The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-26

happened the widow was absent. While he was
IN game. be tndipg hts opportunity, entrea ed
the surmised ASSURED gentleman TO mold his
cards till he returned. In which time he found
the wid)w In q garden, courted. aud Obtained
his desire; SO he played his game while another
The anecdotes of Raleigh show certain spite
against that splendid hero, not so much on the
part OF Manningham as gu thai of his chief in
formant Charles Davers, whom we take to be
the Sir Charles Davers Tor rather Danvers) who
was a follower OF Essex. and therefore an enemy
OF Sir Waiter. When the stories are read as
reports from the other SIDE, thev will 40 no
harm, and are well worth pre- ervi1g. To witt
"a lewd fellow coming before Sir w. Rawley
to be examined concerning some wreck which
he had got into his hands. aud being
demanded whether he would swear to such
articles as they would propound. ans we're
that he would swear to anything they
would ask him; and then being admonshed he
ehould not be so rash in so serious matter as
concerned bis soul so nearly, Faith said he, Il
had rather trust God with my soul than you
with my goods"
Here is trile worth keepng:-"Sir W. Raw.
ley made this rhyme upon the name OF gallant,
one MIR. Noel:--
The word of denial and the letter of ffty,
Makes the gents name that will never be thrifty.
And Noes answers
The foe to the stomach ana the word of disgrace,
Shows G1 t5s gents name with the bold face tR"'''
Some fair specimens of legal wit are noted in
the Diary. 'It is but q matter of form you
stand on" said Hyde. "But it is such FORM"
break your shins at" table was set across
the Middle Temple Hall for the barristers. One
OF the witlings said 1t should be called "St.
Albans, because it was on the way to Duns-
table:-Dunce.tab The wit is not sparkling.
One Booth being indicted of felony for forgery
the second time, desired day to ans wer till
Easter term. Ohp said the attorney, you would
h have spring; you shall, but in halter.'"
When some one said that Venner, famous
coney catcher, had braZen face, Rudyerd re-
Piled, Then the fellow has metal In him." A
repartee by John Pym has finer point. Bran.
stone. one of the Templars, was saying he had
sold his bed in Cambridge. "You did well, -
put IN the young student, then in his first year,
"for those that keep their beds long seldom
grow rich." Here is another good thing from
the same:-"A man may do another a good
turn though he cannot perform 1t for himself,
as the barber cannot trim himself though he can
others.n
couple of unconnected anecdotes are worth
extracting from a book which is not within
reach OF general readers: This anecdote of the
Scottish guard in, Paris is amusng;-"In
men; and to distinguish betwixt French
and a Scot in admitting any t. a place of
present spectacle, they give the word bread
and cheese which the French cannot pro-
nounce-bret and sheese.'" And this also:-
"The Lord Paget upon q time thinking to have
goaded Sir Thomas White IAN alderman of
London) in great assembly, asked him what
ne tDOuSnJ OI tndI ClOln, showing MIN gar.
ment in present. Truly, my Lord said he, it
seems to me very good cloth; but remember
when was ayoung beginner sold your father
a far better to make him a gown, when he was
Sergeant to the Lord Mayor"
Such is the bret diary kept by the young
Templar in the last year, of Eiizabeths reign.
1t makes US long for more. Who knows?
Manningham may have kept diaries all his lite;
and other volumes of his notes may be still
extant. Lucky, indeed, would be the man who
should find them.