My First Gux. i i 



decidedly, with a small red nose which pointed 

 towards the skies, that is to say, if a snub nose 

 can be said to point ; but what she wanted in 

 good looks was made up by the family amia- 

 bility. I believe I had serious thoughts of 

 eventually marrying this young heiress; but 

 " I never told my love," putting it off to that 

 doubtful occasion, some day, when I might be 

 in a position to take to her father's business, 

 and retain the drummer, like Herr Von Joel at 

 Evans's, always on the establishment. I found 

 out that this young lady taught dancing and 

 deportment generally, and had a class not of 

 boys and girls, but of grown-up young men 

 and women. It was never my luck to see the 

 performances, but I can easily imagine it would 

 have been a sight for sore eyes. I am much 

 ^raid that I took advantage of the good- 

 nature of the family generally. I made use of 

 Charlie by getting him to let me go with him 

 to the clubs that he attended in his professional 

 capacity, and as they always marched round 

 the towx. on their days of meeting, carrying 

 long white wands in their hands painted red 

 from about eighteen inches from the tip, 

 when I could, through his interest, get hold 



