Ho! those dear mothers! when they wish to find a chans for a galliant young feller, or to ixtablish their dear gals in life, what awpertunities they WILL give a man! You'd have phansied I was so hill (on account of my black hi), that I couldnt live exsep upon chicking and spoon-meat, and jellies, and blemonges, and that I coudnt eat the latter dellixies (which I ebomminate onternoo, prefurring a cut of beaf or muttn to hall the kickpshaws of France), unless Hangelina brought them.

I et 'em, and sacrafised myself for her dear sayk.
"I may stayt here that in privit convasations with old Lord B.and his son, I had mayd my proposals for Hangelina, and was axepted, and hoped soon to be made the appiest gent in Hengland.
"'You must break the matter gently to her,' said her hexlent father.
'You have my warmest wishes, my dear Mr.De la Pluche, and those of my Lady Bareacres; but I am not--not quite certain about Lady Angelina's feelings.

Girls are wild and romantic.

They do not see the necessity of prudent establishments, and I have never yet been able to make Angelina understand the embarrassments of her family.

These silly creatures prate about love and a cottage, and despise advantages which wiser heads than theirs know how to estimate.' "'Do you mean that she aint fassanated by me ?' says I, bursting out at this outrayjus ideer.
"'She WILL be, my dear sir.