n of her sex, the lovely Judith,
meant to say that he was a gay deceiver, the assertion in question
involved a mistake of a cruel and opprobrious character. So far from
being a deceiver, he had himself been uniformly deceived; and that in
the present instance, it was much more probable that he would suffer,
because the lovely charmer before him cared nothing for him.

Which accusation threw the lovely charmer into a flutter, and caused
her to deny the truth of Mr. Jinks' charge; and in addition, to assert
that there existed no proof of the fact that she did'nt care much more
for Mr. Jinks than he did for her--and whether he said she did'nt, or
did'nt say she did'nt, still that this did'nt change the fact: and so
he was mistaken.

Whereupon Mr. Jinks, imbibing more poteen, replied that assertions,
though in themselves worthy of high respect when they issued from so
lovely and fascinating a source, could still not stand in opposition
to facts.

Mistress O'Calligan asked what facts.

Which caused Mr. Jinks to explain. He meant, that the test of
affection was doing one a service; that the loving individual would
perform what the beloved wished; and that here the beautiful Judith
was deficient.

To which the beautiful Judith, with a preparatory caution to the young
O'Calligans, replied by saying, that she had never been tried; and if
that was all the foundation for such a charge, the best way to prove
its falseness was to immediately test her friendship.

At this Mr. Jinks brightened up, and leaning over toward the
ruddy-faced Judith, whispered for some minutes. The whispers brought
to the lady's face a variety of expressions: consternation, alarm,
doubt, objection, refusal. Refusal remained paramount.

Mr. Jinks imbibed more poteen, and observed, with dignity, that he had
been perfectly well aware, before making his communication, that the
protestations of the lady opposite to whom he sat were like those
of ladies in general, calculated to mislead and deceive. He would
therefore not annoy her further, but seek some other--

Incipient tears from the lady, who thought Mr. Jinks cruel,
unreasonable, and too bad.

Mr. Jinks was rational, and had asked a very inconsiderable favor; his
beautiful acquaintance, Miss Sallianna, would not hesitate a moment
to oblige him, and he would therefore respectfully take his
departure--for some time, he was afraid, if not forever.

Mr. Jinks had played his game with much skill, an