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GAMMON AND SPINACH. My landlady’s welcome had an extra heartiness about it: and though, with a rare delicacy of feeling, she made no direct allusion to the friend whose companionship had done so much…
THE PROFESSOR’S LECTURE. “In Science—in fact, in most things—it is usually best to begin at the beginning . In some things, of course, it’s better to begin at the other end. For instance, if you wa…
THE BANQUET. “ Heaviness may endure for a night: but joy cometh in the morning. ” The next day found me quite another being. Even the memories of my lost friend and companion were sunny as the genial…
THE PIG-TALE. By this time the appetites of the guests seemed to be nearly satisfied, and even Bruno had the resolution to say, when the Professor offered him a fourth slice of plum-pudding, “I thin…
THE BEGGAR’S RETURN. “Your Imperial Highnesses!” he began. “It’s the old Beggar again! Shall we set the dogs at him?” “Bring him here!” said the Emperor. The Chancellor could scarcely believe his ear…
LIFE OUT OF DEATH. The sound of kicking, or knocking, grew louder every moment: and at last a door opened somewhere near us. “Did you say ‘come in!’ Sir?” my landlady asked timidly. “Oh yes, come in!…
