the present instance, I cannot-dare not-I have not the courage! Your displeasure might overwhelm-if not deprive me of your patronage, and order me for ever out of your sight.'

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Say no more!' answered Mr. Rutherford, I perceive your agitation! I know it all, and I must applaud your circumspection and good conduct. But it is quite clear to me, that Miss Rutherford is the object of your choice. Be it so! I will not check, nor disappoint your ambition; and regardless of the sneers of society, my mind is made up-I will give you the hand of my daughter in marriage. A richer match might have been procured for her, there is no doubt; but a better man, I am free to say, according to the best consideration I have given to the subject cannot be found to make her a good husband. Twickenham, you saved her life; that circumstance will never be obliterated from my memory-then my only request is, that you will, for the remainder of her existence, make it happy and contented: as she may never have the slightest occasion to regret that she had wrongly estimated the man whom she had selected as her companion and protector. Here Maria!'

"Upon the entrance of his daughter, he caught hold of her hand, and presented it to Twickenham. I give my daughter freely to you-my heart applauds the deed; and may every blessing await upon your union.' To describe the joy upon the countenances of Maria and her lover-the happiness of their minds; and their anxiety to thank the liberality of feeling displayed by the father of Maria, is impossible; but on their going to reply :

"Not another word upon the subject;' said Mr. R. 'but from this hour, I look upon you as my SON-IN-LAW! and also a Partner in the establishment.'

How all the other passions, fleet to air,

As doubtful thoughts, and rash embraced despair,
And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealously.

O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy,

In measure rein thy joy, scant this excess;
I feel too much thy blessing, make it less,
For fear I surfeit!

"For years afterwards, the names of RUTHERFORD and TWICKENHAM were well known as the "Great House," near the Royal Exchange; and when the senior partner was called to the tomb of his fathers-Twickenham ALONE, stood equally important in the eyes of the commercial world, on the change, embellished with civic honors, and in the House of Commons as an M. P. Several children blessed their union; and the once 66 poor Jack of the ferry" became the FOUNDER of a family of repute, in the greatest city of the world. Such are the

chances attached to life."

After breakfast, the next morning, Turf, who was a decided angler, proposed to the Pilgrims to have a day's fishing in the

the neighbourhood of Hampton; it being considered one of the best places on the river for good sport. The proposition met with approbation from the whole of the party.

"I am not very fond of the sport," said Makemoney, "and as to the character of a fisherman, I have not the slightest pretensions; there is nothing of the Izaak Walton about my composition; but nevertheless, I will not be singular upon the occasion; and I have no doubt but the variety of it, will afford me plenty of amusement."

"It is a most healthful pastime," observed Flourish, "and tends to longevity in a great degree; a proof of which is not wanting according to Walton, Dr. Nowell lived to the great age of ninety-five years, forty-four of which he had been dean of St. Paul's Church; and that his age had neither impaired his hearing, nor dimmed his eyes, nor weakened his memory, nor made any of the faculties of the mind weak or useless. 'Tis said, that angling and temperance were great causes of these blessings' Besides, according to Plutarch, angling was a favorite amusement in the days of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, and that in the midst of their wonderful glory, they used angling as a principal recreation."

"True, every syllable of what you have uttered is the perfect truth," answered Sprightly; " and to add to your assertion, Izaak Walton also lived to the age of ninety-three!"

I am pleased to find that my friends are such advocates for angling; and I must acknowlege," urged Turf, "that I never feel anything like so much gratified as when I am by the side of a river, engaged in the delightful sport." Singing to Makemoney: :

In the morning, up we rise, soon as daylight peeping,

Take a cup to cheer the heart, leave the sluggard sleeping,
Forth we walk, and merry talk, to some pleasant river,

Near the THAMES silver streams, there we stand, rod in hand,
Fixing right, for a bite, all the time the fish allure,

Come leaping, skipping, bobbing, biting,

Dangling at our hooks secure ;

With this pastime, sweet and pure, we could fish for ever.

Turf, from his knowledge and experience as an angler, caught lots of fish; and Flourish and Sprightly were likewise tolerably successful; but Makemoney could not get a single nibble-a bite, was out of the question. Indeed, the mind of the latter was more occupied with the scenery and the different parties, passing up and down the river, than paying attention to his rod and line. "How is it?" said the old citizen, "that you are all so fortunate; and I am so very unlucky?"

"You do not woo the fish. You do not offer them any attraction," answered Turf-" the fish at times, require as much coaxing as the ladies before they are caught! Ha! ha! ha!

"If that is the case," replied Makemoney, "I am rather

afraid the chance is against me; but I will endeavour to follow your advice." Shortly afterwards Makemoney began to cry out, "Halloo! halloo! get your landing-net, Flourish; by the tugging, or weight at the end of my line, I must have caught a whale! Look out! look out! or else I shall lose the monster." They were all directed to the calls of the old citizen, to witness what sort of a fish he was about to get into the landing-net.

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Gently! gently!" said Turf, "take care he does not break your line; be ready with the net, Mr. Flourish ?"

Curiosity was now at the utmost stretch, to behold the prize; when the head of an old dog was perceived just above the wa"What the deuce have we got here? I never saw anything like it at Billingsgate," observed Makemoney.

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The whole of them set up a loud laugh at the dog's head. "Not at Billingsgate?" said Turf. No, no, more likely at Sharp's Alley, Cow Cross; but it has been rather too long in the water to make

"Confound the beast," replied Makemoney, a little out of temper for the moment, finding the laugh against him, and instantly pulling out his pen-knife, cut the line, "let the hook and dog go to the bottom, I will not use it any more."

In a short time afterwards, they returned to the Red Lion, at Hampton, to sup off their dish of fish; to spend the evening comfortably together; to laugh over the adventures of the line and rod; and on finishing the evening, Turf caught hold of the old citizen's hand in the most friendly manner, singing,

Ha ha ha!"

"Then praise the jolly fisherman,

Who takes what he can get;
Still going on his better's plan,
All's fish that comes to net.

"Have your joke." replied Makemoney; "I will not be angry with you, but after all, I have acted according to the hint on the board-FISH may not be caught here. Ha ha ha!"

The next day, Windsor Castle was the great object of attraction with the Pilgrims; the morning was inviting, the row up the river truly pleasant, and every thing went on as agreeably as they could wish; but during the time they were resting upon their oars, Makemoney was describing to the ladies some anecdotes, connected with the above ancient palace of royalty. "Windsor Castle," said he, "is thus described by Hogarth, in his Analysis of Beauty; it is a noble instance of quantity. The hugeness of its few distinct parts, strikes the eye with uncommon grandeur at a distance as well as nigh. It is quantity with simplicity which makes it one of the finest objects in the kingdom; though void of any regular order of architecture."

A boat full of Eton boys, whom it should seem, were deter