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     A tighter lad; it is confest;

       Neer valked with powder in his air;

     Or vore a nosegay in his breast;

       Than andsum Jeames of Buckley Square。



     〃O Evns! it vas the best of sights;

       Behind his Master's coach and pair;

     To see our Jeames in red plush tights;

       A driving hoff from Buckley Square。

     He vel became his hagwilletts;

       He cocked his at with SUCH a hair;

     His calves and viskers VAS such pets;

       That hall loved Jeames of Buckley Square。



     〃He pleased the hup…stairs folks as vell;

       And o! I vithered vith despair;

     Missis VOULD ring the parler bell;

       And call up Jeames in Buckley Square。

     Both beer and sperrits he abhord;

       (Sperrits and beer I can't a bear;)

     You would have thought he vas a lord

       Down in our All in Buckley Square。



     〃Last year he visper'd 'Mary Ann;

       Ven I've an under'd pound to spare;

     To take a public is my plan;

       And leave this hojous Buckley Square。'

     O how my gentle heart did bound;

       To think that I his name should bear。

     'Dear Jeames。' says I; 'I've twenty pound;

       And gev them him in Buckley Square。



     〃Our master vas a City gent;

       His name's in railroads everywhere;

     And lord; vot lots of letters vent

       Betwigst his brokers and Buckley Square:

     My Jeames it was the letters took;

       And read them all; (I think it's fair;)

     And took a leaf from Master's book;

       As HOTHERS do in Buckley Square。



     Encouraged with my twenty pound;

       Of which poor I was unavare;

     He wrote the Companies all round;

       And signed hisself from Buckley Square。

     And how John Porter used to grin;

       As day by day; share after share;

     Came railvay letters pouring in;

       'J。 Plush; Esquire; in Buckley Square。'



     〃Our servants' All was in a rage

       Scrip; stock; curves; gradients; bull and bear;

     Vith butler; coachman; groom and page;

       Vas all the talk in Buckley Square。

     But O! imagine vot I felt

       Last Vensday veek as ever were;

     I gits a letter; which I spelt

       'Miss M。 A。 Hoggins; Buckley Square。'



     〃He sent me back my money true

       He sent me back my lock of air;

     And said; 'My dear; I bid ajew

       To Mary Hann and Buckley Square。

     Think not to marry; foolish Hann;

       With people who your betters are;

     James Plush is now a gentleman;

       And youa cook in Buckley Square。



     〃'I've thirty thousand guineas won;

       In six short months; by genus rare;

     You little thought what Jeames was on;

       Poor Mary Hann; in Buckley Square。

     I've thirty thousand guineas net;

       Powder and plush I scorn to vear;

     And so; Miss Mary Hann; forget

       For hever Jeames; of Buckley Square。'〃



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The rest of the MS。 is illegible; being literally washed away in a

flood of tears。







A LETTER FROM 〃JEAMES; OF BUCKLEY SQUARE。〃





〃ALBANY; LETTER X。  August 10; 1845。



〃SIR;Has a reglar suscriber to your emusing paper; I beg leaf to

state that I should never have done so; had I supposed that it was

your abbit to igspose the mistaries of privit life; and to hinjer

the delligit feelings of umble individyouals like myself; who have

NO IDEER of being made the subject of newspaper criticism。



〃I elude; sir; to the unjustafiable use which has been made of my

name in your Journal; where both my muccantile speclations and the

HINMOST PASHSN OF MY ART have been brot forrards in a ridicklus way

for the public emusemint。



〃What call; sir; has the public to inquire into the suckmstansies

of my engagements with Miss Mary Hann Oggins; or to meddle with

their rupsher?  Why am I to be maid the hobjick of your REDICULE IN

A DOGGRIL BALLIT impewted to her?  I say IMPEWTED; because; in MY

time at least; Mary Hann could only sign her + mark (has I've

hoften witnist it for her when she paid hin at the Savings Bank);

and has for SACRIFICING TO THE MEWSES and making POATRY; she was as

HINCAPIBLE as Mr。 Wakley himself。



〃With respect to the ballit; my baleaf is; that it is wrote by a

footman in a low famly; a pore retch who attempted to rivle me in

my affections to Mary Hanna feller not five foot six; and with no

more calves to his legs than a donkeywho was always a…ritin

(having been a doctor's boy) and who I nockt down with a pint of

porter (as he well recklex) at the 3 Tuns Jerming Street; for

daring to try to make a but of me。  He has signed Miss H's name to

his NONSINCE AND LIES: and you lay yourself hopen to a haction for

libel for insutting them in your paper。



〃It is false that I have treated Miss H。 hill in HANY way。  That I

borrowed 20lb of her is TREW。  But she confesses I paid it back。

Can hall people say as much of the money THEY'VE lent or borrowed?

No。  And I not only paid it back; but giv her the andsomest

pres'nts: WHICH I NEVER SHOULD HAVE ALLUDED TO; but for this

attack。  Fust; a silver thimble (which I found in Missus's work…

box); secknd; a vollom of Byrom's poems; third; I halways brought

her a glas of Curasore; when we ad a party; of which she was

remarkable fond。  I treated her to Hashley's twice; (and halways a

srimp or a hoyster by the way;) and a THOWSND DELIGIT ATTENTIONS;

which I sapose count for NOTHINK。



〃Has for marridge。  Haltered suckmstancies rendered it himpossable。

I was gone into a new spear of lifemingling with my native

aristoxy。  I breathe no sallible of blame against Miss H。; but his

a hilliterit cookmaid fit to set at a fashnable table?  Do young

fellers of rank genrally marry out of the Kitching?  If we cast our

i's upon a low…born gal; I needn say it's only a tempory

distraction; pore passy le tong。  So much for HER claims upon me。

Has for THAT BEEST OF A DOCTOR'S BOY he's unwuthy the notas of a

Gentleman。



〃That I've one thirty thousand lb; AND PRAPS MORE; I dont deny。  Ow

much has the Kilossus of Railroads one; I should like to know; and

what was his cappitle?  I hentered the market with 20lb; specklated

Jewdicious; and ham what I ham。  So may you be (if you have 20lb;

and praps you haven't)So may you be: if you choose to go in &

win。



〃I for my part am jusly PROWD of my suxess; and could give you a

hundred instances of my gratatude。  For igsample; the fust pair of

hosses I bought (and a better pair of steppers I dafy you to see in

hany curracle;) I crisn'd Hull and Selby; in grateful elusion to my

transackshns in that railroad。  My riding Cob I called very

unhaptly my Dublin and Galway。  He came down with me the other day;

and I've jest sold him at 1/4 discount。



〃At fust with prudence and modration I only kep two grooms for my

stables; one of whom lickwise waited on me at table。  I have now a

confidenshle servant; a vally de shamberHe curls my air; inspex

my accounts; and hansers my hinvitations to dinner。  I call this

Vally my TRENT VALLY; for it was the prophit I got from that exlent

line; which injuiced me to ingage him。



〃Besides my North British Plate and Breakfast equipidgeI have two

handsom suvvices for dinnerthe goold plate for Sundays; and the

silver for common use。  When I ave a great party; 'Trent;' I say to

my man; 'we will have the London and Bummingham plate to…day (the

goold); or else the Manchester and Leeds (the silver)。'  I bought

them after realizing on the abuf lines; and if people suppose that

the companys made me a presnt of the plate; how can I help it?



〃In the sam way I say; 'Trent; bring us a bottle of Bristol amid

Hexeter!' or; 'Put some Heastern Counties in hice!'  HE knows what

I mean: it's the wines I bought upon the hospicious tummination of

my connexshn with those two railroads。



〃So strong; indeed; as this abbit become; that being asked to stand

Godfather to the youngest Miss Diddle last weak; I had her

christened (provisionally) Rosamellfrom the French line of which

I am Director; and only the other day; finding myself rayther

unwell; 'Doctor;' says I to Sir Jeames Clark; 'I've sent to consult

you because my Midlands are out of horder; and I want you to send

them up to a premium。'  The Doctor lafd; and I beleave told the

story subsquintly at Buckinum P…ll…s。



〃But I will trouble you no father。  My sole objict in writing has

been to CLEAR MY CARRATERto show that I came by my money in a

honrable way: that I'm not ashaymd of the manner in which I gayned

it; and ham indeed grateful for my good fortune。



〃To conclude; I have ad my podigree maid out at the Erald Hoffis (I

don't mean the Morning Erald); and have took for my arms a Stagg。

You are corrict in stating that I am of hancient Normin famly。

This is more than Peal can say; to whomb I applied for a barnetcy;

but the primmier being of low igstra

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