'We 're a small party to-day.

I see Dick does not dine with us.' 'Maybe I hunted him away.

The young gentlemen of the present day are frank enough to say what they think of old maids.

That's very elegant, and I'm sure it's refined,' said she, pointing to the mass of fruit and flowers so tastefully arranged before her.

'But I was born in a time when people liked to see what they were going to eat, Mathew Kearney, and as I don't intend to break my fast on a stockgilly-flower, or make a repast of raisins, I prefer the old way.