"Wha's she ?" he said, turning to his host; and, when he had been told, "Ay," says he, "she looks menseful.

She minds me--"; and then, after a pause (which some have been daring enough to set down to sentimental recollections), "Is she releegious ?" he asked, and was shortly after, at his own request, presented.

The acquaintance, which it seems profane to call a courtship, was pursued with Mr.Weir's accustomed industry, and was long a legend, or rather a source of legends, in the Parliament House.

He was described coming, rosy with much port, into the drawing-room, walking direct up to the lady, and assailing her with pleasantries, to which the embarrassed fair one responded, in what seemed a kind of agony, "Eh, Mr.Weir!" or "O, Mr.Weir!" or "Keep me, Mr.Weir!" On the very eve of their engagement, it was related that one had drawn near to the tender couple, and had overheard the lady cry out, with the tones of one who talked for the sake of talking, "Keep me, Mr.Weir, and what became of him ?" and the profound accents of the suitor reply, "Haangit, mem, haangit." The motives upon either side were much debated.

Mr.Weir must have supposed his bride to be somehow suitable; perhaps he belonged to that class of men who think a weak head the ornament of women--an opinion invariably punished in this life.