his treasures with him to the new land where he is to abide forever; and he who has to leave all behind on which he placed his affection, dies poor indeed. Our friend Edmonson died richer than a Girard or an Astor; his monument is built of good deeds and noble examples. It will abide forever."

CCXXVII.—THE CATARACT OF LODORE.

"How does the water

Come down at Lodore?"
My little boy asked me

Thus once on a time;

And, moreover, he tasked me
To tell him in rhyme.

Anon at the word,

There first came one daughter
And then came another,

To second the third

The request of their brother,
And to hear how the water
Comes down at Lodore,
With its rush and its roar

As many a time
They had seen before.

So I told them in rhyme,
For of rhymes I had store,
And 't was in my vocation
For their recreation
That so I should sing;
Because I was Laureate

To them and the King.

From its sources which well
In the tarn on the fell;

From its fountains

In the mountains,

Its rills and its gills;

Through moss and through brake
It runs and it creeps

For a while, till it sleeps

In its own little lake.

And thence at departing,
Awakening and starting,
It runs through the reeds,
And away it proceeds
Through meadow and glade,
In sun and in shade,

And through the wood-shelter,
Among crags in its flurry,
Helter-skelter,

Hurry-skurry.

Here it comes sparkling,
And there it lies darkling;
Now smoking and frothing
Its tumult and wrath in,
Till, in this rapid race
On which it is bent,

It reaches the place

Of its steep descent.

The cataract strong
Then plunges along,
Striking and raging,
As if a war waging
Its caverns and rocks among:

Rising and leaping,

Sinking and creeping,
Swelling and sweeping,
Showering and springing,
Flying and flinging,
Writhing and ringing,

Eddying and whisking.

Spouting and frisking
Turning and twisting,
Around and around
With endless rebound:
Smiting and fighting,

A sight to delight in,

Confounding, astounding,

Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound;

Collecting, projecting,
Receding and speeding,

And shocking and rocking,
And darting and parting,
And threading and spreading,
And whizzing and hissing,
And dripping and skipping,
And hitting and splitting,
And shining and twining,
And rattling and battling,
And shaking and quaking,
And pouring and roaring,
And waving and saving,
And tossing and crossing,
And flowing and going,
And running and stunning,
And foaming and roaring,
And dinning and spinning,
And dropping and hopping,
And working and jerking,
And guggling and struggling,
And heaving and cleaving,
And moaning and groaning;

And glittering and frittering,
And gathering and feathering,
And whitening and brightening,
And quivering and shivering,
And hurrying and skurrying,
And thundering and floundering;

Dividing and gliding and sliding,

And falling and brawling and spawling,
And driving and riving and striving,
And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling,
And sounding and bounding and rounding,
And bubbling and troubling and doubling,
And grumbling and rumbling and tumbling,
And clattering and battering and shattering,

Retreating and beating and meeting and sheeting,
Delaying and straying and playing and spraying,
Advancing and prancing and glancing and dancing,
Recoiling, turmoiling and toiling and boiling,

And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming,
And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing,
And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping,
And curling and whirling and purling and twirling,
And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping,

And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing;
And so never ending, but always descending,
Sounds and motions forever and ever are blending,
All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar:
And this way the water comes down at Lodore.

-Southey.

CCXXVIII.—A CHICAGO LAWSUIT.

Lawyer. You know the plaintiff?

Witness. I do.

Lawyer. What do you know of his character?

Witness. I know him to be a square man.

Lawyer. Any thing more?

Witness. Yes, sir; I know him to be a good man.

Lawyer. How do you know him to be a good man? Witness. Because, whenever there is any good to be done, he is always 'round.

Lawyer. Ah! he is, eh? Now, will you tell the jury the shape of that hole the plaintiff swears he fell down.

Witness. Yes, sir; it was a round hole.

Lawyer. That will do, sir.

The counsel for the defense made a stirring speech. It stirred even me. Said he: "May it please the Court, gentlemen of the jury, I call upon you to render me a verdict without leaving your seats. The witness just examined is the only witness that can be produced by the plaintiff, the only one to sustain him in his dastardly attempt to defraud my client of his hard-earned wealth. He has the audacity to stand up in open Court, an object of scorn to all honest men; a reptile devoid of truth; and, I proclaim it boldly, a perjurer. This man, gentlemen, has the audacity to stand up here and swear before this intelligent jury that he has known the plaintiff for years, and has always known him to be a square man! With the very next breath this cheat, this fraud, this infamous scoundrel, tells you that he is a round man! Now, gentlemen, mark well this point. You all know that the witness swore, standing up there in the witness-box, that the hole the plaintiff fell through was a round one; and I ask you, gentlemen, how, in the name of heaven, could a square man fall through a round hole? Again, gentlemen, the plaintiff swore that he saw stars, although this thing is said to have happened at noon. The thing is preposterous. In the words of the immortal Socrates, It's too thin!' Look, gentlemen, into the face of that mother clasping a babe to her breast. See the tears trickle down her cheeks. She is the wife of the defendant; and tell me, gentlemen, does she look like the wife of a man who owns a round coal hole for a square man to fall through? Look at the plaintiff, gentlemen. Guilt is written all over him. No wonder he quivers and quakes when he sees the just vengeance of the law about to fall and crush him. Gentlemen of the Jury, give me your verdict, and let right triumph over wrong.