what with the weather, 'twill be enough to give! your honour your death, and bring on your honour's torment in your groin." "I fear so," replied my uncle Toby; "but I am not at rest in my mind, Trim, since the account the landlord has given me. I wish I had not known so much of this affair," added my uncle Toby, "or that I had known more of it. How shall we manage it?" "Leave it, an't please your honour, to me," quoth the corporal; "I'll take my hat and stick, and go to the house, and reconnoitre, and act accordingly; It was not till my uncle Toby had knocked the ashes out of his third pipe, that Corporal Trim returned from the inn, and gave him the following account: "I despaired at first," said the corporal, "of being able to bring back your honour any kind of intelligence concerning the poor sick lieutenant." "Is he in the army then ?" said my uncle Toby. "He is," said the corporal. "And in what regiment?" said my uncle Toby. "I'll tell your honour," replied the corporal "everything straightforwards as I learned it." Your Juggernauts their victims bun! A year ago, come Candlemas, I furnish'd rooms in Idol Lane. A moon had waned when virtuous Emma She'd ward to BURN if she survived me ; My Azla weeps by Jumna's deeps, THE STORY Tristram S. ly evening sitting the landlord of a came into Chpty phial in lass or two of 1 tl man, I think Herd, "who has four days ago, since, or had a ow, that he has .! thin toast: 'I Lad from his fore so short a time he should win so much upon i affections of his host." “And of his whole family," added the corporal: “for they are all concerned for him.” "Step after him," said my uncle Toby, “át. Trim, and ask if he knows his name." "I have quite forgot it, truly," said the landleri, coming back into the parlour with the corporal, **but I can ask his son again.” "He has a son with him, then?" said my unde Toby. A boy," replied the landlord, "of about elever. If I could neither or twelve years of age; but the poor creature bas tasted almost as little as his father; he does n thing but mourn and lament for him night ad day. He has not stirred from the bedside these two days." La thing," added the almost steal it for the poor sent rau, he is ill. I hope in God he will still ontinued he "we are all of us concerned meni. for lem." ool ratered soul. I will answer Thou art a for thee," cried my uncle Toby and thou shalt drink the por ntleman's health in a glass of sack thyself; and take a couple of bottles with my service, and tell him he is heartily welcome to them, and to a dozen more, if they will do him good.” **Though I am persnad said my uncle Toby, as the landlord shut the door, "he is a very com My uncle Toby laid down his knife and fork, and thrust his plate from before him, as the landlord gave him the account; and Trim, without being ordered, took it away, without saying and in a few minutes after, brought him his pipe and tobacco. one word Stay in the room a little," said my uncle Toly, "Trim," said my uncle Toby, after he had lighted his pipe, and smoked about a dozen whiffs. Trim came in front of his master, and made his bow, Passionate fellow, Trim, yet I cannot help enter- My uncle Toby proceeded no farther, but finished "Trim," said my uncle Toby, "I have a taining a bigh opinion of his guest too; there must be something more than common in him that in project in my head, as it is a bad night, of wrap his pipe. |