Category: Humour

Seets i' Paris Sammywell Grimes's trip with his old chum Billy Baccus, his opinion o' th' French, and th' French opinion o' th' exhibition he made ov hissen

W nivver intended to let yo know what had happened when aw went to Payris, but as aw wor foolish enough to tak' another chap wi me, an as awm feeard if aw did'nt tell he wod, why awm foorced to tell misen. Nah, awm quite willin' to admit'at ther may'nt be mich'at yo'll conside...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I.

W nivver intended to let yo know what had happened when aw went to Payris, but as aw wor foolish enough to tak' another chap wi me, an as awm feeard if aw did'nt tell he wod, wh...

2. CHAPTER II. MERCREDI.

EXT to bein' th' eleventh chap to get into a carriage'at's suppooased to be weel packed wi' ten, aw hate to travel wi' one chap'at's made up his mind to be miserable--an' aw cou...

3. CHAPTER III. JENDI.

S we saw at ivverybody else'at had come bi th' same train wor runnin fit to braik ther necks for fear they should'nt be able to find lodgins, an' as awd heeard at th' city wor f...

4. CHAPTER IV. JENDI SOIR.

OULEVARD des Italiens;--aw copied that off a gas-lamp. It's a grand saandin name but it is'nt hauf as grand as th' street, (for it is nobbut a street after all.)

5. CHAPTER V. VENDREDI.

If tha doesnt get this letter be sewer an' rite to let me know as awm nooan fond o' wastin mi time penkin ower a piece a papper all for nowt an' if tha does get it tha need'nt b...

6. CHAPTER VI. LES BRASSERIES.

ETER,--that wor th' name'at this stooan mason had been kursened,--agreed to spend th' rest o' th' afternooin an' neet wi us, an' show us what he could. Aw had'nt forgetten seein...

7. CHAPTER VII. SHO ACTIN'.

WVE discovered it to be a varry gooid plan nivver to write a letter withaat rhyme or reason--If yo've gooid reason for it, fowk 'll nivver care abaat th' rhyme, but if yo've noa...

8. CHAPTER VIII. DIMANCHE.

VEN i' Payris day seems to braik moor softly lo' th' Sabbath nor ony other day i' th' wick, an' th' burds tune ther throats to a mellower nooat, an' th' sun seems to kiss old mo...

9. CHAPTER IX. LUNDI.

HER wor plenty to tawk abaat at th' braikfast table, an' all sooarts o' guesses wor made as trick, but ov coorse we could'nt tell owt at wor sed, nobbut what th' lanlord repeate...

10. CHAPTER X. MARDI

T wor seven o'clock ith' mornin when we arrived at Victoria Station--an' as we wanted to get ooam withaat loisin ony time we tuk a cab to King's Cross. It wor a breet clear morn...