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Mrs. Caudles Curtain Lectures: Mr. Caudle Has Remained Down ...

Mrs. Caudles Curtain Lectures: Mr. Caudle Has Remained Down ... image
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Day
23
Month
May
Year
1845
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Public Domain
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A prettv timo of ni?ht to come to bed, Mr. Coudle. Ugfi! As cold, too, es nny ice. - Enotigh to give nny womin her death, I'm snre. Whnt! I should'nt have locked up the coal?, indeed? IfUiad'nf, Tve no doubt the fdlow '.vou!d have stoid nll night. Its nll very wrll for you Mr. Caiidle, to brirg peopie lióme - btit T wish yoii'd tlnnk first vvhíitV for suppe-. That beauliful legof pork wouM have served for nur dinnr to-morrow - and now its jrone. I csn'l keep the house upoti tiio money, ond'l won't pretend to do it, if yon bring n mob of pcople every night to e!cnr the cnpboard. "I wondrr wlio'il he so rendy lo Wc yon a snpper %vhen ybu want one; for wnntonp you wil', nn!e?8 yon changre your plans. Don't tel! me! I know I'm rirbt. You'll first be iíiten up, and then yo:i'll be lnughed at. I know the world. N, indeed, Mr. Cnudle, T 'Jon'ttbink ill oí" every body; don't ?a_v that. iíiit I cnn't sce a log 'of pork enten up n that woy, without askingf myself what its nll to end ni, if such thinps o on7 And then he must Imve pickles too! Could'nt be content with cabhaf - no, Mr. Caurlle, I won't let yon g lo -sl'-ep. It's very well for you to sny !et ycu ro to slcep, nfter ycn'vo kept me awake nll tliis time. fVhij did I koop awakel IIow do yon sni})oe I conltl ga to Accp, when I knew ihalninn tis below drinking up your Eubstaiice m brandy and water? for he could'nt be content upon decent vlio!esom? jrin. Upon niy word, you oimlit to be n rirh mnn, Mr. Candle. You hnve such ve'y fino friends. - I wonder who gives you brandy when you go oul!lN), indeed, he conld'iH bo content with my pirkled Cdbbngp - nul I ,hoild like to know wiio m'ik'.; bi!lor - luit he must have wnlnu'5. And yon, ton, Jike n fooi - now don't voti llimk to f-lop nif, Mr. Caudle; a poor w'nman inn v le tromplcd to deaih, nml never mv a word- yon, too, li-ko n l'oc! - I wonder u -lio'il tl o t fr you - to iit-is-l lipón llifi girl {rurflg out for pirk'od walnuts. And in íuch u nJL'lit, too! Wilh snow upjn the gmwád. Yus: your'cn mnn of fine fcelings, you aro, Mr. Caiuilo! but the world does'n! know you ns I Jtnbw you - fine feeling?, 11déed! rrfémbthe poor girl out, whcnltold. vom nnd told yourfriend. íoo- a pietty brute lis i?, I'm surr - thnt the podr pirl liad gol n colíl and cliühlnius on lier toe?. Bbt I lnosvwhnt will bc the mkI of that: slie1]] be luid up; nnrl we sivill havo n nice doclor's bil!. - And y o; Til na y it, I ca teil yon- for I won'r. "Wi-h yo nero out f the world? Oli! vo.-3, lii.d'si'll very ra?y. l m stire ï miglit wish ir. Pont Avearari thal drendful way! A.M't yon nfraid tbal tho bed will open and swnllow you] And derft sa-in abont in that. wny. Tlntl will flo norrnod. Thnt won'l brinr back the le n$ poik - nnd the brandy llT:v'i' pnnrfd down boili t)i yonr throats. Oh, I l;nnv il! rmPtiroof it. I only recoliccted it whcn l'd ent itito bed - and if it liad'nt been so cofdj youd hnvo eecn me down htaiis aoin, I can teil you - I recollectcd it, and a pretty uvo hours Ive passcd, that l ieft the key in tho cupboard - and I kuow it - I could ?ce by the niannrr of yon, when yon come into the room--i know yon've pot at the other botile. Howovpr, there's one -comfort; you told :ne lo send for the best brandy - the very hest for jour otlier friend, who called lust Wednestlay. Ha! hn! It was Brirish- tho chenpost Britisli - an.i nice and i 11 t hope Ifaé pair of on will be to-Tnorrow. liT he re's only the boni of the teer o' poik : bur yöii'll cjet hotfiW el-e l'r dinner. I enn teil yon. Il's a dreadfnl thinj: that the por childrcn .liould ro without - Kit, it they havesucli a fat hor, they, poor thing?, must suffer for it. "NonHy a wholf? l?w of pork and a pint of brandy! A pint of brandy and a leg of pork. A lfL of- lojr- leg -pint-' And niumbüng the syKnbles, says Mr. Cauule's M. S. Brfë rvettl to sec?.

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