The first of the time of living at my master's own place, I was pretty much employed in the house at carding wool and other household business.

* * CARDING A TITHE PROCTOR.

"Life's just what that card a fellow tacked up in the office one day says it is:'one damned thing after another,'" he asserted grimly.

The greater part of mankind neither card the fleece, dig the mine, fell the wood, nor gather in the harvest; they neither tend herds nor build houses; in what then are they employed?

As she carefully carded the mass of hair lock by lock, thinking it an unnecessary nightly labor, the restless head under her hands was turned towards the portable husband.

In Ireland, carding the tithe proctors was occasionally resorted to by the White Boys, and was performed in the following manner:- The tithe proctor was generally waked out of his first sleep by his door being smashed in; and the boys in white shirts desired him "never to fear," as they only intended to card him this bout for taking a quarter instead of a tenth from every poor man in the parish.

These answers puzzled the questioners, and they did not know what more to say; as they stood silent the other girl got up and went away remarking, "While I have been waiting here, I might have carded a seer of cotton."

"I've known Indian medicine-men who could give that doctor cards an' spades," he exploded, with gruff finality.

"I haven't 'card any-thing.

Duke lifted his head from the trough, and stared at uncle, who paid no attention to him but went on carding Bright, and stroking and petting him.