Making things pleasant.—Irishman (to English Sportsman). "Is it throuts? Be jabers, the watther's stiff wid 'em!!!"
["Regardless of strict truth, in his love of hyperbole and generous desire to please," as our friend recorded in his diary after a blank day.
A BREATH FROM THE FAR WEST
"Can I go a yard nearer on my side, as I've lost the sight of me one eye intirely?"