Ill 



" The Quick and the Dead " 



" Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part. 

 Do thou but thine." 



Paradise Lost. 



*'. . . the beadle of private life ; the beadle of 

 our business and our bosoms." DICKENS, Dombey 

 and Son. 



ERE 'S the great sportsman 

 moralist, Doctor, " said 

 Doctor Bradley to Doc- 

 tor Corbin, as Seth Fielding 

 r - strolled up to their table in the 

 cafe, inquiring: 

 44 Well, what 's before us ? " 

 44 Hello, Seth!" cried the portly Cor- 

 bin as he arose from his seat with great 

 difficulty and yet with every indication 

 that he was not at all displeased to do so. 

 44 I 'm right glad you 've joined us " 

 putting forth both of his great hands 

 4< and now I 'm sure we '11 have fine 

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