The Oddities of Short Hand Or the Coroner And His Friends
The Oddities of Short Hand Or the Coroner And His Friends
John B Carey
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" The Stranger here raised the pitcher high over the empty glass, which he filled to the brim, and resumed : THE ODDITIES OF SHORT HAND. 2l$ " I have even attempted to describe sounds in verse, which, after I take this, I will give you. You hear the hiss of the poker in this beaker. To me the sound is not unpleasant, but if I were to hear either of you gentlemen attempting to make a similar sound with your organs of speech, while I am speaking, I should be much offen ded. " After three or four ...repetitions of a noise like that made by extracting a rubber shoe out of soft mud, the Stranger wiped his mouth on the rag, cleared his throat, and, with considerable dramatic effect, recited what he called SOUNDS. I. What cheer in the shout of the mast-head lookout To the exile returning home, Who, tired of war, in countries afar, Is crossing the salt sea foam ? The expectant eye would land descry Beneath the shading hand, When loud and clear breaks on nis ear The welcome cry of ' ' Land ! ' ' II.
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