lo How I Became a Sportsman. 



the drummer, who asked me to his house, and 

 then introduced me to his brother " Willum." 

 In appearance he was much on a par with 

 Charlie, attired in just such another scanty, 

 long-tailed, high-collared blue coat ; but his 

 breeches and gaiters, instead of being of leather, 

 were made of the old-fashioned drab kersey- 

 mere of everlasting wear. They had lost their 

 original lustre, and from long wear had ac- 

 quired an artificial one. " Willum's" face was 

 the picture of good-humour, which shadowed 

 forth his real nature. One peculiarity of his 

 was, that he always had a large, clear drop at 

 the end of his nose, which he never attempted 

 to wipe off; and when he was at work at his 

 trade, it was a great source of amusement to 

 me to watch the drop getting larger and larger, 

 until it fell into whatever work he was engaged 

 upon ; and when he caught me laughing, 

 which he very often did, he would exclaim, 

 "Ah! I s'pose my nose drapped again." 



There was a daughter of Charles's, to whom 

 I was duly presented, who rejoiced in the name 

 of " Our Sarah Ann," aged about thirty, with 

 whom I at once fell in love. It certainly could 

 not have been for her beauty : she was short, 



