It was printed by Messrs. Dobbin & Murphy, on rather dark paper, in a muddy type,such as no Mr. Dobbin nor Mr. Murphy of this day would allow to bear his imprimatur,though in 1808, I doubt not, it was considered a very creditable piece of Baltimore typography.

"'Tis the nate turrn to yere leg he grudges ye," said Murphy to Elerson.

In those days of affliction, it were well nigh impossible to say who was most afflicted; still, it would seem that no greater destitution and sorrow could have been meted to any one than fell to the lot of Mrs. Murphy at the lake camp.

" Soon after this Mr. Corbett, in his own words, "pulled his freight" from the Brunswick Hotel, where he had been a long, steady boarder, and installed himself in the only vacant room in the Murphy house, having read the black and white card in the parlor window, which proclaimed "Furnished Rooms and Table Board," and regarding it as a providential opportunity for him to see Maggie Murphy in action!

The "Life" is very full but is in its present form a comparatively late production; it was transcribed by Murphy between 1740 and 1750.

Miss Day, the young lady there, had a vocabulary limited to "Hello," "Too high," and "Good-by," and it became particularly galling to learn that the fellow at James & Naughten's was pulling down the business, so Mitchell went to Murphy with a proposition which showed that his mental growth had kept pace with his financial advancement.

The loss of the services of Dan Murphy for more than half of the season also was a prime factor.

And I motioned Murphy into the house and sat down on an old plough to wait.