40 ARISTOPHANES.

He runs into the Town Hall with his belly empty,
and runs out with it full.”

B. “Dog and villain, you shall die.”

SiS. “TI can scream ten times as high.”

B. “Tl o’erbear you and out-bawl you.”
Sins. “Tl out-scream you and out-squall you.”
B. “Stare at me without a wink.”

Sis. “Never do I blush or blink.”

B. “T can steal and own to stealing;

That’s a thing I know you dare not.”
Si-5. “That is nothing; when I’m dealing,

I can swear to things that are not,

And, though hundreds saw, I care not.”

Bluster was still unconvinced that he had found his
match and more; and the sausage-seller related for
the encouragement of his backers incidents in his
bringing up which fully justified their hopes. “It is
not for nothing,” he said, “that ever since I was a
child I have been cuffed and beaten, that I have
been fed on scraps, and yet grown to the big crea-
ture that I am. Oh! I used to play rare tricks.
I would say to a cook, ‘See, there’s a swallow, the
spring is coming,’ and when he looked away I stole
a bit of his meat. Mostly I got clear off; but in
case any one saw me, I swore that I had never taken
it. I remember a great politician in those days, who
saw me do it, saying, ‘ This child will be a great man
with the people some day.’”

After another fierce encounter of words, the two
fell to: blows, Bluster getting the worst of it, espe-