CHAPTER XLVI. Mardi-Gras.—The Mystic Crewe.—Rex and Relics.—Sir Walter Scott. —A World Set Back.—Titles and Decorations.—A Change. CHAPTER XLVII. Uncle Remus.—The Children Disappointed.—We Read Aloud. —Mr. Cable and Jean au Poquelin.—Involuntary Trespass.—The Gilded Age.—An Impossible Combination.—The Owner Materializes and Protests. CHAPTER XLVIII. Tight Curls and Springy Steps.—Steam-plows.—"No. I." Sugar. —A Frankenstein Laugh.—Spiritual Postage.—A Place where there are no Butchers or Plumbers.—Idiotic Spasms. CHAPTER XLIX. Pilot-Farmers.—Working on Shares.—Consequences.—Men who Stick to their Posts.—He saw what he would do.—A Day after the Fair. CHAPTER L. A Patriarch.—Leaves from a Diary.—A Tongue-stopper.—The Ancient Mariner.—Pilloried in Print.—Petrified Truth. | |
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