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Excerpt from Raffle for a Wife Mr. Hallett, as he came up to Broadway, crossed over to the sunny side, when the sun shines, gave a single look at the church-yard, which contained the remains of his wife's parents, and walked briskly ou, measuring his steps with a sort of tune, whistled in a whisper, the air of which changed every now and then between Yankee Doodle, and Life let us Cherish. Avoiding the rapid passen gers, whom he met in his way, with the habitual tact of those accustomed to crowds, he made a satisfactory prog. Ress homeward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.