Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-23

boxin day, or Warren's blackin or Row
lands oil, or some O. them low fellows
Never let yourself down to talk poetry,
my boy. Begin ag in, Sammy "
Mr. Weller resumed his pipe with
critical solemnity, and Sam once more
commenced and read as follows:
Lovely creetur, l feel myself .
damned'"-
That amt proper" said Mr.. Wei
Ter. taking his pipe from his mouth
'No, it amt DAMNED" observed
Sam, holding the letter up to the light;
"it's ashamed. There's blot there
Il feel myself ashamed -
livery good" said Mr.. Weller. go
on
Feel myself ashamed, and COM
pletely sir'-I forget what thic here
word is, said Sam, scratching hi head
with the pen in vain attempts to re-
member.
."Why don't you look at it, them" in.
quired Mr.. Weller.
$50 / am a-lookin at it," replied
Sam, "but there's another blot. Here's
C and IL and u ID. )"
"Circumwented, p'raps," suggested
Mr. Weller.
"No, it amt that, ~said Sam. "Cir-
cumscribed-that's it."
THAT amt as good a word as cir
cumwented, Sammy" said Mr.. Weller
gravely.
"Think not?" said Sam.
"Nothin like it," replied his father.
but don't you think it means
more?" inquired Sam.
'Vell, p'raps il is moro ,endere-
word" said Mr.. Weller after few
moments reflection. go on, Sammy"
Feel myself ashamed and com
pletely circumscribed in a.dressin of
you, for you are nice gal and notbin
but it. ~
That's very pretty sentiment,
said the elder Mr.. Weller, removing his
pipe to make way for the remark.
Eyes, think it is rayther good, :" OBJ.
served Sam, highly flattered.
'Wot like in that ere style of
writin," said the elder Mr.. Weller, sis
that there amt no calm names in it
no Wonuses. nor nothin o. that kind.
Wot's the good o. calm young CONAN
Venus or angle, Sammy"
"Ah! What, indeed?" replied Sam.
"You might jist as well call her
griffin, or unicorn, or u kings arms
at once. which is very well known to
be collection O. fabulous animals"
added Mr. Weller.
"Just as WE'LL" replied Sam.
Drive on, Sammy" said MIR. Weller.
Sam complied with the request and
proceeded as follows, his father contin-
uing to smoke with mixed expression
of wisdom and complacency which was
particularly edifying:
lahore see you thought all wom-
en- was alike"
so they are" observed the elder
Mr.. Weller parenthetically.
'But now, continued Sam,
"'now / find what reg lar soft head
ed, inkred'lous turnip must ha' been.
for there amt nobody like you, though
like you be ter than nothin at ALL l
thought it best to make that rayther
strong" said Sam, looking up.
Mr.. Weller nodded approvingly, and
Sam resumed:
So take the privilege Of the day,
Mary, my dear-as the gen'lm'n in
difficulties did ven he walked out Of u
Sunday-to tell you that the first and
only time ! soc you your likeness was
took on my hart in much quicker time
and brighter colors than ever a likeness
was took by the protect mucheen
(Which, p'raps, you may have heard on,
Mary, my DEAR, although it does finish a
portrait and put the frame and glass on
complete, with hook at the end to
hang it up by, and all in two minutes
and quarter. "
"I'm afeerd that werges ON the poet
ical, Sammy" said Mr.. Weller dubi-
ously.
mo, it DON'T" replied Sam, reading
OIL very quickly to avoid contesting the
point
Except Of me, Mary, my dear, as
your valentine, and think over what
I've said. My dear Mary, will now
conclude. That's all, F" said Sam.
"That's rayther sudden pull up,
amt it, Sammy" inquired Mr.. Weller.
mot BIT on it," said Sam. "She' III
wish there wos more, and that's the
great art o. letter writin.
"Well," said Mr.. Weller, there's
something in that, and l wish your
mother-in-law nd only conduct her
conwersatin on the same gen-teel prin.
ciple. Amt you a-goin to sign it'''
THAT'S the difficulty, said Sam. ~
don't know what to sign it,.
"Sign it Weller, said the Oldest sur.
viving proprietor of that name.
won't do" said Sam. "Never sign
valentine with your own name"
"Sign it 'Pickvick' them" said MIR.
Weller. It's very good name, and 9