Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Illustration: Faithfully yours Charles Dickens] PEARL-FISHING. CHOICE STORIES, FROM Dickens’ Household Words. SECOND SERIES. AUBURN: ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & CO. ROCHESTER: WANZER, BEARDSLEY & CO. 1854. ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & CO., In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. THOMAS B. SMITH, STEREOTYPER AND ELECTROTYPER, 216 William Street, N. Y. The Publisher’s Notice. The large demand for the _First Series_ of this publication, has confirmed the publishers in their opinion of its worth and its adaptability to meet the wants and tastes of the reading public, and induced them to issue, in rapid succession, the present volume, which will be found not less interesting and worthy of attention. The publishers also announce their intention of continuing this series, which has been received with so much public favor. June, 1854. Contents. PAGE I.--THE YOUNG ADVOCATE 7 II.--THE LAST OF A LONG LINE 33 III.--THE GENTLEMAN BEGGAR 107 IV.--EVIL IS WROUGHT BY WANT OF THOUGHT 130 V.--BED 167 VI.--THE HOME OF WOODRUFFE THE GARDENER 184 VII.--THE WATER-DROPS 287 VIII.--AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY 325 I. The Young Advocate.