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    34 NOTES OF BYWAYS.

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    It Lias Been Remarked That, In Soine Res...

    thing else besides dressed up blocks and dummies , or the question of what we shall eat or what we shall drinkit might not be

    uninteresting presented 1 or unprofitable in some of these to contemp unnoted late byways wrecked , . human Not that nature we as should it is

    deem it quite prudent to pry too closely into themysteries of _FamelTs Rents . Few except those for whom the arm of the law forces an

    entrance will venture there . The dreamy policeman comes to himself as he turns up the passage , and the city missionary proceeds

    cautiously so far , but no farther . Now and then as evening draws in , some tradesman be seen fearlessly disappearing under the

    the archway woman with who a tiny cuts may coffin the cards on his you shoulder may go , and in if the you day wish time to , for consult bad

    people are generally superstitious , and the woman is regarded as a dangerous being whom it is best to let alone . the the blind

    Still this region has its attractions . Nearing entry , man ' s dog tugs at his string with joyous impatience , and is perhaps the happiest denizen of the place . The pale Italian with his

    hurdygurdy follows wearHy by and by , then succeed at irregular intervals boys with peaked hats bearing treasuressuch as an owl , or a

    , " happy family ; " stout faced girls with baskets of oranges ; vendors of nostrumshoarse with declaiming against the medical profession and

    , of exp the laining human their frame own / ' g and igantic other diagrams " 'tomic _" al representing illustrations . the " ' And natomy

    inthe deed assertion there mig that ht be disease healing is in accustomed the very atmosp to have here much , notwithstanding of its in way

    _FarnelTs Rents . Once in the entry , the limping ballad-singer draws herself erectand hastens forward with rapid and equal steps ; the

    cri has pp but le , to pocketing release , . his The lueifers palsied , finds recover an arm as by lashed miracle to his , and side the which vacant he

    idiotic countenance is lighted or darkened by a living soul .. Possibl peering y , but anxiousl not frequentl y down y , the as ni street ght comes seeking on be an you onl object may , see to her a little the child most h

    welcome in creation , though that object y a ragged , rougheaded boy with a besom . Perhaps her brother's calling is less honest than that of crossing-and perhaps he has been

    inexpert—so while she waits wistfull sweeper y for , his coming , he is sobbing in his cell * We " see these thingsbut do not perceive them . " The

    little child excites no attention : , how should it in the neighborhood of the jeweller ' s window ? But what if the koh-i-noor were there ?

    It is a dumb dead thing , of no value in comparison with a creature endued with immortality and created in the image of God .

    But we have intimated that it might not be prudent to explore the this n reg ext ion turning minutel , which y , and is very our errand similar demands at first sig that ht , but we assumes hasten to a

    totall of on buildings emerg y different ing from comparatively aspect the narrow as we roomy proceed passage and . to We pleasant find are ourselve agreeabl . It is s in y a surprised a relief square to

    escape the din and turmoil of the street and , still be able to breathe .

    34 Notes Of Byways.

    34 NOTES OF BYWAYS .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/34/