MR JORKOCKS 



and returned to town flushed with victory and 

 eau-de-vie. 



But we wander 



When the gates of the world were opened by 

 railways, our friend's active mind saw that business 

 might be combined with pleasure, and as first one 

 line opened and then another, he shot down into 

 the different countries bags and all Beckford 

 in one pocket order book in the other hunting 

 one day and selling teas another. Nay, he some- 

 times did both together, and they tell a story of 

 him in Wiltshire, holloaing out to a man who had 

 taken a fence to get rid of him, * Did you say two 

 chests o' black and one o' green ? ' 



Then when the Great Northern opened he took 

 a turn down to Peterborough, and emboldened 

 by what he saw with Lord Fitzwilliam, he at length 

 ventured right into the heaven of heavens the 

 grass or what he calls the ' cut 'em down ' coun- 

 tries. 1 What a commotion he caused! Which 



1 'Cut 'em down and hang 'em up to dry.' Leicestershire 

 phrase. 



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