A Quick Retort

Foote, the famous oomedian, "vraa more noted for his wit than hi oourimv. llo oncii gave offence to a fanious duellat of the day, who. had vowed vengeance. Foote was told of it, mul kept out of his way for a long time. At last tliey niet at an inn. Foota saw liis danger wlic it was too late; but, as his ciiemy saiil ïinth. ing, did his best to entertain him. No one could be moro divertinti wben he obose, and he was not only vitv anxions, hut vcry successfullie told one story aftel' another. He kept the tablc in n roar, and the fire-eater forgot his raucor. At lai Poote took to imitattag dillerenl people. The othor got quite uproai-ioua With the Pün, wlu-itsiuldcnly the luckleee actor aaw i'roiu the lace of his cnoiuy that ha had inadvortcntly imitated one of hia friends. The duel. Ui wm, in tact, puttiug hi hand in his pocket to pull out a card and present it as the ptvliminai-y to a challenge. whon he turned round to the mimlc and said in a dry, satirio voioe, "Keally. Mr. Foote, you are so uneonnnonly oleVer in taking other people oll", 1 wonder whether you could taka yourselfotl'." "Oh, ee'rUiinly," said Footo, aiul he walked straightway into tlu ■treet Here his ïvadiuesa probably saved him his lile. A Ldmerfck jury nwarded $5,000 dainagea to a young womaa la abreach of promise case. Amongibe witnesses l'or the plaiutiiT was a liorna Catholic priest, who, it was proved, liad bcen asked to givo a sacerdotal docuniout, kuown Ín Ircland as "a certifícate ot' lVoeiloiii,"' to enable the defeudaut tO' nuu ry his present wile. Judge Dowse said that lie liad ncver bcforo lieard of a cerülicate of Ireedom cxcept la Üi9 case oí' a sla ve,