THE DAILY EVENING 1 ELEG1? AM miLADELFHIA, THURSDAY, MAY lGr 18G7.
BECOLLICTIOHS OF A BACHELOR.
BY JACK RAKKL.
To be twenty years of age, with a sound
digestion, a light heart, and a latch-key,
seems to me, in certain moods, the tummwn
lonum of earthly enjoyment. I am not going
to remark that a man at that time of life in
Severer, or more virtuous, or a more profit
able member ot soeltej than when his beard
begins to grizzle. I only say he is happier;
that he l'aa probably never been so happy
before, and that he certainly will never be bo
again, me vl o'""'v .-, uu,y,
overrated. We look back upon that so-called
golden period of early youth through a plea
sant but deceptive halo, which makes us for
get the alloy of discomforts which it con
tained. In the old Greek epigram, a certain
hero bails with reverence both Mnemo
syne and Lethe in one breath. Let
U) " cries he, "remember all the good I
Lave done, and forget my errors." And, after
this fashion, we indulge in a retrospect of
cricket and round jackets. Wo call to mind
the delights of "breaking-np day," our unim
paired appetite for pastry, the glow of pleasure
with which we received our prizes (you may
r.n a 1...
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mens how many leu iu iujr biluc;, uui we
forget the miseries we endured; the horrors of
J'ropria qwrt maribus and Pons asinorum; the
fussy platitudes of that old pedagogue in a
trencher cap; the brutal conduct of the young
sixth-form tyrant for whom we had the honor
of fagging; the depressing chill of early
"chapels;" the cruel scars which were left
,jp0U : no; not even if Mr. (Junior himself
were to oiler me the whole contents of his shop,
bride-cakes anl all; not if I might be captain
cf the school eleven; not if I could read
'Kuiipides" as easily as the "Times" news
paper; uot for the rosiest cheeks in the world,
the most generous "tips" that could be hoped
for nay, not to be that model of scholastic
perfection, Mr. Thomas Brown himself would
J go back to fifteen again 1
But to call oneself man for the first time; to
wield the razor with a consciousness of real
necessity (boys used to shave in l!S4-); to live
in lodgings or chambers on one's own account
go out or come home when one likes; to enter
upon life with a keen zest for life's enjoy
ments with health, spirits, hope, and a tole
rably easy conscience ah ! that is the true
golden age; those are the rosy hours when,
taking old Father Time kindly by the baud,
setting his scythe and hour-glass in the
chimney-corner, and passing the loving-cup
across the table to him, most of us would cry,
"Here, venerable sire, here let us linger I"
I believe a common protest is raised from
time to time, by old fogeys, that young men
in this country are not what they used to be;
and, upon my word, though I disregarded
the notiou a dozen years ago, I begin to have
some faith in it now. One faculty, at least,
they seem to be losing the faculty of enjoy
ment. Look at Young England in a ball-room, at
the theatre, or during a picnic. Does he
look happy, amused, or impulsed in auy way ?
Or is he a mere listless young dandy, blusS,
and bored or affecting to be so with every
thing and everybody around him r I vow
there are some young gentlemen of this
description whom 1 never see without
feeling a strong desire to slap them
heartily between the shoulders (can't you
imagine their horror at such a greeting ?) and
ask what on earth they think worth caring
for. Early in the last dcannium, we young
fellows, whose whiskers were just beginnin"
to bud, not only enjoyed life, but didn't mind
showing that we enjoyed it. Our tastes were
none of the most intellectual, I am afraid.
"We courted the Muses after a rough and
ready fashion over pipes of bird's eye and
tankards of pale ale. There weren't so many
novels to read then as there are now; but
somehow I fancy they had better stuff in them.
I know we looked forward every month to
the appearance of Mr. Thackeray's two
yellow leaves, and Mr. Dickens' two green
leaves, with a zest which is unknown
to the rising generation. There was not a
chapter in "David Copperfield" that we didn't
discuss, laughing at 1'eggotty and Mr. Micaw
Ler, indignant with Uriah lleep, pitying poor
little Dora, and deeply touched by the fate of
handsome, reckless, proud, misguided Steer
forth, l'endennis we voted somewhat of a
prig; but his friend, Googre Warrington was
not that a character to Btudy, to admire, to emu
late ? I believe when the great satirist of our
day, in his profound world-wisdom, sketched
that life-like portrait, half the interest with
which he invested it was due to the fact that
he was unconsciously describing himself.
Only a lew of ua had kept up our Latin; and
liaikesmere, of the State Sinecures Otlice (who
went up lrom hastmmster to Oxford, but left
xiiat university, ior reasons which need not
here be named, without taking his degree),
was mighty apt with his quotations from
Horace when we met at tho Cimbrian Stores
to dine, or sat gossiping round some third-floor
fireplace in the Temple. "Nunc est biben
dum 1" he used to cry, blowing off the froth
from his pewter; and most of the young artists
who heard him, not having themselves had
the advantage, as the phrase is, of a classical
education, egarded that thriftless reprobate as
a miracle of wit and learning. But when we
came to talk of books in our own mother
tongue ol English poets, from Chaucer down
to Mr. Tennyson my goodness, what a chat
tering there was ! what a fierce pulling of three
penny cheroots ! what an outpour of earnest,
frank, and beer-inspired arguments !
The Cimbrian Stores was an old-fashioned
tavern, where an eighteenpenny ordinary was
Leld at 6 o'clock. The bitter ale (and a very
decent tap too) came to fourpeiice, and one
gave twopence more to the waiter, which,
you see, exactly made up the two shil
lings a modest but sufficient item in
our daily expenses. I've had worse
dinners in my time, I can tell you.
They gave us soup or fish, a cut olf
the roast, vegetables, and a famous piece of
Cheddar cheese. There was wine at a mode
rate tariff for those who liked it. Mr, Vokins,
the respected landlord, took the chair pre
sely as the quaint old mahogany-cased clock
in the corner struck the hour, and, rapping
the table with his carving-knife, said a brief
but impressive grace. It was a snug aud cosy
little set that gathered around that table. A
few middle-aged personal friends of Mr. Vokins
sat right and left of him. On the subject of
their respective protessions I was then, and
am still, completely in the dark. They en
tered the room just five minutes before dinner
time, and fell half asleep over their grog, when
we youngsters went back to our books and
drawing-boards, or oftener, if niy memory
doesn't deceive me, to the pit of some theatre,
especially in the winter season, when we
made a tioint of visiting all the pantomimes.
I am thankful to say that I have not yet lost
jnv relish for pantomimes, Burlesques,
admit, bore mo horridly. It wasn't so with
dear Planehe'8 inventions. jjis wit was
elegant and scholar-like; Am jokes, if not
profound, had a genuine sparkle about them
juita independent of the mere double enUn-
tlrr; the stories which he chose for illustra
tion were admirably adapted for his purpose.
You didn't want a breakdown nigger dance,
or an infant prodigy or an optical illusion to
set them off. The days of Vestris, the days
of llarley, of Mad'lles St. George, Reynolds,
and Hoi ton that was the golden age of bur
lesque writing and burlesque acting. Those
artists played their parts as if they enjoyed
the fun themselves. Your modern actors and
actresses seem only to condescend to theirs.
They enunciate those wretched little milk-and-water
puns as if they were ashamed of
them and well they may be, for, as a rule,
weaker balderdash has never passed for wit.
Jokes indeed I why yon might make a gross
of them in an hour. They are not jokes
they are not even puns but a Billy jingle
of sounds. The audience don't laugh
at this stuff; they can't. I defy any one with
a grain of sense to do so. They ouly utter a
dismal groan, which runs around the dress
circle like a banshee's wail.
But a pantomime, a real, genuine, well
organized pantomime, with a regular trans
foimation scene and plenty of harlequinade,
is a national institution which I trust may
never become extinct. It is not an intel
lectual amusement, perhaps ; to enjoy it
you need be familiar neither with politics
nor the pages of Dr. Lempriere's dictionary.
It is 6implo nonsense, if you will but
then it pretends to be nothing else. We
can't always (thank goodness) combine in
stitution with amusement, like the amiable
pedagogues who invent geographical games,
and playfully beguile little boys into the rule
of three. No; a pantomime is solely in
tended to make us laugh, and the man who
refuses to laugh at it once a year, and in the
presence of children, must be a gloomy mis
anthrope. For my part, 1 confess to no little
sympathy with Mr. Merryuian in his various
escapades. I like to see him purloining
sausages, geese, and legs of mutton, and
admire the adroitness with which he transfers
those comestibles to his capacious pocket. I
am pleased when he divides the fish with
l'antaloon, and, with a great semblance
of fairness, reserves by far the larger
share for himself. I rejoice when
lie is fired out of a cannon or pressed
Hat in a mangle, because I know by
experience that his constitution can stand
these trials, and tiiat ten to one ho will be
livelier for them in the next scene. As for
Columbine, I have always regarded her as
one of the most fascinating women in Chris
tendom, and could desire no better fare than
to go through life with such a partner, pi
rouetting up and down the world dressed in
a tight suit of spangles, like that lucky dog
Harlequin, who can leap into a clock-face,
or disappear through a shop shutter as quick
as lightning whenever it suits his conveni
ence. A hale of intense respect surrounds
the memory of those old Cimbriaus
as I picture them to myself, seated
on sturdy Windsor chairs, in that
homely but hospitable parlor pannelled high
with English oak, and bearing on its walls fair
copies of the Lely portraits at Hampton Court.
They were very strong in politics those stout
and ancient Britons a subject which, judging
from my own experience, interests the art
student but very little. So we let them say
their say, and wag their venerable old heads
with solemn earnestness, as they discussed the
merits of Sir Robert l'eel, and entered at
length upon the great Chartist question.
As ior nous autres, we kept our
conversation pretty much to our
selves. Sometimes a dozen of us painters,
sucking barristers, Government-office clerks,
and a medical student or two would form a
little conclave at one end of the table, and,
content for once to spend a quiet evening,
would sit on, gossipping, long after the old
habitue's of the place (the extra ordinaries, as
we used to call them, in playful allusion to
the nature of the banquet) had toddled home.
It was at 1 o'clock, I think, when Robert, the
head waiter, used to come in, rubbing his
eyes, With a "Now, gentlemen, if you please I"
the usual form ot warning which he gave
us previously to turning olf the gas.
I fear a good deal of what mili
tary men call "pipeclay," and civilians
shop," was talked on ail suies, ana me
artists had the best of it. It will, I believe,
be admitted that the failing is natural to us as
a class. Scarcely any other calling can be
said to furnish a theme for work and play to
the same devotees. When Mugwell, the
rising young lawyer, goes off to Swit
zerland for the long vacation, do you
suppose he troubles his head with Black
stone on the Wengern Alp, or pops a brief
into his pocket before stepping on board the
boat at Lucerne 1 You might travel all day
with those eminent medical celebrities, Dr.
Pillington and Mr. Lancelot l'robus, and never
find out that one gentleman obtained a liveli
hood by writing hieroglyphics at a guinea
a page, and that the other would be ready at
any moment to cut you up not meta
phorically, out iu the flesh without the
slightest remorse f 1 have known even sober
and unimpeachable divines modify their cos
tume to no small extent as soon as they have
crossed the ciiannei, exchange tho conven
tional white choker for an easy silk necker
chief, replace the stern chimneypot with
comfortable wideawake, and wear an ordinary
shooting-coat instead of the more orthodox
paletot. Barring a slight tendency to intone
his conversation, you would hardly recognize
his reverence in the frank and genial talker who
sits next you at the table d note. If our
young clergy have their little failings, they
certainly do not intrude ecclesiastical intelli
gence upon you between the wine and wal
nuts, thut is, unless you begin the subject.
But what does an artist like to talk about so
much as his art t How delighted he is sure to
be if, agreeing with the theories which he
propounds, you endorse his opinion that
Madder Brown is a great genius I With what
mingled pity and contempt he will regard you
H you happen to admire the landscapes of
Stippler ! "What, my dear fellow, that man's
work like nature If Nonsense 1 I
tell you there isn't a bit of nature in
it 1 It's the feblet-t, most commonplace stuff'
you ever saw t 1 don't suppose he ever drew
anything but a cork correctly iu all his life I
coior, indeed ! the lellow's got no sense of
color in him. That foreground of his tinner
last year hung on the line too, by Jove !
was nothing but a sheer piece of cabbage from
Fogley's picture, and as for his greens "
etc. etc.
The artist-diners of the Cimbrian Stores out
numbered all tho others put together. Law
and medicine held their own sometimes; and
when the gossip turned on general literature,
we met on common ground. But art was the
lavorite subject of conversation, or "jaw," in
the polite language of the Cimbriana. Our
occasional visitors, perhaps, found it a little
too much of a good thing sometimes,
but most of them were very good
tempered on this point, and listened
in meek astonishment to the astounding ex
pressions of sentiment which came pouring
forth from our lips in a fragrant cloud of
tobacco. Once, and once only, was there any
marked or offensive allusion to this habit,
when that muff, flaikesniere, would insist
n bringing his friend, young Tuftleigh
Ilnnter, also of the B-nec-re Ollice, to dine
with tis. The idiot came in evening dress,
with a jewelled ihirt-front, and looked round
upon our tweed coats and hairy faces
with a mixed look of surprise and con
temn. XV h were civil enough to him
at first, but he scarcely deigned
speak to one of us, and winking
to
at
Unikwumem after dinner (he had
been
drinking pretty freely), remarked that there
was a d d smell of paint in the room. I
don't think any one of us would have seen
the allusion, but that the fool began to
chuckle (as fools will) when he had uttered
this splendid piece of witticism.
I was sitting lust opposite him, and my old
o,.vif..llnw. Dick Dewberry, of the
Middle
T,.rr,Tln UTAH hv HIV Side. Dick ll
been at
Oxford with Tuftleigh, and knew his line.
Moreover, Dick was an amateur painter of no
inconsiderable merit, and had a fellow-feeling
for our cause. , .
"1 beg your pardon, Sir," cries Mr. Dew
berry, very stiflly, across the table; "I think
you said that
"That there was a smell of paint, lea, I
did," says the grinning dandy; "perhaps you
don't object to it f"
"To which, sir, the paint or your remark?"
asks Dick, pretty smartly.
Kaikesmere turned crimson.
Ton my life I don't know," drawled Hun
ter. "You seem to take oll'ense. Are you a
painter ?"
"Why, no, sir, but I'm a gentleman," cries
Dick, lighting his cigar; "and a few of my
friends here are both."
"Then I s'pose you're accustomed to paint,"
sneers Hunter, unabashed.
Raikesmere was nudging his elbow, and tell
ing him to shut up.
"l'erhaps so," retorts Dick; "but there are
some things we are not accustomed to, and
don't mean to endure. Raikesmere, if your
friend wants the fresh air, there's plenty of it
down stairs in the street."
Tuftleigh, pouring out another glass of
wine, muttered something about a public room
being public property, and that he'd be
blanked before he moved to oblige anybody,
lie was getting rapidly drunk. Dewberry
rang the bell.
"Robert," said he, when the waiter made
his appearance, "is the billiaid-rooui en
gaged" 'iot a soul hut themarKer in it, sir," says
old Bob.
"Very well. Then what do you say to a
game of pool, gentlemen ?"
We all started up glad of the opportunity to
avoid a row, and left this uncivilest of civjl
servants alone with his friend. Raikesmere
came after us with an ample apology, but it
was the last time he ventured to bring one of
his dandiacal acquaintances to dine with us.
Confounded puppy !" growled Dewberry,
when he had got back to his chambers; "I
wish I had punched his head. I would if he
could have stood up and taken care of him
self. There's no love lost between us, I pro
mise you."
Ever seen him before T I asked, for I felt
sure there was some old grudge rankling in
Mr. Dew berry's bosom.
"Well, yes, I have," said Dick, somewhat
mysteriously. "He was pointed out to me at
the Crystal l'alace last Thursday."
"lSywhomr said 1.
Mr. Dewberry blushed a little, and, in reply,
asked me whether I could keep a secret.
"io be sure, especially when a lady is in
the case," I said, for the honest fellow had
turned as red as a peony, and I saw at once
that we were on delicato ground.
lhe fact is, Jack," continued D. D., "that
that fellow has been annoying a very great
friend of mine for seme time past, aud in
such a way that it would be very awkward,
and, in fact, almost impossible for her you're
right, it is a lady or tor me, on her behalf,
to take any notice of it."
I now ventured to ask for a full explana
tion, having in the meantime mixed myself a
glass of toddy, at Mr. Dewberry's express
desire.
"You must know, then," said Dick, after a
pull at his own tumbler, " that I have some
triends living at Kensington, not far from
where this fellow, Hunter, lives. In fact, they
attend the same church at St. Didymus. Their
pew is in one of the aisles, and he generally
manages to get a seat close by. Well, fancy,
for some weeks past the horrid snob has been
in the habit of staring in an impudent manner
every Sunday during service at this lady, who
is very young, you know, Jack, and ahem 1
really very pretty; and she hasn't any father or
brother, by the way yes, by Jove t in such a
manner as really to annoy her very much, and
she has ti ied to frown him down, but he wont be
frowned down, and keeps on staring worse
than ever. Now isn't it a disgusting shame,
and don't you think it ought to be put a stop
to in some way or another r"
"Most decidedly," said I. "Couldn't you
call him to account yourself, or send a message
by Raikesmere ?"
"Why, no," cries Dick; "that's just the
rub. I'd do that directly if I might, but Miss
Betworth won't let me; and when one comes
to think of it, you know, Jack, it would be
rather awkward to mix a lady's name up with
such an affair at all; because, of course, he'd
deny that he meant to be rude, and say it was
an accident, or something of that kind, and so
get off without receiving his deserts. I want
to teach him a lesson which he shan't forget
in a hurry."
"Well, what do you propose ?" I asked.
"Why," continued Mr. Dewberry, "I've
been thinking the matter over lately, aud I
see only one way of tackling it. It appears
that Mr. Hunter's rudeness is not confined to
one object. He has annoyed other ladies in
the same way. Now I don't like th notion
of anonymous letters, but really in a case of
hub ituiu i iLiiis uie end would justify the
means. He seems to be such a donkey that I
really think if he received a letter written in
a woman's hand, he would believe it came
from one of those ladies whom he is always
ogling, and then we could make as much fun
of him as we chose."
"1 confess I don't exactly see how," said I.
"Why, you old stupid," cries Dick, "don't
you see that a man ol this kind would be vain
enough to keep any appointment anywhere,
from the top of the monument to the bottom
of the Thames Tunnel, in the fond belief that
a lady had faneu jn iove with y if he
thought he was going to meet her. Sup
posing the rendezvous chosen was the Temple
uardens "
iJ,?ndi-y? PrePared with a tremendous
horsewhip, I suppose," said I.
"Why, no," retorts Mr. Dewberry, "that
"V!"--10 veigle a man,
llm, ouiet place and u j. k
him at one's e.sure. No; I'm not going to
uo mm,, jjui there's nothing in the world to
prevent his becoming a fund of amusement to
us as he struts about waiting for his imagi
nary Dulcinea, while we are quietly watching
and laughing at him from these windows "
wn, upon my word," observed
Mr. Dewberry's humble servant. "But it's
easier said than done. Mr. Hunter mayn't be
ouite such a fool as he lnnka J
ye can byt try," answers D. d. "Sup
pose we put on a iait to begin with, we
might sketch out a preliminary note, asking
him to give evidence of the sincerity of his
affection in some sign which I should be able
to recognize."
"And when are these documents to be
drawn up T" I asked.
"There is no time," said Mr. Dewberry.
fetching an inkstand from a side-table," "like
the present.
Down we sat accordingly, and In the course
of half an hour the following billet was in
dited in a delicate female hand, on a sheet of
zupei One Bath pest:
"Sir: J he experience Which a nature such
as yours must ere tins nave derived irom a
contemplation of the confiding impulses to
w hich a woman's heart is occasionally subject
may, 1 trust, be deemed some excuse for tho
exceptional character of this communication.
It were impossible for me to witness week after
trtthe flattering, because vnsolivitml, atten
tion with which you regard the writer of these
lines, w ithout becoming aware that you take
an interest in her welfare which has not been
may I say altogether unappreciated f Should
my suspicions 1 had nearly written my hopes
be not without lounaatiou, will you kindly
oblige me by wearing a pea-green tie (my
favorite color) round your neck on Sunday
next t Alter seeing it 1 Bhall feel free to tell
you more.
"Till then I remain,
"Your unknown friend, Belinda.
"I S. Isn't Belinda a pretty name I'm
af aid you won't think mine half so pretty
win n you know it!"
"By Jove, I don't think he would if he did
know it," says Dick, laughing. "Capital note
upon my word, iu the best style of a Com
plete Letter-writer, with plenty of underlin
ing. If he believes that, he will deserve any
thing he gets. Of course next Sunday I shall
go to St. Didymus and see if the bait has
taken."
"Do you intend to tell the young lady?" I
asked.
"Not a word, my dear fellow, not a word,"
said Dick, "and for the best possible reason.
that she would highly disapprove of the whole
proceeding. Besides, what good would it do f
At present the note may have come from any
one of the girls to whom he has 'made eyes.'
But if I told Miss P , she would certainly
betray herself by blushing or showing some
confusion next Sunday, and then the whole
thing would be spoiled. No, 1 must not conv
promise her in that way. What a jolly sell it
will be, though, for him, if he falls into the
trap 1 Can't you fancy him in his pea-green
tie t I chose that color because he usually
wears crimson silk."
Well, a week after the above conversation
Dick and 1 met again at the chambers by an
pointnient. He told me that Mr. Hunter had
obeyed the request so literally that he thought
if w e had begged him to wear a bonnet instead
of a hat we might have expected compliance.
lhe time was now come lor a second letter,
which was couched in the following elegant
language:
"Sir: How can I express to you in ade
quately earnest terms the great satisfaction,
nay, the pleasure, which I felt in recognizing
on your part, through the medium of a sign
which I myself had. suggested, an evidence of
w hat, until I knew it, 1 did not dare to antici
pate ! I am going with my aunt (an old
maid, very kind in tier way, but unfortunately
indifferent to the feelings of young people) into
the city on Tuesday next, and 1 'will try to
be in the Temple Uardens between two and
three in the alternoon. I know it is indiscreet
in me to say this, but I feel eoifident that I
can rely on your secresy and good faith, l'er
haps I may be enabled to tell you this in person,
but if not I am sure you will believe
"lour unknown but sincere fneud,
"Belinda.
'P. S. If I am unfortunately detained until
four or hall-past you won't mind, will you ?
W hat a lovely color that pea-green tie was,
and how well it becameyoui Of course couldn't
with propriety take any notice of you, but I felt
conscious that you had not iorgotten vie."
"I'm afraid he'll see through it," said Dick,
as he folded up the letter. "However, old fel
low, you'll turn up here at any rate on Tues
day, and we'll keep a look out for the young
gentleman."
On Tuesday, the tu or January, lay- (you
see I purposely refrain from giving the date in
full, out of consideration for Mr. Tuftleigh
Hunter's feelings, as he may, ior aught i
know, by this time be married, and have
become the father of a family; if so, it will be
far better for Mrs. Tuftleigh Hunter's happi
ness if she remains in ignorance of her hus
band's antecedents), on this bleak and
frosty winter's day. as I was saying, two
young and not altogether jll-favored English
men might have been seen ensconced oenmu
the ample folds of a red curtain which
decorated a window in one of those quaint
but historically interesting windows that
command a view of the Temple Gardens. A
pile of calf-bound tomes piled in careless con
tusion on an adjoining table, indicated the
legal studies in which one at least of tho
striplings was ostensibly engaged. But the
remains of an unexceptionably grilled steak,
and of what had once been a symmetrical
pyramid of mashed potatoes, Hanked by a tan
kard of foaming stout, would have inspired
the most careless observer with a convic
tion that both these young gentlemen had
lunched, while a recently opened box of
cigars, and a delicious perfume which hung
upon the noonday air, suggestive of the well
known Havana plant, might have been ac
cepted in evidence that the less necessary but
more refined wants of civilized life were being
amply satisfied.
"How goes the time.Jack?" asked Mr. Dew
berry, blowing rings of smoke out of an elegantly-carved
meershaum pipe. "I let my
watch fall in the pocket-court, yesterday, and
broke the mainspring, I think."
"Ten minutes past two," said I, after con
sulting my own chronometer.
"Then I give him up," said Dick, rather
gloomily; "but hark! what is that striking
nowr You're a little fast, I believe, like
some of my other friends. It is but just
two o'clock, and hallo, why there he is,
I declare. Punctuality is not only the soul
of business, but the very quintessence of
confiding affection: and I may say, my dear
Jack, do look here," adds Mr. Dewberry,
bursting into a roar of laughter, "I'm hanged
if he hasn't sported tue pea-fcicru w, -
delicate attention. Ah l my "
Mr.
Tuftleigh, I really begin to pity you
This is
veruaut w im veugcu.
It was too true. The misguided young man
had appeared in full rig, and clad after a mau
ner aiiy thing but suited to the inclemency of
the weather, in order, I presume, to show off
his figure to the best advantage. He was
walking about with the air of a Btage gallant,
evidently rejoiced that he had arrived before
his inamorata. After he had strolled up and
down for about a quarter of an hour, however,
he pulled out his watch and began to wa k
quicker, and no wonder, for It was intensely
cold. Another interval, somewhat shorter
than before, having elapsed, the elegant
Tuftleigh again ascertained the time, and,
to make assurance doubly sure, referred
to a piece of paper which he drew from
his coat-pocket, and which we felt
convinced was the letter that had lured hiui
to his fate. Mr. Dewberry and I, who watched
these proceedings with unremitting attention
(except, indeed, during the brief moments in
which we reapplied ourselves to tottled stout),
could not help remarking that the longer. Mr.
Tuftleigh stayed, the more frequently he
looked at Ins watch, and the oftener lie looked
at his watch the farther he extended his walk
up and down. At last it began to grow dark,
and Mr. Tnitlelgh (we could see) began to
grow impatient. He quickened his pace,
stamping on the ground as he went, and
wanning the upper part of his frame after the
fashion of London cabmen, who in winter-time
appear to be perpetually rehearsing with great
vehemence the embracing of imaginary friends.
At last, Uien it was becoming almost too dark
to Eee anything, Mr. Tuftleigh disappeared,
after having afforded us infinite amusement.
"Well, what is the next thing to be done ?"
said Mr. Dewberry, after the half-hour hail
struck, and our hero had disappeared. "Do
you think he'd stand another letter?"
"1 should hardly think so; but you know
boFt. Dick," said I.
After a Bhort consultation we wrote another
note, with many apologies from the fair un
known, stating that her aunt had disap
pointed her, and that she had been unable to
make her way that afternoon towards the
Temple Gardens, bnt promising faithfully to
be there the following Friday at the same
hour, hoping to meet her correspondent to
whom she (of course) owed ten thousand
obligations, etc. etc.
I must confess that Mr. Hunter showed a
sound discretion in taking no notice of tho
last epistle. But we could not allow the
matter to drop here. It was absolutely neces
sary to put the ingenuous youth on his guard
for the future. He had been allowed to
take an unconscious part in this little farce.
It now remained for us to read him the moral.
Letter No. 3 was in these words:
"Kir: Your disregard of 'Belinda's' last
assignation is tolerably good evidence that
you are now aware how completely her first
appointment made you the victim oi a wen
deserved hoax.
"You have for some time past been in the
habit of annoying more than one lady by a
species of rudeness which is all the more
cowardly because it is difficult to define or
bring home to you, and that, too, at a time
and in a place which render your offense
doubly inexcusable. Without entering into
further particulars, it is sufficient for you to
know that these ladies have found a cham
pion in one who, sorry as he would be to pro
ceed to extremities, will assuredly take an
early opportunity of calling you to account in
a practical and not very pleasant manner, if
you have the temerity, alter this warning, to
continue your impertinencies. And, believe
me, nothing but my desire to save these ladies
from further annoyance has saved you, up to
this time, from the chastisement which you
richly deserve. It is scarcely necessary for
me to add that they are quite unaware of the
means which 1 have thought tit to adopt for
their protection.
"I have the honor to be, sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
"A Rod in Pickle."
The effect of this last epistle was so satis
factory that Mr. Tuftleigh Hunter ceased to
freonent the church of fet. Didymus entirely,
and 1 trust has since abstained from the offen
sive practice of ogling altogether. That ladies,
especially when they happen to be young and
pretty, are not utterly averse to being looked
at with respectfulfadmiration, I candidly ad
mit. Indeed, judging from my own experience,
I have always found that , but there, I
won't go on further. You see, I'm turned of
thirty, and the subject awakens sentiments in
my heart which lead,; me to decline revealing
all the Recollections of a Bachelor. London
Society.
GROCERIES, ETC.
PURE RHINE AND WICSELL WINES
Especially Imported lor Private Use, and
Superior Qualities of Claret W inai
FOB MEDICJXAL FUIU'OSES.
A. WOYTT,
4 '61m NO. 828 WALMIT (kTKEKT,
fEW ITALIAN MACCARONI
"rBVNELLES" FOB STEWING OB PIEN
HANDING'S BONELESS MACKEREL,
Dun Fish; Yarmouth ISIoatera
fob bat.b: by
BOBKBT BLACK ft MOM,
1 16 3mp EIGHTEENTH and CHKHNUT bta.
Q-AR FIELD'S
SUPERIOR CIDER VINECAR
Warranted free from all TOIISONOCS ACIDS.
lot sale by all Grocers, and by tho bole Ageuts,
PAUL & FmtQUSON,
l8m8 NO. IS KOKTII WATK
SPANISH OLIVES.
THE EE HUNDRED GALLOS9 OF
lrino SpaiiiKli OIive,
For sale by the gallon, much below the cost o
nipoilutlun, by
JAJ1KS B. WEBU
Slj Corner WALNUT and EIGHTH Sts.
LONDON BROWN STOUT
AND SCOTCH ALE,
Iu stoue and glass, by the cask or dozen.
ALBEBT C. BOUEBTM,
Dealer In Fine Qrooerlee,
U7rp Corner ELEVENTH and VINEBla.
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, ETC.
gTANDRRlDGE, BARR & CO.,
IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IK
FOREIGN AND AMERICAN HARDWARE,
NO. 1331 91ABUET NTBEET,
Oiler for Bale a large stock of
Ilurtlwnrti and Cutloi-y,
TOGETUEB WITH
1000 KEGS NAILS
AT BCbll'El) lBICEM. I7tuttuj
CUTLERY.
A fine uaortment of PfM'KET and
TABLE CUTLEKY, KA.OlUt. RA.
Zolt Kl'KOr'B. LAWKm' bOlboOlilJ
AEii AXi, TA1LOB6' bHEAl. al
n, CbBN0-rdlvUeW
i
lVERNr.ENT SALES.
L
AUiiV. HALE
OK IKON, STl'.EL, AND
LLM11EH.
Df.I'OT QtTHTKRMASTKR'fl OFFlCRj
t, .. V AsiuKGnw, li. C, May Ll. 1S07. J
Ily rtlreel ou ol un UirterinHHler-Gcutial,
t he follow Inn enumcraie.l Iron, Kttel, Bivi
f ,".,.".r,?V. '.ii6 Bo1." Btl1'n,llo Auction, nt LIN
COLN DEl'OT. under tbei.ripervl.lon of Cintiila
Jernfi u. 1'iiyne, Amlntnut Ormrlennaster.
CCHilnehclliK ou WON DA Y, Juue a. at 10 A. M.
to wit: About
21W.W.0 lbs Flat Iron, from lxj to yAxi, as
Horted, .
40,roo ' Nan Roil Iron.
I.'i,(i00 " llornetilioo Iron, light and heavy.
Hti.M'O " llsnimercil Iron, itNNorted.
100.(00 ' Assoi led Iron, nil Hlzcn
24U.00O ' Hound Iron, hssoi led from 3 111 to 2
ilJClU'H, nil ftl.CK.
11-1,000 " bquuro Iron, assorted, from to 2
lnchcH, nil hlzcs.
GS.OW) " Hound Irou. nssorled, from 1 to 3
InohoH, all Kl.t M.
SO.WO " Hoop Iron, assorted, Irom Jto 1 Inch,
lat.OtO ' tprliiK Steel, assorted, from l'. to 2Vi
InclieH, all 8l7.eH,
l.Yfdt) ' Aim I ii hm 1!IIkUti-1 RIppI
iMi.w ofictOnk Lumber, from 1 toeinehe thick.
jo,tw Hickory Luiuuer, Irom 2 to 4 Inches
thick.
40.CK 0 " roolur Lumber. ' Inch hllr
41,-iws " VluefcuutliiiL', bxi.a. ti.7. 8. andO: 12
to 18 Icl'I loli.
flUOnniRkpr. iMirltiiililnm find nlliftraurftl
find thin a line opportunity to replrimu their
block, us the mmeiiHl in euilrWy new.
Transportation will be luinlliod to Sixth
stitet w harf or Iherailrond depot, as purcliusers
unj urnne, IUH1 111, lueir riSK.
Erom 10 io 16 days will be ullowed In which to
remove the goodH.
Terms Cash, In Government fundi.
C'HAKLL'H II. ToMl'KINH,
5 14 lot Bvt. Hrln. Pen., lienot timt terin'r.
UNSEKVICEA11LE QUAUTEKMAbTEU'S
blUKES AT AUCTION.
DEI'OT Qtjartekmastf.ii's Officr, )
W'AtmiNuioN, Ii. 0., May 8, 1SM7. J
By direction of the Uourlermmtler-Geiiural, a
large lot of Uuurtermasier'N Stores will be aold.
nt I'ublio Anetlon, nt Lincoln Depot, com
mencing on WEDNESDAY, May 22, at 10
A. M.. uudcr the supervision of Captain James
U. l'ayiie, A. Q. M cohkIhUhk lu partol
oO lour-horso Army i ftK) Waddle lllankuts.
Wbhoiih. I :(4 Oillce Desks.
C two-horse Army Wa- 23 Ollice Tables.
gons, 21!) Otlice Coal Htove.
6 Kpriiig Army Wa-'2i Ollice Wood rHoves.
lions. i25 1'ortable Forces.
10 lour-horse Scavenger ltil Smith's Forces.
Army Wnijous. 3 Cooking Itauges, with,
10 Carts. tixtures.
3(1 two-horso Anibu-UO Hath Tubs.
lances. 150 Doors.
110 sets Wheel Harness. 15 Wheelbarrows.
titi sets Lead Harness. Tools Carpenter's.Sad-
67 sets wheel Auibu.'
lance Harness.
67 Lead Harness.
163 McClellau Saddles.
251 Wagon HuddH's.
141 It. S. Wacon Whips
234 Halter Cliulns. '
313 Buckets.
1)27 Hum Buckets.
2!il Wueon Hridles.
dler's, Hlucksmith's,
unuei 8.
315 yards Cocoa Mat
liuir.
i 1010 pounds assorted
I Hope.
4000 pounds Scrap Irou.
5U00 pounds old ilorsa
Shoes.
101 Window Sashes.
U Saddle 1!uuh. I
And a large lot of oth erartlcles.
Terms Cash, In Government funds.
l'urchasers will remove their goods within
ten days from day of sale.
CHARLES it. TOMPKINS,
6 9 lit Bvt. Brig. Gen., Depot Quartermaster.
TARGE SALE OP GOVERNMENT
XJ LUMBER.
Philadelphia Depot,
e, )
8C7. J
Assistant Quakt;kmastek's Office,
No. 1130 Glrard street.
May 13. 18C7.
Will be sold nt Public Auction, at the United
Stales Storehouse, HANOVER STREET
WHARF. Philadelphia, Pa., on SATURDAY,
May IS, 1SG7, commencing at 12 o'clock M., a
well-seasoned and selected assortment of Lum
ber, us lollows :
37,8(15 feet Oak LumDer.
8,528 feet Ash do.
51,017 feet Hickory do.
The above lumber Is equal to the best in the
market, and was specially selected for the
manufacture of Army Wagons and Ambulances
lu 1801 and 1802, and will be sold in lots to suit
pi rcliasers.
Wheelwrights, Waaon. Ship, and House
Builders are respectfully invited to attend this
sale.
Terms of Sale Cash in Government funds.
The lumber purchased must be removed
within 10 days from date of sale.
Rv order of
Brevet MHj.-Gen. G. H. CROSMAN,
Asst. Quartermaster-Gen. U. 8. A.
HENRY W. JANES,
Captain and Asst. Quartermaster,
513 51 Brevet Major U. S. A.
PROPOSALS.
D
E P A It T M E N T OF AGRICULTURE,
WT A CTTTVPTAW T O f Q fi 1 (TT
Proposals will be received at this Department
until 12 o'clock, June 6, 1807, for furnishing all
the materials ana perlorming the work re
quired in the construction of a Brick Building
for the use of the Department of Agriculture,
to be erected on reservation No. 2. in thU city,
according to plans and specifications that
can be seen at the office of the Commissioner
of Agriculture, where ull Information with
reguid to the proposed building can be obtained;
said proposals Io be either for the whole build
ing, or separately for the dllloreut kinds ot
work.
No proposal will be entertained from any
Eei sou who is not known to be a practical
uilder.
Bidders are requested to state the shortest
time possible in which the building is to be
completed, the work to be commenced In three
days alter the signing of the contract.
The Department reserves the right to reject
any or all bids, if it be deemed for the interest
of the Government to do so, aud no bid will
received that does not contorin to the require
ments of the plans aud specifications and of this
advertisement.
Ninety percent, of the amount of work done
and materials furnished, according to contract
price (said amount to be ascertained by the esti
mate of the Superintendent), will be paid from,
time to time as the work proceeds, aud ten per ,
cent relalued until the completion of the coni
tract and the acceptance of the work by the ,
Department.
Every proposal must be accompanied by the
bond of two responsible persons In the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, that the bidder will
accept and periorm the contract if awarded to
liim.lhe surtlcleucy of the security to be certi
fied by the United States District Judge, United
States District Attorney, or Clerk of the United
Slates Court.
Proposals should be Inclosed In a sealed en
velope, Indorsed "Proposals lor a Building for
the Department of Agriculture," and addressed
to the Commissioner of Agriculture.
610 231 ISAAC NEWTON. Commissioner.
H
EADQUARTER3 THIRD MILITARY
DlbimcT.
office Chief Quartermaster, )
Atlanta, Ga., May 3, 1807. f
BY ORDER OF THE QUARTERMASTER
GEN ERA L. Sealed proposals will be received
at this office for the sale of seven thousand four
hundred (7410) tons of COAL at Baraccas.
Florida, payment to be made iu Goverumeal
The proposals will be opened at 12 M. SATUR
DAY, the 8th of June, 1807, and should be
marked "Proposals to purchase Coal," aud
addressed to .
Brevet Britr.-Gen. R. SAXTON,
Chief Quartermaster Third Military District,
Atlanta, Ga. 613 231
LEGAL NOTICES.
TN TUB hUPKEME COURT OF PENN3YL-
J VANIA-EAbTEKN IiiSi'KlOT.
'lilEOliUKK OAKltEToON 1 iauuary Term, IW7.
vs. r
LESLEY O. MOKKOW. ) VI. fa.
Tlie Auditor appointed bytlieCouri lodUtrlbate
the lund urlsluff Irom Hie above executlou, will meet
U.e part.e. ulereBled at bis ollice. No, bu WA I.N VV
htK. lu ul" cliy o( i'lnladel..!..., on UATUKliAY,
"uVV7' ' C1IA KlLs 1L T. COLLia. Auditor.
TTNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS.
U Principal Il-,N CHM-NUT Wreet.
ttrira?Nv o k,uV. 1 "h ". " or
below t'I.e cmt l'1"1,11'1"11
Beveune Hrmi .r ry a oriptlou constantly on
hand lu mar ainoniii
lrurt b JuhU ot li.-.jiio; promptly AiMUided. to,