124 THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
which youth is subjected in those Cad- 
mean dens. Why is Mercury the 
god of thieves, and a true type of a 
twopenny postman, furnished with 
a md-uceus? Why, when they wish to 
represent a person who is disgusting, 
do they style his face md-averous ? 
Why is that unfortunate wretch, a 
younger brother, called a cade t? 
Nay, why have those fellows who at¬ 
tend the street coaches and omni¬ 
buses obtained the sobriquet of 
cads , but because they attack you, 
seize you, and are as sharp as the 
serpent’s tooth, sowed by the afore¬ 
said hero of mythology, who has 
created such confusion in this world ? 
