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' I did that,' says he, ' but ne'er a one half 

 as good-looking as my Phoebe gal,' and this 

 he emphasised with an encore of the old hos- 

 tilities. 



The author has read in books, or else he has 

 heard somebody say, that as regards this par- 

 ticular kind of engagement, it is invariably a 

 case of ' L'appetit vient en mangeant.' Of 

 course his informants may be wrong, but, as 

 dear old Uncle Remus says, ' I reckon we'll hab 

 ter let it go at dat.' 



