There were several errands." "Muy buen!--I was going to say, Meschines, her father and mother left the girl poor, and she, being, apparently, clever and energetic, took to----" "I know!" the professor interrupted.

"They all do it, when they are clever and energetic, and that's the end of them!--School-teaching!" "Not at all," returned General Trednoke.

"She entered a dry-goods store." "Entered a dry-goods store! Well, there's nothing so extraordinary in that.

I've seen quantities of women do it, of all ages, colors, and degrees.

What did she buy there ?" "Oh, a fiddlestick!" exclaimed the general.