He told Simpson of his trouble of the night before, and concluded his account with the earnest and almost pitiful exclamation: "I'd give fifty thousand dollars for a keyhole one could not miss.

Seeing that it was impossible to keep me at home, she reluctantly gave her consent, but not until she had called upon Mr. Russell and Mr. Simpson in regard to the matter, and had obtained from the latter gentleman his promise that I should be well taken care of, if we had to winter in the mountains.

" DOCUMENT NO. 9. Certificate of deposit, vulgarly known as a pawn-ticket, issued by one Simpson to William Beauvoir, December 2d, 1848:

He saw young Simpson at a table, the only acquaintance who happened to be in the dining-room when he entered, and, led by a sudden impulse, walked over, sat down opposite the young man whose aspirations he had discouraged, and entered into affable conversation with him.

An Indefatigable man and a Queen Mary man both missed the next mark and there remained but Frank for the Queen Mary and a man named Simpson for the Indefatigable.

Lieutenant Simpson with the pinnace continued the soundings several miles further out, both working in conjunction, and often assisted by another boat in charge of Mr. Heath, while the outside soundings devolved upon Lieutenant Yule in the tender.

" He sprang forward and, catching Mr. Simpson by the collar, shook him violently until his head banged against the dresser.

They were pretty ugly, but he called out a ladythe Señora Jemima and dos niñosand" "Sa-ay, mister," interrupted the giant Jerry Simpson from the load of logs.

" "And you, Défago, take Mr. Simpson along in the small canoe, skip across the lake, portage over into Fifty Island Water, and take a good squint down that thar southern shore.