"I hate to werry ye, Johnnie," said the other's deprecating voice; "but looks like I've jest got obliged to have a little help this evenin'.

But her words was theseI'm tellin' you her werry wordsIf you can make sure of seeing Mr. Ryfe, says she,that's you, Mr. Thomas,any time afore to-night, says she, tell him, as I must have a word with him in priwate atween him and me this werry evening, or it would have been better for both of us, poor things, says she, if we'd 'a never been born!"

But her words was theseI'm tellin' you her werry wordsIf you can make sure of seeing Mr. Ryfe, says she,that's you, Mr. Thomas,any time afore to-night, says she, tell him, as I must have a word with him in priwate atween him and me this werry evening, or it would have been better for both of us, poor things, says she, if we'd 'a never been born!"

"'Ere's a werry 'andsome weapon, sir," said he, handing over Rudolf's sword.

" "Better let me make you up a little fire, the nights is werry cool," continued Ben.

Yer says, and werry truly, just now, that changing the stable don't change an 'orse into a hass, or a hass into an 'orse.

That is werry true, most true, none but a eddicated man could 'ave made that 'ere hobservation.

There is no doubt that with them 'ere chalks and a nice smooth stone that RaphaelI 'ave been to the National Gallery and 'ave studied 'is work, and werry fine some of it is, although I don't altogether holdbut that's another matter.

" "Werry sorry, Massa 'Plinter, werry sorry.

" "Werry sorry, Massa 'Plinter, werry sorry.

" "Werry good!

I's gwine to pick out de werry bes' calas I's got for you.

" "Oh," she resumed, as soon as she could be heard, "white folks is werry kine.

I jis now see 'im dis werry minnit.

Within what Amlet calls a week, a little week, after my larst intervue with the emenent young Swell as amost lost his art to the pretty Bridesmade, I have been onored with the most cordial notice of a werry emenent Amerrycane, who cums to Lundon wunce ewery year, and makes a good long stay, and allus cums to one or other of our Grand Otels.

And he tries werry hard to make me bleeve, tho in course he doesn't succeed, that in one part of his grate and staggering Country, ewerybody does jest as he likes in these rayther himportant matters, and has jest as many Wives as he can afford to keep, and that the King of that place has about a dozen of 'em!

He told me that, in his own grand country, he was ginerally regarded as a werry truthful man, which, of course, I was pleased to hear, for sum of his statements was that staggering as wood have made me dowt it in a feller-countryman.

Well, in course, common politeness made me pretend to bleeve him, speshally as he's remarkable liberal to me, as most of his countrymen is, but I coudn't help thinking as it woud have been wiser of him if he had made his werry long Bow jest a leetle shorter.

"He'm werry wakeful, Masser Al'erman.

My back is no sooner turned, than the rascal's atop of one of his master's geldings.' "He'm werry young, master My'nert: no one get a wis'om fore a gray hair.

" "Dat werry well, if a do it," grumbled Cupid, who busied himself affectionately about the person of his master.

" "He'm werry sing'lar how a young folk do forget! '

Ere war' drown six people in dat werry-boat.

Ebbery body war werry sorry for a poor woman from a Jarseys!" "Thy tally is false, Master Cupid," promptly rejoined the Alderman, who was rather expert at figures.

" "Well, den I s'pose 'ere war' one Yankee; but I, know all war' drown, for 'e Gubbenor lose he fine coach-horses in dat werry-boat.