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the old man, " the fish wont tuche." No sooner had 

 he uttered these words, than the linen strap of his bug 

 broke, which he had concealed under his great coat, 

 for it was misty weather, and out tumbled upon the 

 grass twenty-two trout ! The landlord, to annoy 

 Williams for telling such a falsehood, insisted upon 

 holding the bag whilst the old sinner replaced his 

 fish, which done, Webster said, " Do you call these 

 nothing ? Why, if the fish had tucked, you would not 

 have been able to carry them home.'* 



I continued my friendly intercourse with Mr. H. 

 during many years, and never had cause to regret 

 having formed his acquaintance. I was most deeply 

 grieved when he was deprived of his life at the age 

 of seventy-five, but healthy, and not seeming sixty, 

 through two conductors of omnibuses each pulling 

 him to obtain him as a passenger, when a third om 

 nibus drove furiously up between the first two ; to save 

 themselves, the conductors hastily let go their hold of 

 ray poor friend, who fell down in consequence, and 

 the wheels of the third omnibus went over him. His 

 leg and thigh were broken, and he was otherwise so 

 i nj ured, that he died very soon after he was conveyed 

 home. Peace to his manes ! I have never, in my 

 passage through life, met with a more kind, unobtru 

 sive, upright, and generous man, as far as his means 

 would allow : he was, in fact, a complete personifi- 



