ONE BURLY PEASANT HAVING THE HARDIHOOD TO APPROACH TOO NEAR, HE IS MADE AS EXAMPLE OF. Exeunt omnes.
BROWN, WITH NOBLE PERSEVERANCE, SITS UPON THE PADDLE-BOX, REGARDLESS OF THE STORM, AND SKETCHES THE CASTLES AND TOWNS, AS THE STEAM-BOAT PASSES THEM.
—TILL IN A MOMENT OF GRIEF HIS HAT AND SEVERAL SKETCHES WERE CARRIED OFF FOR EVER: AND THEN HE THOUGHT IT TIME TO GO BELOW.
| BROWN’S HAT. | |
| HOW A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES ADDRESSED BROWN; AND HOW HE PUT THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS DURING THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF THEIR ACQUAINTANCE. 1. “WHERE ARE YOU GOING?” 2. “WHAT PLACE DO YOU HAIL FROM?” 3. “CONCLUDE YOU GO TOE FRANKFORT?” 4. “YOU’RE MR. BROWN, I RECKON?” 5. “WHAT NAMES DO YOUR FRIENDS GO BY?” STATEMENTS MADE DURING THE SAME PERIOD. 1. “THIS HERE RHINE AIN’T MUCH BY THE SIDE OF OUR MISSISSIPPI.” 2. “OLD EUROPE IS ’TARNALLY CHAWED UP.” | ROBINSON WAS VERY MERRY ABOUT THIS INCIDENT, AND BOTH HE AND JONES KEPT POKING FUN AT BROWN DURING THE REST OF THE DAY. THEY PARODIED THE WELL KNOWN SONG OF “MY HEART’S ON THE RHINE,” SUBSTITUTING “MY HAT’S IN THE RHINE;”—(IT WAS VERY POOR STUFF, WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY BROWN)—AND THEY MADE POINTED ALLUSIONS TO THE NAME OF “WIDE-AWAKE.” THE ABOVE DRAWING IS FROM A RUDE SKETCH BY JONES. |
THE SCENERY BECOMES MYSTERIOUS.