第 21 节
作者:青涩春天      更新:2024-04-09 19:50      字数:9322
  A tighter lad; it is confest;
  Neer valked with powder in his air;
  Or vore a nosegay in his breast;
  Than andsum Jeames of Buckley Square。
  〃O Evns! it vas the best of sights;
  Behind his Master's coach and pair;
  To see our Jeames in red plush tights;
  A driving hoff from Buckley Square。
  He vel became his hagwilletts;
  He cocked his at with SUCH a hair;
  His calves and viskers VAS such pets;
  That hall loved Jeames of Buckley Square。
  〃He pleased the hup…stairs folks as vell;
  And o! I vithered vith despair;
  Missis VOULD ring the parler bell;
  And call up Jeames in Buckley Square。
  Both beer and sperrits he abhord;
  (Sperrits and beer I can't a bear;)
  You would have thought he vas a lord
  Down in our All in Buckley Square。
  〃Last year he visper'd 'Mary Ann;
  Ven I've an under'd pound to spare;
  To take a public is my plan;
  And leave this hojous Buckley Square。'
  O how my gentle heart did bound;
  To think that I his name should bear。
  'Dear Jeames。' says I; 'I've twenty pound;
  And gev them him in Buckley Square。
  〃Our master vas a City gent;
  His name's in railroads everywhere;
  And lord; vot lots of letters vent
  Betwigst his brokers and Buckley Square:
  My Jeames it was the letters took;
  And read them all; (I think it's fair;)
  And took a leaf from Master's book;
  As HOTHERS do in Buckley Square。
  Encouraged with my twenty pound;
  Of which poor I was unavare;
  He wrote the Companies all round;
  And signed hisself from Buckley Square。
  And how John Porter used to grin;
  As day by day; share after share;
  Came railvay letters pouring in;
  'J。 Plush; Esquire; in Buckley Square。'
  〃Our servants' All was in a rage
  Scrip; stock; curves; gradients; bull and bear;
  Vith butler; coachman; groom and page;
  Vas all the talk in Buckley Square。
  But O! imagine vot I felt
  Last Vensday veek as ever were;
  I gits a letter; which I spelt
  'Miss M。 A。 Hoggins; Buckley Square。'
  〃He sent me back my money true
  He sent me back my lock of air;
  And said; 'My dear; I bid ajew
  To Mary Hann and Buckley Square。
  Think not to marry; foolish Hann;
  With people who your betters are;
  James Plush is now a gentleman;
  And youa cook in Buckley Square。
  〃'I've thirty thousand guineas won;
  In six short months; by genus rare;
  You little thought what Jeames was on;
  Poor Mary Hann; in Buckley Square。
  I've thirty thousand guineas net;
  Powder and plush I scorn to vear;
  And so; Miss Mary Hann; forget
  For hever Jeames; of Buckley Square。'〃
  。        。        。        。        。        。
  The rest of the MS。 is illegible; being literally washed away in a
  flood of tears。
  A LETTER FROM 〃JEAMES; OF BUCKLEY SQUARE。〃
  〃ALBANY; LETTER X。  August 10; 1845。
  〃SIR;Has a reglar suscriber to your emusing paper; I beg leaf to
  state that I should never have done so; had I supposed that it was
  your abbit to igspose the mistaries of privit life; and to hinjer
  the delligit feelings of umble individyouals like myself; who have
  NO IDEER of being made the subject of newspaper criticism。
  〃I elude; sir; to the unjustafiable use which has been made of my
  name in your Journal; where both my muccantile speclations and the
  HINMOST PASHSN OF MY ART have been brot forrards in a ridicklus way
  for the public emusemint。
  〃What call; sir; has the public to inquire into the suckmstansies
  of my engagements with Miss Mary Hann Oggins; or to meddle with
  their rupsher?  Why am I to be maid the hobjick of your REDICULE IN
  A DOGGRIL BALLIT impewted to her?  I say IMPEWTED; because; in MY
  time at least; Mary Hann could only sign her + mark (has I've
  hoften witnist it for her when she paid hin at the Savings Bank);
  and has for SACRIFICING TO THE MEWSES and making POATRY; she was as
  HINCAPIBLE as Mr。 Wakley himself。
  〃With respect to the ballit; my baleaf is; that it is wrote by a
  footman in a low famly; a pore retch who attempted to rivle me in
  my affections to Mary Hanna feller not five foot six; and with no
  more calves to his legs than a donkeywho was always a…ritin
  (having been a doctor's boy) and who I nockt down with a pint of
  porter (as he well recklex) at the 3 Tuns Jerming Street; for
  daring to try to make a but of me。  He has signed Miss H's name to
  his NONSINCE AND LIES: and you lay yourself hopen to a haction for
  libel for insutting them in your paper。
  〃It is false that I have treated Miss H。 hill in HANY way。  That I
  borrowed 20lb of her is TREW。  But she confesses I paid it back。
  Can hall people say as much of the money THEY'VE lent or borrowed?
  No。  And I not only paid it back; but giv her the andsomest
  pres'nts: WHICH I NEVER SHOULD HAVE ALLUDED TO; but for this
  attack。  Fust; a silver thimble (which I found in Missus's work…
  box); secknd; a vollom of Byrom's poems; third; I halways brought
  her a glas of Curasore; when we ad a party; of which she was
  remarkable fond。  I treated her to Hashley's twice; (and halways a
  srimp or a hoyster by the way;) and a THOWSND DELIGIT ATTENTIONS;
  which I sapose count for NOTHINK。
  〃Has for marridge。  Haltered suckmstancies rendered it himpossable。
  I was gone into a new spear of lifemingling with my native
  aristoxy。  I breathe no sallible of blame against Miss H。; but his
  a hilliterit cookmaid fit to set at a fashnable table?  Do young
  fellers of rank genrally marry out of the Kitching?  If we cast our
  i's upon a low…born gal; I needn say it's only a tempory
  distraction; pore passy le tong。  So much for HER claims upon me。
  Has for THAT BEEST OF A DOCTOR'S BOY he's unwuthy the notas of a
  Gentleman。
  〃That I've one thirty thousand lb; AND PRAPS MORE; I dont deny。  Ow
  much has the Kilossus of Railroads one; I should like to know; and
  what was his cappitle?  I hentered the market with 20lb; specklated
  Jewdicious; and ham what I ham。  So may you be (if you have 20lb;
  and praps you haven't)So may you be: if you choose to go in &
  win。
  〃I for my part am jusly PROWD of my suxess; and could give you a
  hundred instances of my gratatude。  For igsample; the fust pair of
  hosses I bought (and a better pair of steppers I dafy you to see in
  hany curracle;) I crisn'd Hull and Selby; in grateful elusion to my
  transackshns in that railroad。  My riding Cob I called very
  unhaptly my Dublin and Galway。  He came down with me the other day;
  and I've jest sold him at 1/4 discount。
  〃At fust with prudence and modration I only kep two grooms for my
  stables; one of whom lickwise waited on me at table。  I have now a
  confidenshle servant; a vally de shamberHe curls my air; inspex
  my accounts; and hansers my hinvitations to dinner。  I call this
  Vally my TRENT VALLY; for it was the prophit I got from that exlent
  line; which injuiced me to ingage him。
  〃Besides my North British Plate and Breakfast equipidgeI have two
  handsom suvvices for dinnerthe goold plate for Sundays; and the
  silver for common use。  When I ave a great party; 'Trent;' I say to
  my man; 'we will have the London and Bummingham plate to…day (the
  goold); or else the Manchester and Leeds (the silver)。'  I bought
  them after realizing on the abuf lines; and if people suppose that
  the companys made me a presnt of the plate; how can I help it?
  〃In the sam way I say; 'Trent; bring us a bottle of Bristol amid
  Hexeter!' or; 'Put some Heastern Counties in hice!'  HE knows what
  I mean: it's the wines I bought upon the hospicious tummination of
  my connexshn with those two railroads。
  〃So strong; indeed; as this abbit become; that being asked to stand
  Godfather to the youngest Miss Diddle last weak; I had her
  christened (provisionally) Rosamellfrom the French line of which
  I am Director; and only the other day; finding myself rayther
  unwell; 'Doctor;' says I to Sir Jeames Clark; 'I've sent to consult
  you because my Midlands are out of horder; and I want you to send
  them up to a premium。'  The Doctor lafd; and I beleave told the
  story subsquintly at Buckinum P…ll…s。
  〃But I will trouble you no father。  My sole objict in writing has
  been to CLEAR MY CARRATERto show that I came by my money in a
  honrable way: that I'm not ashaymd of the manner in which I gayned
  it; and ham indeed grateful for my good fortune。
  〃To conclude; I have ad my podigree maid out at the Erald Hoffis (I
  don't mean the Morning Erald); and have took for my arms a Stagg。
  You are corrict in stating that I am of hancient Normin famly。
  This is more than Peal can say; to whomb I applied for a barnetcy;
  but the primmier being of low igstra