Looked  through  balustrades,  clasped  my  hands  in  agony,  and  exclaimed,  'They  '11  every
one  of  them  be  drowned !'  and  ran  across  to  look  through  balustrades  on  the  opposite  side.
Mob  in  a  frenzy ;  all  traflic  suspended ;  hundreds  of  necks  craned  out  to  peep  at  the  suf-
ferers.' The  cry  of '  April  fool !'  brings  the  mob  upon  the  hoaxer,  who  escapes  with
sundry  bruises,  and  covered  with  mud.  But  his  troubles  have  only  commenced.  Arrived
at  home,  he  finds  a  polite  note  from  lawyer  Lynx,  informing  him  that  hoaxing  an  attorney
is  felony  at  common  law,  and  that  he  means  to  indict  him  at  the  next  sessions,  unless  he
pays  the  costs  in  Dobbs  v.  Shuffle,  *  according  to  enclosed  account:  '  Attending  plaintiflT
by  appointment,  when  he  asked  me  how  I  did,  siz-and-eight-pence ;  attending,  answering

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him  '  Pretty  middling,'  six-and-eight-penoe,  etc. ;  total, '  five  pound  eighteen !'  Damned
all  pettifoggera,  and  gave  bearer  a  check  for  the  amount'  Hardly  had  the  lawyer's  derk
departed,  when :  <  Visit  from  bowing,  bobbing  waiter  from  the  City  of  London  Tavern :
*B6%  paidon,  Sir,  but  here's  the  bill,  Sir.'  *  What  bill!'  'Mr.  Joltbr,  Sir,  and  Ifr.
