Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-16
THE PORE YOUNG MILDLY.
An Entertaining Story In the Cockney
Dialect.

midshipmap, to whom lent hand. flung him.
self in. He at once burst into converation:
"Thenks. awflly! I nully missed the thine.
Bah Jowve! Thsnks, very metch. These yaw
glevs?" as he picked them up from the floor,
where they had fallen in the little scuffie.
I'm a-goin awf ter sea termorrer. Ow lor!
ow lor! what spree I've ed ter be shaw Stitch
larks! Aout on the loose livery naht Moosic
'alls, shempine seppers-thet's the wy ter mike
the menny fab! Bah Jowve! go mide it fab!
I've spent a 'undid en- twenty paounds in less n
week, en- naow I'm a-goin' to see NAH sister
In Bizewater ter borrer menny ter git me
aboard nah ship. D'joo 'eppen ter now 'ow
fur it is ter Bizewater? I've nivver bin in
Lendin afore. l ashaw you I've 'ardly got
arf-craown left in the world, bet l down't
rigrit nah spree. Lori wot fen I've ed to be
shaw! You 'evn't got a 'undid paounds ter
lend paw devil, 'ev yer?" And here he burst
into 80 rollicking laugh that instantly fol-
lowed suit
Dear. dear! just one Of those fools who are
nobody,s enemies but their own. What pity!
and such a nice. handsome lad too
I'D levlay watch tn ether dy-a prisint
from the guvner-sawlid gowid thermometer
with abaout arr dezzin little fees witch towld
joo all sorts er things-the dy NV the meuth
the tahm in Perris, en-ow lori | cahnt reek-
erlec-bet tchoo now the sort er thing mean
Sir Jawn Bennitt. NV Cheapsahd, is the mixer
en- it cawst 'undid en- fifty guinnays. en- this
is the sort er thing I'm a-wearin' of naow."
The poor fellow pulled out q battered old
silver watch OF the frying pan variety, and con-
tinued:
II pawned tho paw roul gevner's prisint fer
ten paounds, en- bought this fer arr a sovrin
jist ter 'ev watch Nv sem sort, down't tcher
now
Then nah rings-dimins bowth of EN-
wen frem neither, en- th'ether frem sister
Jine. Methers cawst seventy paounds, en-
sisters twenty-pawned the two fer ten
thlayng than
ter be shaw. Ere's the tickets. Now use to
me-better tear EN- ep l spowz." Here he
passed over the pawn tickets, which glanced
at.
They're now use ter me noaw, for bah this
tahm tomorrer NEST be on jooty at sea- or else
NAH prospics will be blahstid. l shan't be
beck fer two or three year. I spowz zhoo
wouidn' care ter 'ev EN-? Thet watch is a
stanner en- now mistike, en- them rings-wy
you should see them dimins a-sparklin! Tfrd
tahm, dess-sy l could sell these yer tickits fer
twenty or thirty paounds, en- then NV kawsh /
shouldn't ev ter treble nah sister fer any
menny. Ten paounds would do me, en- then
Ia gov awf ter sea. Give US ten paounds fer
EN- en- I'm shaw you'l nivver rigrit it. They're
a remenjis bargin.
"Naow, see wot tchoo're a-doin' Of" he con-
tinued impressively, "a peeaw gowld Sir Jawn
Bennitt thermometer with ahf-a-dezzin little
hces wot tells zhoo all sorts er things-undid
en- fifty paounds; en- cnsim dimin' ring-cawst
seventy; enether ring, dimin' not quaint sow
big, twenty; the lot in pawn fer twenty
paounds. Another ten en- they're yaws! wod
jer sy?'
l was sorely tempted. mo. my lad" said.
after pause. ''go to your sister and borrow
the ten pounds from her-and leave her the
these valuable things"
Look ere, sir" said the MILDLY, earnestly.
II now I'm a idjit ter sell these ere tickets
fer ten paounds wen kin git twenty easy, bet
vile we've bin a-talkin' I've dissardid not ter
gov ter nah sisters aouse, en- If you won't buy
beck from nah word"
Well, here was a situation with a vengeance!
To throw such a chance away seemed an act of
supreme folly and then and there closed with
the offer.
But" said l. 81 haven't got ten pounds in
my pocket, my lad-you'li have to come to nv
house and We must get out at Kensington High
street station"
COW! d'jer live Kemdin Ill WYE" said my
new friend.
"Campden Hill way2 Why you told me
just now that you'd never been in London
before
That lads cheeks went rosy as a couple OF
autumn apples at the implied suspicion. "Blesh
you, nov tibet Kemdin Ill is clowse t Ugh
street. klnslntn stytion, cause pei o'mahn in
NAH last ship-en g wuz a real nahsh yeng
Teller en- now bloomin' errer-lived there, en-
wuz allwiz a-talkin' abaout it,
Then the lad abruptly changed the subject
aud told me lot more about his foolish doings
during the last few days.
When We left Kensington High street station.
and got into the street and l saw that artless
MILDLY cross the road and go straight UP Horn
ton street. leaving me to follow, was aston
ished for the second time that afternoon
Said |: why, how on earth do you know your
way?"
low. NAH our pei tibet towld 100 of wuz
very own sick, en- 'ardly talked NV anythink
else, EN- e wuz allwaz a-drawrIn' little meps
Nv kemdin Ill, en- it sims ez if I 'now'd all
abaout it,"
Well really think you do" said I, "and
very clever lad you are"
And SO we marched onward until nv house
was reached, when / said: Come in and I'll
give you the $40 for the tickets"
Now fear! Not me- / event a'kemmin'
inter now aous. I'll stop aoutsahd ere wahl
you gifts the menny."
Not come in? Why, there's no one in there
except my wife and the servants"
We'll, it's lahk this downt tcher see Some
body wot 'nows me n,aM be there en- I wauut
ter git awy ter nah ship, en- l event a-gowIn'
inter now bloomin aouse, en- thet's the
bloomin' truth, en- sow tell yer strife"
Very we'll have your own way" I went
indoors and In few minutes returned with ten
sovereigns My midshipman had walked to
the corner OF the street and was evidently on
the lookout for somebody. He wouldn't come
to me, so went to him and said:
Hang it all, man, how stupidity foolish it is
to be SO nervous. One would think you were
afraid Of something
Iput the ten sovereigns in a willing hand
and with terse Zee yare," he put the tickets
into another equally willing, and then one of
us seemed to melt away.
When told my wife what had happened she
said some particularly nasty things. and she is
not given that way either. At least. not very
much. Wait, my dear" said I, until you
have seen the watch and the rings II ever
there was genuine unsophisticated mildly"
well. she interrupted. in a vague sort of
way, II m very glad he didn't come into the
house."
Early next morning / uuearthed the pawn
broker III q SUNNY new street that had gone to
decay, Shepherds Bush way.
Il want to see the gold watch and the two
diamond rings" said l, producing the ticket.
,'Unlesh you Ply tn interest ep to dite, yeu
cahn't see EN-"
"How much?"
"rteen en- nahn."
Eighteen and ninepence, There must be
some mistake. It's impossible that interest
should have accrued at that rate. These things
have only been in pawn a few days"
''Thets wots doc on them there tickits"
Well, thought i'll for O penny in for a
pound, so l laid down a sovereign and re-
ceived the change. "Now, show me the
watch.''
stout-cased old-fashioned respectable.
looking gold watch with an ordinary dial was
produced. 1t was ticking
"How is it that the watch is going?"
COW a watch. down't tcher see. awfeu stops
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