The String of Pearls (1850), p. 649

no—no; I will not die a felon's death. Rather by my own hands will I fall, if my fortune should reach such a 'wretched extremity. Hush!—oh, hush! Why do I speak? They come—they come."
"Well, gentlemen, as you say, the old house is gone at last," said the beadle; and I must say, though fires always gives me a turn, and, as a parish authority perhaps I ought not to say it, 1 think it is a very good job."

TODD ENCOUNTERS GREAT PERILS ON THE RIVER THAMES.{Figure}
"A good job, Mr. Beadle?" said one. "How do you make that out?"
"Why, sir, who would have lived in it? Who would have paid rent, and rates, and taxes, and given his Christmas-box to the beadle like a Christian, in Todd's old house, I should like to know?"
"Well, you are right there."

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^o—no ; I will not die a felon's death. Rather by my own hands will I fall, if
iuy fortune should reach such a 'wretched extremity. Hush ! — oh, hush! Why
do I speak ? They come — they come."

«« Well, gentlemen, as you say, the old house is gone at last," said the beadle
«< and I must say, though fires always gives me a turn, and, as a parish authority
perhaps I ought not to say it, 1 think it is a very good job."

TODD ENCOUNTERS GREAT PERILS ON THE RIVER THAMES.

"Aeoodiob Mr. Beadle V said one. «' How do >v>u make that out ?"

^CsirrwlK. would have lived in it? Who w-uld have paidrert .and
rates, and taxes, and given his Christmas-box to the beadle like a Christian, m
Todd's old house, I should like to know?

« Well, you are right there."

No. 82.