was an honest-looking lad; a could hae trusted ony thing in his hand."
Geordy's temper became quite ungovernable at Wull's simplicity. After
the whole southern circuit was finished, there was no word of payment,
and Wull's life became quite miserable at Geordy's incessant grumbling
and taunting; the latter ever and anon repeating, "What a d--d idiot
Wull was to gie the beest without the money till a man he kend naething
about;" and the other as pertinaciously insisting, "that he (the
gentleman) was an honest-looking man, there was nae fear o' him." In the
course of six weeks an order came for the payment of the steed. "L--d,"
says Wull, "did na I tell ye he was an honest man, a kend by the look o'
him." From that moment Wull stood eminently high in Geordy's eyes; and
while the one chuckled at his penetration of character, the other was no
less humbled at having called his superior judgment in question. William
Hall is still alive, and there is not a prouder man in Britain's Isle
than he is when he relates the little incident in his life, of which the
present Lord Chancellor of Great Britain forms the
hero.--_Schoolmaster._

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O'BRIEN, THE IRISH GIANT.


This extraordinary giant, whose height was nearly nine feet, was born at
Kinsale, in the kingdom of Ireland. His real name was Patrick Cotter; he
was of obscure parentage, and originally laboured as a brick-layer; but
his uncommon size rendered him a mark for the avarice of a showman, who,
for the payment of £50. per annum, obtained the liberty of exhibiting
him for three years in England. Not contented with his bargain, the