His own health was proposed, and we sung determinedly that he' was a jolly good fellow. When we asked each other who could deny it, he sat and scowled.
His speech in reply consisted of 50 words at least, but it was pro-ably intended to be of a confidential nature, for it never erossed the table, and, though it has been repeated to me, I scorn to betray a secret.
When it was all over he told some of us that he had not enjoyed himself so mucl* for a long time. He seemed so anxious we should think him a jovial character that we responded heartily. Then he pass-round his hand again and, when wwe had returned it to him, he s "I'm" in his jolliest_ way.
That was the finish, for when he thought we were fighting for our coats, he slipped away like a burglar. I distinctly heard some one running along the otherwise silent street, but it may, it have only "been a street-boy.—glasgow Herald."
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