" Here the
philosopher
slapped his Majesty upon
the back.
the back.
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"
"Did you mean to say-"
"Yes, sir, my soul is--hiccup! --humph! --yes, sir. "
"Did you not intend to assert-"
"My soul is--hiccup! --peculiarly qualified for--hiccup! --a-"
"What, sir? "
"Stew. "
"Ha! "
"Soufflee. "
"Eh! "
"Fricassee. "
"Indeed! "
"Ragout and fricandeau--and see here, my good fellow! I'll let you have
it--hiccup! --a bargain.
" Here the philosopher slapped his Majesty upon
the back.
"Couldn't think of such a thing," said the latter calmly, at the same
time rising from his seat. The metaphysician stared.
"Am supplied at present," said his Majesty.
"Hiccup--e-h? " said the philosopher.
"Have no funds on hand. "
"What? "
"Besides, very unhandsome in me--"
"Sir! "
"To take advantage of-"
"Hiccup! "
"Your present disgusting and ungentlemanly situation. "
Here the visiter bowed and withdrew--in what manner could not precisely
be ascertained--but in a well-concerted effort to discharge a bottle
at "the villain," the slender chain was severed that depended from the
ceiling, and the metaphysician prostrated by the downfall of the lamp.
SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY.
THE _symposium_ of the preceding evening had been a little too much
for my nerves. I had a wretched headache, and was desperately drowsy.
Instead of going out therefore to spend the evening as I had proposed,
it occurred to me that I could not do a wiser thing than just eat a
mouthful of supper and go immediately to bed.
"Did you mean to say-"
"Yes, sir, my soul is--hiccup! --humph! --yes, sir. "
"Did you not intend to assert-"
"My soul is--hiccup! --peculiarly qualified for--hiccup! --a-"
"What, sir? "
"Stew. "
"Ha! "
"Soufflee. "
"Eh! "
"Fricassee. "
"Indeed! "
"Ragout and fricandeau--and see here, my good fellow! I'll let you have
it--hiccup! --a bargain.
" Here the philosopher slapped his Majesty upon
the back.
"Couldn't think of such a thing," said the latter calmly, at the same
time rising from his seat. The metaphysician stared.
"Am supplied at present," said his Majesty.
"Hiccup--e-h? " said the philosopher.
"Have no funds on hand. "
"What? "
"Besides, very unhandsome in me--"
"Sir! "
"To take advantage of-"
"Hiccup! "
"Your present disgusting and ungentlemanly situation. "
Here the visiter bowed and withdrew--in what manner could not precisely
be ascertained--but in a well-concerted effort to discharge a bottle
at "the villain," the slender chain was severed that depended from the
ceiling, and the metaphysician prostrated by the downfall of the lamp.
SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY.
THE _symposium_ of the preceding evening had been a little too much
for my nerves. I had a wretched headache, and was desperately drowsy.
Instead of going out therefore to spend the evening as I had proposed,
it occurred to me that I could not do a wiser thing than just eat a
mouthful of supper and go immediately to bed.
