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. r.The'tire'beginningrby this time to-impart 3 grateful
,, ugh’-e hundred’ and twenty-eight, five -hundred and’
twenty-ninegtive hundred and thirty.-Look here l”. 1 .
i ’ “ V.Vhat’s,the matter now‘? i"said Mrs.3Gamp. 2 '3 w
,-:uThey',e ‘coming feurabreast, eachman VV'lil'1' is
arm entwinedin the next man's, and his hand. upon hrs
shoulder. ” W"hat’s that upon the arm of every man, and
nthetiag'l'3 Z‘ I " "‘ ‘ “
Q. 1-‘ Spider5)’.p’rapS,":- said Mrs. Gamp.'=
-““Crap'el Black crape I : good ‘God
wear it outside?f’A -r ?-<= ' v -' "“ ‘,";
“ ‘Vould you havefem carry black crape 1n the1r.1n-
sidese v . M,-5: Gamp retorted‘. it ‘4 Hold‘ your noise, hold
‘ : .
yournoise.” ' ' - ‘ ' " "’
‘V p it do
T armth'Mrs. Gam became silent3‘gradually.rubbed.her
IYos'e more and molroe slowly along the top of ' the fender ;
and fell into a heavy doze. She was awakened by. the
room ringing‘ (as she fancied)with a nameishe knew : - ,
.“‘ChuzzleWit!”',' ' ' l’ I . ‘ii ’ "
A’ 'I‘he sound was so distinct and real, and so full of ago-
nised entreaty; -that‘ Mrs. " Gamp jumped up’ In terror;
and ran to the door. ‘ She expected to‘ find the passage
tilled with people, come to tell her that the house in the
city. had tal:en>Iire.' But the place was‘empty.: not a
soul was there. She openedvthe‘ window, and looked
out. , Dark, dull, dingy, and desolate housetops. . As she
passedito her seat again,ishe‘glanced. at rtherpatient.
Just the .same; butsilent. - Mrs.-Gamp was'so warm
now, that she threw off the watchman’scoat, and fanned
herself.y"-" " It "' i >.3‘ ‘it
- -" It seemed to make-the wery bottles ring,”. she said.
“ What could I have been a-dreaming of? :That dratted
Chuifey, I'll be‘bound.’'-' ’ " ‘w . 3.
The suppositionwas probable enough.'= At any rate;
a pinch of snuff; and the ‘song-of the steaming kettle,
quite restoredthe tone of-Mrs. Gamp’s uerves,'whicl)
were none of the weakest. She brewed her“tea'; made
some buttered toast ; and sat down at the tea-board, with
her face tothetire. -i‘ - V -1"“ wk. 3" .. -‘ .;'
‘)Vhen once again, in a tonegmore terrible thanthat
which had vibrated in her-slumbering ear, thesewords
were shrieked out: ' V v‘ ‘ ' e 5- . .:‘ .1.‘ ‘
,“Chuzzlewitl ‘Jonas I‘ No !”' =3v- . '1
--Mrs."Gamp dropped the cup :she:was in 'the‘act.of
raising to her lips, and turned‘ round withia start that
nliladle the little tea-‘board leap. . The cry had come’ from
teed.- "‘ W > ?>" w
u ll 9
. Itiwas bright morning the next time Mrs. Gamp looked
out ,of, -window, ‘and the sun was rising cheerfully.
Lighter and lighter grew the sky, and noisier the streets ;
and high into the summer air uprose the smoke of newly
kindled-fires,'uutil the busy day was broad‘ awake. “i
‘ Mrs. Prigirelieved punctually, having passed. a. good
‘night at her other patient’s. vMr.> VVestlock came at the
same time, buthe was not admitted. the disorder being
infectious. ‘ -The doctor came too. .- The doctor shook his
head. w It wasall he could do,’ under the circumstances,
and he did it”w’ell.i, 7 it . -i '5 r
“‘lVhat sort ofsa night, nurse?’-’W i - ". i ‘ .-
-‘ “Restless, sir,” said Mrs. Gamp. ' - ‘ a V i 1 .
'i“‘Talkmuch?” "7 " it ‘ "
“ “ Middling, sir,” said Mrs. Gamp. .,
‘ “ Nothing to the purpose,‘I suppose?” -- 5
-‘ V" Oh bless you no, sir.’ I Onlyjargon.” .- . J - -. , ;
- “ “Fell I’’ said the doctor.“ we must keep him quiet ;
keep the room-cool; give him his draughts regularly:
and see’ that he’s'carefully looked ‘too. - That's all 1.”, -' .
, “ And as long as Mrs. Prig,and me waits upon him, sir
no fearof that,” said Mrs. Gamp. v V .. . i z‘ '
“ I suppose,” observed Mrs. Prig, when they had
curtseyed tliedoctorout :' “ there's nothin’ new ? ” :u r
“ Nothin’ at all, my- dear,” said‘ Mrs. Gamp.‘ ‘ ".IIe's
rather wearin’ in" his talk from making up a lot of names;
elseways you needn’t mind him.” i ' v i 2,’
1‘ “0h,‘I sha’n"t'mind him,” Mrs. Prig returned.’ "‘I
have somethin’ else to think of.” 5 1“ ’ ‘ “ ‘ ’ ‘ ' " '
“I pays my debts to-night ‘you lrnow,’my
comes afore my time,” said Mrs. Gamp.
Prig ”-speaking 5 with
,- "w,.'.;
I dear, and
.-"‘But Betsey
great :feeling, and laying her
lmndl upon her arm--“-try the,cowcumbers,'God’ bless
you” r
C'H.1lRL'ES,. DICKEN ‘? XWORKS.
‘ into an apron not over-cleanja flannel jacket)?“
‘ti ,.. ‘ 4 >.‘CuiujTER.;xxx'L
-. Hi
’ Ari rmez-p‘ecledr.IIeetiny,’dnd a pmrnlaini 1' 3‘ ‘
1-. .1-’-5 .':.'Zx.’L. :. .:.: ;‘ ’: N ‘I " -' vi“? 1 3
THE laws of sympatl1y.betWP.?n 1>031:d5 311d'b1TdS. find
the secret source ofrthat attractionwhich frequently un-
. pels a shaver of.the oneto be a.dealer, in. the other,-.are
‘ questions for thersubtle .reasonmg Ofi Sclenllfiex 1)‘-’-dms 1
not the less so, because, their investigation wouldgseiein
calculated to leadito no partlcultu‘ results. It ,IS 61100511
to know that the,artist:who,had,the,honour.of entertain-
ing Mrs. Gamp as,lus first-iloor. l0dger,,l,1mted ,tl1e, two
. pursuits oibarbering and bird-fancying; and that it was
not an original idea of his, but,one in )vl:!ch:h0.l194l,.Il15‘
persed about the bye-streets and suburbs ofithe, town. 3
host of.rivals. r;, g in .: ‘xvi’ ;"."' 3"?’ V,“
. The name of this householder was Paul $weedlep1pe.-
But he was commonly called I’ol1.Swcedlep1p.e,: aI1(l..“'“5
" not uncommonly believed to have -been,so;icl1riS,te1l9d.
among his friends and neighbours. e , ;.-, ‘,1 .=( tn
’ VVith the exceptionof thevvstaircase, andghis . odgefs
private apartment, Poll Sw,eedlepipe’s.1;0115e, ‘Yasione
great bird’s nest. Game-cocks resided‘,1n;tbe;ikllClWH:
pheasants. wasted the, brightness, 0f;the1r'golden plumage
on the garret ; bantams roosted, imthe cellar, ;-,0W1S Jlad
possession: of.1he. bed-room, ; nndwspecimens.-,of 41311 ‘be
smaller fry of birds chirruppedyyand.twitt6I‘?d'.l11Ill]9
shop.I The staircase was sacred ,to;rabbits.:,:Tll9"? 1“
hutches of all shapesandikinds, made,frorn old p=1Ck1nz2"
‘ cases,'boxes, drawers, and ,tea-chests,.they-increasedjln
a prodigious degree, and, contributed their share towardg
that complicated whiff which, ,quite; 1m]‘.aIt11.11l)'a: ““
without distinction of persons,=saluted every HQSGJIM
was put into SweedIepipe’s, easy.shaving-sliop. ' ‘V
Many noses foundtheir way, therc,ft”or,all,,.tlx=?-.9 I?
ially on a.Sunday morning, before ’cl1uIicb-tlme-‘.1 -E"e"
archbishopsshave, or must be shaved, on ‘a,S,11nd.‘1Y,-““‘d
beards will grow after twelve o‘clock on'Satnrdn)', Dlghlv
though it be uponvpthe, chins ; of- base mechanics ; Wl]0:
not beiug;able to engage‘ their Valetsby tl1eg11arteI;l1i";
them bythe job, and payithem-oh, the W!ck0QnC535“
copper coin !-sin dirty;-pence. ,;Poll,Sxvet:dlBP!P9mt1’”
: sinner, shaved all comers at a penny,eacb,,and cut.,l.he
-hair oftany customerifor twopence ; and .being .11 l0’,‘c[i
unmarriedmari, andihaving some connection ,ln;i1l9 1”‘
line, vPoll got on tolerably;,well.,., -,,7 ; , -,.,i ’ ’4.’l‘ '5?“ ,>
' He was a little elderly man,- with a clammy cold rlgllil
"Ii hand, from which evenrabbits and ,birds couldrII0,izT"'
move the smellvof shaving-soap. .PolI had somellllngfog
the bird'in his nature ;.not of the l1aw'k,or,eagl9:jb“,t-0;
the sparrow,vtbat buildsrin chimney,-stacks, and 1i1Gl’f‘Ie”
to huinan.‘company. vllewasnot quarrelsornoitllollii ,‘v
likevthe sparrow; but peaceful, like the dove. ,.I“'1,“:
walk he strutted ;‘ and in this-respect,-he sbortf ..i!..l9".‘
resemblance to the pigeon, as well as,in avcerta1n'.uP“’5‘(i
ness of speech, which might, in‘ its monotony. P? llkene
to the cooing ofthat bird. . Ile‘was,very,inquiSltfY9..; ,3“
when he stood -at:.his’. shop-door’ in5,,th0,3'ee‘,'0l‘l“L".“““”
: watching. the neighbours,’ withhis hcadon one Sid”: 3"
. his eye cocked knowingly,‘ therewas, a dash ,0“l‘e."a‘7en
in him. Yet,-there was no morewiekedness in 1:011“-3“.n
in a Robin. Happily, ,too,.when any, of his ,orn1tl1oloF1:
cal properties were on the verge. of going tQ0 f‘1,l‘:' lheyl
were quenched, dissolved, melted-down,>nn;l.ueI1tral1sft
in the barber‘;. just as his-ibal(Llread-o,tl1eryylS:3,'”-5 ll“?
head of a shared magpie-lost itself in ,a,;Wlgi‘’.l 0?” it
black ringlets, parted on one side,-and cut; a“:‘l)’.“"lm"5
to?the‘crown,4to indicate immense. capacity. ,0f'i1.11l".“e.c-"1'
Poll had a very small, shrill, trcble,voi,ce,.,pjlncl1 mig 10
have ledtbe iwags ofvKingsgate-street 10 l11.515‘.‘-‘.l‘e ‘-mprt
upon his feminine designation. = -‘He had 3 vten.‘ler:.'-]‘efl:!(:,
too ;: for, When; he . had a ,-good.commlSS39I1<tQ.PF5fU1w
three. or fourscore’ sparrows -for a. ,Sl.190W'3'P.“"-“‘ 1’ -’
would observe, in a compassionate tonepllolv-5i"g“l-arfm.
was that sparrows shouldihavebeen maIl8;91$I2l".”3.5?l-75-
suchspurposes. . The question. whether me-pr.$V9"? i
to shoot them, never entered into POI1’s pl1I10$0Pl‘-V‘ ‘-gl“
I "Poll .wore, in his sporting character. I1. V.91‘'‘’le9‘‘- 005 '
a great deal of blue stocking, ankleboots,
of some bright colour, and a very;ta1l hat.
more quiet i occupation or barber, he. a general‘? V
a ne,cli?TC "if
‘ Pursulng llls
subside
d cordu-
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