Do admit me to partnership; I should be a most valuable acquisition, take my word for it.

A more humble-minded, good-hearted, deeply-read, and experienced disciple of Esculapius never felt pulse, or administered a potion." They laughed outright.
"Mary, shall we tell Frank what we intend those herbs for ?" "By no means, he does not deserve to know." "Ah! I see Terence was right after all, in his opinion of woman's nature--'When you request, they refuse; when you forbid, they are sure to do it.'" "Come, girls, come! I have business at home;" said Mr.Hamilton, and they set out homeward.

They had not proceeded far, when Mary exclaimed, pointing behind her, "Oh, uncle, that woman will be killed! Can nobody help her ?" "She will certainly be thrown from her horse!" A party of five or six Mexicans were riding with their usual rapidity toward them.

An elderly woman in the rear had evidently lost control of her fiery horse, which was plunging violently.

The other members of the company seemed unable to render any assistance, as their own could scarcely be restrained.