220 COLLOQUY. 



The other, drawing himself up, said: 



"I did not expect, sir, you would 

 have made a mock of what I have 

 said." 



" Neither do I, sir," retorted the 

 brother ; "I merely put a plain ques- 

 tion, and you would oblige me by 

 giving me as plain an answer. " 



" I was not aware, George," observed 

 the parson, altering his tone, "that David 

 ever went partridge-shooting." 



"Then turn to your Bible, brother, 

 and in the twenty-sixth chapter of 

 the first Book of Samuel, and the 

 twentieth verse, you will find that he 

 did." 



The evidence was conclusive in more 

 ways than one, and the subject was 

 seldom, if ever, renewed. 



The manners of the soldier were the 

 least polished of the three, but at the 

 same time always unassuming and agree- 

 able. Jovial either at the mess or the 



