the carridge driving on slowly
ahead, and us as happy as possbill, admiring the pleasant woods and the
goldn sunset.
My lord was expayshating to my lady upon the exquizit beauty of the
sean, and pouring forth a host of butifle and virtuous sentaments
sootable to the hour. It was dalitefle to hear him. "Ah!" said he,
"black must be the heart, my love, which does not feel the influence
of a scene like this; gathering as it were, from those sunlit skies,
a portion of their celestial gold, and gaining somewhat of heaven with
each pure draught of this delicious air!"
Lady Crabs did not speak, but prest his arm and looked upwards. Mortimer
and I, too, felt some of the infliwents of the sean, and lent on our
goold sticks in silence. The carriage drew up close to us, and my lord
and my lady sauntered slowly tords it.
Jest at the place was a bench, and on the bench sate a poorly drest
woman, and by her, leaning against a tree, was a man whom I thought I'd
sean befor. He was drest in a shabby blew coat, with white seems and
copper buttons; a torn hat was on his head, and great quantaties of
matted hair and whiskers disfiggared his countnints. He was not shaved,
and as pale as stone.
My lord and lady didn tak the slightest notice of him, but past on to
the carridge. Me and Mortimer lickwise took OUR places. As we past, the
man had got a grip of the woman's shoulder, who was holding down her
head sobbing bitterly.
No sooner were my lord and lady seated, than they both, with igstream
dellixy and good natur, burst into a ror of lafter, peal upon peal,
whooping and screaching enough to frighten the evening silents.
DEUCEACE turned round. I see his face now--the face of a devvle of hell!
Fust, he lookt towards the carridge, and pinted to it with his maimed
arm; then he raised the other, AND STRUCK THE WOMAN BY HIS SIDE. She
fell, screaming.
Poor thing! Poor thing!
MR. YELLOWPLUSH'S AJEW.
The end of Mr. Deuceace's history is going to be the end of my
corrispondince. I wish the public was as sory to part with me as I am
with the public; becaws I fansy reely that we've become frends, and feal
for my part a becoming greaf at saying ajew.
It's imposbill for me to continyow, however, a-writin, as I have
done--violetting the rules of authography, and trampling upon the fust
princepills of English grammar. When I began, I knew no better: when I'd
carrid on these papers a little further, and grew accustmd to writ
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