AN ELDERLY PAIR OF TURTLE-DOVES. 23 



she was quite forty; but, whether or no, the playful 

 way these turtle-doves fed each other was quite enough 

 to make the most obdurate bachelor eschew his evil 

 courses and obtain a help -meat Mrs. C. had her 

 fingers covered with diamonds : these came from the 

 Diamond-fields, where they had been taken from the 

 craws of fowls served at a refreshment-room she kept. 

 The wife looked out for the husband more energeti- 

 cally than the husband did for the wife. And how the 

 provisions succumbed before their joint attack ! We, our 

 % trio, that is, always had a plate of olives after dinner ; 

 Mrs. Crommy thought that they must be confections of 

 extraordinary excellence. The plate was accidentally - 

 intentionally left within her reach, and the result was 

 that neither of the Crommys liked olives, if judgment 

 could be pronounced from the spluttering they made. 



As some of the above persons may appear again, this 

 is my excuse for introducing them. To the many good, 

 kind-hearted gentlemen and ladies from whom we both 

 received unremitting attention and information on all 

 subjects necessary to our success on our intended tour, I 

 can only here offer sincere thanks, on behalf of my com- 

 panion as well as myself, and there is one of whom I can 

 say no more than express a hope that prosperity and 

 happiness ever be her attendant angels. 



