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"Hello, Corp," said my Iron Brigade, as he took his legs down from a table, and poured out a glass of whisky from a bottle near him, "This is the divil's own place for an aisy life." "Gorporal," said my Dutch fellow soldier, as he poured out a glass of schnapps, "Led me indroduce you mit dot repel. He is a tasy, und don'd you forgot aboud it. Mishder repel, dot ish der gorporal fun my gumpany."

Der Grasshopper is a goot leedle monoplane, but I am afraid dat some of der principles I have worked oud in her iss all wrong. Some day I break mein neck by der outside I am afraid much." "Why you've done some good flying in the Grasshopper," consoled Harry. "Ches, she is a goot leedle ship, bud she vont vin dees race, I dink. By der vay, boys, I have been meaning to warn you aboud dot Frenchman."

I think I wasn' ever so naughty aboud anything else. But in the en', with the businezz always diclining, that turn' out fortunate. By and by mamma she persuade' papa to let her take a part in the pursuanze of the businezz. But she did that all out of sight of the public " "Had you never a brother or sister?" "Yes, long ago. We'll not speak of that. A sizter, two brothers; but scarlet-fever "

Iv you will tell me wad dad mague you cry, I will tell you on ma second word of honor" she rolled up her fist "juz wad I thing about dad 'Sieur Frowenfel'!" "I don't kyah wad de whole worl' thing aboud 'im!" "Mais, anny'ow, tell me fo' wad you cryne!" Clotilde gazed aside for a moment and then confronted her questioner consentingly. "I tole 'im I knowed 'e was h-innocen'."

Dere iss no reason ve should nod produce diamonds." "But look here, Schultze," Mr. Latham expostulated, "it's it's unheard of." "So vas der Mizzizzippi River until id was discovered," the German argued complacently. "You are a diamond dealer, Laadham, bud you don'd know much aboud dem from whey dey come at. Iss Czenki here? Send for him. He knows more aboud diamonds as any man vat ever lived."

'e goin' fall in love wid you an' you goin' 'ave dad sadizfagzion to rif-use de biggis' hand in Noo-'leans. An' you will be h-even, ha, ha! Bud me you wand to know wad I thing aboud 'im? I thing 'e is one egcellen' drug-cl ah, ha, ha!" Clotilde replied with a smile of grieved incredulity.

Schultz, taking matters into his own hands, had uphooked and skipped with doused lights from the jurisdiction of the Pernambuco police. "And how did the skipper come out of all this?" Mr. Reardon had inquired anxiously. "He iss in rodden shape," Mr. Schultz had declared. "Von of hiss angles vos brogen, und he vos cut mid a knive preddy deeb, but noddings to worry aboud.

Billy Blow, the clown, woke up just as the wagon reached the tent site at Clifton. It was nearly midnight. His sleep did not seem to have refreshed him much. He got down from the vehicle like a man half-awake, and as if the effort hurt him. He had to shake himself to get the stiffness out of his limbs. "Dis vos dot poy I told you aboud, Billy," said the musician.

"'Well, I thank you very much, said I. "'You know, I don't care so much aboud dose "vorldly hopes" and dot "sonshine," but vat dit strike me vas vere you saidt: "It's better fair to bear de ilts ve half don vly to odders dot we know not of." Dot means, Vat's de use of chanching 'ouses."

All I ask is that we are allowed to get out of this without gyves upon our wrists!" "Webbons you may not have," said the captain; "but wad aboud der bearl dat you were sdealing?" "You shall have it!" cried Raffles. "You shall have it this minute if you guarantee no public indignity on board!" "That I'll see to," said Mackenzie, "as long as you behave yourselves. There now, where is't?"