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A MAS WHO CftUiD, NOT JLISS:
"Old-Boots,"a well-kaown, characterat
Eipon. in -the IStlicentuiy, was.born about;
-the<year«1692.- What his real name was l>do
not >know; HPe ,ims - fori a-JoDg time boot
cleaner m att jnn-at B-ipon. . H^-wae remarkable
fora very jo^pose«u^riug^own.wacde,
and extending: an inch and a quarter bevond
his lips,: -and. k-chin wlii(3rextended straight,
before hjm£i J &ud>almo3t d ^ M i w e JWhea
visitors at vthe .inn-gave him^a gratuity, he
-received it on bis ehin,andhelditiast tbete
Mfeftn- nosej till, he ^deposited: ,it in hip
5noney .box.^:- P^pJpjOftep.gayeliim^ino.ney
fbr^the~E^eof-.seemg'hii^,«iAyit abDutip
tins singular fashion. - '"He -would rub 'the ti
of his fiose « witli, his 1 chu^, and used irfmp.
that^f he leb.'bis beardfgrpw-it .would-buxy:
diisjiiose. cheated gre^,d£version.among,
the servant maids by attempting 1 , to kiss
^them,^ -a: feat be could never accomplish,
tfeturnedhis face sideways to geta kiss, .and
'his nose and<ebln<cang$t fiieaosy cheats like
a pairof .crab-daws. But to kiss yas an icir
possibility,-for- -wli'en he - had^thus fastened
-his dainsol, -his mouth: wasopofied and'could
not be: closed.. He
the ageof JO.
: Cora: This is
I baven%'1
'seen a man yet.
,. - - - «
Madge: It's aE bad ae looking-under the
bedforone.':.-»..,--':•--.-••• •-:••••
- .
- As William bent over her fair face, he
whfflpeiwl; 5DarJing, if IsbonlA<a8k<yo»i :4n'
Frenchaf J^igbt lSB3 ; yoa,twJmt -Wonld^jon=
answer ? '" ,•'•••sj 1- i - • -stac
- Sbe,ssmnming^ip liet^Ecanty knowledge of
tbe French, "Billet 4onx/' *
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