The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-03

ed, Ike the rest Of US, decorously deal TO
the child.
NO; ] had rather sit here replied Alice.
And of course she remained.
QnEs. DO you enjoy rainy dayP-
Word humbug.l
ANS. The suns round face 80 bright and fair,
Is voted by our friend lie -
Impndent. bold" mere humbug this.
But when he gives too warm a kiss
Fen for my ardent taste, pray
For refreshing rainy day.
This response afforded no material for
the quick-witted lite Alice. Its illusions,
however. TO daily discussions of the differ
ent quality Of sunshine in France and our
country, between the writer and charming
little French friend, greatly amused US.
Ours. What sort Of a figure would
Mortimer Delvile make if he were to ap-
pear here? Word hurly-burly.l
Ans. Should Mortimer Delvile
Appear in our view,
A grand huriy-burIy
Would quickly ensue.'
You are Mortimer Delvile! you are
Mortimer Delviler cried Alice to her poor
victim.
No, no, Alice. he replied; 'all the ladies
here voted there was no Mortimer Delvile
out Of the book-nothing half so charming
in this generation
QuEs. who is the belle Of -
Word carter potatoes.
Avs. ooh, don't speak Of acres,
Or carter Potatoes:
Possession and pelt,
Broad lands and great wealth,
Have nothing TO DO with belle
This valley Of ours
or PekIn the towers
Resembles so much,
That dare not touch
Where all ring SO WE'LL
Little Miss Alice seemed rather mystfied
by this happy answer. and was for once
silent. Children do not readily take play
on words.
pass over several clever responses that
can only be understood by an explanation Of
local illusions. One only remained to be
read, and that was known by some Of the
company to he the product Of F. II. The
question was dictated by Alice, and by this
little Pickles maneuvring had been given
to him with mischievous design to perplex
him.
The question was, who is prettiest in
this roomF Word hood
ANS. ooh murder! oh horror. oh donner and
blitzen,
I'm in the worst scrape that a man ever
gets in;
OF so many bright eyes that are piercing
me through,
Oh, how choose the brightest! oh what
shall do!
cannot decide-what mortal man could 7
l bow at the feet Of fair woman hood -
Z. M. looked conscious, half embarrassed.
and but half pleased, during the reading.
| cannot tell how l., looked; she had drop.
ped the stitches Of her knitting, and gone
to the end Of the room to take them mp
The generalization Of the response did not
quite meet the expectations Of the com.
pany; and it was followed by momentary
silence. That little spirit Of unrest, Alice,
was not quiet duiet during the general sus-
pension Of animation. She had espied
pink string peeging from beneath F. HIS
vest. What is this, she said, that you
have tucked in here, close to your heart?
And before he could take any measures 10
prevent, to silence, or evade her, she snatch.
{ | the string. pulled out. and exposed to
general view (even to Us. for at Alice's
Exclamation, she had involuntarily turned
rcund,) b. steel-bag, containing her hand
erchief-the same on which she had wiped
those tears the little elf had forced from her
on the preceding day when she was sitting
at the piano. Whose property is this,
cried Alice, and what shall she do to re-
deem it!' Poor F. HI believe he would
at this moment have heartily joined in
Charles Lambs toast proposed under the
provocation OF crying children,) TO the
memory Of that much-wronged potentate,
Herod the Tetrarchp There was no deny.
ing or evading the ownership of the bag,
we all knew it; it was identified with l.;
always swinging on her pretty arm. She
had asked for it twenty times that day
asked for it and searched for il in F. HIS
presence.
There are exigencies that will nerve the
shyest man. provided he has, au fond, sense
and feeling. F. H. put Alice aside, took
the bag from her. walked 10 the end Of the
room. and gave it to l.. His back was to
us. lie said something what l.. alone
knew; but there are words of infinite
meaning and that his were such, We infer
red from the smiles, the blush, and the tear,
that appeared at once on LIS face.
There was a general movement and a
breaking up Of the evening party. FIJI.
attended l.. to her home. It was very near;
but they did not take the most direct way,
and this time the longest way round was
not the shortest way home.