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But stop a minute。 Caution。 This boy must be put through a few
preliminary paces。
Name察 Jo。 Nothing else that he knows on。 Don¨t know that
everybody has two names。 Never heerd of sich a think。 Don¨t know
that Jo is short for a longer name。 Thinks it long enough for him。
He don¨t find no fault with it。 Spell it拭 No。 He can¨t spell it。 No
father察no mother察no friends。 Never been to school。 What¨s home拭
Knows a broom¨s a broom察and knows it¨s wicked to tell a lie。 Don¨t
recollect who told him about the broom察 or about the lie察 but
knows both。 Can¨t exactly say what¨ll be done to him arter he¨s
dead if he tells a lie to the gentlemen察 here察 but believes it¨ll be
something wery bad to punish him察 and serve him right!and so
he¨ll tell the truth。
^This won¨t do察 gentlemen 院 says the Coroner察 with a
melancholy shake of the head。
^Don¨t you think you can receive his evidence察 sir拭院 asks an
attentive Juryman。
^Out of the question察院 says the Coroner。 ^You have heard the
boy。 `Can¨t exactly say¨ won¨t do察you know。 We can¨t take that察in a
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Court of Justice察 gentlemen。 It¨s terrible depravity。 Put the boy
aside。 ̄
Boy put aside察 to the great edification of the audience察
especially of Little Swills察the Comic Vocalist。
Now。 Is there any other witness拭No other witness。
Very well察gentlemen Here¨s a man unknown察 proved to have
been in the habit of taking opium in large quantities for a year and
a half察found dead of too much opium。 If you think you have any
evidence to lead you to the conclusion that he committed suicide察
you will come to that conclusion。 If you think it is a case of
accidental death察you will find a Verdict accordingly。
Verdict accordingly。 Accidental death。 No doubt。 Gentlemen察
you are discharged。 Good afternoon。
While the Coroner buttons his great coat察Mr Tulkinghorn and
he give private audience to the rejected witness in a corner。
That graceless creature only knows that the dead man whom
he recognised just now by his yellow face and black hair was
sometimes hooted and pursued about the streets。 That one cold
winter night察when he察the boy察 was shivering in a doorway near
his crossing察the man turned to look at him察and came back察and察
having questioned him and found that he had not a friend in the
world察said察 Neither have I。 Not one 院and gave him the price of a
supper and a night¨s lodging。 That the man had often spoken to
him since察 and asked him whether he slept sound at night察 and
how he bore cold and hunger察and whether he ever wished to die察
and similar strange questions。 That when the man had no money察
he would say in passing察 I am as poor as you today察Jo察院but that
when he had any察he had always as the boy most heartily believes
been glad to give him some。
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^He wos wery good to me察院says the boy察wiping his eyes with
his wretched sleeve。 ^Wen I see him a´layin¨ so stritched out just
now察 I wished he could have heerd me tell him so。 He wos wery
good to me察he wos 院
As he shuffles downstairs察 Mr Snagsby察 lying in wait for him察
puts a half´crown in his hand。 ^If ever you see me coming past
your crossing with my little woman!I mean a lady! ̄ says Mr
Snagsby察with his finger on his nose察 don¨t allude to it 院
For some little time the Jurymen hang about the Sol¨s Arms
colloquially。 In the sequel察half´a´dozen are caught up in a cloud of
pipe smoke that pervades the parlour of the Sol¨s Arms察two stroll
to Hampstead察 and four engage to go half´price to the play at
night察and top up with oysters。 Little Swills is treated on several
hands。 Being asked what he thinks of the proceedings察
characterises them his strength lying in a slangular direction as
^a rummy start。 ̄ The landlord of the Sol¨s Arms察 finding Little
Swills so popular察 commends him highly to the Jurymen and
public察observing that察for a song in character察he don¨t know his
equal察and that that man¨s character´wardrobe would fill a cart。
Thus察 gradually the Sol¨s Arms melts into the shadowy night察
and then flares out of it strong in gas。 The Harmonic Meeting hour
arriving察the gentleman of professional celebrity takes the chair察is
faced red´faced by Little Swills察 their friends rally round them察
and support first´rate talent。 In the zenith of the evening察 Little
Swills says察 Gentlemen察 if you¨ll permit me察 I¨ll attempt a short
description of a scene of real life that came off here today。 Is much
applauded and encouraged察goes out of the room as Swills察comes
in as the Coroner not the least in the world like him察 describes
the Inquest察 with recreative intervals of piano´forte
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accompaniment to the refrain!With his the Coroner¨s tippy tol li
doll察tippy tol lo doll察tippy tol li doll察Dee
The jingling piano at last is silent察 and the Harmonic friends
rally round their pillows。 Then there is rest around the lonely
figure察now laid in its last earthly habitation察and it is watched by
the gaunt eyes in the shutters through some quiet hours of night。
If this forlorn man could have been prophetically seen lying here察
by the mother at whose breast he nestled察a little child察with eyes
upraised to her loving face察and soft hand scarcely knowing how to
close upon the neck to which it crept察 what an impossibility the
vision would have seemed O察 if察 in brighter days察 the now´
extinguished fire within him ever burned for one woman who held
him in her heart察 where is she察 while these ashes are above the
ground
It is anything but a night of rest at Mr Snagsby¨s in Cook¨s
Court察 where Guster murders sleeps by going察 as Mr Snagsby
himself allows!not to put too fine a point upon it!out of one fit
into twenty。 The occasion of this seizure is察 that Guster has a
tender heart察 and a susceptible something that possibly might
have been imagination察but for Tooting and her patron saint。 Be it
what it may察now察it was so direfully impressed at tea´time by Mr
Snagsby¨s account of the inquiry at which he had assisted察that at
supper´time she projected herself into the kitchen察preceded by a
flying Dutch´cheese察and fell into a fit of unusual duration此which
she only came out of to go into another察 and another察 and so on
through a chain of fits察with short intervals between察of which she
has p