The Boaster Taken Down

A silly youth was braggiDg of Ijis great friends in a mixed company, jn which Douglas Jerrold was present, aid said that he had dined three times yt Devonshire House and never saw auy fish at table. "I can't account f or jt," he added. ' ' I can, ' ' said Jerrold. " Tüer ate it all up stairs. "