30/34 I don't suppose HE lies;--he sells it to the editor, who knows how many squares off "Sumatra" is. The editor, who sells it to the public--By the way, the papers have been very civil haven't they ?--to the--the what d'ye call it? Came in, glorious, at about twelve o'clock, last night. Said he had been with "the boys." On inquiry, found that "the boys," were certain baldish and grayish old gentlemen that one sees or hears of in various important stations of society. The Professor is one of the same set, but he always talks as if he had been out of college about ten years, whereas. |