Fifty years ago . ^^^^-^-p^. WITH THE MIDDLE-CLASS they did not wish to go. It may be remarked that histricks were rarely original He wrenched off door-knockers ; he turned off the gas at the meter; he tiedstrings across the river to knock people backwards intheir boats ; he tied two doors together, and then rangboth bells, and waited with a grin from ear to ear; herang up people in the dead of the night on any pretext;he filled keyholes with powdered slate-pencil when themaster of the house was cominghome late ; he hoaxed innocentladies, and laughed when theywere nearly driven mad withworry a
Fifty years ago . ^^^^-^-p^. WITH THE MIDDLE-CLASS they did not wish to go. It may be remarked that histricks were rarely original He wrenched off door-knockers ; he turned off the gas at the meter; he tiedstrings across the river to knock people backwards intheir boats ; he tied two doors together, and then rangboth bells, and waited with a grin from ear to ear; herang up people in the dead of the night on any pretext;he filled keyholes with powdered slate-pencil when themaster of the house was cominghome late ; he hoaxed innocentladies, and laughed when theywere nearly driven mad withworry and terror ; he went tomasquerades, carrying a trayfull of medicated sweets—thinkof such a thing !—which he dis-tributed, and then retired, andcame back in another dress toofaze upon the havoc he hadwrought. when candles were still carriedabout the house, and, as yet, it was thought that gasin bedrooms was dangerous. He dipped the candleswaiting for the ladies when they went to bed intowater, so that they spluttered and w
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