You would not do it by fair means, when I wrote to you and asked you for a loan of money.

I knew you would not.

Had I written again to warn you of my coming, you would have given me the slip; and so I came, uninvited, to FORCE you to repay me.

THAT'S why I am here, Mr.Algernon; and so help yourself and pass the bottle." After this speach, the old genlmn sunk down on the sofa, and puffed as much smoke out of his mouth as if he'd been the chimley of a steam-injian.

I was pleased, I confess, with the sean, and liked to see this venrabble and virtuous old man a-nocking his son about the hed; just as Deuceace had done with Mr.Richard Blewitt, as I've before shown.