Come, be a practical emancipationist to the extent of your ability; set the South an example; break every yoke." "They are better off with me," said I; "the hawks or cats would catch them, or they would die from exposure." "Expediency!" said one of them; "do justice, if the heavens fall." "Fye at _justitia_!" said one, who pretended to take my part.

"_Ruat coelum_, Let them rush to heaven," replied the other.

"Parse _coelum_, please, sir," said my boy in the Academy.

"Yes, past the ceiling," said the lawyer, pretending to misunderstand him; "that's right, my son;"-- and more wretched punning of the same sort.

Hence Mrs.North's pretended supplication about the window-sashes.