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of the blessedest things as wos ever made. Ive read that ere in
the newspapers wery ofen.
Well, wots that got to do vith it? inquired Mr. Weller.
Just this here, said Sam, that Ill patronise the inwention,
and go in, that vay. No visperins to the Chancellorship--I dont
like the notion. It maynt be altogether safe, vith reference to
gettin out agin.
Deferring to his sons feeling upon this point, Mr. Weller at
once sought the erudite Solomon Pell, and acquainted him with
his desire to issue a writ, instantly, for the SUM of twenty-five
pounds, and costs of process; to be executed without delay upon
the body of one Samuel Weller; the charges thereby incurred, to
be paid in advance to Solomon Pell.
The attorney was in high glee, for the embarrassed coach-
horser was ordered to be discharged forthwith. He highly
approved of Sams attachment to his master; declared that it
strongly reminded him of his own feelings of devotion to his
friend, the Chancellor; and at once led the elder Mr. Weller
down to the Temple, to swear the affidavit of debt, which the
boy, with the assistance of the blue bag, had drawn up on the spot.
Meanwhile, Sam, having been formally introduced to the
whitewashed gentleman and his friends, as the offspring of Mr.
Weller, of the Belle Savage, was treated with marked distinction,
and invited to regale himself with them in honour of the occasion
--an invitation which he was by no means backward in accepting.
The mirth of gentlemen of this class is of a grave and quiet
character, usually; but the present instance was one of peculiar
festivity, and they relaxed in proportion. After some rather
tumultuous toasting of the Chief Commissioner and Mr. Solomon
Pell, who had that day displayed such transcendent abilities, a
mottled-faced gentleman in a blue shawl proposed that somebody
should sing a song. The obvious suggestion was, that the mottled-
faced gentleman, being anxious for a song, should sing it himself;
but this the mottled-faced gentleman sturdily, and somewhat
offensively, declined to do. Upon which, as is not unusual in such
cases, a rather angry colloquy ensued.
Gentlemen, said the coach-horser, rather than disturb the
harmony of this delightful occasion, perhaps Mr. Samuel Weller
will oblige the company.
Raly, gentlemen, said Sam, Im not wery much in the habit
o singin without the instrument; but anythin for a quiet life, as
the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.
With this prelude, Mr. Samuel Weller burst at once into the
following wild and beautiful legend, which, under the impression
that it is not generally known, we take the liberty of quoting. We
would beg to call particular attention to the monosyllable at the
end of the second and fourth lines, which not only enables the
singer to take breath at those points, but greatly assists the metre.
ROMANCE
I
Bold Turpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath,
His bold mare Bess bestrode-er;
Ven there he seed the Bishops coach
A-coming along the road-er.
So he gallops close to the orses legs,
And he claps his head vithin;
And the Bishop says, Sure as eggs is eggs,
This heres the bold Turpin!
CHORUS
And the Bishop says, Sure as eggs is eggs,
This heres the bold Turpin!
II
Says Turpin, You shall eat your words,
With a sarse of leaden bul-let;
So he puts a pistol to his mouth,
And he fires it down his gul-let.
The coachman he not likin the job,
Set off at full gal-lop,
But Dick put a couple of balls in his nob,
And perwailed on him to stop.
CHORUS (sarcastically)
But Dick put a couple of balls in his nob,
And perwailed on him to stop.
I maintain that that ere songs personal to the cloth, said the
mottled-faced gentleman, interrupting it at this point. I demand
the name o that coachman.
Nobody knowd, replied Sam. He hadnt got his card in his pocket.
I object to the introduction o politics, said the mottled-
faced gentleman. I submit that, in the present company, that
ere songs political; and, wots much the same, that it aint true.
I say that that coachman did not run away; but that he died
game--game as pheasants; and I wont hear nothin said to
the contrairey.
As the mottled-faced gentleman spoke with great energy and
determination, and as the opinions of the company seemed
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