EBOOK Tommy and Co.

pubOne.info present you this new edition. Peter Hope was tall and thin, clean-shaven but for a pair of side whiskers close-cropped and terminating just below the ear, with hair of the kind referred to by sympathetic barbers as "e;getting a little thin on the top, sir, "e; but arranged with economy, that everywhere is poverty&'s true helpmate. About Mr. Peter Hope&'s linen, which was white though somewhat frayed, there was a self-assertiveness that invariably arrested the attention of even the most casual observer. Decidedly there was too much of it- its ostentation aided and abetted by the retiring nature of the cut-away coat, whose chief aim clearly was to slip off and disappear behind its owner&'s back. "e;I&'m a poor old thing, "e; it seemed to say. "e;I don&'t shine- or, rather, I shine too much among these up-to-date young modes. I only hamper you. You would be much more comfortable without me. "e; To persuade it to accompany him, its proprietor had to employ force, keeping fastened the lowest of its three buttons. At every step, it struggled for its liberty