she wouldn't 'ave 'im if he'd got fifty million a year, the five of 'em 'eld my missis while she went off.

We elder Brothers, though we are proper men, Ha' not the luck, ha' too much beard, that spoils us; The smooth Chin carries all: what's here to do now?

We elder children then will smile At our dear little John awhile, And bear with him, until he see There is a sweet felicity In pleasing more than only one Dear little craving selfish John.

We 'eld the bleedin' fort," and the last effect of the departing mind upon the shot-torn, knife-slashed body was manifested in a gasping, quavering wail of "'Owld the Fort fer Hi am comin'" Jesus whispers still.

I paced about in high wrath, not seeing what I was to do; for to take Roland away, even if he were able to travel, would not settle his agitated mind; and I feared even that a scientific explanation of refracted sound or reverberation, or any other of the easy certainties with which we elder men are silenced, would have very little effect upon the boy.

She assured us that we should "amuse ourselves charmingly;" that we elder members of the company should find entertainment in the wonderful performances of the tumblers and jugglers, and the younger gentlemen find spruce young girls for partners in the dance.

Or two, which, in that tender time, seem'd much, In after years, much like to elder sisters, Are prone to keep the authoritative style, When time has made the difference most ridiculous SELBY

" He 'eld it up in the air and, afore anybody could move, brought it down bang on the face o' the watch.

Our forefathers and we elder writers of this generation used it freely and without shameperhaps because it had not a name, and our crime could not be pointed out without too much explanation.

Two hundred boysthe eldest scarcely twelve years oldhad assembled there; they carried sticks on their shoulders, with knives and nails stuck at the end of them.

I 'eld my breath.

350 So in all parts of life we find her truth, Weakness to childhood, rashness to our youth; To elder years to be discreet and grave, Then to old age maturity she gave.