"Is it sell my pistol? "Ba me sowl,
an' it's that same thing I'll be "er do
ing ! What will ye z be after giving for
It
"I'll give you this flve-doliar-bill for
it?"
Done! And done, and dime's enough
between two gectemen. Down wid
the dust, and here's the tool for yez !"
The bargi i.i was male by immediate
transfer. The moment the farmer got
the petrouel he ordered Pat to shell out
and, pointing the pistol, threatened to
Mow out his bralus if he refused. Pat
looked at hlin with a comical leer, and
buttoning his breeches pockets, sang
out: "Blow away, ouiu oov s
tako the bit of powdher's in it.
We believe the old man told the last
part of the story but once, and that was
by the purest accident. Pat made on,
and "once away, forever away." has
since been bis motto.
-A Suiart 'I n.'
One of our friends has a bright little
boy who behaves for all the world like
other children which In a child is a
virtue not a vice. The other afternoon
he played so hard that he fell asleep
and was put to bed without bis supper.
The nest morning Harry got up very
much refreshed by hi lonj rest, and
came down to his breakfast as smiling
and lian.iv as could be. "Yon were a
good boy last niht, Harry" said '.lie
lady; "you went to bed w ithout your
supper." Harry looked at her a mo
ment in painful surprise, and then all
of a sudden the clouds gathered upon
his face, and he asked the nure, ''Did
I go to sleep without my supper last
night?"' "Yes," said the nurse.
