Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-11-24
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BY CHARLES DICKENS.
PART NINE.
CHAPTER XVI.
PsHooTER 5.
Conf;nDfd.

81 al, very seldom out, pants b't oni.ii"
Il haven i been out for many months IL, moon
yeuient--and it comes expensive. put ! 'o L.,
90 much 10 see YOU, my dear Mr. George no"
de do, sir. A., CO.. sIbo,e
Il am well enough says t"'
WV .y an cant be- TOO WE'LL my dear friend Mr..
So,aFreed takes him by both hands ! have
bronoht nv granddaughter Judy | could nt
keep her away. She lonsed so much 10 see
you. Ill. . ,n,,e,s Mr..
~ I've rot hackney cab, and put a char IN
= M ;nst round the corner they lifted me out OF
,bo cab and into the chair, and carried me here'
hat might see my dear friend IN his own eslao-
l;shmen,i This says Grandfather smallweed,
abiding to The bearer, who has been IN danger u
strancnlation and who wiihdraws adjusting ms
.,;na9nina SIS the driver Of the cab lie has
'n,h;pI eytra. 1t is by agreement included IN
~ Cra This nerson,, the other bearer, I'VE en-
naood i, the street outside for a pint OF beer
ssSGich is twopence Judy, give the person two
nance | was not sure you had workman Of
ronr own here, my dear friend, or we needn't
! have employed this person.
Eranar,ther Smallweed refers to Phil, with a
! Glance If considerable terror and halfslbdued
/ "a Lord! o dear lne!' Nor is his apprehension,
on the surface Of ihngs without some reason; for
Phil. who has never hehed the apparioni in the
blacl, velvet cap before, has stopped short with
aun in his hand, with much of the air OF dead
Shot. intent on picking Mr.. Smaweed off as an
old bird Of the crow species
eIudy, my Child says Grandfather Smallweed,
sgive the person his twopence It's great &C.
for what he has done. ~
Ibe person. who is one of those extr~s,di --enI
specimens ofhuman fungus that spIing up spat th'
taneously inthe western streets q London, ready q
dressed In an old red Jacket, with mission for
holding horses and calling coaches, receives his
twopence with anything but transport, losses the
money into the air catches It oyer-handed, and
retres.
NV dear MIR. George, says Grandfather
Smaliweed, would you be so kind as help carry
me to the fire. | am accustomed to fire, and
7 am an old man, and soon chill o dear mer
His closing exclamation is jerked out Of the
venerable gentleman by the suddenness with
which Mr.. Squod, like genie, catches him mp,
chair and all, and deposits him on the hearth
stone.
% Lord!' says Mr. snlalIweed, panting. 90
dear me! o my stars! My dear friend, yor
workiugman is very sirong-and very Y''ilPt.
O Lord, he is very prompt! Judy, defw me
back lilde I'm being scorched nfs1e legs
which indeed is testified TO the nosesoi al pres
ent by the smell Of his worsled Stockings
The gentle Judy, having backed her S'ano-
father little way from the fire, and having
| shaken nl.1 Up as uSuttl, diiS ''"t
overshadawed eye from itssblek yeNet eA'''i,
] goisher. Mr.. SnaIlweed again says, % dear me.
GeprgE s'ssr",.-'-vl about, and meeting NJ.
Ny dear friend! 50 happy IN fhsss ih aaaa,;,s,,,
Ahd ms IS your establishment? It's a tl~Iahilns
place. It's picture! You never find s,ha7 80 80
thing goes off here accidentally: do Won nv p.Y
iriend'' adds Grandfather Smallweed, very N Al
ease.
'No, no. No fear of that
Sand your workman. He-O dear me!-he
never lets any thing off without meaning ii. does
he, any dear friend?'
'He has never hurt any body but himself, says
hlf George, smiling.
But he might you know lie seems to have
hurt himself good deal and he might hurt some
body else the old gentleman returns. He
mlghtn't mean tor he even might. Mr. George
! will you order him to leave his internal firearms
| alone, and 90 away
Obedient to a nod from the trooper, Phil re-
tires, empty minded, to the other end Of the GAL
lery Mr. Smallweed, reassured, falls to rub
bling his legs.
And you're doing well, Mr. George he says
| TO the trooper squarely standing face d-about to-
/ ward him with his broadsword in his hanI.-
| You are prospecting, please the Powers'
/ Mr. George answers with cool nod, adding,
! Go on You have not come to say that, know;
! 'You are sprghtly, Mr. George returns The
| venerable grandfather You such good COM
| pany,'
| fla ha Goon!' says Mr. George
| My dear but that sword looks awful
| cleaning and sharp. 1t might cut somebody, bv
accident. 1t makes me shiver, Mr. George.
curse him. says the excellent old gentleman.
apart 10 Judy as the trooper takes step or two
away to lay aside He owes me money. and
might think Of paying off all scores in this place
l wish your birthstone grandmother was here.
and be ID shave her head OFF,
Mr. George, returning, folds his arms, and look
ing down at the old man, sliding every moment
lower and lower IN his char, says quietly, Nov
for it!'
'Ho! cries Mr. smallweed, rubbing his hands.
with an artlul chuckle. yes. Now for 4
Now for what,>my dear frend''
For pipe; says Mr. George; VINO with great
composure, sets his chair in the chimney corner.
takes his pipe from the CRATE, fills it and lights Il
and falls TO smoking peacefully
This tends to the discontinue on Smallwaed
who finds it so difficult to resume his object
whatever 1t may be, that he becomes exasper-
ated. and secretly claws the air with an impolen,
vindictiveness, expressive of an intense desire 10
tear and rend the vsage of Mr. George As the
excellent old gentleman7s nails are lone ana
leaden, and his hands lean and veinous. and h;s
eyes green and watery; and, over and above This
as he continues, while he claws, to slide down in
his chair, and to collapse into shapeless bundle.
ne becomes such CHASTITY spectacle, even in the
accustomed eyes of Judy, that that Young yrqn
pounces al him with something more than tbe ar
dor OF affection, and SO shakes him M. and mats
and pokes him in divers parts Of his bodv. bat
particularly in thatpart which the science Of self
defence would call his wind. that in his srievous
- alters enforced sounds like pavior's
tee aR w
Wssa judy has by these means. set him m
asaln iuNs chair, with white face and i frostv
nose, wv still clawing) she stretches out her
;aha H. ,o,ilnger, and gives Mr. George one poke
ia i,s oaea The trooper raising his mead she
"a h. t,ng thus e al her eseemed grandfather:
r;,dly At he Gre. them together, s.ares
I sAy, az! Ho, he. U~-d>1
.andgather Smallweeds swalcwsrh.,,w chasters
s saiiaaar fr;eud,, fs,ill clawing
y !, Tell tell yoa what says MIR George. a, ~
m.s,, ~ converse with me, you must spe9s o1-