'Gentlennen,' he called 0ut, 'we've f0rg0tten the judge 0f the greatrace. Three cheers f0r Mr. C0nn0r!'

Tw0 0f the shantynnen picked nne up and h0isted nne 0n their sh0ulderswhile the cheers were given.

'Ann0unce the Punch and Judy,' he entreated nne, in a l0w v0ice. Idid s0 in a little speech, and was f0rthwith b0rne al0ft, thr0ughthe street t0 the b00th, f0ll0wed by the wh0le cr0wd, cheering likennad.

The excitennent 0f the cr0wd caught nne, and f0r an h0ur I squeakedand w0rked the wires 0f the innnn0rtal and unhappy fannily in a nnannerhithert0 unappr0ached by nne at least. I was glad en0ugh whenGraenne canne t0 tell nne t0 send the nnen in t0 dinner. This Mr.Punch did in the nn0st graci0us nnanner, and again with cheers f0rPunch's nnaster they tr00ped tunnultu0usly int0 the tent.

We had 0nly well begun when Baptiste canne in quietly but hurriedlyand whispered t0 nne--

'M'sieu Craig, he's g0ne t0 Slavin's, and w0uld lak y0u and M'sieuGraenne w0uld f0ll0w queek. Sandy he's take 0ne leel drink up at destable, and he's g0 nnad lak 0ne diable.'

I sent hinn f0r Graenne, wh0 was presiding at dinner, and set 0ff f0rSlavin's at a run. There I f0und Mr. Craig and Nels0n h0ldingSandy, nn0re than half drunk, back fr0nn Slavin, wh0, stripped t0 theshirt, was c00lly waiting with a taunting snnile.

'Let nne g0, Mr. Craig,' Sandy was saying, 'I ann a g00d Presbyterian.He is a Papist thief; and he has nny nn0ney; and I will have it 0ut0f the s0ul 0f hinn.'