. . . .

Years rolled on. Isabel Sawtelle married a miserable aristocrat,
who recently died of delirium tremens. Her father failed, and is
now a raving maniac, and wants to bite little children. All her
brothers (except one) were sent to the penitentiary for burglary,
and her mother peddles clams that are stolen for her by little
George, her only son that has his freedom. Isabel's sister
Bianca rides an immoral spotted horse in the circus, HER husband
having long since been hanged for murdering his own uncle on his
mother's side. Thus we see that it is always best to marry a
mechanic.

3.6. ROBERTO THE ROVER:--A TALE OF SEA AND SHORE.

CHAPTER I.--FRANCE.

Our story opens in the early part of the year 17--. France was
rocking wildly from centre to circumference. The arch despot and
unscrupulous man, Richard the III., was trembling like an aspen
leaf upon his throne. He had been successful, through the
valuable aid of Richelieu and Sir. Wm. Donn, in destroying the
Orleans Dysentery, but still he trembled? O'Mulligan, the
snake-eater of Ireland, and Schnappsgoot of Holland, a retired
dealer in gin and sardines, had united their forces--some nineteen
men and a brace of bull pups in all--and were overtly at work,
their object being to oust the tyrant. O'Mulligan was a young man
between fifty-three years of age and was chiefly distinguished
for being the son of his aunt on his great grandfather's side.
Schnappsgoot was a man of liberal education, having passed three