me and my four companions overboard, place us in statu quo, and the action shall be discontinued.' "'Agreed,' said I, and I reached down to enter upon the performance of my part of the contract.

The year was not prolific of freak or record-breaking performances in the American League.

On the first night of his performance at the Boston theatre, Richard was the part he had adopted; and so strongly had he fortified himself for the kingly task, that he deemed himself the very monarch he was destined to enact.

From the Thlinkit point of view, this was a most remarkable performance on Ted's part, but Kalitan thought it must be all right for a "Boston boy," for even the stern old chief seemed to regard happy-go-lucky Ted with approval.

Tyrrell's private performance with the Adorned C. is one that irresistibly reminds the spectator of Lieutenant Cole's with his figures, and would scarcely be improved by ventriloquism itself.

The others joined in, frightfully off the key; or punctuated the performance by wild staccato yells.

And Hunt was in bad odour with these reviews because he was a hostile politician, still more than because of any actual or assumed defects in his performances as an ordinary man of letters.

The routes for guns were not chosen until the whole country had been reconnoitred, and it was a highly creditable performance for artillery to get their field guns and heavy howitzer batteries through to the time-table.

It went in about an inch, judging from what the Female Samson said when she described her sufferings, and it must have hurt her pretty bad; but she was full of pluck and bound to carry out her performance to the end.

A proud man was Smith, as he lifted that fish from the boat and handed it over to the cook to be dressed for breakfast, and though we had seen the whole performance from our tents, yet he gave us in glowing and graphic detail the history of his taking that ten-pound trout.

ON THE WESTERN FRONT Artillery fighting with mortars and long-range cannon was a continuous performance during December and January in nearly every section of the western battle line.

The elder woman upon the porch looked upon the performance without saying a word, but when the man had got half-way up the walk she rose from the chair, moved swiftly for a woman of her age to where the broad steps from the pathway led up to the porch, and met the ascending visitor with the simple exclamation: "Jack, my boy!" Jack, the "my boy" of the occasion, seemed a trifle affected himself.

I cannot but believe that if we could all accustom ourselves to make some sacrifices for the sake of England, if only by giving a few minutes every day to thinking about her and by trying to convince ourselves that those who are not of our party are yet perhaps animated by the same love of their country as we ourselves, we might realise that the question of duty is answered more easily by performance than by speculation.

You move as though you enjoyed it; but I mean a performance like this.

However I am going to work the trick at each performance after this, only I'm going to wear a different suit.

" She went through the entire performance before the mirror, in putting on her hat.

Sheridan became manager of Drury Lane, in succession to Garrick, in 1776, the first performance under his control being on September 21.

MIMES, dramatic performances among the Greeks and Romans, in comic representation of scenes in ordinary life, often in extempore dialogue.

He asked them to defer the performance until daylight, as he should like to look on the world once more.

" Every act went excellently at the evening performance up to about the middle of the programme.

The mystery of the silent night, the thoughts of the danger which threatened the two girls, and the glimpses of the astounding performance within the cavern brought a dazed mental condition that made us doubt our sanity.

# Various modifications of piece work have been developed of late, all involving the features of a minimum task and of a premium for performance beyond that point.

"I thought there was some sleight-of-hand performance about it," she said.

Fighting has gone out in schools, and none but decayed clubmen dare to deplore it: corporal punishment has diminished, and isn't needed, because children don't do savage things; bullying is extinct in decent schools; crimes of violence are much more rare; duelling is no longer a part of social life, except for an occasional farcical performance between literary men or politicians in FranceI saw an account of one in the papers the other day.

On this interesting and trying occasion, her accepted lover stands during the performance behind her chair, and is assiduous in his attentions.