The Old Humorists and Sam Weller Dialogues Excerpt
A garbled excerpt blends Dickensian humor with notices about shipping arrests at Callao. It references Sam Weller’s squabbles over a valentine and moral reflections, then pivots to a police inquiry about the schooner Uncle John and a series of local business ads and portrait enlargement promotions.
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Criterion Saloon
Reading of a Humorous Coffeehouse Exchange
In a comic scene Sam, under a softened tobacco odor, readied his pen for corrections as a lively exchange unfolds with a girl and Mr Weller. Sara, the girl, puzzles over directions while a father figures in with mock sternness and playful banter about poetry.
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Father
Goon
Santy
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