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had observed his demeanour, and who 

 insisted on his leaving the paper on the 

 table. " Do you want it ? " he said. 



" Whether I want it or not," was the 

 reply, "you have no right to take it out 

 of the room." 



Upon which he very ungraciously gave 

 it up, and the gentleman politely 

 handed it to us. After satisfying our- 

 selves, and chatting with the stranger, who 

 gave us an account of his uncouth fellow- 

 townsman, we returned to our own room, 

 when my brother, still a little sore at his 

 ungentlemanlike conduct, and wishing 

 to retaliate, asked me to write a line or 

 two, and put up on the mantel -piece in 

 the coffee-room. Whereupon, having ascer- 

 tained his name, I penned the following : 



" Strange animals I've often seen 

 In many towns where I have been ; 

 But, till I came to Wallingford, 

 !No other place could e'er afford 

 A brute that on two legs went forth, 

 And he was yclept Shuttleworth." 



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