Yet take this heart--I ne'er had more
To give thee in thy need:
Search well--for at its inmost core,
Thy pardon thou may'st read.

T.R.P.

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ANECDOTE GALLERY.


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TRAITS OF IRISH CHARACTER.

(_For the Mirror._)


A gentleman residing in the vicinity of Dublin, found, notwithstanding
the protection of a thick, and thorny hedge, that great depredations
were committed on his garden and paddocks; so he inclosed them with a
high, strong wall. As he kept cows, and had more milk than was
sufficient for his family, he distributed the overplus amongst his poor
neighbours. One day, inspecting in person, this distribution, he saw a
woman attending with her pails, who, he was tolerably certain did not
require such assistance. "You, here! my good friend," said he, "I