Said in fun . f theRebellion, and if I do say it myself I made a goodsoldier. You have a very soldierly bearing, said young 1 have been told, replied Dumley. Even to thisday, he continued, strains of martial music will setmy pulses bounding, and like a war horse 1 scent thebattle afar you ever wounded, Mr. Dumley? asked , considerably —no, he said. I never was; 1 was very fortunatein that , indeed, ventured young Brown ; a gunshotwound is an ugly thing. 1 suppose you can attributeyour good fortune to your nose. What has my no
Said in fun . f theRebellion, and if I do say it myself I made a goodsoldier. You have a very soldierly bearing, said young 1 have been told, replied Dumley. Even to thisday, he continued, strains of martial music will setmy pulses bounding, and like a war horse 1 scent thebattle afar you ever wounded, Mr. Dumley? asked , considerably —no, he said. I never was; 1 was very fortunatein that , indeed, ventured young Brown ; a gunshotwound is an ugly thing. 1 suppose you can attributeyour good fortune to your nose. What has my nose to do with my not getting wounded ?demanded Dumley. Why—its ability to scent the battle afar off. 77 THE NATURE OF AN OATH. JUDGE (to darky witness)—Do you know the nature of anoath ?Witness—Sah ? Judge—Do you understand what you are to swear to ?Witness—Yes, sah. 1 am to swar to tell de —And what will happen if you do not tell it ?Witness—1 spects our side ill win de case, sah. 78. 79 AN EVENINGS PLEASURE SPOILED. MY dear, whispered a man to his wife as they seatedthemselves in a theatre, 1 left my pocket-book athome. Havnt you any money at all ? Only forty cents. Wont that be enough ?* Enough ! he repeated impatiently; its a tive-act play. 80 i, ?
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