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The GeiUIcmau Beggar.
AN ATTORNEY'S STORY.
One morning, about five years ago, I called, by
appointment, on Mr. John Balance, the fashiona
ble pawnbroker, to accompany him to Liverpool
in pursuit of a Levanting customer for Balance,
in'addition to pawning, does a little business in
in the sixty per cent. line. It rained in torrents
-when the cab stopped at the passage which leads
past the pawning boxes to his private room. The
cab man rang twice, and at length Balance ap
peared, looming through the mist and rain in the
entry, illuminated by his perpetual cigar. As I
eyed him rather impatiently, remembering that
trains wait for no man, someting like a hairy dog, j
or a bundle of rags, rose up at his feet, and bar- J which he devoured like a ghoul, and set to work
red his passage for a moment. Then Balance to unravel his story. It was difficult to keep him
cried out with an exclamation, in answer appa- j to the point ; but with pains I learned what con
fently to something I could not hear, 'What, man vinced me that he was entitled to some property,
alive! slept in the passage! there, take that, whether great or small there was no evidence.
and set some breakfast, for Heavens' sake !' So On parting, 1 said " Now, Mr. F. you must stay
saying, he jumped, into the ' Hanson, and we
bowled a;vay at ten miles an hour, just catching
the express as the doors of the station were clos
ing. My curiosity was full set, for although Bal
ance can be free with his money, it is not exactly
to beggars that his generosity is-usually displayed; '
so when comfortably ensconced in a coupe I fin
ished, with
' You are liberal with your money this morning;
pray, how often do you give silver to street cad
gers ! because I shall know now what walk to
take when flats and sharps leave off buying law."
Balance, who would have made an excellent par
son if be had not been bred to a case-hardening
trade, and has still a soft bit left in his heart that
is always fighting with his hard head, did not
smile at all, but looked as grim as if squeezing a
lemon into his Saturday night's punch. He an
swered slowly, 'A cadger yes; a beggar a mis
erable wretch, he is now ; but let me tell you,
Master David, that that bundle of rags was born pafke GardenSj on our vvay. i knew that lhe cor.
and bred a gentleman; the son of a nobleman, the onet and Hveries of his fatherf lhe marquiSj wouW
husband of an heiress, and has sat and dined at mgure mQ an audience whh Mrs. MoHnos FUz
tables, where you and I, Master David, are only Roy.
allowed to view the plate by favor of the butler. . My scheme answered, I was introduced into the
I have lent him thousands, and been well paid. iadys presence. She was, and probably is, a
The last thing I had from "him was his court suit ; j very slately, handsome woman, with a pale com
and I hold now his bill for one hundred pounds, that plexion, high solid forehead, regular features, thin,
will be paid, I expect, when he dies.' J pjnched, self-satisfied mouth. My interview was
Why, what nonsense you are talking ! you very short. t piunged into the middle of the af
must.be dreaming this morning. However, I'll ( fairt but had Scarcely mentioned the word hus
light,a weed, in defiance of railway law, and you ( band, when she interrupted me with, 1 presume
shall spin that yarn : for true, or untiue.it will fill, vou have lent lhig Drofljcale Derson monev and
up the time to Liverpool.'
' As for yarn,' replied Balance, ' the story is
short enough; and as for truth, that you beg, as my
Jezebel bade me when we parted.'
I lost sight of Molinos for a long time, and
when I next came upon him it was in the Rookery j erlV and if you refuse any assistance mu8l take
of Westminster, in a low lodgeing-house, where I j olher sures.' She rang the bell, wrote some
was, searching with an officer for stolen goods. j thine raDidlv on a card d lh footman aD
He was pointed out to me as the 'gentleman cad
ger,' because he was so free with his money when
' in, luck.' He recognised me, but turned away lhe addre3s of my solicllors; apply t0 lhem if you
then. 1 have since seen him. and relieved him'.u:-?. i n . i
have since seen him, and relieved him
more than once, although he never asks for any
thing. How he lives, Heaven knows. Without
money, without friends, without useful education
of any 'kind, he tramps' ihe country, as you saw
him, perhaps doing a little hop-picking or hay
making, m season, only happy when he obtains
" u- B V ne r inr0UgQ ine i Casern andFashum, of Lincoln's Inn Squarej and
kitchen whiSpers,.ihat you, knojr come to me, that lhere T wa3 at home. j had had dealings with
he "entitled to some properly; and I expect if he the firm before. Th are a l3 forhalf the ar.
jyasto die his wife would pay the hundred pound isl , wbo al TUn in crowd3 ljke shee
WJMb at any rate what J have told you 1 1 after the Same wine merchants, the same archi
know tobe m and, the bundle, .of rags I relieyed, tectg tne aame norse dealer5f and the sam6 kw
just.now.s known n every Uueye's lodging in ,t may be doubted whetherthe qualjt of
England as the 'gentleman cadger.-' ' ,& , , . .
thn moono i T..I. T i i " i 1 1 i I
This story pro'duced'an impression upon me I
am fond of speculation, arid like the exciterhent'of
alegal hunt, as some do & fox-chase. A gentle
man .a Jbeggar and a wife piling jn wealth, rumors
of-unknown property .due to the husband; it, seem
ed as if,tber,e were .pickings, for me amidst this car
rion ofjpauperism. r
'Before retumingofrom Liverpool, I Jiad purchas-.
ed the gentleman beggar's acceptance from Bal
ance. I then inserted in the -'Times' the following:
advertisement : Horatio Molinos FUz Roy. If
this gentleman will apply to David Discount, Esq.
Solicitor, St James'', he :w ill hear of someting to
his advantage. Any person furnishing Mr. F.'s
correct address, shall receive 1. Is. reward. Tie
was last seen, &p,' Within Jwenty.-four hours I
had, ample proof of .the wide cirpujation ,of ihe
Mjimes;' My 'officewashesieged jvith beggars.ofi
every -degreemen and ;wornen, lame and blind,
Irish,-Scotch, arid Englislvsomo on crutches, some
inbowls,1- some in go-.carta. They' all knew vn
as the 'gentleman,' and I must do the regular fra
ternity of tramps the justice to say, that: not one
would answer the question until he made certain
that I meant the 'gentleman' no harm.
One evening, about three weeks after the ap
pearance of the advertisement, my clerk announc
ed 'another beggar ' There came in an old man,
leaning upon a staff, clad, in a soldier's great coat
all patched and torn, with a battered hat, from un
der which a mass of tangled hair fell over his
shoulders, and half his face. The beggar, in a
weak, wheezy, hesitating tone, said, 'You have
advertised for Molinos Fitz Roy. I hope you dont
mean him any harm ; he is sunk, I think, too low
for enmity now ; and surely no one would sport
with such misery as his.' These last words were
uttered in a sort of hideuous whisper.
1 answered quickly, ' Heaven forbid I should
sport with misery ; I mean and hope to do him
good, as well as myself.'
' Then, sir, I am Molinos Fitz Roy !'
While we were conversing candles had been
brought in. I have not very tender nerves my
head would not agree with them but I own I
started and shuddered when I saw and knew that
the wretched creature before me was under thirty
years of age, and once a gentleman. Sharp, a
quilline features, reduced to literal skin and bone,
were begrimed and covered with dry fair hair; the
white teeth of the half open mouth chattered with
eagerness, and made more hideous the foul pallor
of the rest of the countenance. As he stood lean
ing on a staff half bent, his long, yellow, bony fin
gers clasped over the crutch-head of his stick, he
was indeed a picture of misery, famine, squalor,
and premature age, too horrible to dwell upon. I
made him sit down, and sent for some refreshment
i -
in town while I make proper enquiries. What
allowance will be enough to keep you comforta
bly V
JJe answered humbly, after much pressing,
'Would you think ten shillings too much !'
I don't like, if I do those thing at all, to do them
shabbily, so I said, Come every Saturday and
you shall have a pound.' He was profuse in
thanks of course, a3 all such men are as long as
distress lasts.
I had previously learned that my ragged client's
wife was in England, living in a splendid house
in Hyde Park Gardens, under her maiden name.
On the following day the Earl of Owing called up
pon me, wanting five thousand pounds by five o'
clock the same evening. It was a case of life t)r
death with him, so I made my terms, and took ad
vantage of his pressure to execute a coupe de main.
I proposed that he should drive me home to re
ceive the monev. calling at Mrs. Molinos in Hvde
want me to pay it.' She paused, and then said,
'He shall not have a farthing.' As she spoke,
her white face became scarlet.
'But madame, the man is starving. I have
strong reason for believing he is entitled to nroD-
fot J
peared, pushed it towards me across the table, with
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the air of touching a toad, saying ' There, sir, is
umm yuu nave auy uiauu. ivooert, snow me per-
son out, and take care he is not admitted again.'
So far I had effected nothing ; and to tell the
truth, felt rather crest-fallen under the influence of
that grand manner peculiar to certain great ladies
and all great actresses.
My next yisit was to the. attorneys, Messrs.-
ian aiiu lauu uiaiiaggiiiEiius tucy gcv jjn ino pun
ciple is quite equal ,to, Jheir wine and horses. At
any rate, my friends in Lincoln's Inn, like others
of .the same class, are distinguished by their court
eous maunersj deliberate, preceedings, innocence
of legal technicalities, long credit, and heavy
charges. Leasensv the elder partner, wears pdw
der and a huge bunch of seals, lives in1 Queen
square, drives a brougham, gives the dinner and
does the cordial department. He is so strict in
performing the latter duty, that he once addressed
a poacher who had shot a duke'a keeper, as ' trjy
dear creature,' although, he afterwards hung him.
, Fas hum lias chambers in St. James street,
drives .a car;, wears a. Upland does the grand ha,
ha ptyle. .
My business laywith-Leasetaf fT?heinterjiews
and letters passing were numerous. However: it
fcame at last to the ibllovvngialogue
Well, my dear Mr. Discount,' began Mr. Lea
se m, who liates me'Hke' poiso'nV 'I'm really very
sorry for that poor dear Mr. Molinos knew his
father well; a great man, a perfect gentleman; but
you know what women are, eh, Mr. Discount 1
My client won't advance a shilling ; she knows it
would only be wasted in low dissipation. Now,
don't you think (this was said very insinuatingly)
don't you think he had better be sent to the
workhouse ; very comfortable accommodations
there, 1 can assure you meat twice a week, and
excellent soup ; and then Mr. D., we might con
sider about allowing you something for that bill.'
4JMr. Leasem, can you reconcile it to your con
science to make such an arrangement Here's a
wife rolling in luxury, and a husband starving !,
' No, Mr. Discount, not starving ; there is the
workhouse, as I observed before ; besides, allow
me to suggest, that these appeals to feeling are
quite unprofessional quite unprofessional.'
But Mr. Leasem, touching this property which
the poor man is entitled to.'
Why, there again, Mr. D. you must excuse me;
you really must. I don't say he is; 1 don't say he
is not. If you know he is entitled to property, I
am sure you know how to proceed; the law is o
pen ; and a man of your talent will know how to
use it.'
' Then, Mr. Leasem, you mean that I must in
order to right this starving man, file a bill of dis
covery, to extract from you the particulars of his
rights. You have the marriage settlement, and all
the information, and you decline to allow a pen
sion, or afford any information ; the. man is to
starve or go to the workhouse.'
' Why, Mr. D., you are so quick and violent, it
really is not professional; but you see (here a
subdued smile of triumph,) it has been decdied that
a solicitor is not bound to afford such information
as you ask, to the injury of his client.'
' Then you mean that this poor Molinos may rot
and starve, while you keep secret from him at his
wife's request, his title to an income, and that the
Court of Chancery will back you in this iniquiti-
ty.'
I keDt reoeatinff the word " starve." because I
saw it made my respectable opponent wince. Pounda wfJ. raPidly m.eliin& henu.h? lPvi j116
t t ii i ii. . ti t I to a grand dinner at Richmond, which included a
Well, then, just listen to me. I know that in i dozen of the most agreeablef good-looking, well-
the happy state of your equity law, chancery can't j dressed dandies of London, interspersed with a
help ray client ; but I have another plan I shall display of pretty butterfly bonnets. We dined de
go hence to my office, issue a writ, and take your Ijciously, and drank as men do of iced wines in the
. , , dog-days looking down from Richmond Hill,
client s husband m execution-as soon as he lodg- 0nof the boIfnelg cmvtned Fhz Roy wilh a
ed in jail, I shall file his schedule in the Insolvent wreath offlovvers; he looked less the intellect as
Court, and when he comes up for his discharge, I handsome as Alcibiades. Intensely excited and
shall put you in the witness box, and examine vou' flushed, he rose, with a champagne glass in his
r ; . . , , hand, to propose my health,
on oath, 'touching any property of which you know Tfae ora0ical p(?wers of hfs father had nol de
the insolvent to be possessed,' and where will be scended on him. Jerking out sentences by spasms,
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your privileged communications then ?
The respectable Leasem's face lengthened a
twinkling, his comfortable confident air vanished,
he ceased twiddling his gold chain, and, at length
he muttered,
Suppose we pay the debt V
' Why, then, I'll arrest him the day after for an
other.' ' But, my dear Mr. Discount, surely such con
duct would not be quite respectable.'
'That's my business; my client has been wrong
ed. I am determined to right him, and when the
aristocratic firm of Leasem and Fashum lakes ref
uge according to the custom of respectable rep-
udiators, in the cool arbors of the Court of Chan-,
eery, why, a mere bill-discounting attorney like
David Discount need not hesitate about cutting a
blundgeon out of the Insolvent Court.'
Well, well, Mr. D. you are so warm so fiery;
we must deliberate we must consult. You will j1"- Here take this note to Mr. Smith, and
give me until the day after to morrow and then! that you .don't go to sleep by the way.
xv p. ii writs vou our nnnl riptprrnir.nlinn in inn
meantime, send us a copy of your authority to act
for Mr. Molinos Fitz Roy."
Of course, Host no time in getting the gentle
man beggar to sign a proper letter.
On the appointed day came a communication
with the L. and F. seal, which I opened, not with
out professional eagerness. It was as follows :
' In re Molinos FUz -Roy and Another.
'Sir In answer to your application in behalf of
Mr. Molinos Fitz-Roy; we beg to inform you. that
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under the administration of a paternal aunt who
died intestate, your client is entitled to two thou
sand five hundred pounds eight shillings and six
pence, Three per Cents. ; one thousand five hun
dred pounds nineteen shillings and fourpence.
Three per Cents, reduced; one thousand lbs., Long
Annuities; five hundred pounds, Bank Stock; three
thousand and five hundred pounds, India Stock ;
besides other securities, making up about ten thou
sand pounds, which we are prepared to transfer
over to Mr. Molinos Fitz Roy's direction forth
with.' Here was a windfall ! It quite look away my
breath. . yfi .... ... 4
At dusk came .my gentleman beggar, and what
puzzled me was, hbw'to break the "news to him.
Being very much overwhelmed with business that
day, 1 had not much time for consideration. He
came in rather better dressed than when I first
saw liim, with only a, week's beard upon his chin;
but as usual, not quite so sober. Six weeks had
elapsed since our first interview. lie was still the
humble, trembling,, low-voiced creature 1 first
knew.
After a prelude, rsaid,''find,rMi. F. you are en
titled to something ; pray, what do you mean to
give me in addition to my bill for obtaining it V
He answered rapidly Oh, take half; if there is
ope hundred pounds, take half; if there is five
hundred pounds, fake, half.'
'No, no; Mr. F. t don't do business in that vvay;
1 shall be satisfied with ten per cent.'
It was so settled. I then led him out into the
street, impelled to fell him the news, yet dreadirig
the effect ; not daring tos make the revelation in
my office, for fear of a scene.
,1 began iheitaUngy. ' Mr. Fjtz Pqy.-I am hap
py to say tliat j .find. you entitled to T f . ten
thousand pounds ! 1
Ten thousand pounds!' he echoed. 'Ten
thousand pounds'!' 'he1 yelled, seized my arm vio
len tly 'You are a brick. Here cab! cab !' Sev-
eral drove up the shout might have been heard a
: 1 n cr TT. , . .i
units un- ne jumpea into tne nrst.
' Where to V said the driver,
To a tailor's you rascal.'
Ten thousand pounds ! ha, ha, ha !' he repeat
ed hysterically, when in the cab ; and every mo
ment grasping my arm. Presently he subsided,
looked me in the face, and muttered with agoniz
ing fervor :
What a jolly brick you are t
The tailor, the hosier, the bootmaker, the hair
dresser were in turn visited by this poor pagan of
externals, as, oy degrees, under their hands, he
emerged from the beggar to the gentleman, his
spirits rose; his eyes brightened; he walked erect,
but always nervously grasping my arm; fearing,
appparently, to lose sight of me for a moment.
The impatient pride with which he gave his orders
to the astonished tradesmen for the finest and best
of everything, and the amazed air of the fashiona
ble hair-dres3er, when he presented his matted
locks and stubbie chin to be 'cut and shaved,' may
be acted it cannot be described.
By this time the external transformation was
complete, and I sat down in a cafe in the Hay
market, opposite a haggard, but handsome, thor
ough bred looking man, whose air, with the ex
ception of the wild eyes and deeply browned face,
did not differ from the stereotyed men sitting a
round us. Mr. Molinos Fitz Roy had already
nearly forgotten the past ; he bullied the waiter,
and criticised the wine, as if he had done nothing
else but dine, and drink, and scold there all the
days of his life.
Once he wished to drink, my health, and would
have proclaimed his whole story to the coffee-room
assembly, in a raving style- When I left he al
most went in terror at the idea of losing sight of
me. But, allowing for those ebuhtions the nat
ural result of such a whirl of events he was won
derfully calm and self-possessed.
The next day, his first care was to distribute
fifty pounds amongst his friends the cadgers, at a
house of call in Westminster, and formerly to dis
solve his connection with them ; those present un
dertaking for the 41 fraternity," that, for the future,
he should never be noticed by them in public or
in private
I cannot follow his career much farther. Ad
versity had taught him nothing. He was soon
again surrounded by the well-bred vampires who
had forgotten him when penniless; but they amused
, him, and that was enough. The ten thousand
at length he said, " I was a beggar I am a gen
tleman thanks to this '
Here he leaned on my shoulder heavily a mo
ment,. and then fell back. We raised him, loos
ened his neckcloth
" Fainted I" 3aid the ladies.
" Drunk J" said the gentlemen.
He was dead !
The Power of Kindness.
'Tom ! here !' said a father ro his boy, speak--ing
in a tone of authority.
The lad was at play. He looked towards
his father : but did not leave his companions.
Do you hear air V spoke the father more
i sternly than at first
Wiih an unhappy face and a reluctant step
. the boy left his play and approached his parent.
1 Why do you creep along at a snail's pace,'
said the latter angrily, ' Come quickly ? I want
you, when I speak I like to be obeyed instant
J
The boy took the note. There was. a cloud
upon his brow. He moved away, but at a slow
pace.
' You Tom ! Is that doing as 1 ordered ? Is
that going quickly ?' called the angry faiher,
when he saw the boy creeping away. 'If you
are not back in half an hour, I will punish you.'
But the words had but little effect. The
boy's feelings were hurt by the onkindness of
his parent.' He experienced a sense of injus-
. tIcf; a consciousness mat wrong nau oeen Uone
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IO II I 111. Uj llaiuio ii u nao iinu mo taiii .1 piuuu
aud stubborn, and these qualities of his mind
were aroused and he indulged in them, fear
less of consequences.
I never saw such a boy,' said the faiher
speaking to a friend who had observed the oc
currence. ' My words scarcely made an im
pression on him.
Kind words are ofien more powerful,' aaid
the friend.
The faiher looked surprised.
Kind words,' continued the friend', are like'
the gentle rath and refreshing dews, but harsh
words bend and break like the angry tempest.
They first developo and strengthen good arTec
lions, whtle the others sweep over the heart
in devastation, and mar and deform all that
they (ouch. Try him wiih kind words. They
will prove an hundred fold more powerful.'
The father seemed hurt by this reproof
But it left him thoughtful. Ah hour passed ere
his boy returned. At times during his absence
he was angry at the delay ; and meditated the'
infliction of punishment. But ihe words of re
monstrance were in his ears, and: he resolved
to obey them. At last the lad cama slowly in
with a ploudy countenance and reported the,
result of his errand. Having staid far beyond
his time, he looked for a punisifi)e.i)t and was
prepared to receive it in a spirit of angry defi
ance. To his surprise, afier delivering the
message he had brought, his father, instead of
angry reproof and punishment, said kindly
very well, my sqn you can now go to your
play'agaih.' '
The boy went out, but' was riot happy, 4 He
had disobeyed and disobliged his father and the
thought of 'this troubled him., Harsh words
hadi not clouded his mind but aroused a spirit
of reckless angor. Instead of joining his com?
pajnious he went and sat down by himself,' '
grieving over his act of disobedience. As he
sal thus he heard his name called. He listen
ed !
1 Thomas my son,' said the father, kindly.
The boy sprang to his feet and was almost' ,
instantly by the side of his parent.
' Did you call faiher V
I did my son, will you take this package to
Mr. Long for me V
There was no hesitation in the boy's manner.
He looked pleasent at the thought of doing his
faiher a service, and reached out his hand for
the package. On receiving it he bounded
away with a light step.
There is a power in kindness,' said the
father, as he sat musing, after the lad's depar
ture. And even while he sat musing over
the incident, the boy came back with a chere
ful, happy face, said
' Can 1 do anything else for you, father V
Yes, there is a power in kindness. The
tempast of passion can oniy subdue, constrain
and break, but in love and gentleness there is
the power of the summer rain, the dew and. ,
the sunshine.
The Devil's Gift;
OR THE THREE BARS OF COLD.
A LEGEND FROM THE FRENCH
There once lived in Scotland three poor
blacksmiths. Their habitation was situated in
the mountains which surrounded the pretty
town of Perth. Though ihey labored inces
santly, they could barely obiain sufficiency of
the coarsest food ; and frequent and sorrowful
were their prayers ihat God would send them
some little portion of the bounty which so many
enjoy without merit ; or that their lives and
wrechedness might end together. Labor and
prayers were alike fruitless ; misery alone
seemed their lot.
Despaiing of fortune, they were one even
ing conversing ;
" Since," aaid they, "our prayers avail noth
ing, let us turn to the Evil One, he may hear us
wiih favor V1
" At midnight at the Blackrock mountain I
will await you. If you have courage to meet
me there fortune is yours. Remember mid
night." Speechless with terror, the brothers gazed
upon each other. The youngest at last broke
the silence :
"My brothers, do you hear I Shall we go ?"
" We will obey," exclaimed the elder,
On the approach of midnight, they bent their
steps towards ihe mountain. As they drew
near it, they heard the ringing of an anvil, but
saw neither light nor smoke. With terror they
advanced to discover whence the sound pro
ceeded. They reached the end of the path.
The noise of a thousand hammers resounded ;
but on looking around they saw but a solitary
man at work.
" I awaited you," he said, and was forging
for you. This product of my labor is yours
upon one condition. If ai the end of nine
years you do not return it to me, or the value
it has produced you, you are mine boih body
and soul, and all your possession shall vanish
from the earth. A whim sometimes impels
me to benefit mortals ; endeavor to profit by
mine."
So saying he gave each a mass of iron and
dismissed them.
The brothers arrived al home, nol much
pleased with the event of iheir journey, ques
tioning whether the gifts promised much, and
nol doubling thai they should return them -at
the appointed lime. They fell asleep, thinking"
of their adventure, whose result, by no means
equalled their expectations.
On awakening next morning, they were a
bout io commence their daily toil, havfng almost
forgotten the disappointment of the proceeding
evening, when suddenly they perceived three
ingots of gold, which had replaced the masses
of iron. Their joy was unbounded.
In a short time they resided in a magnificent
palace. Their retinue was regal in its splen
dor. Forgetting their promise to the Evil One
to return the value of his gift, they passed their
time in enjoyment without seeking to ascertain
its worth.
The nine years rolled away in festivals, and
the most extravagant delights. The close of
the term al length arrived. The demon; punc
tual to his appointed time, appeared at midnight,
during a splen'dtd entertainment given at the
palace. s .
The hideous apparition, rising among' the1
guests addressed ihe brother :
"The last hour is about to striko. What7'
have you in return to me ?" -
They were dumb with terror.
An internal smile played upon the features
of the tempter He struck the ground the
palace disappeared. A horrid tumult filled the,
air as the ministers of the demon's vengence
swept away his victims.
Even now it is said that the traveller as ha.,
hurries over the site of ihe palace hears three
voices in ihe air which cry: "Traveller, beware,
forget not the future."
Dog aud liOgic.
A fat old gohtlemari was bitten in the calf of
his leg by a dog. Heat once ruined to tfie
office: of the Justice of the Peace, and preferred
a complainliHgainst a joker in the neighborhood,
whom he supposed to be the owner of the of
fending cur. The following was the defence
offered, by the wag ; " 1. By testimony in fa
vor of the general good, character of my dog
1 siiajl prove that nothing could make him so
forgetful of his canine dignity as to bite a, calf.
,2d.'He is blind, and cannot see to biieit would .
be utterly impossible for him to go out of his
way io do so, on account of his severe lame
ness. ; 4th Granting his eye9 and legs to be
grjodghe.has no tecih, 5th. My dog died sixf '
weeks ago. 6th 1 never-had any dno."