lady reminded her lover of their agreement.

"I can't do it, Prudence; I've swore off--I've jined the old bachelor
society."

"But you promised me," screamed Prudence.

"Can't help that; you can't get a verdict here for breaches of
promise; there ain't no law here; every body goes on his own
individual hook."

"You cruel monster, why can't you marry me?"

"'Cause."

"'Cause what?"

"'Cause," said Mose, retreating to a safe distance, "_I've traded you
away_!"

Colonel Slowboy was at hand to catch the fair one as she came near
falling. He was her old beau, and he knew the weak points of her
character; moreover he had splendid red whiskers and a million of
money--she married him, partly from ambition and partly from revenge.

The moment they were united, Moses set sail for the United States,
with his twenty thousand dollars, and arrived back safely. When asked
how he had accumulated such a sum in so short a time, he answered,
"trading," and when questioned about the prospects of the El Dorado,
would answer, with a grin, that it was a "great country for women."