There was a momint when I thought I shouldn't be alive to write my own tail!" (Here follow in Mr.Plush's MS.

about twenty-four pages of railroad calculations, which we pretermit.) "Those beests, Pump & Aldgate, once so cringing and umble, wrote me a threatnen letter because I overdrew my account three-and-sixpence: woodn't advance me five thousand on 25,000 worth of scrip; kep me waiting 2 hours when I asked to see the house; and then sent out Spout, the jewnior partner, saying they wouldn't discount my paper, and implawed me to clothes my account.

I did: I paid the three-and-six balliance, and never sor 'em mor.
"The market fell daily.

The Rewin grew wusser and wusser.

Hagnies, Hagnies! it wasn't in the city aloan my misfortns came upon me.