"I felt a little sort o' jubous of the dratted thing myself, and I tuck the broom-handle and poked it two or three times to see what it would do, but it didn't stir, so I went up to it and pulled the paper open, and what do you think it was?"

COURTSHIP:

DETAILED, WITH OTHER

SCENES, INCIDENTS, AND ADVENTURES,

IN A

Series of Letters, by Himself.

W: T. Thompson.

TWELFTH EDITION.

WITH ADDITIONAL LETTERS;

AND

TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY DARLEY.

"A little nonsense, now and then,
Is relish'd by the wisest men.”

PHILADELPHIA:

A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART,

CORNER OF FOURTH AND CHESNUT STREETS.