* "SARY EMMA'S PHOTYGRAPHS" Our Sary Emma is possessed ter be at somethin' queer; She's allers doin' loony things, unheard of fur and near.

After a while I felt I was troublin' him and doin' no good to myself, but the sleeps came just the same as ever, and then I couldn't help myself.

"Wot's dat? D'yer men ter say I ain't doin' a good job wid yer?

"We shall be doin' our duty by those we have left behind if we hug as close to the villains as is possible, while there's no chance I can serve my father by hangin' back at a coward's distance.

"Leave me alone," cried Looney from habit, "I ain't doin' nuffin.

" "Shoot me up and then bring me back to life, eh?" "Mr. Donnegan," said the other, spreading out his hands solemnly on the table, "you ain't doin' us justice.

He wos doin' the gay at a Caffy, was BOB, petty vair, and all that, Togged up to the nines with his claw-hammer, cuff-shooters, gloves, and crush-hat.

"She's above, doin' her hair, and Henny's sewin' the bows on her dress.

"Ain't doin' any harm 'ere, I 'ope.

"Lookee 'ere," says Gale, "I didn't know it wur the Judge doin' me the honour to tear my flower-beds to pieces.

What you doin' out this kind of a night?

"When I come to the house, in I wint, bowin' an' doin' my manners in the most genteelest way to all the grand lords an' ladies that was there, folleyin' their own divarsion, the same as thim that was in the yard, every way they likeddhrinkin', an' singin', an' playin' ov music, and dancin' like mad!

Chestnuts in the ashes Bursting through the rind; Red leaf and gold leaf Rustling down the wind; Mother "doin' peaches" All the afternoon, Don't you think that autumn's Pleasanter than June?

It pretends to be a formal instruction to this beef-headed flunky, from his guardian, of a test to prove his mettle and gain experience to fit him for the highest posts of the diplomatic service by going round the bally world and doin' other people in for their tin.

" "It's a strange thing to me," said Tilda reflectively, gazing after him until his tall figure was lost in the darkness between the gas-lamps, "'ow all these grown-ups get it fixed in their 'eads that they're doin' the pertectin'.

Pore devils,' I ses, lookin' at 'em bouncin' along, doin' the pretty to all the nobs, wivout so much as puttin' their toe in the mud.

t doin' their share Nig'll turn to every time and give 'em 'Hail, Columbia!'

"I ain't doin' no sicin', not me.

Sugar-cane am good eatin' long in de 'arly fall, but de Mocker ain't doin' much singin' dese yer times, least not 'less he's in a cage in a good sunshiny place.

"Who's doin' the talkin'," he asked.

Sugar-cane am good eatin' long in de 'arly fall, but de Mocker ain't doin' much singin' dese yer times, least not 'less he's in a cage in a good sunshiny place.

Pears like I didn't feel much like doin' any trampin' 'round.

We old niggers doin' the wash in' and the young women doin' cookin' and easy jobs.

And cleanin' house time" "Mebby," sez I honestly, "it would come handy in whitewashin' or fixin' the stovepipe, but where would it be in cleanin' mop-boards, or puttin' down carpets, or washin' winders, or doin' a three weeks washin', or bilin' soap? or pickin' geese?

"'And so,' I sez, 'we're proud to give this frawg a good send-off, and even if we ain't got a real chaplain and the guns to fire a salute with, we're doin' the poor widow a lotta good, and that's somethin'I'll say it is.' "'Amen,' sez the audience.