Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-12
THE DAY BOOK. ]
SATURDAY MORNING, June -, 1859
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LOonVinueo AAon InoS Po6SI
and oysters, mind And then,
after looking with great disgust
at the parcel for a few minutes,
he seized it and hurried down
the stairs; but directly after, he
dashed breathlessly into the
room. More briefs for Bull
ger'sl' he exclaimed, 'and /
didn't want to be seem 'Then
after waiting ten minutes he
made a fresh start, when we
saw no more of him for half an
hour, when he came slowly in
and seated himself, looking
blankly from one to the other.
Sold out P I said. .
We'll, no, not exactly he
replied. You see, Iwent into
Thompson's first, in Holborn,
that being the first place I cared
about stopping at, for fear of
being known. 1 hung about
for ten minutes, before l could
summon courage enough to go
in, for it's awfully hard work
when you come to try. There,
you need not grin; if you doubt
it, go and have a try yourselves.
Well, I rushed in at last, with
a couple of copies in one hand,
and the bundle under my arm,
when, hang me, if there wasn't
Bulger, buying a cheap copy of
Ivanhoe, and he nodded at me.
Luckily, l had the presence of
mind to stuff the two copies in
to my pocket, and to say to the
man behind the counter, will
you allow me to leave this here
till I can send for it? The
string has come unfastened.'
'And you came away and left
the books there I said, in
terrupting. as59ts. u
We'll, what could 1 do, un-
der the circumstances ? said
Tom. Fetch them for me,
there's a good fellow. He'll
think from your looks that you
are a man I've paid.
'Thank you,' I said, trying
to light my empty pipe, for we
had finished the tobacco. 7a5
will you 60, Fred p he said,
appealing to the man IN the
shooting jacket. .t-as
ed sooner enlist, said Fred,
stoically. 4 knew you'd both
make fools of yourselves over
it. ISL gs. -:.G ss3.sa III ~ a-
Make what p said Tom,
wrathfully. will you oblige
me by repeating that express
sion 2 ~ las'.
Il said aa1 .-5 #.
Hush T exclaimed, 'here's
some one coming g aai
Say Pm out, whispered
Fred, anxiously. SITS some
one's bill say I'm gone out of
town. And he darted into the
bedroom and closed the door,
while the steps came higher and
higher; there was a sharp dou-
bic tap on the door, and a cou-
pie of letters fell into the box
inside. s4'A -. w p "
As a matter Of course l was
not long in securing the mis-
sives, one Of which was for me,
the other for Fred; the one con-
tanning a cheque and the other
was nearly as good--namely,
the proofs of an article. oH5aa5 p.
sOnly to think, said Tom,
OF Jhat dropping IN just IN the
nick Of time;' and he passed his
plate for some more gravy
Trouble you for another oys-
ter or two, Fred 5 qsa
What shall you do about
those tracts, Tom r said Fred.
Tracts, Tom?' said Tom,
thickly. 'Ol aah, yes I see;
why we'll get the printer to
take it up Which he did and
handed over to us, at the end
of six months, a balance in our
favor of twenty pounds; and
though like many other young
beginners, who do not practise
strict economy, and are not SO
particular as they should be in
making ready money payments,
we have had more than once
since to consider how we should
raise the wind, we have never