There was Pa Tuxton, an old
feller with a beard and glasses; a fat uncle; a big brother, who worked in a bank and was dressed like Moses in all his glory; and a little brother with a snub nose, that cheeky you'd have been surprised.
You've nigh slep' the clock around, young
feller," was the greeting.
"Oh, you are the young
feller who did that poster?"
"I was by me door las' night when yer sister and her jude
feller came in late, oh, very late.
An' I thought first I'd ha' ferrets an' dogs, an' be a rat-catcher; an' then I thought as I should like a bigger way o' life, as I didn't know so well; for I'n seen to the bottom o' rat-catching; an' I thought, an' thought, till at last I settled I'd be a packman,--for they're knowin'
fellers, the packmen are,--an' I'd carry the lightest things I could i' my pack; an' there'd be a use for a
feller's tongue, as is no use neither wi' rats nor barges.
And any one o' these yer drivers that comes smelling round arter any our people, why, he's got me in his way; I'm the
feller he's got to set in with,--I'm the
feller for yer all to come to, bredren,--I'll stand up for yer rights,--I'll fend 'em to the last breath!"
"And the
feller's livin' ter-day--right in this town, too."
A nice, quiet--hic--goodhearted young
feller like me, an' his daddy can't go to Europe--hup!--an' leave him in peace!
When old Osborne first heard from his friend Colonel Buckler (as little Georgy had already informed us) how distinguished an officer Major Dobbin was, he exhibited a great deal of scornful incredulity and expressed his surprise how ever such a
feller as that should possess either brains or reputation.
Now, did you ever hear of a young
feller's having such hard luck, Mrs.
To this remonstrance Mr Chuckster deigned no other answer, than addressing Kit with a lofty and distant air as 'young
feller,' and requesting him to cut and come again with all speed.
Yer jest one little
feller amongst a hull lot of others, and yeh've got to keep quiet an' do what they tell yeh.