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A new Acquaintance — The Stroller’s Tale — A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter

           Wantandsicknessaretoocommoninmanystationsoflifetodeservemorenoticethanisusuallybestowedonthemostordinaryvicissitudesofhumannature.Ihavethrownthesefewnotestogether,becausethesubjectofthemwaswellknowntomeformanyyears.Itracedhisprogressdownwards,stepbystep,untilatlasthereachedthatexcessofdestitutionfromwhichheneverroseagain.

           ‘ThemanofwhomIspeakwasalowpantomimeactor;and,likemanypeopleofhisclass,anhabitualdrunkard.inhisbetterdays,beforehehadbecomeenfeebledbydissipationandemaciatedbydisease,hehadbeeninthereceiptofagoodsalary,which,ifhehadbeencarefulandprudent,hemighthavecontinuedtoreceiveforsomeyearsnotmany;becausethesemeneitherdieearly,orbyunnaturallytaxingtheirbodilyenergies,lose,prematurely,thosephysicalpowersonwhichalonetheycandependforsubsistence.Hisbesettingsingainedsofastuponhim,however,thatitwasfoundimpossibletoemployhiminthesituationsinwhichhereallywasusefultothetheatre.Thepublic-househadafascinationforhimwhichhecouldnotresist.Neglecteddiseaseandhopelesspovertywereascertaintobehisportionasdeathitself,ifheperseveredinthesamecourse;yethedidpersevere,andtheresultmaybeguessed.Hecouldobtainnoengagement,andhewantedbread.

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