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Mr. Samuel Weller, being intrusted with a Mission of Love, proceeds to execute it; with what Success

           Theywerenotwill-o’-the-wisps;theywerenotfireflies;theywerenotfireworks.Whatcouldtheybe?Someextraordinaryandwonderfulphenomenonofnature,whichnophilosopherhadeverseenbefore;somethingwhichithadbeenreservedforhimalonetodiscover,andwhichheshouldimmortalisehisnamebychroniclingforthebenefitofposterity.Fullofthisidea,thescientificgentlemanseizedhispenagain,andcommittedtopapersundrynotesoftheseunparalleledappearances,withthedate,day,hour,minute,andprecisesecondatwhichtheywerevisible:allofwhichweretoformthedataofavoluminoustreatiseofgreatresearchanddeeplearning,whichshouldastonishalltheatmosphericalwiseacresthateverdrewbreathinanypartofthecivilisedglobe.

           Hethrewhimselfbackinhiseasy-chair,wrappedincontemplationsofhisfuturegreatness.Themysteriouslightappearedmorebrilliantlythanbefore,dancing,toallappearance,upanddownthelane,crossingfromsidetoside,andmovinginanorbitaseccentricascometsthemselves.

           Thescientificgentlemanwasabachelor.Hehadnowifetocallinandastonish,soherangthebellforhisservant.

           ‘Pruffle,’saidthescientificgentleman,‘thereissomethingveryextraordinaryintheairto-night?Didyouseethat?’saidthescientificgentleman,pointingoutofthewindow,asthelightagainbecamevisible.

           ‘Yes,Idid,Sir.

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