?ed to utter any joke but a dull one; it able, served up ible. Many good ts t  bear repeating, except on similar occasions; many sly speec almost convulsed ter; and a song or t by a poor but merry and broad-faced cousin of t absolutely made ts heir fans.

    Amidst all tranger guest maintained a most singular and unseasonable gravity. enance assumed a deeper cast of dejection as trange as it may appear, even to render  times  in t, and at times turbed and restless  bespoke a mind but ill at ease. ions  and mysterious. Loo steal over ty of remors to run tender frame.

    All t escape tice of ty s ed; ion, ales and supernatural legends. One dismal story produced anotill more dismal, and tened some of to erics ory of t carried aory o excellent verse, and is read and believed by all the world.

    tened to tale tention.  eadily ?xed on tory dreo a close, began gradually to rise from , groaller and taller, until in tranced eye

    to too a giant. t tale . tly truck.

    quot;! going to leave tle at midnigion; a co retire.quot;

    tranger seriously: quot;I must lay my  co-nig;

    tone in tered t made t misgive  ed able entreaties.

    tranger sly, but positively, at every offer, and, alked slo of ts ely petri?ed; tear stole to her eye.

    tranger to t court of tle, ing ience. al, , tranger paused, and addressed tone of voice, ill more sepulchral.

    quot;No ; said ;I  to you t----quot;

    quot;; said t;cannot you send some one in your place?quo