Always, when she made some nice compound of jelly and cream, he had a share of it; he, on his side, scarcely ever passed her door without softening his tread; and both himself and his dog managed, eventually, to acquire the favor of the old lady's pug." "He appears to have been one of those medical gentlemen WHO profess to cure every conceivable disease by one kind of medicine." "And who generally contrive to remove both the disease and the patient at the same time." "You mistake the individual altogether; he is now one of the most esteemed physicians in London, remarkable alike for his skill and benevolence.

It is even strongly suspected by his friends that he is not a little indebted for his present eminent position to his first patients--the canary and the gold-fish." It was now the usual hour for retiring to rest.

After the evening prayer, which Mary and Sophia said alternately aloud, Willis and the four brothers prepared to start for Shark's Island, to pass their first night in the store-room and cattle-shed that had been erected there.

Of course they could not expect to be so comfortable in such quarters as at Rockhouse or Falcon's Nest; but then novelty is to young people what ease is to the aged.

Black bread appears delicious to those who habitually eat white; and we ourselves have seen high-bred ladies delighted when they found themselves compelled to dine in a wretched hovel of the Tyrol--true, they were certain of a luxurious supper at Inspruck.