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The P.C. and P.O.

           Withafewinterruptions,theyhadkeptthisupforayear,andmeteverySaturdayeveninginthebiggarret,onwhichoccasionstheceremonieswereasfollows:Threechairswerearrangedinarowbeforeatableonwhichwasalamp,alsofourwhitebadges,withabig‘P.C.indifferentcolorsoneach,andtheweeklynewspapercalled,ThePickwickPortfolio,towhichallcontributedsomething,whileJo,whoreveledinpensandink,wastheeditor.Atseveno’clock,thefourmembersascendedtotheclubroom,tiedtheirbadgesroundtheirheads,andtooktheirseatswithgreatsolemnity.Meg,astheeldest,wasSamuelPickwick,Jo,beingofaliteraryturn,AugustusSnodgrass,Beth,becauseshewasroundandrosy,TracyTupman,andAmy,whowasalwaystryingtodowhatshecouldn’t,wasNathanielWinkle.Pickwick,thepresident,readthepaper,whichwasfilledwithoriginaltales,poetry,localnews,funnyadvertisements,andhints,inwhichtheygood-naturedlyremindedeachotheroftheirfaultsandshortcomings.Ononeoccasion,Mr.Pickwickputonapairofspectacleswithoutanyglass,rappeduponthetable,hemmed,andhavingstaredhardatMr.Snodgrass,whowastiltingbackinhischair,tillhearrangedhimselfproperly,begantoread:

           

           "THEPICKWICKPORTFOLIO"

           MAY20,18

           POET’SCORNER

           ANNIVERSARYODE

           

           Againwemeettocelebrate

           Withbadgeandsolemnrite,

           Ourfifty-secondanniversary,

           InPickwickHall,tonight.

           

           Weallarehereinperfecthealth,

           Nonegonefromoursmallband:

           Againweseeeachwell-knownface,

           Andpresseachfriendlyhand.

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