advice upon him. Whether he would have listened

to it or not is quite another question; we rather think

not. Reader, if you wish to know why, go and do

what he did, and if you feel no curious sensations

about the region of the loins after it, we will tell you

why Dick Varley wouldn't have listened to that advice.

Can a man feel as if his joints were wrenched

out of their sockets, and listen to advice--be that

advice good or bad? Can he feel as though these

joints were trying to re-set and re-dislocate themselves