O Hymen! who burnest precious gums and scented woods in thy torch at the melting of aristocratic hearts, with what a pitiful penny-dip thou hast lighted up our little back-street romance.—Majorie Daw, and Other Stories.
The story is told of a famous Boston lawyer, that one day, after having a slight discussion with the Judge, he deliberately turned his back upon that personage and started to walk off.
“Are you trying, sir, to show your contempt for the Court?” asked the judge, sternly.
“No, sir,” was the reply; “I am trying to conceal it.”
GELETT BURGESS
THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON
The “Orchids” were as tough a crowd