Chapter 23 ACROSS THE WALNUTS AND THE WINE.

Moore, sweetest of bards, sings-

"Oh, there's nothing half so sweet in life

As love's young dream."

But he made this assertion in his callow days, before he had learned the value of a good digestion. To a young and fervid youth, love's young dream is, no doubt, very charming, lovers, as a rule, having a small appetite; but to a man who has

            
            

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