drew their chairs towards the fire; and the Jew, telling Oliver

to come and sit by him, led the conversation to the topics most

calculated to interest his hearers. These were, the great

advantages of the trade, the proficiency of the Dodger, the

amiability of Charley Bates, and the liberality of the Jew

himself. At length these subjects displayed signs of being

thoroughly exhausted; and Mr. Chitling did the same: for the

house of correction becomes fatiguing after a week or two. Miss