Not that I think it's worth it, but you need to be
helped somehow right away.'
I jumped at the chance, and thanked my friend heartily. He asked if I
would please go and send the landlord to him, and I retired to perform
that errand.
I was punctual to my appointment in the evening, and listened to the
project my editorial angel had in view; a plan by which he proposed to
inflict a lesson on the negligent Tyrians, and at the same time
replenish my purse. He explained to me the part I was to perform in this
enterprise, and I found I could enter heartily into the spirit of it. We
shook hands in the best of humors, and parted that evening understanding
each other perfectly.
III.--HE MAKES A HIT IN TYRE.
The next day, the entire jobbing facilities of the _Times_ office were
brought into requisition, and toward evening a mammoth bill was posted
around the town, which read as follows:--
MONS. BELITZ'S
CELEBRATED AND MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITION,
THE GREAT TRAVELING HUMBURG!
The most wonderful entertainment, whether
CAININE, PRISTINE, OR QUININE,
ever brought before the astonished Public's visual organs!!!
* * * * *
The _avant courier_ of this monster troupe has the honor of
announcing to the ladies and gentlemen of Tyre, that Mons.
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