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once more, and pay twice over for their dinner,
receiving in return the landlords advice, not to be
too much in a.hurry in the matter Of chairman IN
future. tF


A still more recent piece of simplicity on the
one hand, and dexterity on the other, proves thai
the ancient qualities of the Cockneys have suffer-
ed no deterioration in our days. II is not week
since dashing figure, fresh from the Conunent,
all over strings and rings, perfect specimen o.
"French polish" went into Jeweiier snop IN


one of our leading streets, as Weil known LOT tne


promenade of the ingenious as the hiaito ior the


place "where merchants most DO congregate,


the Campus Martius for the exercise OF fingers
and faculties in a greater than Rome. The ,sOu-


peau aryive addressed himself to the jeweler, and
said that he came to pay slight debt of glS lOs.,


which he had contracted for some byOuferie be-
fore his leaving town, just ten years ago, but
which his going to the Continent, and his absence
since, had prevented his paying. The jeweler
was charmed with such an instance Of punctio,
and peculiarly in a person into whose hands it
might have been suspected that jewellery once
having made its way, had little hope of return in
the shape of money. 1t was idle to look into the
tradesman's books, an account Of ten years back
being too obsolete for examining at the moment
The consequence was, that he thankfully made
out his bill, and held out his hand to receive.
The stranger took out his purse. But, most un-
luckily, he found that he had brought gold with
him, and its only contents were G20 in check
on banker. This was difficulty. But even
this was soon settled, by the tradesman's giving
the balance. The fashionable then retired.
The check was instantly transmitted to the bank
er's. But there the answer was, that nothing was
known on the subject, and the tradesman had to
console himself with his experience. The points
of dexterity in this instance, were the time, which
precluded reference to the account, and the
smallness of the balance, which eluded suspicion.
Would man of such superlative elegance play a
trick for thirty shillings! The affair was bagu-
telle. The tradesman's knowledge of the world


must have been narrow. Many much finer gen


teman would have done it all over again for half


the money.