The Grinder Papers — page 223: what you’re looking at

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- . “ 2) te ot ¢ vay a. . > . 4i8 THE GRINDER PAPERS. my boarders would leave me if | was put into tents and barri- caded.”’ ‘“‘T am puffectly salubrious, ma’am,’ ‘‘Well,” sez she, ‘‘ what is it?” ‘* A affair o bloodshed,” sez I. ‘* Hey?” sez she. “© A dewel,” sez I. ‘© A dewel?” sez she. “Yes,” sez I. ‘*Don’t ask me who is the unhappy cause ; $ sez I. but tew o your boarders has quarreled, and a dewel is the con- sequence. ” , ‘* Dewels ain't fought nowadays,” sez she. Sez I: “‘I heerd the app’ntment. At table, Mr. Brown, Es- quire, and the perfesser both parsed the same lady, whose name I needn't mention, a plate o’ bread. From that has ariz a quar- rel o a fearful natur’, and they are goin tew fight—him with a revolver, and the perfesser with a gun. “When?” sez she. ‘*At eleven tu-night, on the balcony,” sez I. ‘*The old fools !” sez she. “Lor!” sez I, ‘‘no such great fools. They consider howt their affections has been trifled with.” “Bother!” sez she. ‘‘The perfesser owes me tew weeks board. We must tell Doctor Optic, and get advice. Of course, if we told ‘em beforehand, they’d do it somewhere else. I dew think they're crazy. They must hev quarreled about suthin’ more important.” comicbooks.com —