not, unless it might be in high party times; or, in the
case of editors, and such extreme patriots. I have several relatives
that belong to the corps, and they all tell me that while their bosses
very frequently change their coats, they are by no means so particular
about changing their shirts. But you are of foreign birth, ma'am, I
should think by your dress and appearance?"

{change their coats.... = i.e., editors frequently change political
sides, but they are not very careful about their personal hygiene}

"Yes, sir, I came quite recently from France; though, my employer being
American, I suppose I am entitled to the rights of citizenship. Are you
European, also?"

"No, ma'am; I am native and to the 'MANOR born,' as the modern
Shakspeare has it. Is Louis Philippe likely to maintain the throne, in
France?"

{'manor born' = from "to the manner born" Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I,
Scene 4, line 2--frequently misquoted in popular speech as "to the
manor born"}

"That is not so certain, sir, by what I learn, as that the throne is
likely to maintain Louis Philippe. To own the truth to you, I am a
Carlist, as all genteel articles are, and I enter but little into the
subject of Louis Philippe's reign."

{Carlist = supporter of King Charles X of France, who was deposed in
1830 by King Louis Philippe}

This remark made me melancholy, by reviving the recollection of
Adrienne, and the conversation ceased. An hour or two later, I was
removed from the line, properly ironed, and returned to my boss. The
same day I was placed in a shop in Broadway, belonging to a firm of
which I now understood the colonel was a sleeping partner. A suitable
entry was made against me, in a private memorandum book, which, as I
once had an opportunity of seeing it, I will give here.

Super-extraordinary Pocket-Handkerchief, French cambric, trimmed and
worked, in account with Bobbinet & Gull.

DR.
To money paid first cost--francs 100, at 5.25, -- $19.04
To interest on same for -- 00.00
To portion of passage money, -- 00.04
To porterage, -- 00.00 1/4
To washing and making up, -- 00.25
(Mem.--See if a deduction cannot be made from this charge.)

CR.
By cash, for allowing Miss Thimble to copy pattern--not to be worked
until our article is sold, -- $1. 00
By cash for sale, &c. --

{in account with.... = this and subsequent "accounts" are presented by
Cooper in tabular form, generally without decimal points in the
figu