A HIGH TRIBUTE.
Fat: Lord Boss waz a greaato mon, Mike. Mike: Waz he,neow? P.: He waz. M. j Wull. wull, wull 1 An' phawt did he do, neow ? P.: Phawt did he doo? M.: Vis; phawt did he doo ? P.: Phawt didn't he doo ! M.: Wull, phawt did he doo ? P.: He dischovered the telyschope. M.: He did ? P. : He did 1 M.: Wull, wull, wull I An phawt did he doo wid it ? P.: Phawt did he doo void it ? M.: Vis; phawt did he doo wid it P P.: Wull he dischovered that the nearer je git to der sun the coulder it ea." M.: He did ? P. : He did I P.! He did ! M.: Wull, wull, wull! And how did he doo it? ,P.: How did ho doo it ? M.: Vis; hot? did he doo it P P.: Wull, ain't there snow up on top ay that mountain, there P M.: There is, neow. P.: An there's none here P M.: There's none. P.: An ain't that nearer the sun than this ? M.: It is neow. ?. : Wull, then ! M.: Shure, wull, •wull, wull! P.: Neow, wazn/t he a greaate mon ?' M. : Ha waz, indade! P.: Wazn'the? M. : He waz. But, oi say, Pat! P.: Wull? M.: You better be taking yer ould nose away from that candle there, or, by the dischovery ay Lord Eoss, yell freeze it afi! P.: Oi will ? M.: Ye will." P.: Wull, wull, wull!
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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5238, 31 October 1885, Page 4
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243A HIGH TRIBUTE. Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5238, 31 October 1885, Page 4
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