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/ $1 PICKWICK ABROAD. ) day: he accordingly whispered a proposal to adjourn to the quarterd of their friend Mr. Adoiphus Crashem, to which Messieurs Boozie and Wink!e immediately asse mted, Mr. Weller was desired to attend his master; and a hackney-coach, or jiace, speedily conveyed the party to the pleasant and commodious tenement in which the heir -apparent to the fortunes and territories appended to the great name of Crashem, temporarily resided. | Strange fate, Sir, is that of a man of the vorld,” observed Mr. Weller, as he followed Mr. Pickwick, Mr. Winkle, and Mr. Boozie across the outer court, in front of the gaol. : ‘“< Fow’s that, Sam 2?” Snaultee Mr. Pickwick. | “A pallis von day, and a prison the next, Sir,” returned Mr. Wel-' ler: ‘‘a bust o’ laughter escapes the buzzim von minit,and a sigh of voe the next, Sur,” added the ‘philosophising domestic. <6 Too true,” J ocentedl My Pickwick, in a mournful voice. ‘¢ And yet,” continued Mr. Weller, in a more cheerful tone, ‘‘ that vich the English calls sympathy, is nothing more than vot the Dutch! calls gammon.” Mr. Pickwick’s philanthropy could not admit the irresistibility of thi: argument; but his objections are not recorded, inasmuch as they were not utter ed: for the arrival of the little party at the 1ron-barred door put an end to the fLaconrse. f.fter a great deal of trouble, it was ascertained that Mr, Crashem had possessed himself, by some means or another, of a room to himself, and that he was then in the very act of entertaining a select party in the said identical chamber. Thither did Mr. Pickwick and his com- panions accor dingly preee and great was the welcome with which they were received . Crashem undertook to conduct Mr. Weller to the Café, where tha if ities gentleman was desired to amuse himself’ with any edibles or potables he might fancy, untilhis attendance shoul be again required; and on his return to the little chamber of which h was the temporary proprietor, Mr. Adolphus Crashem proceeded to introduce his friends to each other. ‘This is Mr. Lipman,” said he, pointing | to amiddle-aged shabbily- dressed individual, who was seated behind an enormous tumbler of gin-punch, and puffing away 4, an Immense wooden pipe, intended to imitate a meershum. “And this is Mr. Jopling,” continued Mr. Crashem, indicating a young g gentleman with a short apoplectie neck, bloated countenance, and ee ilk dressing-cown. The ceremonies of introduction accordingly took place—Mr. Tims bestowed a nod of re cogmition on Mr. Pickwick and his companions—and every one seated himself at the table, with a determination of Going justice to the various liquors spread thereon. “This is very kind, now, of you,” cried Mr. Adolphus Crashem addressing himself to Mr. Pickwick, ‘‘ coming to see. a fellow in difti- culties. And those gentlemen’’- —pointing to Mr. Lipman and Mr, - Jopling—‘“* have beh aved devilish kind also—haven’t they, ‘Tims ?” | Mr. ‘Tims nodded and grinned an affirmative, and Messieurs Lip- | man and Jopling bowed ce thanks for the compliment, 4 ‘““T’ve been here just two years, come January,’ said Mr. Lipman it ** and whenever I see an Piolishintes brought in, [invariably intreduce myself to him, and do anv thing T can to serve him.” ree /- —_ en eed en —— pe Re 97 Eomichooks.com