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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。'〃
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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