Kaleidoscope . Midnight P. Player, his hour of waitingdone, presently drives away with cracking of whip and waving of hand, and all theother pleasant vanities which betoken a proud consciousness of being up inthe world and doing the swell thing in a correct and elegant manner. So depravedmay ones taste in livery become! Thus, before envious and admiring eyes exit Mr. Midnight P. Player, with hisair of engaging wickedness, his great coat, his cane, his weird vehicle and B. horse, bound, as we have hinted, for the great world. The young man willcome out again at Farmville. And here, say
Kaleidoscope . Midnight P. Player, his hour of waitingdone, presently drives away with cracking of whip and waving of hand, and all theother pleasant vanities which betoken a proud consciousness of being up inthe world and doing the swell thing in a correct and elegant manner. So depravedmay ones taste in livery become! Thus, before envious and admiring eyes exit Mr. Midnight P. Player, with hisair of engaging wickedness, his great coat, his cane, his weird vehicle and B. horse, bound, as we have hinted, for the great world. The young man willcome out again at Farmville. And here, says the ingenuous author, ends the story of the Celebrated Buggiesof B. F. Hunt and the Famous Horses of the Same ; but if the reader is minded tolearn somewhat of the adventures of the remarkable young gentleman, he will findthem set forth for his entertainment in the story of the Square Eavelopes and theSabbath Game of Pitch and Toss. 75 The Story of the Square Envelopes and the Sabbath Game of Pitch and MR. MIDNIGHT P. PLAYER came out of the mist atFarmville two hours later, with his strange vehicle allhorridly red, and his boon companion, Mr. J. CocktailVan Bibber, a popular and accomplished person whomthe ingenuous author neglected to mention small black and tan Ethiops pursued afterthe buggy through the religious streets, and criedclamorously to the occupants as they ran. Presentlythe travelers thus attended made a stop before thebroad and pillared portico of an hotel, and the smallEthiops pressed emulously among the very mud of thewheels, and proclaimed in unison and with singularshrillness, Take a note for you at the same timeextending their hands, palms uppermost, as is the manner of these people. Uponthis, Messrs. Player and Van Bibber produced each a Square Envelope from aninside pocket. The clamor immediately grew more violent and shriller still, andthe bolder of the Ethiops made from time to time frantic grabs for these , the
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