2/3 By plain and fair dealing John had acquired some plums, and might have kept them, had it not been for his unhappy lawsuit. Frog was a cunning, sly fellow, quite the reverse of John in many particulars; covetous, frugal, minded domestic affairs, would pinch his belly to save his pocket, never lost a farthing by careless servants or bad debtors. He did not care much for any sort of diversion, except tricks of high German artists and legerdemain. in these; yet it must be owned that Nic. |