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FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. (SECOND LETTER).
_Bumbleton Butts, April 4, 1841_.
MY DEAR FRIEND AND PATRON,--All's right, the two _M's_ are in _their_
places, when will Joe be in _his?_ I know your heart; pray excuse my
earnestness, but oblige me with an early answer. Joe is dying to be near
so kind, so dear, so sincere a friend.
More devotedly than ever yours,
FUNK FLAT
G. Gammon, Esq., M.P., &c. &c.
(Sixthly.)
ANSWER FROM THE M.P. TO THE ABOVE.
_St. Stephen's_.
How can I express my feelings? _My_ name, _mine_ engrafted on the innocent
offspring of the thoroughbred Funks, evermore to be by them and their
heirs handed down to posterity! How I rejoice at that circumstance, and
the intelligence I have so happily received about the wretched situation
you speak of. Fancy, Funk, fancy the man, your son, in a moment of
rashness, I meant to succeed, died of a sore-throat! an infallible
disorder attendant upon the duties of those d--d landing-waiterships. What
an escape we have had! The place is given to my butler, so there's no
fear. Kiss the child, and believe me ever,
Your sincere and much relieved friend,
GRIPE GAMMON.
To Funk Flat, Esq., &c. &c.
From this time forward the correspondence, like "Irish reciprocity," is
"all on one side." It generally consists of four-and-twenty letters from
the constituent in the country to the returned member in town.
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