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LEMONi4INGERA.
Five :years ago I wait telegraph clerk AL
yew'stoi.e. Sta.idn. -I had's %tea of day
dittY; and X creek of night duty, alternately.
thri-ttnnsseve. came "itryred, of all nights, in
the Qear, and thelre I fonti.myself "I'
as usual, in - the little office ; two creat trtr•H
ing inkttitmonts- in front of me, a liming gat.
light 'overhead. and a well-heaped tic*e by
my sick;-not forgetting a .thrre volittne novel
totsist me in whit tg away the lung dark
The 'bight •ttievarge.i at breWstrcne were
never very-nuinerous. The:re were rarely env
for private peoilet thdy.'referreil nitwit- to
"the busine.s of the -railway company.
evening I felt very low Iriritrd. It went
against the grain to- wort: on Christina.. eve,
when everylaaiveke to be keel:lug
fipliday. and enjoying thent-elvel4. Cart and
had been about Ten
any tiriApent Of marriage we might . .
gaged for twenty • years longer: Mr. Lan-
Va 4 ter, Cary'. father, wilt a
. tradrcipate iii a
-good way of tonsiriesQ, and naluially_nfu , eil
to let his daughter. marry a fellow . un
getting 'Only sevtitty nods a. • year.
.11u
several limes alvi-ed Carly . to-give me up ••;•
bat ai *be would trot do that, he contented
•liiinself with forbid:ling mu the house : : Itu-4-
ing 1.3 lime an d ter diet hied
several . miles fro_ftr Newt:tone—to aid his
etitlSe, : ,
knew tharMr. Lancaster alwarti
. invited
Amaintier Of young people_ in his 'house on
eves. and l pit:Weil them there ;
darieitig; • Cary fritivg about . in : her white
muslin dre.i4, with the veryribbou found her
waist - ihni. I had given her only a. month be g
fore. Would any thought of thy miserabl e
belt ever c ols' her mil d, as .she moved is-•
truing the gar company I Ita l -rhnio, my 'de
tested rival: linik.:the +Mallet. might be- seen .
(laming with Jrer, and piess ng tier waist with
hi. aim at that vet): moment. Thrtight not
e .b r il s to b e borne.; a*ay r - srent on the
platin In- for change of scene. -
A clear, starlit night, It'iltra keen hri.trzi
lbrit•whi:tled shrill_and dry through tire tele
gatpli rites above" my head, rout brought to
wy ears :the faint sounds, made soft and•
siteet by di-tit:see,
_of the Cluirmas
-Lintsan..Aitting like fire flames e_mohg th e
waa,ms:in the station yard ; boat-e, tineoLt II
thu U ,of m'-n aid wild, shraskiip•orn dist m et
lotiouitaiyeit, that st•emed 4teantrg madly
up and dos n..ntitiely. to k u oep tliern.e,ves
glow olisezh a hiller night, mid not: thlcrosse
they ha 3 auvtitir:g rat iirtriar to do. So into
O e ;glee xgaini with • numbed fingers:, glad of
latch a haven.
The loisg'dmik hotani Ted slowly ; 6odi
itour chinked out by the Yid •loost little t•loyk
in th e eoin,...r. Mi c dnight Caine Xll,l Went,
One . 0 . 4;10e k. two O . O10(71,' three ' clock, I
'bad-grown tired of the eloontio6. I etoin-oto,i
h tu i arriiu•be(unte w rill IC Iy. ite-p..0. nV oh II ie
/g l !;i'-.1: 1 -it B nits, when I 'Yr. no.i: - , ..1 by the
luielr, tinkly ofilv Viet:lite btu. lt. 1111'041r
Iffiem•Hie : ..-:- . .
Mr. Karr, Irotiville, to 141:Dotikr, 39
fit,et,Newstone. - •
"Lemonfiniers btarts br the mnil t;)-
"night. AIL Cirene. .Take care of the
!•bfack,do f." - •
was acetstointit,A to •quee'r roessitge 4 ;
this was the oddest 1 h>d seen. • k
ore . / tfine - , to fee that I '..got it down correct -1 '
therm copied it out on nab of the printed
emit a; B:2bed it; entered at the foot the time.
I had teceiledit—three forty-fire, and placed
it in an enYe..op.;.
No. 39'11 strut was the residence .4 , f
-Mr. Brevan, -the tailbr,' and was only fir., tni
notes walk from the ste i. u. M r . B ree n,
generally had apartments to let, and' Mr.
Dotke that probably a _lodger. liacing
locked the office door., I pworeded at a rapid
trot toward Mr. -13teem's. r
. wan s sbOs man, and ain't
body was sending r bins
~a dualf—perhaps
-giant also--but cc:thinly a dwarf to put it,
his ea - roman., Thew 113.; -3i. IO•13t in - Ile. se-
Ruud fluor 'Of No. 39. Was Mr. I - hi - I-kr wait
ing, 'expectant of a inetage I It looked
it
I wive bmek ti.
no e effe t. The lizbi meeotat
fii.t upoted, bat: aft ! .win. opeue , i,
a bend 1,01.p1d out, and 'a Muff vo:ee
41 .
Iherit
`live.. Mr. Dmike• lives itere
. _
'"Wity 'tie you "(silt lio know f" •
"I have get. a t.eiegyiyhie
~Ugh t Ail tight. Waits inumeitt."
A ct•rc
,gull • mice, certainly. Nt.xt
moment the d•o•.r opt•Ilt-(1, BB far. a.
Chain would admit, and a great uabiatta
hand was iltruit out.
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"Hato!. it here," raid -Mr. thitk... .
Aeourdingli . I ratieed the tiute .in hi,
- tri nd, - .
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44 a ll't , 01- I-see Vibetba any answer's
required"
In a ininute or two the . window - whe. again
Opened :.
"No answer?. and the easement was Bltim•
meal down. With ito;al.•-eptioti of hisvoire,
I hail no more idea of Mr. Pallor ivhen I lef;
N'o. 39, than when I sent. had ru-rety
ati , in the outline of•his head . when. he looked
.out of the wimitrw. Whether he were a
young man or. an old loan fait man or
a dark man—l -. was equally at a less to
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bona tile is thirty-five 0104%1'10m Newstone.
The - mail train runs. the : distance in . rather
under an hour, Ind reaches the lattes plan;
at half past fire. As • the chock pouted to
half past five, set oft f.r rt . , upott the
platform, . detertuiu4 that -,.if : any 'd wad, or
giant ‘ of other strange monster. strived by the.
train, it should not glei•ati - unsten 1 I
half expected -to find.. Mt. Darker Waning 110
the train, but he was not to • be.seen: Tim
to its tite,l, the train 'ertwled'sl4 fwly int'Qtlie•
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staon ; . .and, in another tnoment the pin itlorn
Axal , &ode! with thole strangely-atttred in
dividuals'who.e business or pleasure induces
them to -travel .by 'night. • No - dwarf, nor
giant., nor other strange snoustet. one
passengerfor Newstone, all the whets . bookt4l
through, as wait erident fruit their frantic I
etragglei-to Mid' their seats the moroeut the
bell clashed out,the_ warning note.
And thhi one
.. paisenger 1
task stylishly • '.-dressed. Toting, , itr;thOut
whiskers, but with a . long. fair moustache, •
trhich he was toad . of striklug ltritli,l4 es
- 4nisitely gioied - thumb 'and. - Eager. lk
alighted lanitily from a first 'oB6)mi/flags,
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'.stnilel amiably 'on the porter,' who torched •
hit'r cap, bark up his small hlark . portmanteau,
gave' one hurried,. ati'xions - glanre around,
broke inter a smile again; • swaggered slowly
down the platform, and puslitug through the
Iheavy foldingdoora, emerged' into the 'Street.
I Sonte swell from LiMdidi come to spend
r Cliiisinnts with his fiietnis,'• I said to myself.
I But where can he be gang to at thin time of
this morning I Ntmesof the ions will be open .
[ for above an Kier. N •
l „. ' Without Waiting to consider whether it
Was arty I.ll;:ilit,s of mine, 1 pushed through
the T.lklitl , doors after illt • t bet eler. Ile was
walking slowly acicat the little squibe iii furor
..3f.the station, lookieg frr.in side to side, a - if
not knowing. which 'road to rake. Suddenly
a dark figure glitltd out •frets behind some:
pn-joction i mid' atli'aueed toward !rim. I
could hear the ritulnur of a few wore , . Then
th e stranger took the portmanteau front the
traveler's band, end :tbey went on together at
a rapid par e •noto . the.to.vn. All this I saw
by tire light of the station lain e. When the
two figures got be . .ond their n.re and
passed
.. itri of t iew In the denser darkne-st be
yond. impelled by a vague feeling of curiosi
ty, I drew my coat tdoser libund in,., and .set
Olf afer them at it wealthy pace,' takitg the
-darker side of-the Nemo Ns- I went. I had
nte. far
_io fullJw. Thee , pa-s.-d into IDgh
stieek and stopped opp,t;ite No. 30 A [no
metit and they were troth itiside" the home.
: . . , 11.1 the door was shut ; anot.;er in. Itt.eit,
and I saw the light shim ag-froun , 3lr. Dm ke's
morn in. the. second floor frokt. "
Havieg no expt l e.tation of seeing anything
more,l turned. back to the Aloe, and there,
bending over ajoviai fire, frill gia , hually int.,
a doze, M which • Mr. Darke, rite traveller,
Cary, a black dwarf, and Milks the draper,
were all mingled in a fantasticslranta, retole
in . g et d,e",41) in my weary brains. Vt bat had
-the relegrapaic message to do with the natal
some tort elerl i sleepily kept asking my
self at intertals an few minutes; but with
out to.ubling myself to find an answer.
Sudden:l% a new light-burst upon its . I start
ed up, thoroughly a-wake, and teatia.z open ._
the dispatch book - , read over again the fits:
part. of the mestage : sq,einonlingers ilarti
by the mail to night." Well,what had that to
m u with the handsome traveler - I Why, this.
dont the traveler weir a pair of deli ly-tittimr
!emote-colored - gloves I• and wasn't the outside
seats of the fist linger of than tight hand
glove burst open I This I had notieed as lie •
stroked his Mika-tat:lie. HUT, even inplaviiaz
the , rav e let to be the Lemotifingora of ilt,-
me - si ze, wh e t about the black dwarf 2 There
was no bh.ek dwarf. He was alone. Alone ?
Ye-, b u t bad be iii,t with lent a bark purr
illali , elU, of,which he . seemed to take - par-ie..
elsr pile, IrrUSiej,:,lo let the feetet go tott..h
'a. take ii out of llselrittliage ? A theory, it , -
g•-r, ous„ but itnpii.bable. 1 retivokt-.1 to In, .
self, as I put ant .the g:t. , and drew up the Ishnd
to admit the cieggling day. _
34,. ,i o , v was over at 8 o'irlo .k. The Lat •
nhatf rut on my 'arc howe. passing it
.soup of people statei-ing near a te k triaze
.bas. I was certainly star tied by a Been, gruff
.4..... ex. hairdo., , 1,3 St'utie one. -We shall tre
off iu half a minute more." I would piek
'-hat e...jea frown a thi1114411 , 1 ,as Mr. I) ok -'s ! I
I exclaimed under icy 'death, a s I glan c ed I
,quiekly wound. ° .
I is wrimp ha I diarierael,exeole two persons
a roan amid a woman, Wh.) were prepasirg ro, I
t.ke their platteainolle (rain The - perrte, !
whom I took for Mr. Darko was a b.ltkr. ;
middle aged man. -dressed in a, good suit of
black clothee. He liatlblack hair. and thirk
Ida,k evelenwe'; his; whiskers were black.
meeting full Old {rosily und -r the chin ; his
fare war rale, and inane I by the small-p-,s,
red his eves were black, jawed and cunning ;
altogether a &wee fellow, whom it would be
unwise to enratze. .
0.. ompanion . % face.l could not - see, it
iwino ewleeniell by a thick- veil: hot judging
from her fle•nre. she emid not he Hllnce twen
seers -Id. She wag n 4.11, !Int 1141 ... t.pr con
..P;cuott.lr n•t* TA. ha+itor ricer her .Ite.-
r,,itiminl,ti% a,* riot shawl, comfgrtahlel"ok
ink enniorit certainly on a Chri.onviq itr ,rn
ur i.I AEI live vite.l.l4 ~,, .1
_ , t 1.•
arie 13144 •of leown cOlorwl (dose. thnt i , ete
w. , rn by the cantor (land% wito.soriverl bl
nioio -trn;o • tb e -snme pt ir o f elnvev.
doubt. b„,:nrr if,e , senin of the fi ,
fitore , of tin: right _ lintel n 11 , 11 e torn. The
;1% •he indf!ntir.i rkrtlnit , elnl.
i.ar..61 1 1 thi% time by Mr. Dstke him
4 elf. - Whnt can it nil "menn,4
Un.ler rtniinn4 ta,e,,....n,. 1 shonl.l
have R. ()nee em. to 1..41 nod .lept , ill two or
'tope 0'..100k in the ~Cernonn. I.ut on Cliii.t.
twig tint - "ctioll a proceeding vr,,a not to be
ton t ;ll)3r. So. hnoving lc ealsf >sted. I Put. ~.n
mv Ftn,lav snit and left horne wl,lll the in:en
Ilion of taking n len ! : .troll in the emintr..
1 13..fme .R..tting out, I went to :he 4tn.i.n to see
if ronold not induce a certain friend to ac ..
-c•‘mesny rne, when whom should I ?rem on
the vial fotro but Mr: Chimp, the chief 4;oa
stalde 4 Newstone. .
Mr.'"Chonri is a small. wiry. active looleing
man. withdt.AiltVetilla' and llnfliaAnt stir a
if he Rea in want of anmethino to do, Mr,
1 nilroon'l , :la a FA1 1. 111412'. Allen CCMllleflAlleP: he
v*lri..bin hat.very much at the hack of hi.
',Mad, and generally disPtivs an Alm& am;ilint 1
of :-hit homm :•seeming. in 14 quirt war, to'
invite the er.nfi(lenfo of-every one. But, tell
him something that interads hip. excite him
bring him ont of rli e _n4...ii.n into this g00 k,..,
mood- and von will ape his eves hecotre Weill
and therein_, Fa fentotea sb.trien, lin.] his
teeth 'glisten, 'Hit- rooks' tit 'snob- 8 -moment
sts sianoe:onattod full of ro isehipta4 a ties[
cat Crouching for a Spring. M. Chopp is a
distant. relative of mine hr marriage. and. wasl
aware of the-state of Int'affections. He was{
in the passive mond when T ericetintered itiml
a n the i.latform. and looked the most atiiiabl
and a; Ve• 1 4 of'men. . • .
• •stEli.w Are von this meWnino r he said al
we 'PIMA hands. "flow "now is 'Call Have,
the old maw:aria •A7Pil . tntple matters tirt iet•ll •
' Ishrtiik my bead riisonottolatelv.
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'.Well, faint -bsiart, col know," he added
with a sinile..",What itrings.me down here . ;
Biisiness. - Jo be stir. . The fact is.". m7steri[
omit. tabitig me by the huttots, 91,. re_ was,'
asi rinlirir,s7.laiy committed last nlght atl - rrin:-
11 . 46, . qeiiiiiintetty, to a large ,mount vrttit
Suiten; Front inftwmatiort I received half,a4
heuv.ago it_v. tele2N - .113. 1,haVe:111 , 1 , 200 . to '-
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litre that one ofthe.accoanolices. laving l i
his possession A cOrtaidiirahltipart of the ittntit.
firopett)'..iririYeif bere*ty:o44jp*ing , 4
lbe *ail train - . A.....apnAer .rptirg., gp_t4;
fasbii•aable drifted,. ligbt'Aiten: wowtsob..
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gt.WEAIE ALL EQUAL INEEODIF: GOD AND 111:1;
entrost, cr4ar*p . 'stornimj, stir 11, 1858
wring a pair . of Ireton-Ontored kid gl..ve',
.
nd iirirriing a srnsill.hlark p Tronntau."
"Mr. Patke's friend, by Jupiter
what do yyti tne'in ? v ) :raked Choop
nrply, ttith bin eager ferret lut, noir
illan.ed him Ht envy. iito, another man.
tore minutes sit - al.-01 to Ott him in pn•ses•
on of All I knPiv. Mt. %not. gfro an idalo4
niwrvelatble feck Hittl-his thumb, Hial a tall,
1 4,rainly man,liaying: the appovltice
if a fat•M lainirei in hi- best 01,04.4, louligell
p, arid 1 reeognized Timodiy, Mr. Chop's
t r iakiiiiatsuboidiunte.
Mr. Choop rent Timothy .r,ff in number
t titiy-nine to ntake . eitain inipt'ries ; Brett
I.leili himself to the booking tab,. . to sr-k the
elk %holier he remembe , ed to what rtatiilt
!Ir.. Darke and iris emu iyi !Tin %%we biiiikeil.
he clerk hooked so many pits-engos' by that
iain -that he could not po..siti•y retnembee.
lat he t (links, through to London Mr.
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(( }}''hoop then giesiied tune to act-oniptily bill' lip
the ielevaph offiee The ei u dit o'oloek train
laid Lordly got Loll wv, to London yet. By
consulting n Cali,- table Mi. elitiop found riui
ht what part of ili!• line the halo thi g ht t o b e ,
Zo at his retries; I tel to the statical
at" which it wi old next stop—vale a brief
ileseriptiiin of Mr.•lhoke and hi. eompanion„
de -i trig the trainto be rwarehed on its at rival,
t nil tti e .indivi'dinil- in question to be detai n
e 1.. In a quarter of art hour He secetted a
r ply : Tire train Inc, b e en seitruhed, but no
i alividual answering to the description 'gjveir
%nn were In iC. '
"Telezzaph -to ale!, station where the train
has stopped," said Mr. Chip, till you dis
eiover"at which of them the man and woman
A out."
So I telegraphed to four stations without
s iceess, but the fifth answered, "Yes; the in
. ivideals you mention reached here by the 8
. M. train."
I'll have you yet. Jim Riley r' exo!aimed
It r. !.)hoop with a grim stntle. "Fred, my
,toy, if vou want to see a bit of fan, and like
thgo with Timothy and me you are welcome"
-lAs the clock struck twelve. we found our
ive-. at Fulwootl Statioit—Mr ...hoop, Tint
olthy rind myself.. Afer tnakik a few itipit•
res of the station master, Mr. Choop sent
littio.hv in one di'ec-ion, eh le he and I
took another. Mr. Choop put cautious ve—
t tins to several individuals, but w thtmt ga-n-.:
ing 'lily deeisite istfolmation. Neith e r was
'llinottlty when W Mel him, all- to furnish
say satistiottory tutellieen.-e. Mr Ctio tp con
s deted for a few . momet t : 'lt !toot be a ,
I hive suspected all along," said I e at fast.
' We shall tind them at the ten tramps.—
S tep out IR iR ; best foot f trernost:'
{ We left the vilTa L Te at it oil i•I pare, avid
stilt keeping; into the high. road girt two . ii
I J arrett, rtl..,orland eaW - ary. Field., hedgerows
Hit(' It.-e+, wete gt .(1.1:.11) left heltind. anal
;2' length t- e w. re shut its on every si•'e -by
110 , uck of moor, IA hioh , stelst awat
eau can r-neb, and I own! tilt
17:m ‘6;11 their . 1 111i01Pa. gmirvirill hoes.—
hitt/. a time. ;: , ..to•
, n halt miller the I.e of a higher hillock
.‘jr. tAklrag
l ai,elawbereil wile hill, and took a :..tealth%
1. , e over Ile then beek,,a,.,l
to t L'elling over, I 1. mat that
‘..te the sinnton of a mtg.• of count r%
om wltu hth • ,();,(1 slt ept down into a •mall
alley. iu the cdthile or which, awl
Or flirt, road, t•••ooti a stnall -(plare iton-e.
1 The Ten Tiams. I dare wager that
in Rile , : and hi- wife ate in that Lowe. "
till Mr. Chopp. •• It i- a notorious gathering
•it• e for'4ll the rogues ill lite distiiel. "
1. Mr.Cl:o ,, pdese..mietl,nnd he and TOOO . ll
tl.ta s•eeret etelticil for it .nie minute:. Tien
lin•hitt• opened a small in ndle—br.iT , b: alt
ih- way from New.tone—istel proceeded, xi I.
ouch gravity, to sptluet him-elf into a wa.,
nier'‘ ',Me mock froek, idettliCttly bia 4,-,1
,hd lititit,med, airier the fa-Ilion in whir!!
1,71 1 40tv.-r- delight. He next rurneti . np the
).010 , 0 of lii. - fustian tit.w.er.. so aq to hi ci•
0 .;o,more i T. nni !eft View ht. hotei up boot
in-14 h., ._Ave his hat ,tt •pll-01 b •ek. and lo
tittlil tta-Witril e amid t.e, off nt n ~.vingittp
in the &tee i... 11 of INe Ten Tramp..
lllis•ling. the h o wllp.s av h e .. e ., ..M
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Jho.pil le
and I 113 --rd iht• Xi Ilia hour 10
Vro , her, rin . ,king . eivlrS 3111 11114.115...iiig iitl4;ll.
11 1 / 1 11.t . 5., Nllll a -glxnee o+er the itlll..ek cram
1 1. . 40 tit three tninuies; in the dileeliom of ili.
Why not writ till nigh , ," I a-ke,l M ,
" when 3on e,uh.l npproneh the inn
IA shunt be,ing .een.?"
I " nter dna:. we shoal.} he reit%
-112 e finding,lf-a-41 , 4A1 tough cu-tottn•f•
.liete..ho would in ,ke the II:1 ,• er kw ••(.1.
" Then eltv tea lake I a f-a-,toz.n men wttl
o u. ton , , , id ii-k I'
- What er...Eli • iiiere be in that ?
When Tilt 0 by awl I fail, it %Ain be tin. 6 I'D
• ugh ru talk awnt earotig in tither a.sisiatiee
l'i.ere be is !'
hnuai Ity was Inung;ng iugainsit the door
po-t, ,tn .king a lung clay Opt,. While wr
...ere. watching him tie took off' hint hat and
s-,a chid his hest' trigurutn.l3 ;- a seetiud
tine; irtiir a !bird time.
" All right !" said Mr: Chimp. That wa-'
the .ignal. " Lend me your cap. Fred. an d
v.ti take my hau ; I don't won't Riley to ree
• g'. ze me till I get imo the bons.,"
Haring made the transfe-, 7 we *et off, Mr.
Chimp walkilig with an as-coned
Timothy was still smoking his pipe at the
door when he reached the inn.
' ''' L'oine day, mister."
"• Very tine, my titan," replier! Mr. Ch'top.
' What sort of a tap have you got h e re r
'I Oh, tralviTh. You'll firing] the landlord
tttnewhete insoble. .All the-women folk sewn
to be'gone out somewhere." . .
" Two . glasses of your best ale, landlord."
exelnimott Mr. clump to . a burly red. headed
men wiL3 a villitiriou4 countenance, who came
forward ettowling• su-irieiouttly. The laud
I:ods Lar; VI - as liardly,turned liefore.a quick
whisper wasezehangtd between Timothy and
Mi.,Clicop. We ' 'were lighting our cigar
wheu• the landlord returned With the ale.—
at shrived 'us \ into a smell , room, and weLeft
theeint r etryitieti still ititoking • at the door. 7—
Ile Seemed to" . be A thiyi , iy mitli, this country
, roanjur -hi nailed for glass after . glass rapid—,
I Lt , ,,es:if fully determined on getting drunk in
l'anisibiortest fill:441111e - tirite. Lie d rank so mtioli
that the - landlord's big jug was 'at la-t; ett
/
I bawled. and he lighted u candle to go dr.wn .
into The -cellar, .to.tltsw,more.,aly.. ~Lbtolly.
.liad. the latidlord reAtelied . the ft:Atoni:4 the.
i cellar steps before the door,wats quietly It,tktked
tttsltitit:Vhitn. ~. . r .
rrr:.., 1 . , • : , .
lir. Chopp's apatiii!aninlied in a Tonlno.:
Mg 104444 iiii.tnnitstiitind,4l*eli
•.. -
. .
dangerous. " G.• into the garden," he wills
limed to me, "and take your Kiang] belowilie
witol.4 Ott the•left. , pimps otit
—thou g h 'I don't have iitue'—lay.
hold of him and stick to him till I come.—
Now. Tim. quick and - sileUtT.' Mr. etwinfi
and Timothy each' pulling oat an ugly•lOok
ing, stall, crept tip stair as stealthily as two
I, eig l e ., whil e I hastened into the garden.'
.A mingled noise f shooting said 'oaths,
e. o w n ed a,isoitian's wild shriek, the crash
ofa 'falling table, end then the window was
flung ip, and Mr. I)arke, dashing madly
through. f.dlowed closely by Clamp. They
value to the viand almost together, and
rolled over in a tierce, struggle. But Mr.
Dal Ve twice R strung as his opponent, was
uppermost, siding astride of Mr. Clioop.—
Oniy. for tune moment, fut th e next my arms
were r. u .41 Irs iecr. I give him a sudden
iniek with ale me strength. . Chnop no w
um his fee:, whipped out his hawked's, Mid
had M.. Da. ke sale raid fast - before that ludis
vidmil could recover his brettift.
At tins moment Timothy appeared, escort
ing Mrs. as I suppose she ought to be
esi hr.!, and carrying With in lid. care the stn ill
black portmanteau Mt. Cli..op opened it.
and I petcetved it tr. be half full of. watches,
ring-, pins and jewelry of various kind-. The
woman's veil, tour thrown back, showed' ine
the, midnight traveler minus the niuustache;
:t bold, forward looking, good featured wo
man. bearing- her till-femme wi it a liatigb.y
indifference that. excited Timothy's admira
tion.
Tile landlord, kickin; at Isis cellar door
and calling to 1;e, 'et out- long befssre this,
was released by timothy, and very blank he
basked when he beheld how 1114 guests had,
suddenly come-to gsief. By Mr. Chimp's or
dens he bronglit out Isis h0r4.0 and lightseart,
and ae ,drone, back through the daikeuing
af:ems on to I.llwisotl.
Throu g h Mr. ()hoop's iedefarigable ezer
tions the who'e of the gang of burglars was
s o eedilv captured , ' One of there turned
Qoeen''s evident:. ; and it carne out Ow-Mr.
Riley was the plahn e r only of the bu•O tie
which they had all been tamed fur- some
time back ; it beiuz, his duty to pick out the
premises to ba rArhed, tp make plans of
them and arrange „the details of the alma,
leasing to others the mere mechanical part
of The busineN N and teceiving a certain part
tf tI a proceed. fur. ins part of the labor.'
Three 4f/tr.:tiler Christmas day I received
a n o t e input Mr. Lamm:ter, a,ktag, me to g..
over t 4, !I'M - Wine. 11 , he wished part leek tly to
,ee me. [le 'received Maio his graei.m4- way
ook-d the litiou t rli and Orion:zit from.unoet
itt* busily gray e%Aroovs, too Lined t> e . to a
-ea', then k• : .
' I e e.ve,l ye-te.ifay 'amnia!, from Mr.
3ii itermita 01 6 . t ertatU eveut,i telatlve
t t ~. viii lifirglitry on my protiiif-t.,."
" burgla!y pm! Sir r' •
.•• Ye-. Were run, Ho aware of it
I sVIO4, 110;314 . 1
tort tlrru Ilse SOffr.tler,"
" Satri. how.4et, i% the
‘ eitqe," replie4 Mr_
L4tea - t- er y AI.. (loop ittrorms 11te that it .
WAS 11114Tgli pm he first obtained the clue
v t i;h ettaillati him to track mid capture ism
•.f ttie pug. nod reeilver a purlion vi the siu
leu pityerly, and that lie wits tutti.h toilet) e.I
to ‘our - ctiitiage ttn.l aellvity in the caviare
o It ler. lud, I all not an vug K tefel Ma n ;
1. , u have lung hail a likitig 6 r toy rittgloei;
believe is re , J.ned by her, liJt
off Itt-
w e nut in a Ear , itiun to marry. I will take
you ar an n. , 46 , nni in my Mini', at n moderate
ant if I find tlatun Ming ittto vow
uo v tun e k i t alumna of intrilig.,.neenol ac
I am told you no..esi., I will rid•
v&mee you a. co dingle; and. providing von
40 .1 ('art remain in die same mind anollies
at I viol n o t olject to your mariiage.—
Lbl me have die-morning.—
tind Cat y. in the parlor."
I need h,uril Kay tliat„Giry and I are very
alAti 10.;..te, Cimoitwisene , er he favor:7, us.
wi t h a ral in mir tiow Iruiu. end bbiug% u
n of L«. ii cAngeis; who, Dow that, M
wutklog out Isio, bervitude, is
d• inri wAI l u ker iu the ho
mityy mai Nottingham Mar..
Ho* Nellie Lee Waft Pawned
Have yin eter 'mulled , a wati•ii I Don't
out, trailer. I know till Are highly reg.ew
le,that nn h.,%e a hott.s. in Gramercy p rk.
n , l m bah-in.-a of seve.al thou-amt at the
M.-,chants' Bank, no, ertheless ton may e
eel. ',Need ineiteton.tunee.. which rendeled
neee-too for you to !man %Our welch. 1
h a y.- kilo wit amen as ri,h and env twnt AS I Oa,
sneak in a leoiple of hatter where three gold •
d ,hate eon...plea 114, an i, under :he
!rime of J ^liti Jo es, depasite e.ertalin articles
.f jewelry as Security fur vermin tolling sums
f monev.
I have known a clergyman pawn a din
stood breto-pin n a miry day. in order to
isise enough of tttunet to pay his cab fare.
have know n 14, lot df literary liohrtnintis, in
1..1a11.1. Had „Pal is. sop iAraweyening emit, 01
Spro.i-h mantle. 'I .oice pawred two Dres
den china shephe dettes. - and a vase of the
same'material, that o,natte•n ed mv mantel
piece, in (ode; to raise the . ninarV 10 I ay the
paper no which I wrote no at title for Idlack•
ap al's Magazine, that twilight me in fifty
pounds. I have been acquainted with il l s
4.-sceialants of the Medici in Landon, Pat
Vienna, awl now I am going to tell you the
n.sult% iif my acquaintance with them in
New Volk..
Them is a' eert skin sale street running across
Mosul wiiy..which I will, with your permission.
'call Chicory street. Chicory street is
.hot its
- moue, but psi ma about to white soniepri
vrrte matters in connection with it. it would
not be either delitette . or judicious if I were to
be geographically correct.
In Chicory streets rep des a gentleman
mooed. Lazarus . Levi, whose .spacious
oh! 6816013 * rd house, is the repository I,f vari ,
ons'articles of property ladonging to number.
lesk 'enlightened hot . distressed Citiiens' of the
United. Stitch —The lower Mr. Levis
dwelling is fitted up front, Very
dingy nod dusty, so that the - Several ortiCle.'s
Tesitosed view in the ivindoer a;is bet dimly
- seen. 'There are flutes,: with Vain' sited
that have..laid , l4ifent fur tears.- The dostlit?t,l
"thick on the' emhochure of each ;' for the lips. : l
that blew there the graduated air have shrunk
into wieres.kin.b.og ago, and theitgile Ottgen s '
that fa n 'oEer,,these hOen icre boss lotrge,lkties„.;
that lie Itete tliere, - .lleVer $ 111Pg;
gather on-,earth „!,,1
You tffltri sorti4llilogn
window. Oalifo - rnin dinnidads; real dianiOndi
RIMM
eery rate_; batdo4, rel chof disappointed min-
Awls ; guns, rugga-tiveof sporting Engliih
mPti hard tip ; silver teti-pota, now Wink and
lin"fieetriif hinting -at tetrible domestic di . s
tre.,ges in some poor brine, and mak
ing ton see the thin
the
stealing ou t at-night
r.dr-e money on- the family valuabl4s to feed
the chil, free.
Thd interior of the shop is ilevwed to dry
goods the details, however, can be but dith
ly made out, owing to the extremely dodos,'
light that pervades the store.- Even in the
broad- da) light, a juificions twilit ht exts'a, in
M. Le% i's. What the French call derni
juur, is much affected by lovets_and.gentle
weir who spirt, their watches.' Thriitm.h this
m w
ystelious ino-I)nm one can feebly' die
ruw9 Of shelve , ' packed rightly. with
GNI k bun..le.. of wetting apparel, end thinly's
gown :nil Patr ick's Sunday coat l'e there to..
gethe until nest months wages comets to se
parate them. , •
Mt. Levi is my friend: Marie occasionally
mercantile transaclons with him; for' I am
a literary man,"and it oc metimta. happens
that I need five dollars. On the.re, occasions
I navel round my room, as M. Xavier de
M a i-t re m a y he supposed to have &one, in
-earth of some approptiate token of esteem,
to convey Mr. Levi, iu order to induce him to
advance the. required sum. In this choice it'
is peeps:ray to exercise discrimination. For
instance, I know that it will never tIo to pre=
sent my stamped velvet waistcoat three time.
running. Aud if I were to. take"--My little
French clock to Mr. Levi too frequently, the
ericle_would 'pull upon lam, and my credit
be iml aired. Va.iely is necessriry to personi
of Mr. ; Levi's position. Continual patridge
d,siro)s their-appetite. They are epicures,
and must fie fe I with novelties.
Accordingly one day, having need of the
traditional five dollars to meet the exi.amee Of
a forthcoming literary soiree at my room, 1
after some deliberation detettnined to present
my Indian chess-board to Mi. Lett, as a token
of my affection, and murk upon his feelinrr so
far as to ind.t e hiin to present me wi
I,m s ted V. The chess board 14 Et.", ivory inlaid.
The men wale deligh!fully Oriental, being
carted all over. I bad great faith in the ur-
Licle, as it hiid never Ireful() been uuder Mr.
Levi's charge.
I waited until evening. It was a lovely
evening for _pavvviog. A. kl.i.uk fog,. damp
and threilteniag rrin,liung over the trees, so
t' . at there were but few pa.sengers abroad.
Chicor - v street was almost deserted.
I tang'iit Mr. Levi's private door. it ;CRS
a-privileee I hyd eart.ed, both. by the con
-Taney of Inc friendshi f t'atid the ti , uallv %Mu
ade nature of my presim:a A delightful
Iletoew serving girl, with N nose massive a•
Egyptian architecture. opened the door and
•,daunted me into Mr Levi ' s pthate.parior. !n
a few moments that "emit:intik gentleman
enzwed.
• 'Mt! Ali_ PattiUwe,' lie said, boiling 0111
\ ei • -W but ie e ev e , 6.e1)
'A lath.: matter I want you to auTinge
me; I replied. unn•lling my silk lianktor-ettiet .
from the cites ssimatd. '1 want fire dtilltas
on this for a few
_._...< tIuU
-.llom ! On in v word, Mr Pa pi lota, I'm
sorry-to ..ee a gentleman like you coming here
. ten. It's really too bed!
Levi, as I SNi I before,' took an :interest in
me, and sometimes talked to me .like
tither.
•My good I answered laughingly
`don't take any serial's trouble on my 'accounl;
I'm all gight. You know 'jilt. best of up will
get into difTicullies occasionally. By the
mt ? t, would you like to go to the opera to
111101 lOW nigh
.• The' Jew's • eyes glistened.
ic, those ;Jews.
•Ilave you gut tickets 1'
4 Ile a are two. Can you let me „have. the
money r
'Well. really, Mr. Papillotta, chess is not a
valuable popekty just at present.. It comes
hard un'the intellect. sir.
'fitig is an Indian che , s board.' It belong•
ing to the of Gundsroool, and was
isken loon tile 'royal triple by an uncle of
tome in the Allocote Pencibies, wh was at
Ihe siege of Gitudttiocol. It is at hitc.orictil
elte-s Isom], Mr. Levi. Do Volt chest• ?'
'Not -exacilv, sir. But I came very near
lealuing it one..:
'You know that the pawn is inseparably
eQuntuted w.th the game, I mtispose
•I have heard sOllleihing of the kind, sir.'
•l;otnple:e1) in your line of bus D7ll, you
-ee:
Mt. Levi stared. My joke was completely
lost upon him. It wati'. a very mild joke,
eertiiiiil3; but then, could a better havestieel
.-ip,•ete.i from a man who was begging lot
I'e dollen'?
.rth wiry you don't play: I lotAsned to
continue, coveting my younlal. White with
some other remark. 'I should like to have a
game with Fig. That cl'ess board, I assure
y .u, is Wortfisthirly donate if it is worth n
p , ltitiy. Thank of the ahscciation:
Heaven forgive me, but the Ittith was a
e e ti.m of the inoment.• I bad been made a
p w.e.ut of the chess board by_a sailor who
had voyaged to Calcutta I but: one mug be a
ht;le decuttful now and then in, this wicked
-•Well, I'll, let tou.hare the money,' raid
Mr. Levi; though were rather short to-day. A
great deal of trusreess doing jusi . nuw, Mr.
te;' and, laying the Rajah's property
on the table, lie rtisappeared into the office to
make oui the duplicate.
'A great deal of business doing" That
meant, whe tstrim-hoed, a great deal of misery
wandering about the street Os great many
hut.-us gloomy. fur want of petty sums of
money.; a; reat many poor students moaning
over their vAluable hooks, sacrificed to keep
ing.life enuugb'in them to read those- who
were left; .a great tnatry.--drunkards,.eraving
fur their ,xecusionted poison, and . . getting it
at the cast of neeersaties; a great-many moth
ers shivering .in blatakeiless
; beds that the
little , ones might not starve: -This---was -the
terrihle kind-of business that was ..doing‘;
•
Itgatiteneetiug , on :thie Aim heard '
the parlor door opert,._'and, _s : light.step trill;
-
softly on 'the carpet: •Thinking:it - ryas . Levi
,eturning with the money,' did:not• raja° rap
head..; -`PreNently • a-'voice--ah, - . - how.'llnlike,
Levi's buttery4ewisli - :aceents.!—Startled
'flow. my 'reverie:. . • •
can plefat.cliess,%itsaidvety
• up. liadt!filYl' .; A-_4lll4kt.,p ; rett•
tu re,:atioist oxteett: ts i;VIt hlong,.._ (ale
hairysod lirge,.fretiutiftil blue eyes, coed ; juSt
*stlyttirt:.the-,400r staring Meiji. e,sopyr ; trp ;
bird tit bias . 016'.wiadirie is 711:101i
half fearing to:approach, pa longing to come
nearer. " • • - - •
'And who on, earth are you I asked, ab
ru Iv '• and as 1 spoke flaw *ea glance that
the blo od the-children of Israel did not run
in her Mein., blue NoinA: • -
'l'm Nellie refilled the apparition,
'and I'm in pavru,'• •
'ln, what texclaimed; 'ender the impres
sion that I must have been :deceived' in the
absurd stntement I bad justlteard., ,
:In pawn, sir; she repeated; as simply as if
;he was saying that she i'as in bed.
'And Who put you into pawn, in the name
of all the Medici may I aik V I said, scarcely
aide to keep my countenance.
'Father pawned • me Air money to 'buy
paints' answered this extraordinary deposit,
•and I am so lottesorne•-z-ob,l you can't
think I' • " •
.What is your 'respectable parent, may I
_ --• •
•llels an artist, sir, and ha haaltut got an
order, sir, and he. wanted money for the can•_
vas and the paints to finish the picture. He
paints beautiful pictures; indsed• be t.los 1'
She seemed styvery anxious about my - not
doubting her fathers ability that smiled' a
sort of accent, as.if !Were trerfectly convinced
of his rare talents, and ..was immediately 'ac
quainted with the merit of every one-ornis
productions.
' Where • do'they keep. you r. I ask2,rl,,half
jestingly. for the whole afftir seemed so'like a
yee:leville, that I expected every moment to
• hear some unseen audietteo 'applaudiitg the
performance. `.llo they put you in the safe
with the jewelry, or lity-yun in on tho shelves
with the gbwas and coats
No sir, I live- up stairs with M. Levi.--
Father- will come, though, in a few days, with
the money and redeem me:
All this as seriously as if it were the corn
munestthing in the world'for distressed fath
ers to pawn their childegn, and keep the du
plicates in their waistcoat pockets.' .
• Have. you - ever been in pawn before, trims
Nellie Lee r
' Oh, yes, sir. Father painted the "Seven
Sleepers of Ephesus' with what ho g ot on me,
1,
Itt.t. fall.
This was really more than I could Stand,
and I lay bsek un - the old hair-bottomed sofa
and roated with laughter. The depealt stood
before me - with a grave and patient demeanor%
neither surprised at my meriitnent tior appa
.antly thinking that there was anything at all
I.in'gular in her position.'
`You say that you play chess,' .I said, at
Last checking my tnerrintent by it, great effort.
out of respect for the fair face arid beauti
ful' eves that I saw before Would you
like to play a game
Oh, yes,' answered the deposit, should
like it very much. You csn't think—'
We sat down to play chess. Ido not
know how long we were at it ;'but this I
know, that if the entrance of Mr. Levi had
not disturbed' us, it wutild• have continued
UrSt um% e. Cuill um Tug
which Ow blue eyes seemed to be intenzli
studying the black eyes. Thep another move.
T, en mute conversstion, until at last the ri.;
val forces on the ,Rajah's ivory battle field
Lot inib such a state of-eonfu,inu that I be
hove Herr Harwitz would have become a lu
natic at The first glance he crest upon-them.
As 'for me, I thought of nothing but the
simple, beautiful young creature who sat op
posite to me , and, in spite of myself, vislans
suchtk.iipz, muting id. Out my lonely
chambers, makitor'the gloOm gay, and caus
ing the bachelors barren life! to bloom like
the dry roil of the high priest; ..
In the midst of all this in came Mr. Levi
with my five .do'lars and the duplicate for the
chess-board. He seetned_raiher astonished
at the quiet intimacy which had been so sui
I.denly established betvteea myself and his de
posit..
• Mr. Levi; said Ito him I had no idea
that you lent money of . this species of per
' sonal secutity. I have a rich old uncle, who
wcn't die and leave nie my share of Isis prop
erly, that 1 would be very glad to raise some
thing on. How much will you . give iu;:i on
him 1 He's in an excelle'nt state of preset,*
dun, and has served in the last war 1';
'Oh l' he replied, laughing without paying
any attenti. ti to my proposed. avuncular ex
change. ' Nellie Lee is a 'capita) girl, and
its sometimes as well that she should 'b e
away from her father. and here he
inside an exptessive pantomine suggestive of
rain. I, looked at Nellie.. Ifer. large eyes
were filling with tears.
' Doti% be angry with me, Nellie,' contin
ued the patvnbioker, kindly. • You, know
that he bits Very bad habits or you would
not be-here. MY wife is
.very fond of her; Mr.
Papillotte; for iliac matter' her father adores
her, and as he never will finish any of hi;
pictures without the spur of :oi.ne terrible ne
eessity, we contrive
,to get . him to put Nellie
to what he calls pawn. and Oen he is sure to
work to girt the money to redeem her. Nei
- lie, child, don't cry.
I went to the poovchild,lind took her band
gently in nivlown.
• Nellie Lee,' I said, 'you love your father
They lore
try mu h'
She nodded her head, and shook off a tear
or two upon her lii d.
`lt is but, right you should do so: But
voti are in it strange- position here. Your
fuller is not fit-to - your guardian, and you
will nut always meet with. pawnbrokers as
kind as Mr. Levi. • Now what you -ought to
do is to intrust yoirrself to the care of some
man:who is young-and strong, and who, with
vonr fair face and good influence to stimu
e him,' will work for you day and night ;
and love you- as dearly as ever your father
did.' - •
She shook. her head gently, and still the
Itears fell. • • . • -
You think such, atrone tumid he forma.
You are wrong... if yo4:could bring yourself
to accept* his •protOctiee if you . could per
suade'yourself that 'it suddenly born can
be -as vigoious ands litiiirtgluaithaklitims.
years to ruaturt,,you. never - would repent of
ji swear it.' „". , •
'1
And where 'is there : sunk: an obeli-de=
Minified If.vi, with a riabigled - inarediditY and
'Ouriridty twinklit.g m• his blaCtif.liiiiish
' r tatierered'. want
: but eireh - sn'
ohjeet: usilits to . 'Nemo tudnittnotra.- - • .1-havetrbili
tieS, if I tarn, thitmto acedtwit,' of thrill,
- atit' - iMitrineed;'ititil,' - 'fiter : all, if ;• the. Work'
should coma,, nothing ynder:heaven can' keep .
ritit_froto may mode's
floe Will 011ie' Ma (eV' her
L.:ertlV Godi4ae ' l `frill
-
Adttegiidid , te tie tintit &MO .4
MMMMININEM!
1
' :. .... 14 ' 14
FINE
/1,01=05, guinttr. 18.
L
The little beart ;blank no longer, and L
411 a slight piessuge from;the atriall band in
mine. It• May have been a tremor, :however.
Ifer father would never consent,' said Levi
'effectively. •' =
Never ; echoed Nellie, in a low murtnir;
luvea me so.' . • _ -
could - I have said,.' What love prthieitkat
puts its idol into a pawnbroker's iliopr but
I dared not insult the pure heart beside me,
and I remained. silent. There was a long
pause. No one seemed to knowwhat to say,
and Nellie's hmild still remained-in ode°. Then ,
na heard a sudden, violent ring at the hall- , •
door Veil. Levistarted - and left the' room,
and still Nellie and [ remained eilent. •
Ina few aeoondaLOwi reentered, pale and
agitated,. He atoppeAkin the threshold; and,
and leaning against the edge of the door, ha'
said , • - • .-- • .
• I am glad of it. Elie his no giardian now
but you.' - '
Sly father r and With a shrielc
froin me, and tleW towards the Jew.
'Poor child!' he : said, laying his hand Jev
erently_on her head,,as if tuibfortune had ren
dered be: sacred . ; •it is so. Ile has left yolk:
' •.
- There was a wild } burst of grief in that
dingy pawubroking parlor,, and::: poor .little‘
Nellie Lee sobbed, and llUttered- like a biid
vainly beating 'against the iron wires of its
cage.' The oldsartist was dead; the wretched
Man unable to resist temptation, had-expend
ed the money br bad obtained from Levi in
drink, and was found by the police in Wish. ,
ingtoa Park stretched dead on one of the
walL•s. - He had killed himself With rum. •
For many hours my poor 'child was.dia
traeted with her sorrow ; and good Mrs. Levi
came down stairs, adorned with unredeettied -
jewelrv, and the blackeyed thick lipped, Miss
Esther, her daughter; wits-al:0 there, stnellitig
of patchouli, and Levi himself-was continual
ly coming in and opt or the shop with little .
bottles of culogne for the child's 'temples, and
vinaigrettes to hold to•her nose.. They were
all so gentle to my little Nellie in this, her
great sorrow, that I Merle a irons on the spot
never to-speak ill of a, pawnbroker again sui
as long I lived. -
But. in time the tempest: wore itself-away.
Nellie came at last to listen to thelew words
of emaolation I cared• to utter; for I am an
unbeliever in verbal anodynes; and late that
evening I might have been seen kitting on the.
din hair bottomed sofa with a fair, round face
somewhat fluAted by weeping, nesting on
my bosom, while Mr. Levi and Miss, Esther
sat by the.fire and-occa.s . Wally looked around
to- admire us.
Need Igo much fun Need•l describe
the quiet wedding at St. Thomas', whew I
vowed‘to be a true husband to Nellie Leert
It would not interest you very much Obi
diem were no orange blossoms; or bade*.
ikd 'no reception and' German
lion afterwards:'
13ut. I nay as icall inform yop that all t
wife that ever wore a ring; and when I visit •
Mr. Levi, which I tin often for old fliendshipl .
sake, I Walk boidly into his house; - and I
have no pecuniary object- so-doing.
On an inlaid-table in my draWitg-roorii
mtands an ivory obese:board. It -Ixlonged to
the. Rnjsh Gundarcool, and was taken from
the royal table by s relative of mine. is the
Albicor• Feticibles; after the_seige of, that
place. In short, it is the very identical otiessi
board which lad to my finding Nellie Lee it
'awn.
A Krea IN MN DaniG- 7 I premed a melded
to my side, and took her baud iu thine;
whispered—" Thou shalt ,be my bride is
marble halls to,shine." By trembling preszt:eq
surerof my , band, the lair one made Yeplt . ;
By this, I understand with roe she'd.live•and
die. Were but that envious veil away, my
charmer, !tow," said I," that I might see the
light of day, beam from thy tender eye: 114
happiness were then 'complete, such loveliness
to;hail; see, see, dear one, sectne at thy feet
—remove that envious veil I" no reply
the fail on* made, unto my loving speeelt,
'twas then a kiss first ea ' ayed, yot should
have heard her kneed) i 'Bet-veil was lifted
now aside—away, ye evening shades. She I
had sworn to make my bride nai Week 'ma , 1
ace of spades..
One. JESSIS.—We are undone, ebooke4,
collapsed ; our feeling 4 violatied ; imr.6onfi
delta, \ destroyed 'Jessie F:rement;-":" our
Jessie," is a humbug, a Midi, :
kl-ctioniering card. There is , no .Fuitb
,ito;
roan—there never :wits. Iler name is Ann—
Ann Banton Fremont=phtin - knn, and not& _
mg more. Jessie was a family .niuknatnei
p:rpetuated through 1858 to catch voters end
make poetry. With. The diSeeirery is_ fatal to
Cul. Fretnont iu 180.
The Republicans can herer.sUrvive the logs
of "our jeisie . l" Whet beehmes'of the army
of two year old babies narned4essielFretnont 1_•
We ,move that they have. an IndilviiitiBn
meeting:—in . Camden .Park of course.—
Springfield Republican,:Frm*ltcepr.
WHAT ne_ THOUGllT.:—An litnntfati;
while making a speech recenq,• Pansed is
the midst of it, and exclaimed: -
Now gentlemen, what do'yon.think,r'' , "
Instantly's mao rose in, thensternblc, and
with one eye paitly closed; naodetly, with
sootch brogue; replied : • I
'"1 think, sir, 1 do, indeed, sir-1 think if
you and 1 would stump in the 'country': to•
gel her, we could tell more lies than any two
men in the country,- sir, aid- I'd not:say
word myself, during the aliole'tiiii4; slt."
Alf" A bind hearted wife, once waited pe -
,i 7e
a physician to request hire to scrsa for
her ire etsband's eyes, which were ) tune..
Let him wash them," DM the dootor i
"every morning with, brandy." , -
, 1 ,.
A few week after, the doctor chanced te
meet the wife. . , ,
, •,WoII, has your husband followed My ad.
14e1. . •
h...runo everything.in'ins,powet 7 td
do it, doctor, tut, he could never. get the bratt
dy higher titan Ma mouthP ,
PourrsEss on ALL OCCASIONS —M.
fre3ftieg.recenity, which took place, at the
attar, when _ the.oflieiatiug priest put tlto ques
lion s " Whilt thou : have this ulna to be. thy
Weddealiutiband 9" eke
.this
the.prettieet
coorteoy, on an t R madraty , which ient her
boaoty an additional grace, replied; "If 11g;
Ole*, air."
follow(
Agr' . Tetra nobility 'it denror Bale. % vial
irtittr* WIN oi Roo,
;„ . 46, 1858.--idt.