The Grinder Papers — page 143: what you’re looking at

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138 THE GRINDER PAPERS. stance. “Tain’t agreeable tu my feelings for tu do so, but the cause of respectabilitude demands it.” ‘© Ah,” sez he; ‘‘suthin’ regardin’ a servant ?” “No,” sez I. ‘‘It’s closer hum, Mr. Pondicherry. It’s in relation tu the pardner o’ your buzzum.” “To who?” sez he. “To Miss Pamela Pondicherry, ‘‘Gracious goodness !” sez he. Sez I, ‘‘I feel tu sympathize with you, sir.” ‘“Go on,” sezhe. ‘‘Go on.” Sez I, ‘‘It’s a painful duty, but I will. Circumstances, what 39 sez I. I hadn’t no control over, has accidentally throwed me in the way o diskiverin’ how't Miss Pondicherry has got a beau, and hein’ a married woman—lI blush tu speak on’t.” ‘‘A beau!” sez he. ‘‘Oh, your mistaken—quite mistaken. bP She allows no one Sez I, ‘‘I hev the proofs. She's been tu the theayter with him ; she’s met him o’ a moonlight night, by appointment, and she’s goin’ tu elope with him a Thursday next. She calls youa tyrant, and sez howt she ain't a-goin’ tu put up with it no Jon- ger; and she calls him her dear, and her lover, because he re- peats them sentiments out o’ her letters in his’n.” When I said that, Mr. Pondicherry begun tu stamp and —— his fists, and sez he: : ‘‘Who is the rascal? Whoishe? Tell me his name!” ‘I dunno that,” sez I; ‘‘but these here is his leneen a ‘perhaps you can diskiver for yourself.” comicbooks.com