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"ROB ME THE EXCHEQUER, HAL."
No wonder Smith Exchequer Bills,
Should have a _taste_ for gorging,
For since the work the pocket fills,
What _Smith_'s averse to _forging_?
* * * * *
THE FIRE AT THE TOWER.
This is a sad business, there is no doubt, and the excitement which
prevailed may probably excuse the eccentricities that occurred, and to
which we beg leave to call the public attention.
In the first place, by way of ensuring the safety of the property,
precautions were taken to shut out every one from the building; and as
military rule knows of no exception, the orders given were executed to the
letter by preventing the ingress of the firemen with their engines until
the general order of exclusion was followed by a countermand. This of
course took time, leaving the fire to devour at its leisure the enormous
meal that fate had prepared for it.
After the admission of the firemen there was the usual mishap of no water
where it could be got at, but an abundant supply where there was no
possibility of reaching it.
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