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NIGHT AND MORNING.
Extract from BulivcrMast novel.
The coineri were at ihcir work. A man,
seated on a stool before n desk, was enter
ing accounts in a largo book. That man
was William Gawtrey. While, with the
Tapid precision of honest mechanirs, the
machinery of the daik tranc went on iu il
several departments, apart alone at the
fool of a long table aat Philip Morion. The
truth had exceeded his darkest suspicions.
He had consented to take the oath not to
divulge what was to bo given to his survey;
nnd, when led into that vault, tho bandago
was taken from his eyes, it was some min
utes before he could fully comprehend the
desperate and criminal occupations of ihc
tr.ild forms amid'which towered the burly
stature of his benefactor. As the truth
slowly grew upon him,. ho shrank from the
side of Gawtroyj hut, deep compassion for
Ills ftiend's dcgradailnnswallowlng up Ule
horror of the trade, he flung himself on one
of tho rude seats, and felt that the bond be
tween them was indeed broken, and that
the next morning ho should be again alone
in tho world. Still, as the obscene jests,
the fearful oatli3 lhatfrom time to time rang
through the vault, camo on his car, he cast
bis haughty pyo in such disdain over the
groups, that Gawtrey, catching it, trembled
for his safely; and nothing but the sense of
his own impotence, and the brave, not tim
orous, desire not to perish by such hands,
kept eilent the fiery denunciations of a na
ture, still proud and honest, that quivered
on his lips, All present were armed with
pistols and cutlasses except Morton, who
suffered the weapons presented to him to lie
unheeded on the table.
Courage, mesarnisP said Gawtrey,
closing his hook; ' courage! A few months
more, and we shall have enough to retire
. upon, hnd enjoy ourselves for the rest of
our days. Where is Bimie !'
Did he not tell you ?' said one of the ar
tisans, kinking up. He has found out the
clovcrest hand in France the very fellow
who helped Bouchutd to nil his five-franc
pieces, lie has promised to bring him to
night.' Ay, I remember,' returned Gawtrey;
" he told mo this morning; he is a famous
decoy I'
I think so, indeed, quoth a comer!
for he caught you, the best head to our
hands that everfs indttslriels were blessed
with sucre fiichtre!'
Flatterer !' said Gawtrey, coming from
the desk to tho table, and pouring out wine
from nvta of tho bodies into a huge flagon :
To your hejlths 1'
Here the door slidod back, and Birnio
glided in.
Where is yonr booty, mon brave?' said
Gawtrey. ' Wo only coin money; you coin
men, stamp with your own seal, and send
thorn current to the devil 1'
The coiners, wIid liked Birnie's ability,
(for the ci-devant engraver was of admira
ble skill in the craft,) but who hated his joy
less manners, toughed at the taunt, which
Birni,e did nut seem to heed, except by o
malignant gleam of his dead eye.
' If you mean the celebrated coiner, Jac
quos Giraumont, lie wails without. You
know out rules I cannot admit him with
out Iravc.'
4 Eon ! we give it, eh, messieurs V said
Gawtrey.
Ay ny,' cried several voices. ' lie
knows the oath, and will boar the penally.'
Yes, ho knows the oath,' replied IJirnie,
and glided back.
In a moment more ho relumed with a
small man in a mechanic's blouse. The
new-comer wore the republican beard and
moustache, of a sandy-gray; his hair wasWif
of the same color; and a blank patch over
one eye increased the ill-favored appearance
of his features.
' Diable! Monsieur Giraumont ! but you
aro more like Vulcan than Adonis !' said
Gawtrey.'
' I don't know any thing about Vulcan,
but I know how to make five-franc pieces,'
said Monsieur Ghaumont, doggedly.
Are you poor?'
' As a church mouse ! the only thing be
longing to a church, since the Bourbons
came back, that is poor.'
At this sally the coiners, who had gath
ered round the table, i tiered the shout with
which, in all circumstances, Frenchmen re-
eoivca bon mot,
' Humph !' said Mr. Gawtrey. Who
responds with his own life (or your fidcli
ty?' I,' said Birnie.
Administer the oath to him.'
Suddenly four men advanced, seized the
visitor, and bore him from tho vault to ano'.li
er one within. Afier a few moments they
relumed.
' He hns taken the oath and heard the
penalty.'
' Death to yourteif, your wife, your son,
and yuurgiandson, if you betray us V
4 I 'have Withcj.son.nor. crandaonuasor.!
my wife, Monsieur le Capitaiuc, you offer
a bribe instead of a threat when you talk of
her death V
' Sacre ! but you will be an addition to
onr circle, mon brave ?' said Gawtrev.
laughing, while againthegrim circle shouted
pplpusc
' But I suppose you caro for your own
life V
Otherwise I should have preferred starv
ing to coming here,' answered the laconic
neophyte.
4 I have dono with you. Your health I
On this the coiners gathered round Mon
sieur Liiraumont, snook nun by the harm,
and commenced many questions with
view to ascertain his skill.
Show me your coinage first; I see you
e both the die" and furnace. Hem I this
piece is not bad; you have struck it from an
iion die ? right it makes tho impression
sharper than plaster of Paris. But you
take the poorest and most dangerous pait of
the trade in taking the Home Market. 1
can put you in a way to make ten times as
much, and with safety; look at this !' and
Monsieur Giraumont took a forged Spanish
dollar from his pocket, bo skillfully inanu
factured that the connoiscur3 were lost in
admiration;" yon may pass thousands of
these all over Europe except France, and
who is ever to detect you ? But it will re
quire belter machinery than you have here.'
Thus conversing, Monsieur Giraumont
did not perceive that Mr. Gau'trcy had been
examining him vory curiously and minute
ly. But Birnio had noted their chief's at
lenlion, and once attempted to join his new
alley, when Gawtrey laid his hand on his.
shoulder and stopped him
4 Do not speak to your friend till I bid
you, or ho stopped short, and touch
ed his pistols.
Birnie grew a shade more pale, but re
plied with his usual sneer,
1 Suspicious ! Well, so much tho belter 1'
and, seating himself carelessly at the table
lighted his pipe
And now, Monsieur Giraumont,' said
Gawtrey, as ho took the head of the tiblo
como to my right hand. A half holyday in
your honor. Clear these infernal instru
incnls; and more wine, mcs ami'
Tho party arranged themselves at the ta -
hie. Among the desperate there is almost
entirely a tendency to mirth. A solitary
rufiian is moody, but a gang of ruffians are
jolly. The coiners talked mid laughed loud.
Mr. Birnie, from his dogged silcnce.secmcd
apart from tho rest, though in the centre;
and in a noisy circle, a silent tongue builds
a wall around its owner. Dut that respect
iililc personage kept a furtive watc'j upon
Giraumont and Gawtrey, who appeared
talking together very amicably towards the
bottom of the table. The younger novice
that night, equally silent, was not less
watchful than Birnie. An uneasy, undefi-
nablc foreboding had come over him since
Hie entracc of Monsieur Giraumont; this
had been increased by tho manner of Mr.
Gawlrey. His faculty of observation, which
was very accule, had delected something
false in the chief's blaiidness to their guest
something dangerous in the glittering eye
that Gawtrey ever as ho spoko to Girau
mont,benton that person's lipsi as he listen
ed to his reply. For whenever William
Gawtrey suspected a man, he watched, not
his eyes but his lips.
Waked fiom his scornful reverie, a
strange spell facinated Morton's attention to
the chief and the guest, and he bent forward
with parted mouth and straining ear.toca'.ch
their conversation.
' It seems to me a little strange.'said Mr.
Gawtrey, raising his voice so as to be
heard by the party, 'that a coiner so dex
terous as Monsieur Giraumont should not
bo known to any of us except our friend
Birnie.'
Not at all,' replied Giraumont; 'I work
ed only with Bouchard and two othcrg,
since sent to the galleys. We were but a
small fraternity: every thing has its com
mencement.'
Clest juste: buvez done, cher ami!'
,jrha.waiiejdujculMediJJaivJrRy Jipg3n-3f
gam
You have had a bad accident, seemingly,
Monsieur Giraumont: how did you lose
your eye?'
In a scuffle with the gens d'armes the
night Bouchard was taken and I escaped;
such misfortunes arc on the cards.'
C'est juste: buvez done, Monsieur Gi
raumont!'
Again there was a pause, and again Gaw-
trey's deep voice was heard.
4 You wear a wig, I think, Monsieur Gi
raumont? To judge by your eyelashes,
your own hair has been a handsomer col
or.' 4 We seek disguise, not beauty, my host!
and the police has sharp eyes.'
C'est juste, buvez done viouz Renard!
when did wc (wo meet last?'
Never, that I know of!'
4 Co n'est pas vrai ! buvez done, Mon
sieur Favart!'
At the sound of that name tho company
started in dismay and confusion, and the
police officer, forgetting himsilf for the
moment, sprung from his scat, and put his
right hand into hi blouse,
4 Ho, there 1 treason !' cried Gawtrey, in
a voice ol thunder; and ho caught the un
happy man by the throat.'
It was the work of a moment. Morton,
whero he sat behold a struggle he heard a
death cry. He saw the huge form of the
master comet rising abovo the rest, as cut
lasses gleamed and eyes sparkled round.
lie saw the quivering and powerless frame
of the unhappy guest raised aloft in those
mighty arms, and presently it was hurled
along tho tables bottles crashing tho
board sinking beneath its weight and lay
befoio the very eyes of Morton, a distorted
and lifeless mass. At tho same instant
Gawtrey sprang upon the table, his black
frown singling out from the group tho ashen
cadaverous faco of the shrinking traitor.
Birnio had darted from the tablu he was
half way towards the sliding door his face
turned over his shoulder, met tho eyes of
his chief
4 Devil 1' shouted Gawtrey, in his terrible
voice, which the echoes of tho vault give
back from side to side, 'did I not give thee
up my soul that.tliou-miglitst not compass
jmy death? Hark ye! thus dies iny slavery
and all our secrets !' Tho explosion of his
pistol half swallowed up the last word,and
with a single groan, the traitor fell on the
floor, pierced through the brain; then llicic
was a dead and grim hush, as the smoke
rolled slowly along tho roof or tho dreary
vault.
Morton sank back on his scat.and cover
ed his faco with his hands. The last seal
on the face ol Tub Man of Ciumk was set;
the last wavo in tho terrible and mysterious
tide of his destiny had'daihed on his soul
to the shore whence there is no return.
Vain, now and henceforth, the humor, the
sentiment, ihc kindly impulse, the social
instincts which had invested that slalwarth
shape with dangerous fascination, which hal
implied tho hope of ultimate repentance, of
redemption even in this world. Tho Horn
and the Circumstance had seized their
prey; and the self defence, which a lawless
career rendered a necessity, left the eternal
die of blood upon his doom I
4 Friends, I have saved you,' said Gaw
trey, slowly gazing on the corpso of his
second victim, while he returned the pistol
to his belt; 4I have not quailed before this
man's eye (and he spurned the clay of the
officer.as he spoke, with a revengeful scorn)
without treasuring up Us aspo t in my heart
of hearts. I knew him when he entered
knew him through his disguise yet, faith,
it was a clever ono ! Turn up his face and
gaze on him now; he will never terrify
us again unless there bo truth in ghosts !
Murmuring and tremulous, the coiners
scrambled on the table and examined the
dead man. From this task Gawlrey inter
rupted them, for his quick eye detected,
with the pistols under tho policeman's
blouse, a whistle of metal of curious con
stiuction. and ho oonieclured at onco that
dancer was yet at hand.
.JL.l-hoca.sa4.'oiirI.y,lul.nnlt-f'--llR
hour. This deed cannot sleep; see ho had
help within call. The police know where to
look for their comrade wc aro dispersed
Each for himself. Quick.divide the spoils
Sauve qui peut .''
Tlipn Mnrtnn beard where he sat, his
hands still clasped before his face, a confus
ed hubbub of voices, the jingle of money
the scramble of feet, the cracking of doors
all was silent !
A strong grasp drew his hands from his
eves.
4 Your first scene of life against life,
said Gawtrev's voice, which seemed fear
fully changed to tho car that heard it.
Bah ! what would you think or a battle:
Pnmn. in nnr evrie: the carcasses are
gone.'
Morton looked fearfully round the vault.
He a.id Gawirey were alone. His eyes
sought the places whero the deal had lain
they were removed no vestige of the
deeds, not even a drop of bloody
4 Come, tako up your cutlass, come,
come 1' repealed the voico of tho chief, as,
with his dim lantern, now tho sole light of
iho vault, ho stood in the shawdow of the
doorway.
Morion rose, took up tho weapon me
chanically, and followed that terrible guide,
mule and unconscious, as a soul follows a
dream through tho house of Sleep!
A lady of Tarrytown being out in the
evening, was accosted by a gontleman who
offered to escort her home, to which she
answered, 'Get out you brute!' He
begged her pardon, when sho immediately
replied, 4Ah, sir ! I ask your pardon, for in
a state of mental absence, I thought it was
my husband.'
The express mentions one person who
will remember Inauguration Day as long as
ho lives. It was a garrison oflicer ot tlio
Navy, who went to the White House, in
toxicated, Tho President answered his
greeting with 4 Sii, I am sorry to see you
or any person in your condition, here.'
This sobered him we guess but it isn't
every man who has the honor to bo rebuked
by Iho chief magistrate of the nation. The
man has that to comfort him at any rate;
Amer. Sentinel.
PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY.
There is no room for satire everywhere
That willy journal, N. 0. Picayune, thus
takes ofT profesHioiial jealousy. A Dutch
corn doctor, half seas over, is haranguing
on his skill, in a bar-room, much to the a
muscmcnt of tho hy-standcrs, when aYan
kee corn doctor drops in lie loo having a
drop in his cyo. Ho could sec, however,
how the game was going and thought ho
would join in. He commenced singing
4 Corn rigs and barley rigs;
Corn rigs grow bony.'
What dosh you mean by dat ?' said lha
Dutch doctor, turning lound.
Just that your'ro a humbug and atnt no
corn doctor.no how you can fix it,' said lha
Yankee.
Vhel, vhat Ish you, troy?' said tho
Dutchman.
4 I'm the genuine corn-excavator and too
manipulator, and ami imposition candida'.o
lor every job in that ere lino in this here ci
ty that's what I am, old pickled cabbage,'
said the Yankee:
Vhat pe your shystemt' said the Dutch
man, 'Uoes you pare or drawr
Pare! pare !' said ilio Yankee; why you
tarnal gumphead, you're jest as ignorant as
Ichabod Dooliltlc's sotrel mare and sho had
sich an aversion to learnin'lhat she would'nt
.i i.:i.t i- .i i .1. i
time, no how Do I pare! No, you igno
ramus, I draw out tho corn by the applica
lion of my unrivalled, magnetic high-press
ure plaster, that's my system, you animated
pot of pickles. Do you think, added tho
Yankee, 'I would cut into a man's toe as if
I was diirpinjr a Dutch dvke. or exolorlns a .
Mexcan mine. Why, if that's your sys
tem you ought to be indicted under tho
maiming act.'
widow of C5, who had nothing to do could
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letters, 810.G67 words, 31,173 verses, 1,-'
139 chapters, 07 blankf. The word 4 and'
occurs 40,227 limes, ' Lord' 1,854; Rev-'
erend' only once, and that in iho 114tli
psalm. The 27th verse of the 7th chapter
of Ezra contains the alphabet. The 19th
chapter of the 2d book of Kings and tho i
37tli chapter of Isaiah ate alike. The first
man recorded as having been buried in a
coffin was Joseph, COth chapter of Gene
sis and 20th verse, No whero but in tho
1st chapter of 2d Timothy is the name of
' grandmother' mentioned. Two particu
larly fine chapter? to read you will find are
the 2d of Joel and the 29th of Acts. There
is no name or word of more than six sylla
bles in the Holy Biblo.
HOW TO CURE A HUSBAND.
A woman, whom her husband used fre
quently to scold, went to a cunning man to
inquire how she might cure him of his bar
barity. The sagacious soothsayer heard her
complaint, and after pionounoingsoino hard
words, and using various gesticulations,
while he filled a vial with colored liquid.de
sired her, whenever her husband was in a
passion, to take a mouthful of the liquor and
keep it in her mouth five minutes. The
woman, quite oveijoyedat so simple a rem
edy, stiictly followed tho counsel which
was given her, and by her silence escapes'
the usual aunovatice. The contents of the
bottle being at last cxpcndoJ, she returned
to the cunning man and anxiously begged tc
have another possessed of the same virtue.
' Daughter,' Bid the man, 4therc was noth
ing in iho battle but brawn sugar and water
When your husband is in a passion, hold
your tongue, and, my life on it, ht will nol
scold you tn future.'
A"ti) Sojfa Stuffing. Somebody in U
tica. New York, is making a new ar'ticlt
,for stuffing sofas, mattresses, &c. which oi
account of its cheapness, is likely to super
sede other materials. It consists of light
curled shavings from bass wood.
Twenty-two Millions of dollars wen
appropriated to various purposes at ihe lati
session of Congress.