“That I’ve one thirty thousand lb, and praps more, I dont deny.  Ow much has the Kilossus of Railroads one, I should like to know, and what was his cappitle?  I hentered the market with 20lb, specklated Jewdicious, and ham what I ham.  So may you be (if you have 20lb, and praps you haven’t)—­So may you be:  if you choose to go in & win.

“I for my part am jusly prowd of my suxess, and could give you a hundred instances of my gratatude.  For igsample, the fust pair of hosses I bought (and a better pair of steppers I dafy you to see in hany curracle,) I crisn’d Hull and Selby, in grateful elusion to my transackshns in that railroad.  My riding Cob I called very unhaptly my Dublin and Galway.  He came down with me the other day, and I’ve jest sold him at 1/4 discount.

“At fust with prudence and modration I only kep two grooms for my stables, one of whom lickwise waited on me at table.  I have now a confidenshle servant, a vally de shamber—­He curls my air; inspex my accounts, and hansers my hinvitations to dinner.  I call this Vally my Trent vally, for it was the prophit I got from that exlent line, which injuiced me to ingage him.

“Besides my North British Plate and Breakfast equipidge—­I have two handsom suvvices for dinner—­the goold plate for Sundays, and the silver for common use.  When I ave a great party, ‘Trent,’ I say to my man, ’we will have the London and Bummingham plate to-day (the goold), or else the Manchester and Leeds (the silver).’  I bought them after realizing on the abuf lines, and if people suppose that the companys made me a presnt of the plate, how can I help it?

“In the sam way I say, ’Trent, bring us a bottle of Bristol amid Hexeter!’ or, ‘Put some Heastern Counties in hice!’ He knows what I mean:  it’s the wines I bought upon the hospicious tummination of my connexshn with those two railroads.

“So strong, indeed, as this abbit become, that being asked to stand Godfather to the youngest Miss Diddle last weak, I had her christened (provisionally) Rosamell—­from the French line of which I am Director; and only the other day, finding myself rayther unwell, ‘Doctor,’ says I to Sir Jeames Clark, ’I’ve sent to consult you because my Midlands are out of horder; and I want you to send them up to a premium.’  The Doctor lafd, and I beleave told the story subsquintly at Buckinum P-ll-s.

“But I will trouble you no father.  My sole objict in writing has been to clear my CARRATER—­to show that I came by my money in a honrable way:  that I’m not ashaymd of the manner in which I gayned it, and ham indeed grateful for my good fortune.

“To conclude, I have ad my podigree maid out at the Erald Hoffis (I don’t mean the Morning Erald), and have took for my arms a Stagg.  You are corrict in stating that I am of hancient Normin famly.  This is more than Peal can say, to whomb I applied for a barnetcy; but the primmier being of low igstraction, natrally stickles for his horder.  Consurvative though I be, I may change my opinions before the next Election, when I intend to hoffer myself as a Candydick for Parlymint.