11) gull A It s & l o thl " 11 r 11:10 A a -15 noarinT ''X" ITS .IR=ZZTON.] TUE GARLAND. „....,, jE ,...... , , 7.:7 _,.v () ,. ; 70. 6.-4 1. 4 •: . .e'N''cL.-Toli e - 1 - - " A” eiy 11 ,( .... _ . 7. ..,...., ,, ~ ~.......---,.._ ? , f t :: f ; '‘ - k r : .1. .. -* "k ' ' —"With sweetest flowers enrich'd, From various gardens cull'd with care." WHEN THE ITEAET OF TIIE MIN STREL IS BREAKING. BY WILLIAM WALLACE When the heart of the minstrel is breaking %Vith sorrows by others unknown. And he hears from his young harp, awalteni In darkness, no calm-breathing tone,— Let him look to the splendors that chiller Around the bright Land of His Bath, And forget in their glorious lustre, The dark rolling griefs of the Earth ! Oh ! who where the blue•beamfng river Dashes on to its home of the deep, Like an arrow let loose from the quiver, Could pause on its margin and weep, When a vision so lovely and splendid, Like Liberty, bursts on the eye, And it seems that the slid had ascended The blue-girdled halls of the sky ? What grief, though the heart may be broke Should fetter his soul when he sees, .Liko a brilliant millenfal token, Our Banner unroll'il to the breeze,— While the Mirels that shone thro' Creation Sat lost from their homes in the blue, Seem met on the flag of his nation, Aud given again to the view ? When the wing of the morn is unfurling Its roseate light o'er the yak, Or the cloud of the tempest is curling Like the banner of God on the gale, Oh ! who would permit in that hour The ills of his Int to okrshado The thought of Columbia's power, Thus in sunshine and darkness displayed ? Then bring forth the Harp so long darkling Beneath the remembrance of wrong, And give out its melody sparkling All o'er with the star•burst of song;— Av ! sing with a spirit unshaken By the tempests of sorrow and ill, And see the bold Patriot awaken To the words of its melody still. MaIT:i)WIIVC:)MWQ dl Stranger 1 met at my Club • TALE OP TUE ILSE OF WIGHT At the club of which , I am a member. "the kVhitechapel Athenwum," we were allowed to bring strangers with us to dinner —n very great convenience, everyone must allow, to our friends. I live in that neigh borhood; I am not ashamed to confess it. In fact, I have been so long in business, and have seen such a variety of things in my life, that I am ton old to be ashamed of anything. At any, rate, I am above the paltry affee tion of many of my neighbors, who consider it something mighty ungenteet t 6 - remain' in town nt this season of the Tear, and give out to all their friends that they are gone to Margate or Gravesend, when I know for a 'certainty that they have never budged from their own homes. One of them-1 don't choose to mention names; a dry-salter by trade, a lending member of our club—in fact, the only one who endeavored to exclude me when I was a candidate for admission— put a ticket in his window with "Gone to Brighton for t he season" wt itten on it, when I declare, I have seen him almost every day slinking through by•lanes and alleys into his back shop. All this, 1 say, lam above. I stay in town the whole year round, and dine at my club every day. They club,Thowever, it must be confessed, has n very desolate appearance all August and September: piles of uncut newspapers, blocking up every table, windows badly cleaned, floors scarcely sanded above once a week, and if by any chance a member does come in, he looks as if he were detected in a forgery. The stewarl of the club has Bono on leave of absence; the butler is never to be found; dear me! the very wait. I ers seem asleep, and on have to wait at -\ least half an heave - 4dr your pint of wine. However, in spite of all these ineonvenien• cos, it is better to dine there than at a chop. house; and, accordingly, every day, sum mer and winter, punctually nt five o'clock, I took my seat at the little square table, up at the middle window, looking drectly oppo site into the London Hospital. One day last week I had dined—mutton chop, I remember, and pot of porter—and was picking my teeth very leisurely to give William time to get me my pint of sherry, when my attention was called to the other end of the room, by a gentlemen making a speech. He was a stranger; a stout man, about my own age--fifty or thereabouts— and ho had been brought in by a friend, a member of the club with whom I am not acquainted. They had dined together very quietly—cold beef and pickles, William said, exactly at three—and, in fact, so little noise had they made, that I was not aware f their presence in the room. All of a sudden I heard a speech proceeding with most amazing volubility. I was so far off that I could net catch a word of it, but I perceived from the gestures he made use of, and the risings and fallings of his voice, that he was an accomplished orator. His whole audience was his friend—a mercer from Cornhill—a very quiet respectable man, .who certainly looked amazed at the performance. It lasted, I should, think, twenty. minutes; at the end of which _tinie, the gentleman sat down and knocked very loudly with both hands on the table, and kicked with all his might upon the floor. • Shortly after 111114 ho volunteered a song, 'twos "Will watch thq bold Smuggler," and very well he sang it, bestowing at the end the same hearty marks of approbation on it that he had flirmilr . ly done on the speech. My wino was iieiv put before me, and I placed my tooth pick in my pocket., Be - lore I had finished ono half of the decanter drank very slowly—the mercer from Conduit slipped off; and I thought I percei ‘: d by the doggedly determined manner I with which he fixed his hat on his head, that he had no intention of returning. The (stranger waited very patiently ror some time, but at last looking all around, and see ' ing nobody but me, he carried his decanter —I declare to Heaven it was entirely empty —up to the table I was sitting at, and mak ing me a very polite bow, proposed, as we were both enjoying our wine, that we should do so in company. "Company, my dear sir," he continued, drawing his chair, and filling up his glass out of nt,r decanter; "company, sir, is indis• pensable to me. 'Tis even recommended for my health." "Indeed, Sir," I said, keeping a firm hold of my wine, for he had finished his glass in a moment, and looked very danger (push; at the decanter again. "Yes, Sir; lam liable to low spirits. I have such a lot of sensibility; 'tis quite dis• tres,ing to see me sometimes. Nice club this is." "Very— "l think of belonging to it myself. 'Twill be a charming resource against the agonies of recollection, the woes of memory, and the grief of a too sensible, too sympathizing heart. You don't help yourself to the wine. A have had enough, Sir," I said, as re• pulinvely as I could. "Nonsense! Enough? why you've had nothing. Let mo help you." So saying, he fairly got possession of my pint decanter, and divided the contents of it equally be tween us. "This is the fine free and easy way I like to see things carried on in clubs. What are clubs? Confraternities of comm nial souls. 11l belonged to a club, there is not a member in all whose woes I would not have a share." "And in his bottle, too," I said with a sneer. "Good ! good Well, that does deserve something. Waiter, a bottle of port. A sir! how charming it is to meet with a good humored, pleasant, agreeable, witty com panion, such as you ! 'twas a capital hit about the bottle—l 'took it at once." "So I aaw, Sir, You took every drop of it." "Good again ! Waiter, why the devil don't you bring that bottle of porter? Alas! Sir, you must excuse me. lam dreadfully subject to low spirits. But, thank !leaven, here comes William with the wine." Ile poured out n glass, and after looking at it for some time, swallowed it oil in a twinkling. "Medicine, Sir--purely as medicine I drink' it. It enables me to bear up. I should die without it—ennui—blue devils— IfypehondrinsiS—" "And thirst, Sir?" I said; but somehow the extraordinary familiarity of the man's manner disarmed my dislike, and I filled up my glass, and accompanied my observa tion with a smile. "Capital again ! You have said three very witty thin] s. I declare to heaven Sir, I am ashamed of myself, but I can't laugh. No, Sir; t he effort - would choke me. I have one fatal remembrance, ore sorrow, but you know the lines—" "Indeed, SO" I asked inquiringly. "True. I have' thought of suicide, but 'tis so common 'tis become vulgar ; my shoemaker cut his throat last week. I will tell you my story, Sir; after that, judge it 1 have no cause for regret." "Happy to hear it, Sir." The stranger drew his chair more confi dentially close to the table, filled up our glasses, and then said— "Do you know the Isle of Wight, Sir?" "No." "Did you ever hear of old Pniggs, Waterlnner "No." "Did you ever hear of Captain Hoskind, of Harridan Lodge?" "No." "Good Heavens! what a man you must be ! The Isle of Wight is the loveliest place in the world, sir. All the Undercliff is a slice out of Eden, hundreds of people go there every year, pretending to be in had health—'tts only to enjoy tho scenery and eat prawns. Dr. Clarke calls it the British Madeira; 'tis the only home.brewed I ever heard of which is better than the original. Ah indeed a charming spot, and five and•twenty years ago, 'twas still more beautiful than now. I was hung then ; thin, elegant, genteel—grief had not swelled me; nor tears reddened the point of my nose. And then, old Sniggs—you never heard of old Sniggst" "No; sir, never." "Curious,—a d—d old hunks as ever was, but such a sweet creature his daughter I Alt Julia! How playful she used to be at church. We always flirted immensely all the time of the psalms. And Hoskins— you never heard of Hoskins?" "Never." "Odd again;—a dog sir. A handsome, laughingoolly, swearing.whisltered, infernal fellow, sir. He was six feet two—without a shilling—he had spent two fortunes—and, as bad luck would have it, went down to the Isle of Wight." "To eat prtiWns, sir?" "No—to catch gudgeons, sir. .He caught me—the rascal! That's my story, sir?" "What is, air? I have heard. no story ye . 17 "No! flow slow you must be. Don't you see it all ? But tell you it, sir, word for word. Pray, sir, do you ever lend money to n friend?" .This was.to) much, and I determined to stop thn man's impertinence at once. The idea of asking me for a loan after ten min utes' acquaintance ! I could not help think ing he was a swindler. "No, sir," I said; "I • wad not lend a shilling to the dorm friend I Imo in the "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD,NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROH CORRIII I TION. --SHAHS izt.Tra&uqramwzactur e zpaa onP2arbazr o 0v0b2:12 - 2,1 achltac, world; no, not to keep him from starving. And as to trusting a stranger with a six pence, sir, I should consider he was insult ing me if he hinted at such a thing:" "Give me your hand," exclaimed the stranger, "give me your hand. lam proud to have met you—you will be a happy man all your days—you are a wise man. Would to heaven I had always tl►ought as you do 1 I Ah! sir, you shall hear. Old Sniggs was worth a hundred and fifty thousand pounds, Julia his only child. I, sir, lived next door to them in Finsbury Square, and flirted with the daughter every Sunday at Church. Could any thing be more agreeable? Yet somehow or other we never could scrape up an acquaintance. A she dragon, in the shape of an old housekeeper, always guarded that fi►irest of Hesperian apples—plumbs, I should say, for you perceive she was heiress to a plumb and a half—and nothing I could do could get the better of her vigilance. I worried, arid teazed, and fretted myself to such a degree, that I nearly tormented my self into ,a consumption. Change of scene —mild air--were recommended to me by the faculty, and I set off by the Portsmouth coach for the village of Steephill, at the buck of the Isle of IVight. 1 got a charm ing bedroom and parlour at a filmier's cot. tago—oh, 'twas Paradise! and the hostess made the most delicious hams in the world. Every morning at brt rikfust I had u►agnifi= cent slices—sometimes hot, sometimes cold —exquisite prawns, with an occasional lob ster. My health grew gradually better, but 1 still mused a great deal about Julia. Even then, sir, solitude was my aversion, and you may guess my gratification when one day 1 wet visited by a tall handsome young roan; dressed in a style that had once been fashionable: trowsers slightly patched about the knees--coat not quite entire about the elbows, for the benefit of the fresh air; and yet his lout ensemble showing he was a gentleman—a perfect gentlemen. He was romantic, and had !stationed himself at the "Crab and Lob ester," a delicious retreat from the cares of life, just under St. Boniface Down. lie begged the honor of my acquaintaco. I went of course and dined with him that very day--cold lamb and salad --and vow• ed eternal friendship, as I was assisted on my homeward way at half past eight. lie was certainly a delightful fellow; no core mony--•no reserve--full of jokes. He came into my bed room one morning be. fore I was up, and clapped on my new coat; an olive green, I remember, with bright brass buttons, and, all I could say, I never could get it back again. Oh ! ho was full of fen 1 He _ thQ Name with ms= *---- sers=pon my soul, 'twouid have killedyou with laughing to have heard him how com ically he spoke about the trick. I love him yet--the rascal I—though he has been the cause of all my misery. 'Twas Hoskins; I need scarcely tell you his name; you guessed who it was, did'nt vou?" "No, Sir; I had no idea." "Well; he and I for about a week were happier than any two men-since the fall. We rambled about the sweet vales of Bone. church--dived intd the coves of Ventnor;— , we were seldom separate for an hour in the day. Would to Jupiter we had never been separate a moment ! Of course we had no secrets with each other. I was come to the island to recover the tone of my mind and stomach, after a disappointment, in love; he had come to those deep solitudes and awful dells to avoid the impertinence of his duns. We nearly succeeded in both. I became ruddy as a preoni rose, and was hun gry five times a day, and he lost the very recollection of wine-'merchants and tailors.' How he rallied me about Julia ! how he laughed at the name of Seiggs? But he alwayb particularly impressed on me the necessity of never despairing. We formed together a plan of the campaign by which I was to obtain my wishes. He was to come up and live with me in London ; to drive about in my phaeton—cabs are a new in vention—and, if possible, obtain an intro duction to her himself; then trust to him for pleading the case of his friend ! Noth ing could be nicer—l was only anxious to proceed to work, and to return to London immediately. As a preparatory step, I wrote to sever al of his creditors, and became responsible for his debts. Couldn't do less, : you know, for a gentleman who was to get me a wife with a hundred and fifty thou sand pounds. It seemed very odd to me all this time that Hoskins—gay, lively, handsome fellow ; had never been in love. It seemed to give me too much the advant age over him, bat he did'nt seem to mind it much. He was proud of himself as if he had beets in love with a dozen. At last, one day—'twas the sixth of our acquaint ance—he came to me and said, "Teddy," said - he, "will you make my fortune?" '.'Certainly, Hosky, my boy,' said *I 'but how?' "'Lend me twenty pounds. The oddest thing in the world has just happened to mc." • ' , I happened to have only twenty-five pounils left; gave him four fives without a word; and kept the other. ''What is it?' I said. "Why, as I was just rambling below Grove's Inn, there passed me a carriage containing two or three ladies. They were evidently strangers; 'twas a Newport ay; and alter they had passed me about twenty yards, the driver stopped, and ono of the la. dies, rather demure looking, and somewhat dowdily dressed—came up & spoke to me,' " 'llid you knov her?' I asked. "'Never saw her in my life before, but she said to me, , t 1 take the liberty of ad. dressing you, Sir, perceiving rm.' to be a gentleman—"' "'By Jupiter, 1.1034 ! my coat and rowsers---' . I " "To inform you," continued the ohlwo• • I man, "of our dilemma. We are livirg at present in Southampton; we ['info come over here for a two days' tour, and unlucki• ly, we have just this moment discovered that we have bro't no money with us."' "'And what did you say, Hosky, my boy *Med 1. "'Say? why, that I was delighted to have the oppoitunity of being useful—that would %yak, direct to my hotel and bring them whatever sum they required. They have gone on to Shanklin, and as they re. two this way, I shall present them with the tvAnty pounds you have given me.' `Hadn't you better let me do it myself?' I asked; for I thought, sir, as the money was mine, I might as well have all the mer it of helping those damsels in distress. But Hoskins was resolved; and insisted.on giving me a note of hand for the amount, in order, as he said, that he might hand tt to the ladies with a sale conscience. Noble fellow Hoskins was—waFin't he? Well, air, when 1 asked bun what more he intended to do, what do you think he told me; sir? Why, that he intended to marry the old woman "'The old woman, Ilosky I' says I. Why do you iix en her?' "'Because she is dowdly dressed, and asked inn for money; she must be rich.' 1' said I, in• surprise. 'Because sho is ill dressed and hasn't a farthing in her pocket?' •Exuclly,' nodded my friend Hoskins— oh, he was a knowieg dog. 'lf she wcro really poor, she would be finely dressed, and have, rather sunk thro' the earth than have confessed her poverty to a strangvr. She must be rolling in money—..at least I'll mar,' ry her on the chance." "So I laughed at him, and he rubbed his hands. You never saw two fellows so jolly in your life. Hoskins with the pockets of my trowsers stuffed with my bank notes,and buttoning up the bosom of my olive green cont. Short sighted mortal! Confound we if I ever laugh again! Let me fill your glass again,sir." "You had better, sir," said T; "for you've emptied it this mut/lent— by mistake, of course." "Good again►. "But now my miseries begin. Sir,there is a land ship just below a place called Un• dominant Cotia,vo, leading down to a beau tiful beach. Never was so sweet a spot.-- High hills frowning above, rugged rocks, shelving . glens, quite made for lovo•s to play hide and•seek. in. %Veil, Sir, that smooth expanse of sand, that rick-wooded shore •ht Ao. decline, that is, friend to all who are labor. ing in a consumption, sir—that scene, I say, was the witness of my distraction. Hoskins was a famous sailor, and had hired a boat, which I paid for at the rate of a guinea a week. By way of passing off the time till the old lady's return, we resolved to row out and lift up the prawn-pots. No amusement can be so delightful, sir, as catching prawns in the midst of the finest scenery hi the world; for "0 if there be on Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this!" "When we were returning out at the rate of sixty miles an hour—sad work pulling against such a racer. But when we had got within a few yards of the shore, who should Hoskins see, just peeping over the cliff, but the identical old lady dim had spo• ken to him in the mothing. She waved her hand; he kissed his in return; when—excuse me, sir,till I've swallowed this bumper—just at her elbow, smiling and smirking exactly as we used to do at church, appeared Julia, my Julia, 'twas indeed, Miss Sniggs. My heart jumped into my mouth in a moment, and filled it 90 completely that glare was no room for the tongue to move. Indeed I be lieve there was no room for it in the mouth at all, awl that it hung out like a dog's in the hot days of July. How I panted, to he sure! for you will observe that Hoskins was a capital steersman; and always when we rowed out I held the oars and he the helm, but whether my pantingproceeded most from the exertion of rowing against tide or from seeing Julia so unexpectedly,' cannot at this distance of time, exactly remember. The silence lasted for some ttme,and nothing was to be heard but the prodigiously loud kisses that Hoskins kept constantly impressing on the palm of his hand. At last I pulled my tongue within my lips. 'Heavens!' I cried, 'that's my Julia!' 'Your Julia!' says Hosky—'which? the old lady in the cotton shawl, straw bonnet, and dingy colored gown?' 'No, no; the angel looking over her shoul der in the pink silk scarf—the old one's the househeepor.' ' 'That's she, is 'it?' said Hosky. 'And a devilish nice angel she is too. Then my dear 'ruddy . , that alters the whole business; but here we are ashore, my boy. Give me the oars; you stay in the boat and I'll jump to land and keep her steady.' Saying this, Hoskey—fine active fellow —tossed ° the two oars ashore, and leaped himself to land, but, instead of keeping the boat steady by the rope 'in the bow,what do you think he did? I must really have.some brandy and water. Why, he gave the boat an infernal kick with his prodigiously long leg, and hallooed as the tide caught hold of the Naiad—that was its name, sir—and,ran off with it like a runaway hunter. , 'Pleasant voyage to you, Teddy! I hope to tell you some news of the fair Julia When , ou come liack." 'What could I do, sir? Nothing. I swore a little ; hut it Aid me no good.. Every minute the tide seemed to go faster and faster; and the boat, being left entirely to itself,-for you remember,Elosky threw the oars ashore, tossed and tumbled so horribly among the little short wavespinetim es turnin g its side, 151 sometimes its stern,t hat I began very rapid ly to become sick.. In the mean time llosky joined the party on the chili .1 saw. him lift off his hat as if lie had been a prince: I saw my : bright buttons glancing in the Sun: I saw him put his hands in my breeches pocket and . pull nut my fives! Gracious Heavens!_ fancy my feelings! And just as I had to . turn_ aside to conceal the emotion that the unusual jerking of the boat had produced in, my in . tenor 1 caught a glimpse of the party' wind. ing slowly up the lands!' p—lloskey between the twoladies,and Julia leaning on his arm!" "It was very awkward, sir,".l saidois the stranger endeaVored to buryhis =once tioas in another bumper, "but, of course, you explained every thing on ynur return?" "Return, sir! I never returned: at least it was fourteen years before I' came• back again. The tide,sir, I tell - you, was running like Eclipse, and I was as sick as a dog. f lay down sir, at the bottom of the boat, I ra , ged--I raved—l swore; and,'at last, when evening.camc on, I wasin the middle of the sea, half mail with sickness and vexation; and, at last, I fell asleep. I wakened, sir, perishing with hunger and thirst-my tongue gets parched when I think of it—fill up, sir, tied I felt as if I had no dinner--do you allow a Welch rabbit at this club, sir? but what was I to do? I was still weltering in the pat !doss deep, and expected every 'moment to be run dowir by a ship or swallowed up by a whale. Nothing would do, sir. I shut my 1 1 eyes and tried to sleep again. At last I was fairly awakened by a thwack across the shredders with the flat end of an oar—'twas daylight, sir: I saw several little boats all round me, and a place before me which •I imagined was St. Helen's. 'Hallo, my boy!' I cried to a huge fellow, dressed In a hairy cap, who had the oar uplifted in act to fall again, 'don't strike so hard, but lend me n couple of oars and I'll give you half a guinea when we get to the Salutation.' By heavens, sir, I never was so surprised in Inv life.' I had fallen among a fleet of French fishermen and the little town I had fancied was St. Helen's was Dieppe. Nice fellow Hoskins was to play me such a trick! Napoleon and all the marshals I suppose, were they alarmed at such an invasion, for they Clap ped me into prison directly: and there I ivus, sir--only unagine my condition—till the year eighteen hundred and fifteen. This happened, sir; in eighteen hundred and one. There was I, sir, kept in close confinement: little to eat; nothing to drink; not a 'soul to speak to—for I could never pick up the lan guage; and all because I went to the Isle of Wight to recover my good spirits, and lent money to a friend." vu .uo .11 you' - came back sir?" "Ate beef stakes and drank porter the first half year without a moment's intermission night and day. At the end of that time I went into St. Dunstan's, and shed a few tears over my mother's grave. She had died of a tit of apeplexy and a broken heart about a year after my disappearance; and the sight of the old pulpit and the pew where .1 had such fun, laughing to Julia, in my younger ' days, brought the whole scene back into my memory: but no,it had never left it: I thought 1 1 of her incessantly, and wondered what had become of her. If she is still 'Miss Sniggs, I thought 1, all may be well yet, but how was Ito hear of her Her old father had died or the trade in Water lane had be sold; for he was nowhere to be found in the Directory. 1 then tried to find out Hoskins, I went care fully to the Fleet and the King's Bench, as the most likelyplacea to discover him; but he was not there. I looked back at all the cases before the magistrates, and all the convictions at the Old Bailey; he nowhere was to be found. Years and years passed on, and the ''search was still useless; when, at last—your glass is empty, sir—the appall. ing truth burst upon me: I was a ruined man, sir,—happiness destroyed for life, and the Pleasures of Hope a liber expergatusMiss Sniggs was married! The way I discover. ed it was this: it had struck me very forcibly that a pilgrimage to the scene Of my misery would be a pleasing occupation for a man of my musing and melancholy turn of mind. I mounted once more sir, the Portsmouth coach; crossed over to ltyde; jumped into one of the open flies that are always kept ready at the pier; traversed the island, and arrived at the old place—the dear little cot tage where I had smoked so many pipes with Hosky, the Crab and Lobster. The whole journey took but nine-hours—think of that, sir. Fleet street ut night: but there I was, sir,after an absence of more than five and twenty years. Weld, the landlord, sir, had no idea I was an old friend with a new face, or rather with a face newly done up— for I had neither red nose nor wrinkles when I had seen him last Ah! 'twas indeed a melancholy retrospection; but the prawns were charming as ever,and the scenery—no, not improved, that's impossible—but just the same as when I lekit. How I rambled all that evening till it was time for supper.— What news I heard from my hose—a town built at Ventnor; a castle built at Steephill; a fairy palace built at East End; villas ris ing like poetical dreams every-week upon Bonchurch. Abd thought I, as I tumbled into bed, why the deuce should'nt I build a villa? Next morning I revisited the Land: slip—fatal spot—and determined to rear my modest mansion on some gentle promontory. commanding' the whole scene. Whenionce I resolve on a thing, sir, 'tis half done al ready. A gentleman b . 5, the name of Page, a builder at Ventnor, showed me all the grounds. We agreed about terms. Such a heavenly place I chose! just under the - jut ting cliff, two hundred and fifty feet high, buried amidst a profusion of - 'plants of all scent, and flowers of every hue;' and that very day I had • fifteen men employed in clearing out : the foundation. When I was standing superintending their operations I [VOL. 9--NO. 30. was delighted--petrified, f own,at the same time-.-to seen gentleman anti lady approach ing me fioni behind a clump of magnificent magnolias, nt the moment in fall bloom.— The gentleman seemed about three orifenr and twenty years old; 'the lady —fairns the first that fell of woman kind--about eigh., teen. What a nice pleasant felloWwas the gehtletrian! what a charrning creature was the wife! Who do you think .they were, Sir? Let rite propose their healths in a bum per7-the bottle's done. Why they were ( the ilarquis and Marchioness of . Maryle bene. They were living in the upper,cot tage—a fascinat in t . .; couple! In a few.minu. tes we were.as intimate as possible—real marquises are always so good humored-they invited me to dine with, them that day. I went. Pretty hole dinner—sopp, fish, lamb, and, a Midding—quiturural„you, perceive; and after a few turns.ef the wine, I began to tell the marquis and hislady—she staid with` .us all the time—the story.of my misfortune. Gracious Powers! in the most pathetic part of all, her. ladyship. went into a fit—a post- tive,veritable, bone fide fit! Thank. Heaven! 'twas only of laughter. The marquis nearly burst,sir---lie had to unbutton his waistcoat. I paused; I looked at the beaming facet of the marchioness—what splendid - white teeth she had! . The reddened-face and swelled dyes of the marquis! 1 could not understand - it. Her ladyship was.the first to speak. "'How delighted,' she cried, 'mamma . will be to see you! Oh, 'we have heard the story a hundred times from papa!' . • "'Mamma—papa!' 1. exclaimed. 'Year ladyship is very good—may I-ask ----' . 4 ' 'My good sir,' said the •Marquis, 'are yoti not aware that•that lady virns Miss Hos- • • !tins, the daughter of your eld'friend?' ' ".'And her mother, my Lord•Marquisr " 'Miss Sniggs.' ':, • ' ' "'Do you hear that, sir? The Marquis actually looked at Me Witira smile upon his face when he told me that most diabolical fact.' ' ' . •• :' . • . " . 'So Hoskins . twin ied my Julia!' I ex claimed, in my despair; 'got all the old gen tleman's money, has a marquis for his son- . in-law—and all those things opght to have happened to tne-:-treald'have 'happened to me,no doubt,if I had'nover gobe to the island; or lent twenty pounds to a friend! 'Madam,' said I to the marchioness, ..I. am enraged more than ever a g ainst your father, when I perceive he hoe robbed me of so fair and ex= ' quisito a datighter.' She laughed. ' 'But,' • 1 continued, 'nothing is left for me but to bury myself in' this desert, and mourn,evor the unluckiness of my destiny.' . .: tV " .nii ehnll fill / A 9 WdEniV 7- ifil if l Xll- --- you we si u i _.r_ I t n . you svhen your 'new house is finished:- Cap. tain:Hoshinsand my fair mother.in-law will accompany_us; he is adding a new wing to Harridon Lodge and will be glad to leave his work.people.', , '"Well, then, my lord,' said l,'"twill he ready by October. 1 have ordered the eel'. lar to be finished first, and wrote off this morning to old. Giberno in Broad street, to stock me with good wine,and ifyou do come, I will do all I can to make you htipPy.' "'Will you takeus out in a boat?' inquir ed the marchioness, with a maliciotis smiler - . ' "'No Pm—but ['never swear; or ill do, I will have an - extra couple of oars chain ed to, the thwarts." "If you can come doNn and joinms, sir, about the 10th of October, I shall be delight ed. lam but a silent hypocondriac; but I will do every thing to make it pleasant for you. Are you. fund Of shell-fish, sir? Bath ing? Sailing? Shooting? Riding? Driving? We have them all, sir, but my grief is get, ting the better of me again, sir, I must ring for another bottle."' While the stranger war giving his orders to William, and ordering in a couple of lob sters for supper, I took the opportunity of following the example that had beett'given to me by his friend, the mercer from Corn; hill, and getting, very quietly, possession of my hat" and stick, I wended my way home,. If he persists in ivishing to be a inember of the Whitechapel Athena:Juin, I will black ball him to a certainty. Strangers are not allowed to pay for any thing they eat or drink; and I found,next day,a bill scored up against me, the mercer having' cautioned them that he would not be responsible; for two bottles of port, three glasses of brandy-and-water, fourteen cigars, two lobsters and six dozen pandores, in .all thirty-two shillings and six pence. lam going to propose, at the, next meeting, that no member be permitted to bring a friend, or, if he does bring him,that he shall be answerable for his expenses. • 'John,' said a traveller to a farmer's bay who was hoeing in the field, 'your corn is small.' 'Yes, we planted the small kind.' 'But it looks dwarfish and yellow.' 'YeS— we planted the yellow sort.' 1 mean you will not get more than half a crop—do you, understand me?' '0 yes, sir—.l understand —we don't expect to, for we planted;ort shares.' t.'Who goes there?" said an Irish sentry, of the British Legion at St. Sehastian. - "-4. friend," was the prompt reply. "Then stand where you are," cried Pat, "for you're the first I've met with in this ruurtheria Ma. try." A schoolmaster,on being asked the wean ing of the word 'fortification,' replied, "Two Twentifications make one tbrtification." INTERESTING TO SMOKERS.--An article has been invented which very much'isaan. cos the enjoyment of a cigar. It consists °la tube with a bulb in the centre for the reception of cotton, which absorbs all the al/of the weed, leaving the smoker aorta) and unalloyed flavor of the cigar.
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