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How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at the Pigeon and killing the Crow, shot at the Crow and wounded

           

           Enthusiasticasweareinthenoblecausetowhichwehavedevotedourselves,weshouldhavefeltasensationofpridewhichwecannotexpress,andaconsciousnessofhavingdonesomethingtomeritimmortalityofwhichwearenowdeprived,couldwehavelaidthefaintestoutlineontheseaddressesbeforeourardentreaders.Mr.Snodgrass,asusual,tookagreatmassofnotes,whichwouldnodoubthaveaffordedmostusefulandvaluableinformation,hadnottheburningeloquenceofthewordsorthefeverishinfluenceofthewinemadethatgentleman’shandsoextremelyunsteady,astorenderhiswritingnearlyunintelligible,andhisstylewhollyso.Bydintofpatientinvestigation,wehavebeenenabledtotracesomecharactersbearingafaintresemblancetothenamesofthespeakers;andwecanonlydiscernanentryofasong(supposedtohavebeensungbyMr.Jingle),inwhichthewords‘bowl’‘sparkling’‘ruby’‘bright’and‘wine’arefrequentlyrepeatedatshortintervals.Wefancy,too,thatwecandiscernattheveryendofthenotes,someindistinctreferenceto‘broiledbones’;andthenthewords‘cold’‘without’occur:butasanyhypothesiswecouldfounduponthemmustnecessarilyrestuponmereconjecture,wearenotdisposedtoindulgeinanyofthespeculationstowhichtheymaygiverise.

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