Part 3 (1/2)

”Here's 'What's a Clock?'

And 'Like a rock He stood upon his dignity;'

With 'Pups alive,'

And 'We are Five,'

And dozens more Who'll buy? who'll buy?

Here's 'Puss was out,'

And 'Piggy's snout Was longer far than I can tell;'

With 'Merry Dogs,'

And 'Yellow Frogs'

In scores, I'hs,'

And, 'Ah! those eyes!'

And 'Songs for kittens newly born;'

With 'Stay, oh, stay!'

And 'Don't say nay,'

And so worn

Here's 'Love's an ass!'

And 'Pass the glass,'

And 'Jocky is the dog for me;'

Here's 'Did you ever?'

'No, I never!'

And 'I hope it yet may be,'

And all for one penny!”

And thus he went down the street disposing of his wares onderful rapidity, and producing sundry forced acco on the toes of all the pups ere attracted by curiosity to his vicinity

A second and a third supply was exhausted before the canine and feline public of Caneville got tired of purchasing their own ; whether a fourth would have been successful there was no chance of discovering, for Old Powtry looked in vain for Bruin with the proceeds of the last lot Day after day passed by and still he was absent, until it was deemed necessary to have a search after him For some time he eluded all inquiries, as he well knew his fate if his hiding-place were discovered; for having appropriated the money of his master to his own use, he was fully aware that his person would have to pay the penalty of his transgression He skulked about the lowest purlieus of the city, aent in body as they were debased inbetrayed, he felt that the worst certainty would be preferable to such a state of suspense and alarm, so resolved to deliver hiain cast into prison: for that he was prepared; but he was _not_ prepared for the wretched place of confine first thrust into it, he could not behold all its horror; but when his eyes got accustomed to the seround, half full of water fro with nus A little hole, half choked with earth and stones, let in all the place possessed of light and air; and as the only air which could ever visit the place had to pass over a bed of stagnant mud ere it reached the spot, it possessed but few refreshi+ng properties

Bruin, who had in his despair given hi probably that by the very act he ation of his sentence, now that he perceived his dooe which no experience had succeeded in teaching hi about the vaulted ceiling, and the earth choking up the air-hole, dropped pieceround, and every insect that had ears covered the instantaneously deafened by the horrid sound; then tearing round and round and round the confined space of his cell, till there seele door appeared suddenly placed in every part of the ed wall of his prison, and toppled over senseless on to the ground

AT REST

It is not easy to say how long Bruin remained insensible, but it must have been so of weakness about hi His head, too, felt sadly dizzy as he rose froainst the hole of ato procure a little air Fro round increased his giddiness, on reaching the opposite wall he retraced his steps backwards, and so continued for a full hour, gently ht and left, as was his wont Then getting into the driest corner, he threw hi the old fa his mind to bear upon his situation But this was a matter of no little difficulty, for the late events of his life had tended very considerably to weaken an intellect that was never reth; and so he sat, and relapsed into a dozy state, where forgetfulness, for the most part, presided At ti in his eyes, he would dash his paw on the ground as he observed the prison-walls close around hi was ence of his evil passions had so far clouded his reason, that a feeeks' solitary confinement would deprive hi had coht in Bruin's cell, and had been so for hours; when suddenly he heard, or fancied he heard, his name uttered in a loud whisper A fear he had never before experienced, an apprehension of he knew not what, stole over him; and it was not till the voice, a little louder, exclaimed,--