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80, keep your five fingers out of your head for a few
minutes, and begin.— What letter's that, sir] I don'l
know, sir. Arrah ! botheration to vou, what was it
I said to you last night, when I saw you blacking
Pat Mooney's eye] Faith, sir, you said. Ah! you
big blackguard. Well, never mind the llackguard,
but say, ah. Ah. Now, sir, what letters tliat 1
Faith, sir, I don't know, you ought to know better
than nie. What makes tlie honey] and hold your
whist. B. 'i'hat's a good boy—now, what half moon
of a thing do you call that ! I don't know, sir, you
he, he, he. Well, what do you laugh at, sir ] I
ask, what do I do with my eyes ! You—you squint!
And what else, sir] You see. 'I'hdt's a gojd boy.
Now go on. b—E—F—Cr—H. Well, why d®
^lej stop] Because I can't L; any laither. sir. "What
has vour mother i»ot at the corr.er of her nose] A
pimple, sir. Oeh, my sarvice t'\e. sir.—and what
else ? One eye. Devil tal;e you ! don't be getting
into figures, now-^say 1, without the one. I, with--
>ut the one. What's the next] It's something,
i>ir,—hut 1 don't know what What does your
mother open the door with ! A string, sir, and sometimes
her foot Well, but did you never l;ave any
thing else I Yes, ,sir—K. There's a gooi! boy—
vml now as you've gnt to L, you may go and sit down,
wiA warm yourself.
So, long life to old Teddy, &c.
.ITcmniy and IVuncy.
Lovers, I pray lend an ear to my story,
Take an exam[)lc.by tliis constant pair,
How love, a young creature did blast in her glory,
Beautiful iNancv, of Yarmouth, we hear:
She was a mcrehant's loviIv fair daughter.
Heiress to fifteen hundred a year;