88 BOB. 



establishment; and when it shone forth 

 from the cloud of dirty shrimp baskets 

 that surrounded it, and Bob was called 

 upon to do the polite to old ladies and 

 young gentlemen, he acquitted himself with 

 much credit, as well as satisfaction, to his 

 clients. 



His vocabulary was not very exten- 

 sive ; neither did his discrimination keep 

 pace with the age ; for Master Henry 

 and Master Fred, Master Richard and 

 Master Ed'ard, were applied as familiarly 

 in full-blown manhood to the scions of 

 affluent families as they had been to 

 delighted and ingenuous youth, when 

 asking permission to sit by his side. 

 He had always a good-natured smile 

 on his lips, and a merry twinkle in 

 his eye, when he saw any of them, 

 and some quaint saying for Bob was a 

 good mimic, and a wit in his way 

 which generally elicited a hearty laugh, 

 and as hearty a shake of the hand. 



