n, but, deluding himself
with the hope of making a fortune by gaming, he lost everything, and
went forth, with the child, a beggar. Their wanderings and adventures
are recounted till they reach a quiet country village, where the old
clergyman gives them a cottage to live in. Here Nell soon dies, and the
grandfather is found dead upon her grave. The main character, next to
Nell, is that of a lad named Kit [Nubbles], employed in the curiosity
shop, who adored Nell as "an angel." This boy gets in the service of
Mr. Garland, a genial, benevolent, well-to-do man in the suburbs of
London; but Quilp hates the lad, and induces Brass, a solicitor of Bevis
Marks, to put a [pounds]5 bank-note in the boy's hat, and then accuse
him of theft. Kit is tried, and condemned to transportation, but the
villainy being exposed by a girl-of-all-work, nicknamed "The
Marchioness," Kit is liberated and restored to his place, and Quilp
drowns himself.

=Old Cutty Soames= (1 _syl._), the fairy of the mine.

=Old Fox= (_The_), Marshal Soult; so called from his strategic abilities
and never-failing resources (1769-1851).

=Old Glory=, Sir Francis Burdett; so called by the radicals, because at
one time he was their leader. In his later years Sir Francis joined the
tories (1770-1844).

=Old Grog=, Admiral Edward Vernon; so called from his wearing a grogram
coat in foul weather (1684-1757).

=Old Harry=, the devil. The Hebrew _seirim_ ("hairy ones") is translated
"devils" in _Lev._ xvii. 7, probably meaning "he-goats."

=Old Hickory.= General Andrew Jackson was so called in 1813. He was first
called "Tough," then "Tough as Hickory," then "Hickory," and lastly "Old
Hickory."

=Old Humphrey=, the pseudonym of George Mogridge, of London (died 1854).

=Old Maid= (_The_), a farce by Murphy (1761). Miss Harlow is the "old
maid," aged 45, living with her brother and his bride, a beautiful
young woman of 23. A young man of fortune, having seen them at Ranelagh,
falls in love with the younger lady; and, inquiring their names, is told
they are "Mrs. and Miss Harlow." He takes it for granted that the elder
lady is the mother, and the younger the daughter, so asks permission to
pay his addresses to "Miss Harlow." The request is granted, but it turns
out that the young man meant Mrs. Harlow; and the worst of the matter is
that the elder spinster was engaged to be married to Captain Cape, but
turned him off for the younger man; and, when the