"That paper I took out of his portfolio, that paper I picked up, children; where the Colonel says he is going to marry a widow with two children.

Previous to this Mrs. McCarty, who was then Miss Crabb, had run off one day with a young Ensign, who possessed not a shilling, and who speedily died, leaving his widow without property, but with a remarkably fine pair of twins, named Rosalind Clancy and Isabella Finigan Wellesley McCarty.

"Ain't there something we can start on?" "No; we can do nothing until after I have seen the widow, and that will be a couple of months yet at least.

" "Yes, but what?" "My dear friend, you had better ask his widow when next you sit beside her at dinner.

After the independence of this country had been achieved, the voice of God exhorted the people, saying, "Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion, every man to his brother: and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

" "Oh, no, gentlemen!" exclaims the little widow; "well let us go down, if you like, son, and pay our respects to this one.

After some search, they found a widow, a Mrs. Hancock.

"If the shutters were open you could; as they're not;" returned the widow, not offering to stir; "but ever since SKAMMERHORN, starting up with a howl, said 'Here he comes again, red-hot!' and tried to jump out of the window, I've never opened them for any single man, and never shall.

She commended her delicacy, and plainly told the young widow, that how ever unexceptionable the character of Pendennyss might be, a female friend was the only one a woman in her situation could repose confidence in, without justly incurring the sarcasms of the world.

Murder makes a merry widow.

In a small village near the town of Honiton, in Devonshire, there lived a widow and her son.

Besides they had only to remember the widow Mahone, everybody in the town knew the widow Mahone.

" "That was old Davids," said Mr. Harry; "when we had him, he was courting a widow who lived over in Hoytville.

He intercepted Rámdá, one afternoon, on his way to visit Samarendra's widow, and, affecting sincere penitence for the injury he had endeavoured to work, he invited the unsuspecting Brahman into his sitting-room.

Her husband had taken the precaution to make a will in season it was properly authenticated, and his widow, by the powerful assistance of Pendennyss, was put in quiet possession of a little independency.

She'd make a good match for anybody (by she, I mean the widow).

I have educated two or three orphans, and I help every month several widows and one or two helpless people who suffered through him.

He was something of a composer himself, and on his death-bed advised his widow to consult Doctor Coxe in every emergency; whereupon, to simplify matters and have the counsellor handy, in due time she married him.

He turned the heart of this robber from his wicked purpose, and in this way he protected the widow who trusted in him.

'Twas written for "The Gem;" but theeditors declined it, on the plea that it would shock all mothers; so they published "The Widow" instead.

*** Here I was broke in upon by Mr. Lovelace; introducing the widow leading in a kinswoman of her's to attend me, if I approved of her, till my Hannah should come, or till I had provided myself with some other servant.

" "There is nothing bad about having her own ideas," replied the rector's widow.

A look and a few words from Miss Osborne showed the poor widow that there need be no fear lest she should take the first place in her son's affection.

Everybody tries to cheat the widow" "And orphan," interposed Mr. Clamp.

I would lay all my plans and hopes before the Emperor Otto, who would naturally be inclined to assist the unfortunate widow; but he would be still more willing to do so when I told him of the future which might await her if my plans should be carried out.