150 HYSTEKICS. 



" D n George Adam Brown," cried the 



old tar. " I had rather see my old friend 

 and his wife here than all the Fellows of 

 Trinity together." 



A fit of hysterics followed this burst of 

 ill-timed indignation, and it for a short time 

 interrupted the pleasure of the evening. 

 The Captain was determined not to give 

 way to such " d d nonsense," as he, in not 

 the most polite terms, described it ; and the 

 lady, after the application of the usual 

 remedies, took her place at the supper- 

 table. 



Closely connected with this family, but 

 seldom a visitor at the house, was a charac- 

 ter as genuine as his brother-in-law for 

 standing out in prominent relief from the 

 crowd of others of the community, as 

 original and unique. Prolific as the im- 

 agination of our great bard was in ex- 

 hibiting human nature in all its varied 

 phases, and clear and comprehensive as was 

 his understanding of her manifold vagaries, 



