84 BRET harte's CHOICE BITS,
cint if I could get worruk at me trade of carpet-
wavin'—and maybe ye know of some manufacthory
where they wave carpets beyant here. Ah, miss,
and if ye don't give me a cint, it's enough for
the loikes of me to know that me troubles has
brought the tears in the most beautiful oiyes in the
wurruld, and bless ye for it, miss !"
Now I knew that the Most Beautiful Eyes in the
World belonged to one of the most sympathetic
and tenderest hearts in the world, and I felt that
common justice demanded my interference between
it and one of the biggest scamps in the world. So,
without waiting to be announced by the servant,
I opened the door, and joined the group on the
verandah.
If I expected to touch the conscience of my
friend, the Tramp, by a dramatic entrance, I failed
utterly; for no sooner did he see me, than he in¬
stantly gave vent to a howl of delight, and, falling
en his knees before me, grasped my hand, and
turned oratorically to the ladies.
" Oh, but it's himself—himself that has come as a
witness to my carrakther ! Oh, but it's himself that
lifted me four wakes ago, when I was lyin' with a
n.ovtal Avakeness en the say-coast, and tuk me to
his house. Oh, but it's himself that shupported
mc ever the faldes, and whin the chills and faver
came on me and I shivered wid the cold, it was
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