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with attention. Ho read several amusing tbiugs, and then of a "Horrid murder!" a 

 man had murdered his wife and two little children. lie read the account; and next, 

 " Brutal assault on a female!" "A father killed by his oxen son!" " Murder of an infant 

 and suicide of the mother!" "Death from starvation !" "Execution of Sarah Lou ndes 

 for poisoning her husband!" "Bobbery of £150 Bank of England notes!" &c. 



JIM SUBSCRIBES FOR THE TIMES. 



They had read so many exciting things in one paper, and were but half through, 

 when Jim, a\ ho had rolled over on his hack and drawn up his knees as if he was 

 going to say something, asked how much was the price of that newspaper; to which 

 Daniel replied that there was one printed each day like that, and the price five pence 

 each. " Well," said Jim, "I believe everything is in that paper, and I will give you 

 tbe money to get it for me every day. Go to the man and tell him I want one of 

 every kind he has; I will take them all home with me, and I will some time learn to 

 read them all." 



A clever idea entered (or originated in) the heavy brain of Jim at this moment, 

 lie went to a box in the corner of the room and arranged on the floor about twenty 

 handsomely bound Bibles, when he made this memorable and commercial -like vocif- 

 eration, in tolerably plain English, " I guess em swap." He had been much amused 

 with several numbers of Punch, which he had long pored over and packed away for 

 amusement on the prairies ; and believing that his plan for " swapping" would enable 

 him to venture boldly, he authorized Daniel to subscribe for Punch also, provided 

 Punch would take Bibles for pay. Daniel assured him that that would be "no go," 

 as he thought Punch would not care about Bibles ; but told him that he would at all 

 events have the Times for him every morning, as he wished, and was now going to 

 read to them a very curious thing that he had got his thumb upon, and commenced 

 to read. 



JIM A BIBLE AGENT. 



The Bibles they had received, and were daily receiving, as "the most valuable 

 presents that could be made them," Jim supposed must of course have some consid- 

 erable intrinsic value, and lie felt disposed, as ho was now increasing his expenses by 

 taking the Times newspaper and in other ways, to try the experiment of occasionally 

 selling one of his Bibles to increase his funds, and, on starting to go to the gardens, 

 had put one in bis pouch to offer to people he should meet in the crowd, and it seems 

 he offered it in many cases, but nobody would buy, but one had been given to him by 

 a lady, so he came home with one more than be took, and he said to us : "I guess em 

 no good ; I no sell em, but I get em a heap." 



VISIT TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. 



A very friendly invitation was received about this time from the president of Trinity 

 College for the party to visit that noble institution, and Mr. Melody and myself took 

 great pleasure in accompanying them there. They were treated there with the great- 

 est possible kindness, and, after being shown through all its parts — its library, mu- 

 seum, &c. — a liberal collection was made for them amongst the reverend gentlemen 

 and their families and xirescnted to them a few days afterwards. 



I took the war-chief and several of the party to visit the Archbishop of Dublin and 

 his family, who treated them with much kindness and presented to each a sovereign 

 as an evidence of the attachment they felt for them. This unexpected kindness called 

 upon them for some expression of thanks in return, and the war-chief, after offering 

 his hand to the archbishop, said to him : 



"My friend, as the Great Spirit has moved your heart to be kind to us, I rise up to 

 thank Him first, and then to tell you how thankful we feel to you for what your hand 

 has given us. We are poor, and do not deserve this ; but we will keep it, and it will 

 buy food and clothing for our little children 

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