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that he was only walked up and down a path, 

 an object more or less of derision to a whole 

 mob of dissipated Lilliputians who had now 

 arrived on the green. It was with difficulty 

 that Little Big Breeches refrained from tears, 

 and he longed for his penitential excursion to 

 be over. When the dame in command asked 

 how he liked it, with the view of eliciting an 

 advertisement, Little Big Breeches sturdily 

 proclaimed his opinion of the entertainment, 

 and only escaped a cuff on the ear from the 

 virago by a clever dive out of her way. 



Finding that I would require for luncheon 

 something besides gingerbread, whelks, sugar- 

 stick, or cocoa-nut, I retired from the fair for 

 a few hours, making an appointment with 

 Little Big Breeches for four o'clock, and tell- 

 ing him I should take him with me into the 

 interior of the shows, whose outsides were 

 so grand and imposing. True to my word 

 I was back in time, and found my part- 

 ner waiting for me at the gate, and so far had 

 I gained his good graces that he offered me 

 fully one-half a bun, which he was in the act 

 of finishing. Now, indeed, the fan of the fair 



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