HOW TO EVADE PROOF.

An Irishman, charg'd with a crime,

Was told it would be brought home to him:

"No, no," quoth Pat, "it sha'nt this time—

I'll keep away from home—and do 'em."


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Footnote 1: [(return)] For the loan of the drawing (made in 1780), whence the first engraving is copied, we are indebted to the kindness of a gentleman of East Grinstead; and for the sketch of the latter to an affectionate relative.

Footnote 2: [(return)] See "Select Biography," page 199, present Volume of the MIRROR.

Footnote 3: [(return)] Notwithstanding our correspondent's equivocal title to this article, we beg to assure our readers, who may suspect us of diablerie, that we are not a party to the purchase or sale. Could an ejectment in this case be effected by common law?