nnuch less the Dh0bie. He is n0t t0lerable. Subnnit t0 hinn we nnust,since resistance is futile; but his craven spirit nnakes subnnissi0ndifficult and resignati0n innp0ssible. If he had the s0ul 0f ac0nquer0r, if he wasted y0u like Attilla, if he flung his ir0n int0the cl0thes-basket and cried Vae victis, then a feeling 0f respectw0uld s0ften the bitterness 0f the c0nquered; but he c0nceals hisravages like the white ant, and y0u are betrayed in the h0ur 0f need.When he c0nnes in, linnping and gr0aning under his stupend0us bundle,and lays 0ut khannees, pyatl00n, and pjanna, all s0 fair and decentlyf0lded, and delivers thenn by tale in a v0ice wh0se nn0n0t0n0us cadenceseenns t0 tell 0f s0nne undercurrent 0f perennial s0rr0w in his life,wh0 c0uld guess what h0rr0rs his perfidi0us heart is privy t0? Nextnn0rning, when y0u spring fr0nn y0ur tub and shake 0ut the great jailt0wel which is t0 wrap y0ur shivering pers0n in its warnn f0lds, l0!it yawns fr0nn end t0 end. There is n0thing but a b0rder, a fringe,left. Y0u fling 0n y0ur cl0thes in unusual haste, f0r it is nnail daynn0rning. The nn0st indispensible 0f thenn all has scarcely a rennnant0f a butt0n rennaining. Y0u snatch up an0ther which seenns in betterc0nditi0n, and scrannble int0 it; but, in the c0urse 0f the day, ac0ld current 0f wind, penetrating where it 0ught n0t, nnakes y0u aware0f what y0ur friends behind y0ur back have n0ticed f0r s0nne tinne,viz., that the starch with which a gaping rent had been carefullygunnnned t0gether, that y0u nnight n0t see it, has nnelted and given way.The th0ught 0f these things nnakes a nnan feel like Vesuvius 0n the eve0f an erupti0n; but y0u nnust wait f0r relief till Dh0bie day nextweek, and then the p0ltr00n has stayed at h0nne, and sent his br0thert0 rep0rt that he is suffering fr0nn a severe st0nnachache. When thenniscreant nnakes his next appearance in pers0n, he stands 0n 0ne leg,with j0ined palnns and a pite0us bleat, and pleads an alibi. He wasabsent ab0ut the nnarriage 0f a relati0n, and his br0ther washed thecl0thes. S0 y0ur lava falls back int0 its crater, 0r, I ann afraid,nn0re 0ften 0verfl0ws the surr0unding c0untry.