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A G entleman ;— middle-aged, sober and staid;
Stoops slightly ;— and when he left home was arrayed
In 3 sad colored suit, somewhat dingy and frayed;
Had spectacles on with a tortoise-shell rim.
And a hat rather low crowned, and broad in the brim,
Whoe'er shall bear.
Or send him with care,
(R ight side uppermost) h o m e; or shall give notice where
The middle-aged Gentleman is; or shall state
Any fact, that m ay tend to throw light on his fate,
To the man at the turnpike, called Tappinglon Gate,
Shall receive a reward of Five Pounds for his trouble
N. B.— Tf defunct, the Reivard will be double!!'

;f Had he been above ground,
lie must have been found.
No ; doubtless lie’s shot— or he’s hanged— or he's drowned !
Then his widow— av ! ay !
But: what will folks say?
To address her at once, at so early a day t
.Well -—-what then— who cares !— let 'em say what they may.’
When a man has decided,
As Captain Mac Bride did,
And one fully mode up his mind on the matter, he
Can’t be too prompt in unmasking his battery.
He began on the instant, and vowed that her eyes
Far exceeded in brilliance the stars in the skies;
That her lips were like roses, her cheeks were like lilies 1
Her breath had the odor of daffadowndillies!—
With a thousand more compliments, equally true,
Expressed in similitudes equally new !
Then his left arm he placed
Around her jimp, taper waist—
Ere she fixed to repulse or return his embrace,