I had to stand and look ba'dy people in the face from morning till night; but 'twas no use--I was just as bad as ever after all.

Blushes hev been in the family for generations.

There, 'tis a happy providence that I be no worse." "True," said Jacob Smallbury, deepening his thoughts to a profounder view of the subject.

"'Tis a thought to look at, that ye might have been worse; but even as you be, 'tis a very bad affliction for 'ee, Joseph.

For ye see, shepherd, though 'tis very well for a woman, dang it all, 'tis awkward for a man like him, poor feller ?" "'Tis--'tis," said Gabriel, recovering from a meditation.