bi IfteitUer, and it' my husband
awakens, or any person should see
you hero, it will destvoy me; you
must leave, or 1 will call the people,
in.1' .
"l^cail t Mavry, for my heart is j
b'reafcirtgP'
.She still insisted he should leave
her, but still received no other an-1
swer than "Mary, I can't, my heart!
is breaking !" t I
At length he bank cxii&upie^ on i
the bed. Mary, greatly alarmed,
called aloud, and the company coming
in, found him dead on the bed s
foot, his,heart having really bioken.
A|| was now confusion. Hja body
was now conveyed to his residence,
a ffevy mjfea' distant, and his friends |
haViniV <h' vnin ( riwl ouni-if mntlwwl ?/. 1
a?? t t uiii *? ?vm v ? v* j aaV'ttlWl I \j
restart himi, he was laid out to be
waked.
The practice t^en was to put the:
body "under board," that is on planks
lai:{ <m the under frame of a l&ftfe
table over which a sheet was placed, |
which, falling down over the ends j
and Bided, entirely concealed the.
corpse; pn tbe table they placed candles,
lobaoco, pipos, &c. Me was
waked for two days, and ah the
neigHoihood made prior Mary the
cmttNtt&f their rWpfoach. ftfce neve:',
left her apartment, but sat aecmmtf
""QPlWifKy of everything, and bewildered
with aflguisn.
-1 iiili -liiY v -1?iTi'iViw i"Tn n ?itI, wt:..; ?. ;
However, on the second night she
was missed; she had left her house
unperceived, and had tfOne no one 1
whither; and as she conkrnt he found
after the strictest search, ii was supposed
she had drowned herself in
tho river.
In the morning prestations were
made for hurrying James, but in
limfrxtflinir lr> imt Kiu Ixwln
|/. VWWUMI^ * vy j/Ub alio IIIIU llIVy
coffin, they found tho unfortunate
; Mary dead beside him. She had
I stolen unpereeived under the tal>le,*i
and having instituted her arm under
l*?i? lu arl nn?l ?\l*iswwl l?io * ? ? ? > ?
inu u\ u\i) j/.m-uu mo mill til V7UUU
her neck, had, in that position bid
adieu to all her sorrows.
Little now remains to he told.? j
They wero hurried in one grave, in !
Mellifont Abbey; and, although in !
life they were separated, in (leath
they were not divided.
From u Women of the Revolution. " j
TIIE ARCH REBEL.
ult is well known thai the nnmo of
(lllKlnVIIQ CnuvnnrLnn'i llw> nftnloin ?>!'
ono of the first privateers under the
American flag, was one of terror to
the British. The print of liini ex*
posed in the shops of London, h.hnlc.i,
4'The Arch Rebel," and representing
a man of g'gantic frame and ferocious
eonnteimiire. w;ix one ni'ilm
expressions indicating the popular'
fear attached to his n:mie. lTc was
repeatedly captured by the enemy,
and treated-with barbarous severity; i
l><?:only saved from death by tho |
resolution of Congress that his execution
should be avenged by that of
certain royalisi officers then in custody.
While he was a prisoner in
I irniw mi nnn /a* *
I x'ii.? w.? MVMtiM v/iiv uiv ii >
llis wife made an eloquent and touch- j
| ing appeal in his behalf, in a letter lo |
(jenferal Washington. tohifch was laid
before Congrefes. l,To have lost a
beloved and worthy husband in battle,"
she says, "would have been a
light affliction;11 hut her courage failed
at the thought of the suffering des
paii, unci ignominious death that
a\vaiie:l him- The interposition sho
besought was granted* and saved
the prisoner's life.
"A hitter written from Antigua,
published in the Pennsylvania
tor* gives an account of Mrs. ConynghamV
romantic introduction to the
noted hero who was afterwards her
husband. She was, wilh two other I
ladies. at sea. and shared tho common
fear of meeting with some American !
privateer?'the Revenge1 i:i particu- j
lar?cruising near the West India j
Islands. The Captain was pacing j
tlio quarter-deck with a glasg in his
hand, and was i>itossed Willi iiiauy
questions by his lair passengers, w ho
had heard dreadful accounts of tho
cruelly oil lie Americans. Suddenly
;i cry from aloft?"A sail! a sail!11
caused general confusion. -The Captain
hastened up the shrouds, gave
orders to the man at the helm, and
remained some minutes watching
the approaching suspicious stranger;
then coming on deck, said that 'the
vessel looked d?d rakish; he had no j
doubt it was a privateer, probably
the Revenge?the terror of those 1
seas. The ladies were in
tears, and withdrew to the cabin hall
minting irom apprehension*" There 1
was no prospect of escape; the sail
gr.' duall drew near; a gun was fired, I
and 1 he pursued vessel lay to. A
boat put ofl* from the stranger, and j
two officers and several men wore '
soon upon her deck. The spokesman
wore a blue roundabout and
trowsers, an:l was well armed; he
was about twenty-five, of a light .
and active figure; his sunburnt face !
showed much intelligence, and was, I
v.-itha!, interesting from a shade of !
melancholy. 11(5 made some inqui
ries concerning (he vessel,cargo, and
passengers, and on being informed
there were ladies in the cabin, colored.
nnrl observed to his lieutenant?
that he would have to go and say to
them, <he passengers were not prisoners,
but guests. The lieutenant replied
that he had not 'confidence
enough to speak to them,' and the 1
other went into the cabin. The fears
of the ladies were soon dispelled, and
t|ic youngest asked the officer, with
nrVllr?K iT lw% uirtf
uauiyia naiT(aui u in; (ia luan^r a |;i" :
rate. "I am captain of an American 1
private'er," he answered, "and Iks I
trust,, cannot be a pirate." "Arc
you tho captain of the Revenge.'"
"I am." "Is it possible you are the
man represented to be a bloody and
ferocious pirate, whose chief delight
is in scenes of carnage?" "I am
that person of whom tnose nursery '
tales have been told; whose picture j
is hung up to frighten children. I
have suffered mncn from British prisons
ant' from British calumny; but
my sufferings will never mako me
forget (h? courtesy due to ladica*,s '
?
uDurihg the few days the vesFcla
were together, the cliivalroi's spirit
of Conyngham, and his kindness to?
wards the passengers* won their esteem,
and they listened with p'etus*
Urc to the captain's account oil is
ffallimt achievements on the seas?
The beautiful Miss Anne r?- who
chatted with him in so sprighly A
manner, was. a da.v or twr? nflo.r
wards, with her two companions,
put on board a vessel bound to one,
of the islands. When ihe writer'of
the letter saw her attain at I/'Orients
some time afterwards, she was th<^
wife of the far-famed captain of the
Revenge.
Anccilotc of Lathne)\?It is related
of Latimer, that when he once
nre:irhr?rl Itpfnro i li:i f (urnnt. ir<ain?tr
VliI., he took a plain, straightforward.
text, and in his sennon assailed
those very sins for which the monarch
was notorious, and he was stung
to the fjijick, for truth always finds a
repose in the worst man's e iscience.
lie would not bend beneath the aullmritv
m( llIK ( ifirl Nlil cotil fni- T a (l.
mer, and said: "Your life is in jeopardy,
if you do not recant all yon
paid to-dny when yon preach next
Sunday." The trimming courtiers
were all anxious to know thd consequences
of this, and the chapel was
crowded. The vc hcrable man took
his text, and after a pause, began
with a soliloquy thus:
"Now, Iluirh Latimer, bethink
thee, thou art in the presence of thy
earthly monarch?thy life is in his
hands, and if thou dost not suit his
fancies, he will bring down thy gray
hairs to the grave; but Hugh Latimer,
bethink thee, thou art in the
presence of the Kincr ofKirwrs. nhd
Lord of Lords, who halh told thee,
lKear not them that kill the body,
and ran do no more; but rather fear
him who ean kill both body and soul
and cast tliec into hell forever!' Yea,
1 ;ay, IFur l, Latimer, fear him."
lie then went on, and not only repeated
what he had before advanced,
In 11 1 I*1o. o?\lnt7Vwl it xxrtiU ii-iuiol.
pr emphasis. After lie had finished,
Henry Seilt for him and said-' "How
durst thou insult thy monarch so?'*
Latimer replied, "1 thought if I were
un!uiil)ful to mv Cod, 1 could not he
loyal to my KiiW." The King ^inbraced
the goad old Bishop, exclaiming,
"There is yet one man leu who
is hold enough to tell me the truth/1
AnF.CIWYF. OF JoTIX" C. 0.\I.TTdUX.
?I was at Yale in 1804?5 and (?,
and 1 thi k it was in 1805 that Johii
C Calhoun took the degrees of Bachelor
of Arts.
Calhoun even al that tir c was
looked uport hV his fellow students
as an extraordinary youn# ninn. Iri
his classical studies and attainments
he was not so very superior to some
of Ilis ninths: mit in iwmnral
, ... ... ihviuiuii;i
niul in those studios relating to polllies
he was unrivalled. I do not
now speak of parly politics as it is
too often understood and practised in
these days, hut of that kind of* po-icy
and politics which toadies one
how to promote the good, avert tho
eVils incident to nations.
In this science Calhomi had no
competitor.
At that period, our ideas of merit*
hers of Congress were more exalted
than nt present, and they were pre
i _ -1 i- -- *' *
m-iiiru i? us wiiii gray hairs and sedate
dignified facof, and not unfrequentty
with powdered heads. They
were not so numerous as they havd
since become.
On one occasion, Calhoun was
found by a familiar friend, Ion# since
dead, poring over Mai thus, while at
his elbow lay Smith's Wealth bf Nations.
"Why," said his friend, "ivhy Calhoun
will you waste you tiri^e over
those Works, which you cahnot brirttf
c. -
niiu. use lor i weiny years 10 CClivlj At
the soonest?" I .
"Not bring into use," said Calhoun
"arid why not?"
"Why hot," replied his friend, "be*
cause you cannot apply the knowledge
you gain from tnem, except as
a statesman, or member of Coilgress;
p.nd that station you cannot
expect to attain for the next twertty
year*.
"Twenty yeArs! Twenty; years!"
returned ho, "why tr?y friend, if 1 rtici
not believe that hefore ten years hAvo
passed away, I should be in C.onrrI'ryo
T *? ' * ^ 1 *
jrou my woru * WOUlli
leave dollop this moment.1
The deelaratiort, thoiiffh excited it
smile of incredulity on the lips of his
friend, was more than fulfilled, for |
believe in about eight years l|^
wards he was eloquently sust&rtiiu^
nis country to t&e men Wflf with
Britain. ^ *