. The ball of yarn;. Flowers of Spring. JRIGHTFUL DEPRAVITY. A wild young gentleman having mar-ried a very discreet, virtuous, younglady, the better to reclaim him, shecaused it to be given out at his return,that she was dead, and had been the meantime she bad so placed her-self in disguise so as to be able to observehow he took the news; and finding himstill the gay, inconstant man he alwayshad been, she appeared to him as theghost of herself, at which he seemed notat all dismayed; at length, disclosingherself to him, he then appeared prettymuch surprised. A person by said, Why, sir
. The ball of yarn;. Flowers of Spring. JRIGHTFUL DEPRAVITY. A wild young gentleman having mar-ried a very discreet, virtuous, younglady, the better to reclaim him, shecaused it to be given out at his return,that she was dead, and had been the meantime she bad so placed her-self in disguise so as to be able to observehow he took the news; and finding himstill the gay, inconstant man he alwayshad been, she appeared to him as theghost of herself, at which he seemed notat all dismayed; at length, disclosingherself to him, he then appeared prettymuch surprised. A person by said, Why, sir,, you seem more afraid nowthan before! Aye, replied he, mostmen are more afraid of a living wife thanof a dead one. CROOKED WORDS. A poor man who had a termagantwife, after a long dispute, in which sheI was resolved to have the last word, toldher. If she spoke one more crookedword, hed beat her brains out. Whythen, rams-horns, you rogue, said she,*> if I die for it. A RUINED BOOT. A gentleman whose misfortuneit w
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