X. 4.,Q.56 - ritsQit,' 11thli4tr. 91212 \ T,7flEDgattril,3 ILL GAINS 'NEVER THRIVE. \ A. P.R.IZA' TALE. 1--o -111" 3. MAILS SPERRX.N A clan., br ght Muuttry,day,after a heavy fall of snow ! Any one who has-visited the Great Etnimriurn,daringaleighing time, may imagine the brilliant see& Which - . Broadway presents on suclt a day. Thousands of sleighs of every shape, sice.and variety:are diKhing hither and thither; in such thick confusion as to make it a matter of inexplicable astonish ment how they find room to pass . each other • without coming into collision. here and there a great omnibus sleigh, piled up,with human freight, glide; alonglike.an overload ed steamboat out of its element, while glit tering.establishMents of fairy like lightness and beauty meglancing by them and around them like birds open the wing, The spray, thrown up froin oe - heels, of`the flaming coursers, flashing anl , , gleaming and spark ling in the Wight atmosphere, resembles a shower of limning _diamonds ; while, the 'Rn gle, jingle, jingle of the bells floats.upon the breeze so met ily and cheerily that, your heart leaps with joy. tit thasnund, l'On might almost fan'eythat the bright sun beams were all golden bell ' wires, and that old Winter, with its white - fingers, • was pulling them for very fun. Then, too, the happy faces that peep out 'from' the warm rich furs—the beauty - and glances of bright eyes that beam on you as they flit by,radiant as sunshine and transient its the meteor. Itlash. Oh, what glee is there in old GothMni-in ileigh time ! - -Such was the day and scene. In a magnificent. little shell ,that glided along Broadwayvvere seated a lad '-anda gentle man, almo st buried in costly . furs.-The lady's face Was one of rare loveliness; and. the gen tleman, as he listened to het animated•words, reerned to be-so much absorbed in the con ,terttplation of her'clortm:, that he neglected. ', the reins-arid left iris. steed to, trot along through, the tlirloMz at his own . ., discretion. While th- lady chatted away it a lively strain, herglanCe was wandering over The crowd that arrived along the si lewalk: • Sud denly laying, her hand upon tlie . gentleman's arM, she exclaiined - 'Look, George, what a sweet faCe that poor girl has The object of this remark wits a girl slips- . remit. about seventeen. rather uncomfortably clad for the season, with a thin, faded shaw l over he: 'shoulders, and her lightringlets straying , playfulkfrom beneath.a melancholy apology of a bonnet. -Her features'lvere pale and thoughtful, but full of street expression, and her large, intelligent.-blue eye; - beamed with toujhing gadtgi , S. The gentleman look ed in the direction indicated- by has compan ion but no sooner rested his eye nron the airl)lan a shade of displeasure or pain cros sed iris brow, and giving the, reins a nervous jerk, his nettlesome steed_ bounded fleetly -on ward, bearing the sleigh quickly out-of sight of the pc or girl who had go interest e d his Companion. N • 'Why, George !' exclaimed the lady, 'what do you mean ! It is very disobliging in you to start off at this rate, when you knew I wanted to observe that girl The g entleman stammered out on apology, lasing the blame upon the-impatience of his ItOri.e. The excuse, however, was -too lame to convince the lady. She was piqued at having her-humor thos;unreasOnably thwarted, 'and . pouted the .rest of the ride. When she at 'ength alighted at. the door of her father's residence, in - Meeker - street, she thanked her lover (for such the gentleman was) with .cool civility fur the sleigh tide, and entered the house in a per, leaving him to drive off, ana themizing the incident which had thus dam pened the morning's•pleashre. ile bad an other source of unpleasant feelings, too, than the lady's frown. The bight of the poor girl cin :Broadw ay; whom he very well knew, had given rise to reflections of a disagreeable -na ture,Which will be-explained-in the sequel. To return to the you* lady. When she entered her comfortable parlor, she found a,yonng man standing at. the win dow:who turned to her and said-- `Well, sis, another loiet's quarrel on the carpet. -eh ?' 'Why do you ) talk so silly, John r return ed the. sister. N islAsin that it is so,'-continued i the brother, 'for I saw Renwick as he drove off, looking as black as a thunder cloud,and your own face is as flushed .as if you •had been scolding for an hour.' `Pshawr ejaoulated the young lady. Then, after a moment's silence,she added. 'Well, if you mustNpry into my affairs You must know am beginning,to-dieUke George Renwick, and I don't . think I shall- marry him after all.' . - . 'Ha, ha, lu...riaughed her brother, 'the old song—it will be kiss and make up i .. in less than six hours, again: . 'Very well, you'll see,', she returned, as"she withdrew to-disrobe hei;self of her riding ap parel. r, Emily and John Williams were the only children of a wealthy New York merchant. They had \ been. reared indulgentlyr,and receiv ed an excellent education. John wash fine young fellow of twenty-two ; bad chosen the profession of medicine_ and was preparing to graduate at tbeSpring commencement. Emi ly was somewhat of a spoiled beauty, just entering her nineteenth sear., Indulgence bad rendered her a little self willed, and edu: cation.had made her a little vain and copri cionts-; but she was, notwithiaanding, a girl of fine feelings, amiable disposition, and good setae. With a voluptu.ous figure, raven hair, and piercing dark eyes, Alamo features, a finely cut mouth, and teeth of pearly white ness, she had reignedihe belle of two seasons, and then. plighted her hand to Georgelten wick, a merchant of high standing, and re puted wealth. Renwick - was_about thirty years of age ; a man of acknetwhadged 'talent and enterprize; handiome face and manly form. His manners were blind and insinuating, his bearing graceful and easy, bikaddreis ffuent ond polished. Whether poor affection •or more interested motive's induced him to urge his suit to Emily, we need not say here ; stir fine itit...that i with warm feelings and trusting nature, she -was eas il y won.' The match was aanetiotied by the-parents, and the day fixed for` the marriage was only two months distant froio the period at which-Our story (Tens: When Emily re-entered die parlor, she approached her brother, who was reading by the tire, and in .a voice musically coaxing, said : • 'Come, brother mine, put up your book; have carved out an adventure for you' John raised his eyes inquiringly, and she proceeded—r saw a girl in Broadway to-day, with one of the sweetest faces you can imagine ; but she looked so poor- and sad and cold,that my heart bleed ..for her. But what is mere, her features seemed fainil;ar to me. lam all most sure, John, I ha 4 met" the girt sortie• where in good society: " I Suppme you have,'interrupted John,'what then • 'Why, likely she is some old acquaintatke of.ours, reduced to want; and, if so, what better purpose can I devote this to'--draw•iii from her bosom a purse well filled with silver, and placing it in her 'brother's hand--oind idiot better use can you make of your time this N afternoon, .than by being my mission ary. 'But how the deuce I am to find your poor girl with the sweet face 3' inquired her brother, 'oll,lm pretty certain she sews- at Ma dame G--'s,'for t saw het in the. neighbor.* hood. 'An -adienture; verily Y _exclaimed John, with a laugh ; ‘to•thitik of sending me lifter poor sewing girls with pretty.faces ! A pretty dangerous adviser that, I should sac P en sober earnest, John, I want you to Sod out this girl, and offer her relief from me, if she should be in need of it.' 'ln sober earnest, theri, my silly sister, sup-. pons I should find her, do you think that even a poor sewin'g girl, of any sensibility or mod esty woUld'take money from a man who is a perfectv.ranger to her f Why, I couldn't have the impudence of offering it to her, for my motive would certainly be misconstrued.' Emily was thoughtful. for a few moments 'and then replied— 'But you• can find - out who she is,and' what are her c4cumstances, brother; you can find out her residene, And you have wit enough find some excuse for visiting her parents, if she has an v.' . You are a queer,girl,' said John,-drawing her to him, and fondly kissing her fair check; 'hut after alt, this strange whim of yours may afford something of ati adventure,so I'll humor you, for once. For once He might have said for the thouinn for he always humored her strange whims, as he called them. 'There was not a nu-re affeetionate brother in the sire of York. lie was fonder and prouder of hisNbeautifursister than of anything else in , the world, and would have done ten times as much to gratify even her caprice. Accordingly. after dinner, he reerivcd from Emily a accurate description of the dress and appearance, and posted off on her benevolent. mis:ion." S.ationing himself on the steps of the - hotel, opposite to Madame he waited the remainder .of the afrernbon, watching all who went in or out of the fashionable milliner's. At length, a little after fite o'cl'ock,one alter another the sewing girls, as he judged, came out and de parted,; and, finally one whose dress corres ponded. to the description his sister had given him. It Avail too dark for him to judge whether her 'features were as pretty as Emily had rep, resented them, and this was some little disk. appointment to his raised curiosity. He fol.' toe el her,•however, at a little distance, until, be 'saw', her enter her home,and then returned: to report to his sister. 'You have not half ftilfilled my mission,. John ; you have neither discovered who eltti is, nor ;what are her circumstances!' exclairn ed Emily, after listening to his facetious ad count of having (Rigged her home. 'I intend to, though,' returned John; hate a' plan in my mind now. Have you any sewing to do - -• 'Yes j; I've a dress I shall wan - t, made in a day orltwo. 'The very thing !' said the brother; 'I can go'arid inquire if she ever goes out to sew,and if she does, I can engage her to come and make' yOur dress' 'capital 1' exclaimed Emily, clapping her small white hands. ',Let us go to tea now, and then away with you.' While young-Williams is at tea, we will preced l e him to the house of the sewing .1 girl. In a sm ill room, the furniture of which is old andlla . n, and rather scanty at that,three person Were seated on a frugal spreal tea table. One was the poor sewing girl;another was her mother, a woman of no great age,but wan arid feeble from care and anxiety ; the third was young Man with a high, pale fore ' head, and a face in which deep thought add resolotenessof . urpose were plainly expressed. His features were too prominent'and angular to strike one, at first sight,as being handsome, but every inse-ef them was indicative of ener gy and- force 00 - cbarao er. When engaged in conversatioir, however, .counteaanee liglrted Up with , animation and assumed , a more engaging expression ; his Once was penetrating, and his well, modulated voice thrilliaglfdeep and earnest. , The meal bad progres.sed a few momenta in silence, when the young man, who had been , attentively rel. gardirig the girl's downcast face, remarked : 'You are beginning to look badly', Kate, your Work is too contining;it.will seriously in-, jure y?ur health. 'Oh no, cousin,' replied the girl, in tones, the tremulousness of which contradicted her words; 'I do not. feel that,my health is at all affected by it..' Then, as if anxious to. change the convey,. ration, she turned tb her mother and said :' saw George Renwick, to-day, sleighing on Broadway, with a lady a great style' 'Did be see you, my child. I' inquired the mother. • 'Vet,' returned the girl, 'and appeared very much Iconfuserf, for he colered, turned his head away, acid put his horse fu full speed,'as if anxious to get. Out of sight. as quick as pos sible.' 1 • 'I haiiiyou beard mention, this Renwick frequently,' said the youth, 'who is 14 'ls it passible, Robert, that we have never fold You about George Renwick 1' • possible;aunt.'.. be is the villain who swindled: us out of our property.' • 4 111:4 exclaimed the young man ; 'what property 1 I thought . Foote Brainard died insolvent.' • 'NO, indeed.- The eirctimstances Are these: When George Renwick came to this city :be was a poor boy, and your Boyle took hire-Tin- "WE ARE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION.•' ---fumes Buchanan. _# - .04ttrost, ,%isputaitua Countu Telm , a, Curstran-'4loritiitg, August 19, 1858 to the tore. He gradually crept into Mr. Bhinard'i confidence, until he took Lim in as a 'kind of partner, and allowed 'hint to ,manage the business almost entirely in his own way. Well, your uncle died suddenly, ician apopletic fit ;- the business was settled tp io a mysterious way, and Renwick gave us two thousand dollai4, which he raid was all that was left of Mr. Brainard's interest in the concern, after his4lebts were paid.' 'And did you quietly submit I' asked the young man, . `No, that I did not,' replied the old lady ; 'thirty thousand dollgrs of my own money had been embirked in the business, besides the large capital which Mr. Brainard possessed. I brought suit,bet Mr. Brainard's private papers could ndt-he found, and the books of the firm ba all bean in Rerisvick's keeping. TheM was one %jerk whose evidence might have helped us, but. Renwick bought, him over. 'So we lost the Suit, : The lawyers fees eat ap the best portion Abe two thousand dollars, and wit what was left I bo't some furniture, lk and wen to keeping boarding house. ..You came to the city soon after that, and came to board - with me. -You, have seen our misfor tunes since then; and Shared them too—God blesi(your kind heart, Robert' When the old lady cemd speaking, the tears trickled down her wan-checks; but the young man had not noticed her last words. Ileirad ceased eating, and fallen into a deep reverie. After sitting thus for some Minutes, he arose,and with nervous haste, left the room without - speaking. After the yonng man had retired,the,mother and daughter cleared the table, and sat down to sewing. They had not been long engaged, when a aligbt rap was heard at the door ; on opening it, John Williains was ushered into the room, lie was struck by the pale yet beautiful features of Catharine, and saw that `she was greatly in need of air and eseicise. lie immediately commenced a conversation upon the sulject which had brought him to the house. 'Do you not go out to sew sometimes ?'she asked. She answered him in the affirmative. Ile then Asked her if she was willing to undertake som - e'light She replied that She was just out of em ployment at Madam (I—'s, suds would be glad to get anything to do. 'can you call upon my sister, to4norrow morning l' asked John. „ -Yes, sir,' she replied,'wbere shall I call,and what hour ‘At,No. Illeeker street, at any .time during the forenoon.' 'The name .wii:iams: • 'What ! Emily Williams ?' 'Yes; said the young gentleman,`you know her then I' 'We used to be schoolmates:replied Catha rine, 'but she, doubtlesi, does nor. remember me' Will you favor mo %i' your name r 'Catharine Brainard.' :i.WeII, I shall tell my sister you will call in the marning, Miss Brainard.' 'Y el, sir.' John now took leave, and hurried - home to communicate the reult of, his, visit to hip sister. At twelve, o'clock that night the widow and her daughter had long retired ; but the nePtiew,unconscious of the lapse of hours; sat in his room, poring over a number of old let ters,bills and manuscripts which covered his liable. The eager attention which he bestow• ed upon each-paper, the unusual sp-kle of his eye, and the smile that played upon his mouth, denoted that his task ea; of n ordi nary interest. Before sie explain the nature of it, howesler, we must introduce the youth more fully to the reader. Robert Jordan 'WAS an orphan. His parents had resided in w village,some mi'es from New York, and at their deaf had left him a little property, the income of which was two hun dred and fifty dollars per annum. With this small sum he came to New York to pursue the study of law. lie found hi. aunt keeping boon:ling house; and went, of course.; to board with her. The old lady knew but Kittle of the management of a loarding house, and consequently was unab'e to get along at it.. The greater ptirtion of her furniture was seized for debt, and she was compelled, with , what' was left, to take rooms in air• old house near North river. Robert stuck by her through ali her misfortunes, and with• the little sum he was- able to give her, and the scanty earn ings of Catbarine's needle she was enabled barely to live. Robert had, just a few weeks prior to the date of our story, been admitted to the bar, -and was daily expecting to make an arrangement to get into business with some old practitioner, which - would enable him to better the condition of his aunt and cousin. What the old, lady bad told Wm at the table, that evening, of Renwick's -connection with his uncle, had made a forcible impression up on his mind. There was an old fashioned secretary in his [room, and in examining it,he discovered a secret drawer, filled with papers. A suspicion flashed upon his mind that these papers might throw some light upon his uric le's business. He retired immediately toll's \ room, and upon- examining the papers, his suspicions were confirmed. They were pri vate papers relating to Mr. Brkinard's affairs, and contained evidence that, at the time of his death, be possissed a large amount of property, out of which, it was plain, Renwick must have swindled the widow. Nearly the whole night was Robert closely engaged,making himself acquainted with the Contents of the pipers, and when, at length, he threw himself upon his coach, his breast was throbbing with , hope and his head ach• log with'excitement. When Robert arose, lite in the morning, he found that his cousin was gone to keep her Sp. pointment with Emily Williams. He communi cated to his aunt the discovery of the papers,and his hopes, and begged her to place the whole affair in his hands, as her attorney. The,old lady,-nearly beside herself with joy, gladly con• sented. Her next thought :was to send for Catharine, and communicate to her the agree able tidings. This Robert opposed : and advised his aunt to keep the affair perfectly secret. He stated that the recovery ofathe property would be both difficult and uncertain, and that it might be dangerous to excite in Calbarine's breast hopes, the disappointment of which would be too great a shock for he' feeble health to bear. The old lady saw the justice of The remark, and; hoWever loth, acquiesced in Pohert's wishes.- ' The latter immediately went to work with alas• rity to put matters in train for bringing suit a gainst the Windier. Catharine in the meantime, had fag with a reception from Emily Williams as gratifying-as unexpetted. Thti latter, as, soon as she heard the-name of Catharine Brainard,remetribered her old schoolmate, and, with her natural, kindness of heart, strove to make her forget, for one day, at least, her poverty and her sorrows. She'made tier lay aside tier sewing at five o'clock, and W aisted upon - her spending the. evening with her in the parlor. Here, with her brother,she stroto to amuse and render the poor girl cheerful, and succeeded so well, that Catharine felt happier than she had for several months. She did not feel embarrassed, nor out of place, in the splen did parlors of the wealthy merchant, for she had been reared in just such aplendor,and was scarce behind Emily Williams herself in education and accomplishments. She had that morning array ed herself in her best apparel, which, plain at it was, displayetkher delicate and gracefnl form to advantage, and the-pleakiffable excitement she felt, had brought a faint tinge - of color to her cheek, which added much to the ,beauty of her sweet face. Her manners, too,were as easy and natural, although unassuming, as if she had never moved in any other sphere ; and John Williams, in discovering that she was a 'deuced intelligent, and perfectly lovely,nnimost entirely forgot the fact of her being a sowing girl. Early in the evening Renwick came in: His surprise at finding Catharine Brainard Emily's guest, was plainly enough manifested in - .his looks to the fonder; although it escaped the ob servation of the latter. He was embarrassed and confused ; and, after sitting a few moments, in uncomfortable restraint, pleaded an urgent engagement, and left Catharine had left sv.rrd at home for her cousin to call for her at eight o'clock. Aecordingly, at eight o'clock, Robert was ushered in,-surprised to find Catharine enjoying herself in . the parlor, instead of toiling at her-needle. He was intro duced to Emily and her heather ; but the latter had met him before, and knew him tole a tal ented student of law, although his acquaintance with h!m was but slight. Emilyoeemed to'have an unusual flow of spirits upon:this occasion. As her broth'ser ex- pressed it; she w•as "as merry and playful as a -kitten." She laughed and chatted with Robert Jordan; played and sang for , him, until ho caught the spirit of her vivacity, and became as much .1 borne and flarnitiar as tr be had been among old acquaintances. To finish the amusement of the evening. she set her brother to playing the piano and waltzed with Catharine until she was giddy. It had been a long time since the cousins had passed an evening of so much . delight ; and so fleetly did the time pass,that they were astonish ed to_ hear the cloak strike eleven,' when they scarce thought it nine. When they took leaVe, Emily accompanied Catharine to the door, and bidding her good night, with a• kiss, slipped a purse into her' hand, and glided back into the room, - before the gateful girl had time either to refuse the gift, or utter her thanks. As soon as they were out, of the house Catha- Tina burst into tears.. Robert :understood her emotion and did not attempt lo check it. By s he time they bad walked a square or two,how oer, she became composed, and commenced a conversation with her cousin upon the incidents of the - day, in the course of which she• re marked : 'Emily is a-sweet girl, cousin: • 'So I have been thinking,' he returned. 'What a pity she is going to marry Ren wick !' 'What r exclaimeti Robert, abruptly. `She is to be.married-to Renwick nest April.' 'By all that is good she shall not!' ejticulated the young man in an agitated tone. 'Why, cousin you -are demented ? what are you saying ?' asked Catharine, astonished at his emotion. 'l'm foolish,' rejoined the cousin, ricovering himself, 'but it shocked me to hear of so fine girl being - sacrificed to a villain. But are you sure you have been rightly informed I' 'I heard it from her own,lips,' said Catharine; 'she engaged me to commence next week to make op some of the wedding garments.' Robert made no further remark ; but walked the restof the way in thoughtful silence. When they arrived at their humble home, they ton id Mrs. Brainard uneasy on aeocnnt of their long absence. They gate the old lady an moult of what had transpired, and Catharine upon exami ning her purse; found it to•contain fifty dollars instead of fifty cents, for which she had bargain ed to do a day's sewing. it was with different feelings the little party sought their pillows that night,from thcse which had oppressed theirhftrts fig many nights rte. vious. A brighter day was dawning. A few days after the incident above related, George Renwick was sitting alone in his count- ing room, when his lawyer entered, with an omi nous elongation of countenance;and after a brief salutation said— H have just got wind of an afruit.,Mr. Renwick, that will give us some trouble.' 'What is it r Ask o d Renwick calmly, puffing • his cigar. 'The widow Brainard isle the field again.' Renwick slightly changed color, but affecting unconcern, calmly returned— 'Well, if she is fool eionglcto revive the old suit, she sill get her fingers burned again. A few dollars transferred from my locket to yours io the way (4 fees, will be the amount of the trouble,lsuppose, eh, squire'? isn't that the state of the case ?' - 'I rather fear die business is a little more so riouti this time,' returned the attorney. Well, let it come, so,that you keep it Dff till after the first of April, d'ut content to•stand the brunt.' ' , 'Unfortunately, it is not altogether a civil suit, and can't be put off. That young devil of a Jordan,,her nephevi, is making a criminal ease of it, and the issue must come at the March N term.' 'Criminal ease! March term ! What do you Mean ?' rn'esn,cepliod the lawye'r,bluntly;thst young Jordan, as wily as a fox, and as keen N as a blood hound, is Moring heaven and eartb,to indict you for stindling, forgery add perjury.' .„. . Renwick set his - teeth card together, and seemed 'scarce able to breathe for a moment,then, with passionate energy, opened his desk, and taking out a roll of bank bills, amounting to five hundred dollars, he pieced them in the hands of the attorney, bxdaitng between his clenched teeth— . , 'There, sir ! crush the scoundrel, crush him and I will be your debtor fi l o double that sum ?' 'That will be no easy Tatter,' returned the lawyer, as he coolly' fobbedfthe fee.l 'His shrewdness and energy are aitezing. . ft beats all, sir, how ho hate managed to bring about this Liminess, so quietly and'effe?tively. I'll do my best, however, depend upon that.'— And the lawyer abruptly withdrew, leaving Ren wick- with a fearful foreboding of impending ruin at his heart The fear that-hie villainy would be unmasked, his wealth torn from him, and his marriage with Emily Williamsprevented, filled him-with almost insupportable agony. pe had all along been preyed upon by a - guilty con science. The wan. half star,...l wife and child of his benefactor, whom he had robbed and beggared, had long haunted him, with startling terror, driving rest from his pil low mild peace from his breast; but this last dread of being convicted for forgery, and per haps doomed to a felon's term in, the state's prison, was distracting. 1 - le assumed as much fortitude as be could under the circumstances, and taking an early op. portunity to ate Niti betrothed, urgediiri itatnedi. ale marriage, offering as an excuse for his im patience, that busikess would compel him to go to Europe early in the Spring, ad'd he wished to take her with him. But Emily; whose feelings towards him had lately undergone a considerable change, frankly informed him that she feared her affections were not firmly enough fixed upon him to justify her in consenting to an early union under any circumstances. He implored end en treated with all the eloquence of whith he was capable. - She was firm in her determination, and his passion finally getting.the better of his discretion, he reproached her with baseness, and left her forever, So much did Renwick fear to stand the trial that was approaching, that he gathered up' what ready money was at his command—amoutting to ten or fifteen thousand dollars—and absconded to New Orleans, where he commenced a course of dissipation which brought him to a level with the common street loafer. Robcrt iordan'recovered the property for the widow Brainard, amounting to some $60,400. His matagement of the suit soon gained him notoriety, and business poured in on him in abundance. One -year Dom that time he led Emily Williams to the altar; and upon the same evening, Catharine Brainard became - de blushing bride of Dr. John Williams. glisguisti My friend Tom'had a natural affection for dirt, or rather dirt had a natural affection fur Tom. It isio him what gold wits to Mideas, whatever he touches,turns to dirt. No matter how white the cravat—now matter how im maculate the vest, the Moment it - comes with in' theßhere of Tom's influence, its whiteness is. gone ;it is immaculate no more. Dogs, sveteps, and lamplighters never pass him, without leaving upon his dress. unequivocal marks of,their presence. Once, and only once I saw him cross the street without en countering the wheelsoof a carriage. I opened my mouth to congratulate i and before I could utter one word it Was filled with mud. The a eless blockhead lay at. my feet, - full length in the gutter. At my earnest solicitation, he once purchased a suit precisely mud color. it was a capital idea. lle crossed the street three times, walked half a mile - , and returned, in appearance at least, unscathed. True, he was welcomed by the affectionate N caresses of a dog that. bad enjoyed-_ the coolness of a neighboring horse pond t_trne, he received a shower bath from the wheels of an omnibus. But to plaster-mud on Tom's new coat has "to guild refined gold—the paint of the 'Tom will be a neat man yet,' I said . as I witnessed the success of my plan. In about half an hour it was my fate to meet a gentleman - with seven stripes of green paint on a bis back—it was my friend Tom Who bad been leaning against some newly painted Window blinds. His man Crew declires tharbe can't see de use of brack a boot when be neber • stay braclied ; and his washeiwoinan, with a very proper regard for her own reputation, has been compelled to discard him, not•from any ill will, but, as she 'declared with up-lifted hands, 'if any one should ask if I washed Mr. Smith's clothes, what could 1 tell them 1' But there were very few things in this world with which Tom could have mote easily dissented with than the services of his washer- woman.' Having no other amusement, one morning, I strolled over to Tom''s•room. I ascended the stairs,sind heard his voice in every decid• ed tone. .'But it must be done and so there is an end to 'Really,' was the reply, 'anything within the limits of po.sibilhy,but to make a coat in' ten hours—l will promise. anything in the world, but I reey fear I shall be unable to perform—' 'lf I double your price would there be an object—' 'Certainly, sir, if you insist - upon it—cer tainly, I will put every man in my shop upon shall be done in time. Good morning, sir.' The door opened end a man with shears and measures passed out. What could Tom be doing with a tailor IN 'Just the man I wanted to set; exclaimed Tom, require your advice upon a very im ;portant affair—which of these cravats do you think - the - most becoming V ° 'And he spread before me 80111 P half -dozen; of every hue and fashion. 'Now what in the name 'of all thatis won derful does this mean, Tom. A fancy ball, is it 1 -You have chosen an excellent disguise; your nearest friend would 'never know you. But. you morn, support the - 'cbrtracter; if you had taken- that of ti chimney sweep, now—hut that would have -beat too Dat um!. Tell` mei Tom, what dries all this amp I" "Why the fact passing a band through his hair, redolent with mecums, '1 ; hare concludid—l think \ I shall be a little more neatin future. You doubtless remember the good advice you gave, me some time since; it has an excellent effect, I "assure you. - Now it so happened that dell the good advice I had given Tom,. this was the very first instance in which- he had seen fit to follow it. So l i eould not attribute the met. amorpbosis of my, friend to my eloquence. Who but a woman ever changed a sloven to a fop. 'Pray, where aro you going this evening;' I continued, 'that you must have a new coat so suddenly 1' 'Going : Nowhere in pirticular. I had, indied,some idea of calling on my old friend, Mr. Murray. No harm in that I . hope! Conviction began to flash upon me. 'four old friend Mr. Murray. And his young niece, Miss Julia, has no share in the visit, I suppose I I heard that she arrived in town last night.' 'Now, upon my word, Frank, you mistakto me entirely. I.did not know that-she was in 1..• 41.-.• ••2ea I —I did not not know anything about it.' 'And so you were there last night, toe I Really, this is gettirig along bravely.' 'Why4 the fiiet is,Frank, you must know everything. I calld last evening to see Mu rray on some Nosiness about the real estate,you know. I had no Mere idea of‘meeting a wo man than a boa Conitrittor, itly beard was three days old, collar ditto, and the rest of my dress in excellent keeping. -I became en gamed in conversation, and sthneliow or other I forgot all about the [cal estate.' 'And so you nie going again to-night, and that is the secret of the new coat ?' 'By no means, I. wanted a new coat, and tailors are so lonk yati know. Do you think blue will become me? Blue is her favorite— that is-1 mean bide—' 'Oh, go on—don't starriniet —blue is her favorite isn't it?' • 'The fact is, Frank—take another glass of this wife=—the &Ct. ii—good wine isn't it! —Been two voYages to the Indies—the fact is, I suppose—l rather fancy—l am a little in love. Tiy a little. of that. sherry. What are the symptoms, Fiank—a queer feeling about the beart,a something_ Which drives the blood thiongh one like. 'Exactly ! I believe that I hate stew Julia; Short and chubby, isn't she-- - -witi red hair, and a little squint eyed I' Frank,l nevet did knock you down,though I have heeti tempted to do so a good many times•; but if ys2u don't stop that nonsenS-e,i. 'Quite valiant in Jlefehse, of your lady love. Fell, Tom, I confess she is ft lovely girl, and to-morrow I will call and learn your sticiess— so,good . morning: ,Wel!. Toni, what suece,As ?' 'Would you believe it I She d:d not recog nine me.' 'Nut rechgnize you 'Yo. You know What a quiz that Murray h. - As soon as he saw me enter, dressed in such style, he carne up,shook - bands with me. and - without giving me a chance" to say a word,introduced me to Julia as Ir. Frederick somebody. And' would you believe it, the little witch did not know. me. I think I shall not forget her so easily. 'Nor was that all. Murray said something atfodt the fellow who calledthere the previous evenlig—a country_cousib be said clear enough but an incorrigible sloven And Julia said he dres sed like a Barbarian. She shall pay for it yet. Such eyes and she steps . like a queen. Welt, Frank, a clean collar does male a vast difference in a- man's appearance: Lotely as Liebe herself. Terrible difference clean linen. makes' The last time I ea* Toth le was scolding his eldest boy for coming into the drawing room with muddy,boots.' • Wind-Bags. " I tell ytin; sir, that Mr. Airblart is nothing bat a Wind-bag—l. wouldn'tzitia twci straws for his opiaign • "And I tell you, air," snapped the Inde pendent.' "that if -he be, the fact proves nothing against his success. The only ques tion is, is he Is bag of the right-sort and of the right sae I •ft is very easy for you and I to sit here and dell a fellow a wind-bag. (as we know be is,) but as far as I can judge the world wants wind more than anything else. It don't seem -to need people who thoroughly investigate things, looking at all sides of the question,-but its railroads, banks,' parties, churches, and so on, call far wind and serer ticialnes.s csotionally—for somebody who can swell and fume and bluster,- making a -grand spread and appearance for a while d until-his wind-bag collapses, and he sinks to his pro per lett% through the lack of-genuine, sub stantial merit and backbone, It is this. world's insatiable taste for wind-bags, my dear fellow, that causes such a crop of ill managed cor poratiOus; half-baked merchants,indompetent mechanics, and over-ldoli2ed ministers. The world is sure to take these people, fora time, at their own estimate, and is terribly 'pointed:vvhen the wind of their. favorites es capes, as escape it will; if they lite long ;enough. I#ut le their palmy season they are great There's nothing Ist they can't nothing that people think they can't do. They lead folks by the nose, wheresoever' they will, blind leaders of the•blind, and they gen etally tumble themselves and their followers into some ditch or other more or less disagreeable. - " No, my boy, it is no use to sneer at a man as being a big of wind, Unless for your own private satisfaction ; for I tell you, he is list the thing the world wants in most cases. Nay, 'there are times when windls teally useful. I have known people *lay scarcely two ideas in their heads, but with the peculiar sort of wind that the case tequired, who not only attained wonderful success , in certain ways, but tuaintained themselves and their wind to thelast,and finalist died uncollapsed ornaments to society, frantically, it is no more a demerit to be* wind-bag than to 'be .a tuan, if one cab judge by immediate results and outside opinion. .11VInd-bags do feast of the world's work ; . after some fashion or other, and it is very proper that they _should have the world's good wc4d and as- much of its money as they can get, and kenp. .To be ddre, - they are, only wind-Bags after all." _ Fw saying, did " Inaariendent" stumtped off, striking his cane. against the pavement at j every' stap.—Bostoit frost. • t 10, Num'ter 33. - Dotal A YAN E.--- i rThe Boston Olive .13ftnzi having Call 'the edittai of the New York. Atlas, a Ya kee; the Atlas man gets off. the following : 1 But we own up to-the Yankee, and feet-no little pridein it 1; but ,we didn't hail - front. Berkshire exectl3t. N We have dropped pump kin seed 'and .haye eaten hasty pudding. and, .• milk in Nei ittaillpshir6, and have plowed,' mowed, reaped and logged it in the State of Maine. Wq have fished for minnows with a pin.hook, arid carried our bread.and butter to school ; rind We have been lordriying on the Kennebec ricer; we have coaxed R club.. footed girl to slide down hill made slippery. - by the fall of pide leaves, on her feet, for the dull seeing Iferleatcb her toes and roll over and over ; and We have gone into the swamps with two pike oi oxeh and a bob sled, when the snow ws five feet deep, and felled trees, and "twitched" l ion all day, and went bottle at nightfall (to " can perridge hot ;" we have been to a few pr yer meetings, that's a fact, and we're been to "he an skique" trt , .. 0 appltl-UCOC, - " . . i 41.5 logs; cir militia-mus• tern. I c'e have helped to make cider, and after wards set ' 4 a•st rwdclle" of a barrel, and sucked it with a straw. We have set up at night in, a saw-mill; and i late set up all night with a - '- gal," We hav la high opinion of johnny c.ke and " sasee get," and we have frequent— ly had ti dater i the making of the latter we have eaten °lir share of codfish and potai toes, with pork' t E t raps, and we gue-s we have., licked a proper portion of lasses candy, and also boys; we have pulled flax for nine pence a day f becisuse we bad the sick headache and could not ezo to schupli.and have had teeth pulled with 'a 3iece of strong ..1 hread i` we have travelled el er the fields ' in spring, With a maul, knocking about what-you-Call-'ems, N and have poppet" corn in the Ashes ; we have turned the griddstone all day to sharpeh a new axe, swopped jack-knives, broken steers and colts, set taps for skunks and wood! , chucks, tapped ogr own shoes, " licked" the schoolmaster, rtiSbed the mill-patis of- the Cream, rind laidl it W the catJpitched into the apple." sassr hooked maple sugar, - and nuntberless other things " too numerous to mention." but for particulars of which see small bills. L FOOLED 1411 r. QLD GeNTLE i r r t. and on; horseback: They ye that ti creel: he tad •jus in Atabitnaj was so 'deep ave to swim it. The Colonel How THE 130 MAN—He Wag f made him bell: come to (it was his borne would slowly divested lons and draw in his handkere ! horn of his sad as - be was a shol father itiOrdihat: &face like a wig,there'is no rna_tute as he breeze holding tremity of his Slowly and took th6oreek. I• imself of coat, boots, pante rs. These . be nicely tied up bief and hurig them on the die, then he remounted, and kt,lat mad, with a paunch of size. rather inadequate legs; !thered apple, and , a blown doubt he made an klterest.ing bestrode his steed, with the gentle dalliance with the; ez nly garment. utiously the old .gentleman. I Half a length and the water was not fetlock i eep. - Eferetbe horse stopped to drink. A ength and a half,- xnd the the stream was no - deeper. Thirty feet fat tiler and a decided shoaling. . Ileie Cal. reined to. " There rosti" said be " be an awful deep channel bettieet thi3 and the bank—see bow it runs. (dash through here." '• A sharp lash made the horse spring -the watery, waste, a etthinothet carried the horse and rider td tq-opposite bank. • I The. creek was •newhere more than zr foot deep A . • cOld yell frydtri 'unsamidanced their approbatidn of the sport as' they gal loped away v.ith 'the Col. after them, impre4 eating ferociou4ly, but they got off and Jeft , him grumbling and dressing himself by the roadside. jar French politeness is proverbial, and the ingenuity and accommodating disposition of French werneti -in love affairs has long been no - table.l But a recent Parisian play affords a touch [of harden nature—or rather, French nature, in this line, which certainly beats the 13JstIspecimens in real lifts or the novels. This isl the plot : Tvio unhappy fel lowsri\ Attbrfipt tc l kill themselves.by suspe siod from the same I idti--ats it happens. The one . is a bassoon player out of employment and in ' pecuniary distrfss; the other is an English man with dial national ennui. Well—the lady (Mlle. Stephanetti) chances to find them while they are ivet alive, and cuts 'ern down.. 1 In gratitu& b4h offer to marry the heroine,. who ingeniously compromises the matter by taking the baboon for a ltitstiand, and the " milor" for a liria-4anti de la ntaisonl •__ _ . _ ---aiii - -4.-------- A Mscisitlitors Ilusasxo.—N - ot.limg since, a widow, one of those whom we are in the habit of calling 'well preserved, by the name of Madame R • , yielding to the ardent solicitation of one bf the young lite raryl men of I' es, married,him. _ On return ing from the c 1 welt and the mayor's office, the lady took et husband aside, and said;N "Pardon me, ivy dear, for I have d6ceived you 1" "In wilat ?". said the young man of letters, mph qoubled. " I told you that I " Nell, and si had two hundr d thousand francs, and --" mind ; it's all the sam to me." ." No, that is not it e,xactly • ' I hails two million l!' The husband forgave her. .. Or Not 101 g Kg.), Spriggles electrified e party who were ieliing long Rtoties,by stating that he had knloWti.seteral thottsands of indi viduals to menr v one bed • tor an entire sea son. The rkysery vanished, however; when Spriggles explained to there that the bed al= lbded to was at oyster bed. burinf an aatnination, a medical student being :sled the question, 'When does mottitidation e i nsue r replied— 'When 4 otl ‘ rop the question and are answered - 'NO. . . 1 tar 'Wha would you be dearT,l.,' said Walter to his sweetbeurt, 'if .I were to press the deaf of Too: upori those - sealing-wax hp,, 'I should be t. stationary: . I - Aso 110741 P, jrar - A dentist having failed to extract, it tooth from a lady. !south, said ! 'Tb fact iii madam, it is impossibk for e anything bad to come from your morta r ' _ ..... ta. -w. • ~., -- - sir A cot4spontry, speaking of the -report on gentlemenis of much,change iii s fashions, says : *- _ ~ "There is gentlemes's t i l pants.this o 14." Very likel-i. ty/(396d it! who pay promptly
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