It added to the
picturesqueness of the Sha-mien night to observe these gaily coloured lanterns
dancing hither and yon like June fireflies in a meadow. ”
“It ought to make one happy. He smiled. Her first impulse was to fly to the
window; and she was about to pass through it, at the risk of sharing the fate of
the unfortunate lady, when her arm was grasped by some one in the act of
ascending the ladder from without. Divers plans and figures were chalked
upon the walls; and the spaces between them were filled up with an almanack for
the year; a godly ballad, adorned with a rude wood-cut, purporting to be "The
History of Chaste Susannah;" an old print of the Seven Golden Candlesticks; an
abstract of the various Acts of Parliament against drinking, swearing, and all
manner of profaneness; and a view of the interior of Doctor Daniel Burgess's
Presbyterian meeting-house in Russell Court, with portraits of the reverend
gentleman and the principal members of his flock. It was the only time she had ever hit
him, punched him right in the stomach like one of his
favorite Three Stooges episodes. “You need have no further
trouble. This is a mere boy. You see,
we guys bump up against so much of the seamy side that we look upon
everybody as guilty until proved innocent, which is hind-side-to. "
"So do I!" she cried; "for then you would have been really my brother.
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