BY THE MAN IN THE MOON.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 4

BY THE MAN IN THE MOON.

-No. XI. The, postponement of the . remaining ■"revelations" indicated a degree of. benevolent forethought Vforthy of Fosco. It 19 impossible to eouiecture the result had the whole been published at once, for the few which appeared excited a tremendous sensa? tion. How could Fosco have discovered the reason the "Vestry Parliament was not opened sooner—that Mr Beale's railway report had been suppressed j that that gentleman and his superillustriousness hacl qdareiled, and were only reconciled by the abject submission of Dr Faustus $ that a Secret council had been held to decide on th'e line of i*aUway v resulting in the adoption of the splendid zigzag described by me ia my ninth letter? How could it' all have " got wind J" Ah, that is the question! I leave it to its propounders to answer. On reading tbe letteT, Mr J >hn Muff was wis seized with a frightful attack of deliiium and raved in an awful manner for 24 hours. When he somewhat recovered, vengeance Was his first thought. Rushing immediately to his solicitor, -he demanded furiously what he could do to that infam His Fosco, who had dared thus grossly to slander him, " for," 1 observed our friend, "Mr John Muff ; THAT'S ME!! " [No I You don't say so! Is it possible ? It surely cannot be!] The lawyer's face was convulsed. He at once suggested an action for libel, and Mr John Muff hailed the proposal with raptuYe. Proceedings were taken without delay, as^ will be seen from the following "Law Report" from the "Little Britain" newspaper : —