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The boots themselves had been once of varnished kid or fine calf, but they were cracked and cut, partly by use, partly for comfort; for it was plain that their wearer had the gout, by his aristocratic hobble upon a gold-mounted cane, which was not the least inconsistent garniture of mendicancy. "Boys," said Fitzchew Smy, "I s'pose we better come down early. There's a shillin', Beau.
"Harder to get both than a 'pintment in these crowded times on a opposition recommendation when all ole Virginny is yaw to be tuk care of," said Hon. Fitzchew Smy, of the Old Dominion.
Toombs, the undertaker, who called ostensibly to correct an error in his last bill. When Mrs. Banger entered the parlor, Mr. Toombs greeted her cordially and said, "Ah! Mrs. Smy Banger, I mean; I hope I see you well? Did you have a pleasant trip? Nice weather while you were away; a little backward, maybe, but still comfortable, and likely to make things grow. Cemetery looks beautiful now.
The boots themselves had been once of varnished kid or fine calf, but they were cracked and cut, partly by use, partly for comfort; for it was plain that their wearer had the gout, by his aristocratic hobble upon a gold-mounted cane, which was not the least inconsistent garniture of his mendicancy. "Boys," said Fitzchew Smy, "I s'pose we better come down early. There's a shillin', Beau.
"Harder to get both than a 'pintment in these crowded times on a opposition recommendation when all ole Virginny is yaw to be tuk care of," said Hon. Fitzchew Smy, of the Old Dominion.
"Gentlemen," said the Chairman of the Committee, Jeems Bee, "it 'pears to me that there's a social p'int right here. Reybold, bein' the only Whig on the Lake and Bayou Committee, ought to have something if he sees fit to ask for it. That's courtesy! We, of all men, gentlemen, can't afford to forget it." "No, by durn!" cried Fitzchew Smy. "You're right, Bee!" cried Box Izard.
"Quashy, it strikes me that we shall be lost," said Lawrence, with anxious look. "'Smy opinion, massa, dat we's lost a'ready." "Come," returned Lawrence, rising with some difficulty, "let's mount and be off after them. Which way did they go that is, at what point of the compass did they disappear?" Quashy's face assumed the countless wrinkles of perplexity.
"Gentlemen," said the Chairman of Committee, Jeems Bee, "it 'pears to me that there's a social p'int right here. Reybold, bein' the only Whig on the Lake and Bayou Committee, ought to have something if he sees fit to ask for it. That's courtesy! We, of all men, gentlemen, can't afford to forget it." "No, by durn!" cried Fitzchew Smy. "You're right, Bee!" cried Box Izard.
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