174 . EECOGNITION. 



Having listened with the greatest ap- 

 parent attention to the Admiral's friendly 

 admonition, which was replete with double 

 negatives and other discordances, Sir Peter 

 said, in turning away, and with the most 

 perfect good understanding : 



" I tell you what it is, Admiral, I don't 

 care nothing for none on 'em." 



It was about five-and-twenty years after 

 this, while pursuing my ordinary avoca- 

 tion, I was passing, at a moderate pace 

 by a large posting-house, about eleven 

 miles from town, when I was hailed by 

 the ostler to pull up. I immediately 

 did so, and looking down on the off- side, 

 saw a gentleman apparently in the vale 

 of years, whose weather-beaten counte- 

 nance I thought I had seen before. He 

 asked me if I could take him to a 

 certain village through which I passed. 

 I replied in the affirmative, and the 

 box-seat being vacant, politely asked 

 him if he would take it. He thanked 



