Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-09
UNDER LONDON STREETS.

UNDER LONDON STREETS.
"There it is again, worse than ever !!
I'm sure if you studied that dear child's
health, you would see to it at once. A
man, too, with your power on the press
its disgraceiul."
What is? My power on the press p
There was rustic of Gros de Naples
and whirlwind that nearly swept up q
hassock; tragic look that would have
made Miss Glynn envious of its wither
ing scorn, Il loud closing of the break
fast room door, and mamma-on my
wife's side-left me alone.
My power on the press consists in the
right-when it suits the editor-to ap-
pear in the poets corner of the North-
,0eSt London Journal, n journal that APP,
pears weekly, and the 1t that was there
again. is an unpleasant etfluvium.
Mamma, who is not always particular in
her language, called it 10y far less pol
is strong in Saxon. This unpleasant
scent had q knack of coming up stairs
and diffusing itself through the house,
and though we had set traps innumera-
BILE to catch il. we had never succeeded.
II gam anu tpttln tlttt tue WOFk1nen Deen
called in, the sole result being q bill.
At all events, the charming villa resi-
dence upon Il gravelly soil, with all the
the modern improvements, and drain
ing right into the main sewer-see
house-agent's advertisement-was de-
cidedly ineligible respecting sundry
odors; and to get it habitable necessi.
tated the construction of drain, during
which had an opportunity Of gazing
down into the black watery way running
along beneath our road, and became so
Interested in its appearance, and moved
by so strong desire to explore its mys-
teries, that ! presented myself one day
at the door of the palatial building in
Spring Gardens devoted to the Metro
politan Board of Works.
Nothing could have been more cour-
teous than my reception and after
few minutes conversation, | was fur
nished with couple of cards-pass-
ports to the lower regions; and the
same day presented myself before. a
man who looked at my cards, looked
at me, and then smiled.
" | don't think as you'll like to 90
down, SIR" he said. ''Why, you'll have
to wade through sewage up toyour mid
die; but we can dress you up, if you
like"
| did like-or at least | said so; the
same spirit that has urged me on to do
several similar things was thrusting me
on me now, at the same time keeping
me in a most horrible stew, by present
ing to my excited imagination rising
waters, strangling men, and corpses
swept away into the river.
a,;1 In twenty minutes @ was ntteo with a
su'! o, extremely unpleaSant clothes OF
am i,iui'1-fuopery i'i1 % texture anu ioliowlng
10y suaue, VINO was PloVioeo WIN IAN
:erii' we stopped at iast at an IRON door
h IN me pavement over "hlch' Key IN
naio, iny le.uer s'ooPeo' What time
was e,;s1; sei1eu win an exceedingly strong
,nI,'t,.''ioi ';Ii Ia y, " say nahN youi that
VII w ah4 20 go oack'
however, ! sald nothlng, out watched
,ca,i,l ,ns i,,eno % wniie ne ralseo 1he door, re-
soailns staehg' up "hlch stole VII
ad ,",t,ouo oa, nitst, taie, plue' g.os'iy-iookhg,
hoo an, 'dGins J;in IKE 'he Velllc'e Vhat would
'o''r+s ", "l9e1e nF .1, ehlousii 'he streets ana
o"t' 49, y, sne siea' ci'y' khe" that
that % nast, ,m :. i''onieri'; y was tne parent OF
ho''sa StAei. ~, which pelVaoeo our
u noss,,. on5 "',s me, ..le' iHepnitlc' ur'lny'
and s7I' I ;nuoI ,'o nepuEii"h' 10 the nos'rliS,
'''is NJ y ii.oluii:atliy slralN oach'
torrod % ha l'nlGn, ni';ni,ii however, was not de-
tctieu L;e ne quietly performed an act
Mh.on 1ii tanaa Laiseu new sense OF discomfort
III my pieaSl- ne lowered the lantern
~ .Ie S.iliisl anu $1,000 "a'ching to see
Is IS o'I m ne" pilsh.iy'
~ .lia' 'lere Woulont burn, we
eiiouioii oufli, ne Salo. Many