The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-14
PARIS EXHIBITION.
BY ARTHUR sKETCHLEYi
PART II.
l0ontinned from yesterdays issue.)

this cafeen as It's lucky as huOM u InS LlGnCl m
o. bTandy. and the little as we took brought us
ronnd tho, Mrs Wells KEEP a'sayin' as 1t would
he jar death as bein' out in the wet was always
fatal 70 Ter | says, You amt neither sugar
nor salt, as a drop OF ram should melt yOui
ana it's wen as she wasn't for we lad TO walk
thro' il, and pretty row we lad with that cab
man, as lad been paid, and suppose wanted to
be paid for lis wheel as he did ought to ave 'ad
put on stronger. | give the card as 'ad my
address on TO the police, and then they let us
90; and nice bother we lad to get to where
we was stoppin' and that sopped as | went to
bed the instant as got in, fully eXpectln' as ia
got my death of cold; and asked the young
woman as was English to bring me cup OF tea
for 10 take the chill out of me.
1t was VERY nice room, and all my things
was in it as lad been moved out OF the room as
we slep' in the night afore; and glad was TO be
in bed and athinkin as Brown wouldn't be long,
I ad dozed off when 'eard 'ammerin' at the
door as walked me up, and / says, 'OW foollsh
on me, I've been and brought the key inside
with me as they can't open the door without;"
and thinkin it was Brown, / gets out OF
and says, " Come in," and If there didn't
stand there two young English jackanapeses,
as bust out a-lartn' as soon as ever they see me.
| was a-goin' to slam the door, but they was
too quick for me, and one on 'em puts his foot
in it and says, Come, none OF that, you've KEEP
us waitin' long enough"
says, "Go away you vagabonds, or I'll call
for 'elp.n
They says, "Go away yourself as 'as got our
/ saws, ''Never! the chambermaid put me
'ere, 'ere / stops;" and Gays you'd better be
of, or I'll raise the 'ouse, and my 'usband I'll
soon settle your 'ash.n
They says, "Oh, come none of that, this is
our room, and you come out on 1t, and that's all
about it;' and if they wasn't a-comin, in.
'Ollers out 'elp, murder fire, and all manner,
and there was pretty fill loo, as the sayin' is,
for out come lots of people in their disabilities,
and up comes Brown and Mr.. Wells, as 'ad been
settn' up smokin'; and il that stupid gal 'adn't
been and put me into the wrong room, as | 'ad
to turn out on thro' bein' double-bedded one,
and says, Brown, I'm sure, if things goes on
like this, I'm not a-goin' to stand it, and 'ome
goes"
"Oh," he says, "go to sleep; you'll be all
right in the moTniu'." But it was ever so long
aore did drop off agin, for wouldn't fave lad
any one see me hgger as | was lad 1t been ever
so, and see that Miss Tredwell all of a broad
grin a-starin' at my night cap, and wouldn't
never ave come out of Ter room only she'd got
all Ter back 'air down as she's proud on, tho all
false.
AS to Mr.. Wells, he come out and behaved
like downright savage in his night shirt,
a-swearin' trigntful as I'd been and scared lis
wife to death.
l says, ."oh, rubbish, fddle.sticks, your wife's
mask of atfectation."
"Well," he says, 81 don't care about her, but
amt a-goln' to ave my rest broke like this, and
shall get other quarters"
rubbish" and goes in and slams my door, and
Brown in course sided agin me, and said it was
my stupldness; and bless you, l couldn't get to
sleep. tor ever so long thro' the noise in the
streets, as is never endin'.
The next mornin' as soon as breakfast were
over, Wells says, "We're of-good day." quite
short, as / only says, "0pes you may better
yourself" and didn't say no more thro' a-goin
10 dress for the Exhibition, as put on my mus
ling with the hounces for to be cool, and off we
set in a party, agreeiu' for to be independen
and meet among the picters about o'clock, a
ls my delight, and could look at by the hou
don't think as ever did see sich lot o
lovely picters as you keeps a-walkin' round ant
round 'thro all day, leastways me and Mrs
Archbutt did one day, for 'er and me agreed 10
gardens along with Brown, thatI couldn't wa
1t ever so. Me and Mrs. Arehbutt was a.settiI
a-talkin', and if there wasn't lot of NheI
French amakini remarks on MS, and a-grnnin
as says a set of grinnin' balloons, that's wins
calls them; tho certingly Mrs. Archbutt is on
of them parties as looks conspicuous as til
sayin' is, for she's as broad as she's long, and
face that red as fiambeaus is fool to it, an
will dress that snowy, a-sayin as blue become
ser, and made Ter look young as is 'er faIc.
poor thing, as nobody with 'art wouldn't col
tradict Ter in, as Is 'armless delusion as ever
know'd.
So them French kep' a-makin' remarks, an
at last Mrs. Archbutt says to me, ~ should lib
for to tell 'em my mind, the low willns; 'oW dal
they, and whatever" says she, "can they 81
for TO larf at in you, num-"
/ says, 'I were not aWear as they were a.larfl
at me, as thought it was yeu as they was
a-turnin' into ridicule as made me feel urt.n
She says, They're starin' at you.n
1 says, 81 don't know as Pm one as ever an,
one ID the impotence for to stare at, as Pm sui
never gives no encouragement to parties lil
that, tho when gal couldn't never 'elp partit
starin, thro' nae a-bein' that attractive as
always were much admired; for, when l WI
quite child, | remembers well bein dresse
Tor party as were a-goin' to in white froC
and green spencer, with a bow behind, an
three tucks with work between 'em; pink sasl
and red morocco shoes, with red coral nee
lace, and pink glaze musllng gloves; with
straw at and cherry colored ribbns, and WI
that admired as parties as come for to put oI
the kitchen chimbly, as lad took fire accidents
couldn't do nothink for starin' at me- and let
Olaze out, as brought the ingins, and cost n
own uncle hve pounds, as were a retired Gale
der, and lived comfortable in lis own 'ouse ne
Pentonvlle, tho a citizen and o ltveryma
with family vault in st. Magnus church, clio
apin London Bridge, where he laws buried
this VERY day, tho there was a talk of bel
obliged to move i'm for to build New Lond
bridge.
see Mrs. Archbutt a.turnin' up Ter nose Al
begun a-tellin' me about a nobleman as
kissed is 'and at Ter out of lis cabrioly in Hi
Park as is more likely as he were a.takin
sight at 'eI for regular old fright.
must say, as the wittles and drink at Il
Exhibishunis beautiful. though not over who
some shouldn't say, thro' them mixtures
they takes; and as / were a-gettin' peckish,
the sayin' is, says to Mrs. Archbutt, Let's
and ave a something, If it's only mouthful.
She says "We'll 90 to the English Tefre
ments, for then knows what I'm eatin'."
"Well,"I says, sits pretty much the sa
everywheres; butt. says, "Iye got fancy
something French
"But,n she says, III we leave lhe plcters,
shall miss the others as promised to come a
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