CHAP. III.] 



Dick Christian. 



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known Dick Webstei' he had worthy successors in his pro- 

 fession^ never again can we expect to see a second Dick 

 Christian. To the man of sporting proclivities troubled 

 with ennui, to read the " Christian Lectures/' compiled 

 and arranged by the " Druid/' will be a means of causing 

 a heavy hour or two to pass more pleasantly than that 

 adopted by the bed-ridden old woman, who, when asked 

 how she contrived to get through the day, replied, '' Well, 

 you see, I prays a bit, and I coughs a bit, and I spits a 

 bit, and it all helps to pass the time.'' 



