"I'm out of soundin's." "But the nose, and his beard, and his manner.

Don't they remind you of the English Dickens ?" "O-oh!" Captain Elisha inspected the great man with interest.

He had a vague memory of a portrait in a volume of "Pickwick" at home.

"Oh, I see! Yes, yes." "Of course you see! Everyone does.

Mr.Dickens often says--it is one of his favorite jokes--that while other men must choose a profession, his was chosen for him by fate.