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WHEN THE ITEAET OF TIIE MIN
STREL IS BREAKING.
BY WILLIAM WALLACE
When the heart of the minstrel is breaking
%Vith sorrows by others unknown.
And he hears from his young harp, awalteni
In darkness, no calm-breathing tone,—
Let him look to the splendors that chiller
Around the bright Land of His Bath,
And forget in their glorious lustre,
The dark rolling griefs of the Earth !
Oh ! who where the blue•beamfng river
Dashes on to its home of the deep,
Like an arrow let loose from the quiver,
Could pause on its margin and weep,
When a vision so lovely and splendid,
Like Liberty, bursts on the eye,
And it seems that the slid had ascended
The blue-girdled halls of the sky ?
What grief, though the heart may be broke
Should fetter his soul when he sees,
.Liko a brilliant millenfal token,
Our Banner unroll'il to the breeze,—
While the Mirels that shone thro' Creation
Sat lost from their homes in the blue,
Seem met on the flag of his nation,
Aud given again to the view ?
When the wing of the morn is unfurling
Its roseate light o'er the yak,
Or the cloud of the tempest is curling
Like the banner of God on the gale,
Oh ! who would permit in that hour
The ills of his Int to okrshado
The thought of Columbia's power,
Thus in sunshine and darkness displayed ?
Then bring forth the Harp so long darkling
Beneath the remembrance of wrong,
And give out its melody sparkling
All o'er with the star•burst of song;—
Av ! sing with a spirit unshaken
By the tempests of sorrow and ill,
And see the bold Patriot awaken
To the words of its melody still.
MaIT:i)WIIVC:)MWQ
dl Stranger 1 met at my Club
• TALE OP TUE ILSE OF WIGHT
At the club of which , I am a member.
"the kVhitechapel Athenwum," we were
allowed to bring strangers with us to dinner
—n very great convenience, everyone must
allow, to our friends. I live in that neigh
borhood; I am not ashamed to confess it.
In fact, I have been so long in business, and
have seen such a variety of things in my life,
that I am ton old to be ashamed of anything.
At any, rate, I am above the paltry affee
tion of many of my neighbors, who consider
it something mighty ungenteet t 6 - remain'
in town nt this season of the Tear, and give
out to all their friends that they are gone to
Margate or Gravesend, when I know for a
'certainty that they have never budged from
their own homes. One of them-1 don't
choose to mention names; a dry-salter by
trade, a lending member of our club—in
fact, the only one who endeavored to exclude
me when I was a candidate for admission—
put a ticket in his window with "Gone to
Brighton for t he season" wt itten on it, when
I declare, I have seen him almost every
day slinking through by•lanes and alleys
into his back shop. All this, 1 say, lam
above. I stay in town the whole year
round, and dine at my club every day. They
club,Thowever, it must be confessed, has n
very desolate appearance all August and
September: piles of uncut newspapers,
blocking up every table, windows badly
cleaned, floors scarcely sanded above once
a week, and if by any chance a member does
come in, he looks as if he were detected in
a forgery. The stewarl of the club has
Bono on leave of absence; the butler is
never to be found; dear me! the very wait.
I
ers seem asleep, and on have to wait at
-\ least half an heave - 4dr your pint of wine.
However, in spite of all these ineonvenien•
cos, it is better to dine there than at a chop.
house; and, accordingly, every day, sum
mer and winter, punctually nt five o'clock,
I took my seat at the little square table, up
at the middle window, looking drectly oppo
site into the London Hospital.
One day last week I had dined—mutton
chop, I remember, and pot of porter—and
was picking my teeth very leisurely to give
William time to get me my pint of sherry,
when my attention was called to the other
end of the room, by a gentlemen making a
speech. He was a stranger; a stout man,
about my own age--fifty or thereabouts—
and ho had been brought in by a friend, a
member of the club with whom I am not
acquainted. They had dined together very
quietly—cold beef and pickles, William
said, exactly at three—and, in fact, so little
noise had they made, that I was not aware
f their presence in the room. All of a
sudden I heard a speech proceeding with
most amazing volubility. I was so far
off that I could net catch a word of it, but
I perceived from the gestures he made use
of, and the risings and fallings of his voice,
that he was an accomplished orator. His
whole audience was his friend—a mercer
from Cornhill—a very quiet respectable
man, .who certainly looked amazed at the
performance. It lasted, I should, think,
twenty. minutes; at the end of which
_tinie,
the gentleman sat down and knocked very
loudly with both hands on the table, and
kicked with all his might upon the floor.
• Shortly after 111114 ho volunteered a song,
'twos "Will watch thq bold Smuggler," and
very well he sang it, bestowing at the end
the same hearty marks of approbation on it
that he had flirmilr . ly done on the speech.
My wino was iieiv put before me, and I
placed my tooth pick in my pocket., Be
- lore I had finished ono half of the decanter
drank very slowly—the mercer from
Conduit slipped off; and I thought I percei
‘: d by the doggedly determined manner
I with which he fixed his hat on his head, that
he had no intention of returning. The
(stranger waited very patiently ror some
time, but at last looking all around, and see
' ing nobody but me, he carried his decanter
—I declare to Heaven it was entirely empty
—up to the table I was sitting at, and mak
ing me a very polite bow, proposed, as we
were both enjoying our wine, that we should
do so in company.
"Company, my dear sir," he continued,
drawing his chair, and filling up his glass
out of nt,r decanter; "company, sir, is indis•
pensable to me. 'Tis even recommended
for my health."
"Indeed, Sir," I said, keeping a firm
hold of my wine, for he had finished his
glass in a moment, and looked very danger
(push; at the decanter again.
"Yes, Sir; lam liable to low spirits. I
have such a lot of sensibility; 'tis quite dis•
tres,ing to see me sometimes. Nice club
this is."
"Very—
"l think of belonging to it myself. 'Twill
be a charming resource against the agonies
of recollection, the woes of memory, and
the grief of a too sensible, too sympathizing
heart. You don't help yourself to the wine.
A have had enough, Sir," I said, as re•
pulinvely as I could.
"Nonsense! Enough? why you've had
nothing. Let mo help you." So saying,
he fairly got possession of my pint decanter,
and divided the contents of it equally be
tween us.
"This is the fine free and easy way I
like to see things carried on in clubs.
What are clubs? Confraternities of comm
nial souls. 11l belonged to a club, there is
not a member in all whose woes I would
not have a share."
"And in his bottle, too," I said with a
sneer.
"Good ! good Well, that does deserve
something. Waiter, a bottle of port. A
sir! how charming it is to meet with a good
humored, pleasant, agreeable, witty com
panion, such as you ! 'twas a capital hit
about the bottle—l 'took it at once."
"So I aaw, Sir, You took every drop
of it."
"Good again ! Waiter, why the devil
don't you bring that bottle of porter? Alas!
Sir, you must excuse me. lam dreadfully
subject to low spirits. But, thank !leaven,
here comes William with the wine."
Ile poured out n glass, and after looking
at it for some time, swallowed it oil in a
twinkling.
"Medicine, Sir--purely as medicine I
drink' it. It enables me to bear up. I
should die without it—ennui—blue devils—
IfypehondrinsiS—"
"And thirst, Sir?" I said; but somehow
the extraordinary familiarity of the man's
manner disarmed my dislike, and I filled
up my glass, and accompanied my observa
tion with a smile.
"Capital again ! You have said three
very witty thin] s. I declare to heaven Sir,
I am ashamed of myself, but I can't laugh.
No, Sir; t he effort - would choke me. I have
one fatal remembrance, ore sorrow, but
you know the lines—"
"Indeed, SO" I asked inquiringly.
"True. I have' thought of suicide, but
'tis so common 'tis become vulgar ; my
shoemaker cut his throat last week. I will
tell you my story, Sir; after that, judge it 1
have no cause for regret."
"Happy to hear it, Sir."
The stranger drew his chair more confi
dentially close to the table, filled up our
glasses, and then said—
"Do you know the Isle of Wight, Sir?"
"No."
"Did you ever hear of old Pniggs,
Waterlnner
"No."
"Did you ever hear of Captain Hoskind,
of Harridan Lodge?"
"No."
"Good Heavens! what a man you must
be ! The Isle of Wight is the loveliest
place in the world, sir. All the Undercliff
is a slice out of Eden, hundreds of people
go there every year, pretending to be in had
health—'tts only to enjoy tho scenery and
eat prawns. Dr. Clarke calls it the British
Madeira; 'tis the only home.brewed I ever
heard of which is better than the original.
Ah indeed a charming spot, and five
and•twenty years ago, 'twas still more
beautiful than now. I was hung then ;
thin, elegant, genteel—grief had not swelled
me; nor tears reddened the point of my nose.
And then, old Sniggs—you never heard of
old Sniggst"
"No; sir, never."
"Curious,—a d—d old hunks as ever was,
but such a sweet creature his daughter I
Alt Julia! How playful she used to be at
church. We always flirted immensely all
the time of the psalms. And Hoskins—
you never heard of Hoskins?"
"Never."
"Odd again;—a dog sir. A handsome,
laughingoolly, swearing.whisltered, infernal
fellow, sir. He was six feet two—without
a shilling—he had spent two fortunes—and,
as bad luck would have it, went down to
the Isle of Wight."
"To eat prtiWns, sir?"
"No—to catch gudgeons, sir. .He caught
me—the rascal! That's my story, sir?"
"What is, air? I have heard. no story
ye . 17
"No! flow slow you must be. Don't
you see it all ? But tell you it, sir,
word for word. Pray, sir, do you ever lend
money to n friend?"
.This was.to) much, and I determined to
stop thn man's impertinence at once. The
idea of asking me for a loan after ten min
utes' acquaintance ! I could not help think
ing he was a swindler.
"No, sir," I said; "I • wad not lend a
shilling to the dorm friend I Imo in the
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD,NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROH CORRIII I TION. --SHAHS
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world; no, not to keep him from starving.
And as to trusting a stranger with a six
pence, sir, I should consider he was insult
ing me if he hinted at such a thing:"
"Give me your hand," exclaimed the
stranger, "give me your hand. lam proud
to have met you—you will be a happy man
all your days—you are a wise man. Would
to heaven I had always tl►ought as you do 1
I Ah! sir, you shall hear. Old Sniggs was
worth a hundred and fifty thousand pounds,
Julia his only child. I, sir, lived next door
to them in Finsbury Square, and flirted
with the daughter every Sunday at Church.
Could any thing be more agreeable? Yet
somehow or other we never could scrape up
an acquaintance. A she dragon, in the
shape of an old housekeeper, always guarded
that fi►irest of Hesperian apples—plumbs, I
should say, for you perceive she was heiress
to a plumb and a half—and nothing I could
do could get the better of her vigilance. I
worried, arid teazed, and fretted myself to
such a degree, that I nearly tormented my
self into
,a consumption. Change of scene
—mild air--were recommended to me by
the faculty, and I set off by the Portsmouth
coach for the village of Steephill, at the
buck of the Isle of IVight. 1 got a charm
ing bedroom and parlour at a filmier's cot.
tago—oh, 'twas Paradise! and the hostess
made the most delicious hams in the world.
Every morning at brt rikfust I had u►agnifi=
cent slices—sometimes hot, sometimes cold
—exquisite prawns, with an occasional lob
ster. My health grew gradually better,
but 1 still mused a great deal about Julia.
Even then, sir, solitude was my aversion,
and you may guess my gratification when
one day 1 wet visited by a tall handsome
young roan; dressed in a style that had
once been fashionable: trowsers slightly
patched about the knees--coat not quite
entire about the elbows, for the benefit of
the fresh air; and yet his lout ensemble
showing he was a gentleman—a perfect
gentlemen. He was romantic, and had
!stationed himself at the "Crab and Lob
ester," a delicious retreat from the cares of
life, just under St. Boniface Down. lie
begged the honor of my acquaintaco. I
went of course and dined with him that
very day--cold lamb and salad --and vow•
ed eternal friendship, as I was assisted on
my homeward way at half past eight. lie
was certainly a delightful fellow; no core
mony--•no reserve--full of jokes. He
came into my bed room one morning be.
fore I was up, and clapped on my new coat;
an olive green, I remember, with bright
brass buttons, and, all I could say, I never
could get it back again. Oh ! ho was full
of fen 1 He _ thQ Name with ms= *----
sers=pon my soul, 'twouid have killedyou
with laughing to have heard him how com
ically he spoke about the trick. I love him
yet--the rascal I—though he has been the
cause of all my misery. 'Twas Hoskins;
I need scarcely tell you his name; you
guessed who it was, did'nt vou?"
"No, Sir; I had no idea."
"Well; he and I for about a week were
happier than any two men-since the fall.
We rambled about the sweet vales of Bone.
church--dived intd the coves of Ventnor;—
, we were seldom separate for an hour in the
day. Would to Jupiter we had never been
separate a moment ! Of course we had no
secrets with each other. I was come to
the island to recover the tone of my mind
and stomach, after a disappointment, in
love; he had come to those deep solitudes
and awful dells to avoid the impertinence of
his duns. We nearly succeeded in both. I
became ruddy as a preoni rose, and was hun
gry five times a day, and he lost the very
recollection of wine-'merchants and tailors.'
How he rallied me about Julia ! how he
laughed at the name of Seiggs? But he
alwayb particularly impressed on me the
necessity of never despairing. We formed
together a plan of the campaign by which I
was to obtain my wishes. He was to come
up and live with me in London ; to drive
about in my phaeton—cabs are a new in
vention—and, if possible, obtain an intro
duction to her himself; then trust to him
for pleading the case of his friend ! Noth
ing could be nicer—l was only anxious to
proceed to work, and to return to London
immediately. As a preparatory step, I
wrote to sever al of his creditors, and became
responsible for his debts. Couldn't do less,
: you know, for a gentleman who was to get
me a wife with a hundred and fifty thou
sand pounds. It seemed very odd to me
all this time that Hoskins—gay, lively,
handsome fellow ; had never been in love.
It seemed to give me too much the advant
age over him, bat he did'nt seem to mind it
much. He was proud of himself as if he
had beets in love with a dozen. At last,
one day—'twas the sixth of our acquaint
ance—he came to me and said, "Teddy,"
said - he, "will you make my fortune?"
'.'Certainly, Hosky, my boy,' said *I
'but how?'
"'Lend me twenty pounds. The oddest
thing in the world has just happened to
mc." •
' , I happened to have only twenty-five
pounils left; gave him four fives without a
word; and kept the other.
''What is it?' I said.
"Why, as I was just rambling below
Grove's Inn, there passed me a carriage
containing two or three ladies. They were
evidently strangers; 'twas a Newport ay;
and alter they had passed me about twenty
yards, the driver stopped, and ono of the la.
dies, rather demure looking, and somewhat
dowdily dressed—came up & spoke to me,'
" 'llid you knov her?' I asked.
"'Never saw her in my life before, but
she said to me, , t 1 take the liberty of ad.
dressing you, Sir, perceiving rm.' to be a
gentleman—"'
"'By Jupiter, 1.1034 ! my coat and
rowsers---'
. I " "To inform you," continued the ohlwo•
• I man, "of our dilemma. We are livirg at
present in Southampton; we ['info come
over here for a two days' tour, and unlucki•
ly, we have just this moment discovered that
we have bro't no money with us."'
"'And what did you say, Hosky, my
boy *Med 1.
"'Say? why, that I was delighted to have
the oppoitunity of being useful—that
would %yak, direct to my hotel and bring
them whatever sum they required. They
have gone on to Shanklin, and as they re.
two this way, I shall present them with the
tvAnty pounds you have given me.'
`Hadn't you better let me do it myself?'
I asked; for I thought, sir, as the money
was mine, I might as well have all the mer
it of helping those damsels in distress.
But Hoskins was resolved; and insisted.on
giving me a note of hand for the amount, in
order, as he said, that he might hand tt to
the ladies with a sale conscience. Noble
fellow Hoskins was—waFin't he? Well, air,
when 1 asked bun what more he intended
to do, what do you think he told me; sir?
Why, that he intended to marry the old
woman
"'The old woman, Ilosky I' says I.
Why do you iix en her?'
"'Because she is dowdly dressed, and
asked inn for money; she must be rich.'
1' said I, in• surprise. 'Because
sho is ill dressed and hasn't a farthing in
her pocket?'
•Exuclly,' nodded my friend Hoskins—
oh, he was a knowieg dog. 'lf she wcro
really poor, she would be finely dressed, and
have, rather sunk thro' the earth than have
confessed her poverty to a strangvr. She
must be rolling in money—..at least I'll mar,'
ry her on the chance."
"So I laughed at him, and he rubbed his
hands. You never saw two fellows so jolly
in your life. Hoskins with the pockets of
my trowsers stuffed with my bank notes,and
buttoning up the bosom of my olive green
cont. Short sighted mortal! Confound we
if I ever laugh again! Let me fill your glass
again,sir."
"You had better, sir," said T; "for you've
emptied it this mut/lent— by mistake, of
course."
"Good again►.
"But now my miseries begin. Sir,there
is a land ship just below a place called Un•
dominant Cotia,vo, leading down to a beau
tiful beach. Never was so sweet a spot.--
High hills frowning above, rugged rocks,
shelving . glens, quite made for lovo•s to play
hide and•seek. in. %Veil, Sir, that smooth
expanse of sand, that rick-wooded shore
•ht Ao.
decline, that is, friend to all who are labor.
ing in a consumption, sir—that scene, I say,
was the witness of my distraction. Hoskins
was a famous sailor, and had hired a boat,
which I paid for at the rate of a guinea a
week. By way of passing off the time till
the old lady's return, we resolved to row out
and lift up the prawn-pots. No amusement
can be so delightful, sir, as catching prawns
in the midst of the finest scenery hi the world;
for
"0 if there be on Elysium on earth,
It is this, it is this, it is this!"
"When we were returning out at the rate
of sixty miles an hour—sad work pulling
against such a racer. But when we had
got within a few yards of the shore, who
should Hoskins see, just peeping over the
cliff, but the identical old lady dim had spo•
ken to him in the mothing. She waved her
hand; he kissed his in return; when—excuse
me, sir,till I've swallowed this bumper—just
at her elbow, smiling and smirking exactly
as we used to do at church, appeared Julia,
my Julia, 'twas indeed, Miss Sniggs. My
heart jumped into my mouth in a moment,
and filled it 90 completely that glare was no
room for the tongue to move. Indeed I be
lieve there was no room for it in the mouth
at all, awl that it hung out like a dog's in
the hot days of July. How I panted, to he
sure! for you will observe that Hoskins was
a capital steersman; and always when we
rowed out I held the oars and he the helm,
but whether my pantingproceeded most from
the exertion of rowing against tide or from
seeing Julia so unexpectedly,' cannot at this
distance of time, exactly remember. The
silence lasted for some ttme,and nothing was
to be heard but the prodigiously loud kisses
that Hoskins kept constantly impressing on
the palm of his hand. At last I pulled my
tongue within my lips.
'Heavens!' I cried, 'that's my Julia!'
'Your Julia!' says Hosky—'which? the
old lady in the cotton shawl, straw bonnet,
and dingy colored gown?'
'No, no; the angel looking over her shoul
der in the pink silk scarf—the old one's the
househeepor.'
' 'That's she, is 'it?' said Hosky. 'And a
devilish nice angel she is too. Then my
dear 'ruddy . , that alters the whole business;
but here we are ashore, my boy. Give me
the oars; you stay in the boat and I'll jump
to land and keep her steady.'
Saying this, Hoskey—fine active fellow
—tossed ° the two oars ashore, and leaped
himself to land, but, instead of keeping the
boat steady by the rope 'in the bow,what do
you think he did? I must really have.some
brandy and water. Why, he gave the boat
an infernal kick with his prodigiously long
leg, and hallooed as the tide caught hold of
the Naiad—that was its name, sir—and,ran
off with it like a runaway hunter. ,
'Pleasant voyage to you, Teddy! I hope
to tell you some news of the fair Julia When
, ou come liack."
'What could I do, sir? Nothing. I swore
a little ; hut it Aid me no good.. Every minute
the tide seemed to go faster and faster; and
the boat, being left entirely to itself,-for
you remember,Elosky threw the oars ashore,
tossed and tumbled so horribly among the
little short wavespinetim es turnin g its side,
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sometimes its stern,t hat I
began very rapid
ly to become sick.. In the mean time llosky
joined the party on the chili .1 saw. him lift
off his hat as if lie had been a prince: I saw
my : bright buttons glancing in the Sun: I saw
him put his hands in my breeches pocket
and . pull nut my fives! Gracious Heavens!_
fancy my feelings! And just as I had to . turn_
aside to conceal the emotion that the unusual
jerking of the boat had produced in, my in .
tenor 1 caught a glimpse of the party' wind.
ing slowly up the lands!' p—lloskey between
the twoladies,and Julia leaning on his arm!"
"It was very awkward, sir,".l saidois the
stranger endeaVored to buryhis =once
tioas in another bumper, "but, of course,
you explained every thing on ynur return?"
"Return, sir! I never returned: at least
it was fourteen years before I' came• back
again. The tide,sir, I tell - you, was running
like Eclipse, and I was as sick as a dog. f
lay down sir, at the bottom of the boat, I ra ,
ged--I raved—l swore; and,'at last, when
evening.camc on, I wasin the middle of the
sea, half mail with sickness and vexation;
and, at last, I fell asleep. I wakened, sir,
perishing with hunger and thirst-my tongue
gets parched when I think of it—fill up, sir,
tied I felt as if I had no dinner--do you allow
a Welch rabbit at this club, sir? but what
was I to do? I was still weltering in the
pat !doss deep, and expected every 'moment
to be run dowir by a ship or swallowed up by
a whale. Nothing would do, sir. I shut my 1 1
eyes and tried to sleep again. At last I was
fairly awakened by a thwack across the
shredders with the flat end of an oar—'twas
daylight, sir: I saw several little boats all
round me, and a place before me which •I
imagined was St. Helen's. 'Hallo, my boy!'
I cried to a huge fellow, dressed In a hairy
cap, who had the oar uplifted in act to fall
again, 'don't strike so hard, but lend me n
couple of oars and I'll give you half a guinea
when we get to the Salutation.' By heavens,
sir, I never was so surprised in Inv life.' I
had fallen among a fleet of French fishermen
and the little town I had fancied was St.
Helen's was Dieppe. Nice fellow Hoskins
was to play me such a trick! Napoleon and
all the marshals I suppose, were
they
alarmed at such an invasion, for they Clap
ped me into prison directly: and there I ivus,
sir--only unagine my condition—till the
year eighteen hundred and fifteen. This
happened, sir; in eighteen hundred and one.
There was I, sir, kept in close confinement:
little to eat; nothing to drink; not a 'soul to
speak to—for I could never pick up the lan
guage; and all because I went to the Isle of
Wight to recover my good spirits, and lent
money to a friend."
vu .uo .11 you' - came
back sir?"
"Ate beef stakes and drank porter the first
half year without a moment's intermission
night and day. At the end of that time I
went into St. Dunstan's, and shed a few tears
over my mother's grave. She had died of
a tit of apeplexy and a broken heart about a
year after my disappearance; and the sight
of the old pulpit and the pew where
.1 had
such fun, laughing to Julia, in my younger
' days, brought the whole scene back into my
memory: but no,it had never left it: I thought 1 1
of her incessantly, and wondered what had
become of her. If she is still 'Miss Sniggs, I
thought 1, all may be well yet, but how was
Ito hear of her Her old father had died
or the trade in Water lane had be sold; for
he was nowhere to be found in the Directory.
1 then tried to find out Hoskins, I went care
fully to the Fleet and the King's Bench, as
the most likelyplacea to discover him; but
he was not there. I looked back at all the
cases before the magistrates, and all the
convictions at the Old Bailey; he nowhere
was to be found. Years and years passed on,
and the ''search was still useless; when, at
last—your glass is empty, sir—the appall.
ing truth burst upon me: I was a ruined man,
sir,—happiness destroyed for life, and the
Pleasures of Hope a liber expergatusMiss
Sniggs was married! The way I discover.
ed it was this: it had struck me very forcibly
that a pilgrimage to the scene Of my misery
would be a pleasing occupation for a man of
my musing and melancholy turn of mind.
I mounted once more sir, the Portsmouth
coach; crossed over to ltyde; jumped into
one of the open flies that are always kept
ready at the pier; traversed the island, and
arrived at the old place—the dear little cot
tage where I had smoked so many pipes
with Hosky, the Crab and Lobster. The
whole journey took but nine-hours—think
of that, sir. Fleet street ut night: but there
I was, sir,after an absence of more than five
and twenty years. Weld, the landlord, sir,
had no idea I was an old friend with a new
face, or rather with a face newly done up—
for I had neither red nose nor wrinkles when
I had seen him last Ah! 'twas indeed a
melancholy retrospection; but the prawns
were charming as ever,and the scenery—no,
not improved, that's impossible—but just the
same as when I lekit. How I rambled all
that evening till it was time for supper.—
What news I heard from my hose—a town
built at Ventnor; a castle built at Steephill;
a fairy palace built at East End; villas ris
ing like poetical dreams every-week upon
Bonchurch. Abd thought I, as I tumbled
into bed, why the deuce should'nt I build a
villa? Next morning I revisited the Land:
slip—fatal spot—and determined to rear my
modest mansion on some gentle promontory.
commanding' the whole scene. Whenionce
I resolve on a thing, sir, 'tis half done al
ready. A gentleman b . 5, the name of Page,
a builder at Ventnor, showed me all the
grounds. We agreed about terms. Such
a heavenly place I chose! just under the - jut
ting cliff, two hundred and fifty feet high,
buried amidst a profusion of - 'plants of all
scent, and flowers of every hue;' and that
very day I had • fifteen men employed in
clearing out : the foundation. When I was
standing superintending their operations I
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was delighted--petrified, f own,at the same
time-.-to seen gentleman anti lady approach
ing me fioni behind a clump of magnificent
magnolias, nt the moment in fall bloom.—
The gentleman seemed about three orifenr
and twenty years old; 'the lady —fairns the
first that fell of woman kind--about eigh.,
teen. What a nice pleasant felloWwas the
gehtletrian! what a charrning creature was
the wife! Who do you think .they were,
Sir? Let rite propose their healths in a bum
per7-the bottle's done. Why they were
(
the ilarquis and Marchioness of . Maryle
bene. They were living in the upper,cot
tage—a fascinat in t . .; couple! In a few.minu.
tes we were.as intimate as possible—real
marquises are always so good humored-they
invited me to dine with, them that day. I
went. Pretty hole dinner—sopp, fish, lamb,
and, a Midding—quiturural„you, perceive;
and after a few turns.ef the wine, I began to
tell the marquis and hislady—she staid with`
.us all the time—the story.of my misfortune.
Gracious Powers! in the most pathetic part
of all, her. ladyship. went into a fit—a post-
tive,veritable, bone fide fit! Thank. Heaven!
'twas only of laughter. The marquis nearly
burst,sir---lie had to unbutton his waistcoat.
I paused; I looked at the beaming facet of
the marchioness—what splendid - white teeth
she had! . The reddened-face and swelled
dyes of the marquis! 1 could not understand -
it. Her ladyship was.the first to speak.
"'How delighted,' she cried, 'mamma .
will be to see you! Oh, 'we have heard the
story a hundred times from papa!' . •
"'Mamma—papa!' 1. exclaimed. 'Year
ladyship is very good—may I-ask ----'
. 4 ' 'My good sir,' said the •Marquis, 'are
yoti not aware that•that lady virns Miss Hos- • •
!tins, the daughter of your eld'friend?' '
".'And her mother, my Lord•Marquisr
" 'Miss Sniggs.' ':, • ' '
"'Do you hear that, sir? The Marquis
actually looked at Me Witira smile upon his
face when he told me that most diabolical
fact.' ' ' . •• :' . •
.
" . 'So Hoskins .
twin ied my Julia!' I ex
claimed, in my despair; 'got all the old gen
tleman's money, has a marquis for his son- .
in-law—and all those things opght to have
happened to tne-:-treald'have 'happened to
me,no doubt,if I had'nover gobe to the island;
or lent twenty pounds to a friend! 'Madam,'
said I to the marchioness, ..I. am enraged
more than ever a g ainst your father, when I
perceive he hoe robbed me of so fair and ex=
' quisito a datighter.' She laughed. ' 'But,' •
1 continued, 'nothing is left for me but to
bury myself in' this desert, and mourn,evor
the unluckiness of my destiny.' .
.:
tV " .nii ehnll fill
/ A 9 WdEniV 7- ifil if l Xll- ---
you we si u i _.r_ I t n .
you svhen your 'new house is finished:- Cap.
tain:Hoshinsand my fair mother.in-law will
accompany_us; he is adding a new wing to
Harridon Lodge and will be glad to leave
his work.people.', ,
'"Well, then, my lord,' said l,'"twill he
ready by October. 1 have ordered the eel'.
lar to be finished first, and wrote off this
morning to old. Giberno in Broad street, to
stock me with good wine,and ifyou do come,
I will do all I can to make you htipPy.'
"'Will you takeus out in a boat?' inquir
ed the marchioness, with a maliciotis smiler - .
' "'No Pm—but ['never swear; or ill
do, I will have an - extra couple of oars chain
ed to, the thwarts."
"If you can come doNn and joinms, sir,
about the 10th of October, I shall be delight
ed. lam but a silent hypocondriac; but I
will do every thing to make it pleasant for
you. Are you. fund Of shell-fish, sir? Bath
ing? Sailing? Shooting? Riding? Driving?
We have them all, sir, but my grief is get,
ting the better of me again, sir, I must ring
for another bottle."'
While the stranger war giving his orders
to William, and ordering in a couple of lob
sters for supper, I took the opportunity of
following the example that had beett'given
to me by his friend, the mercer from Corn;
hill, and getting, very quietly, possession of
my hat" and stick, I wended my way home,.
If he persists in ivishing to be a inember of
the Whitechapel Athena:Juin, I will black
ball him to a certainty. Strangers are not
allowed to pay for any thing they eat or drink;
and I found,next day,a bill scored up against
me, the mercer having' cautioned them that
he would not be responsible; for two bottles
of port, three glasses of brandy-and-water,
fourteen cigars, two lobsters and six dozen
pandores, in .all thirty-two shillings and six
pence. lam going to propose, at the, next
meeting, that no member be permitted to
bring a friend, or, if he does bring him,that
he shall be answerable for his expenses. •
'John,' said a traveller to a farmer's bay
who was hoeing in the field, 'your corn is
small.' 'Yes, we planted the small kind.'
'But it looks dwarfish and yellow.' 'YeS—
we planted the yellow sort.' 1 mean you
will not get more than half a crop—do you,
understand me?' '0 yes, sir—.l understand
—we don't expect to, for we planted;ort
shares.'
t.'Who goes there?" said an Irish sentry,
of the British Legion at St. Sehastian. - "-4.
friend," was the prompt reply. "Then stand
where you are," cried Pat, "for you're the
first I've met with in this ruurtheria Ma.
try."
A schoolmaster,on being asked the wean
ing of the word 'fortification,' replied, "Two
Twentifications make one tbrtification."
INTERESTING TO SMOKERS.--An article
has been invented which very much'isaan.
cos the enjoyment of a cigar. It consists
°la tube with a bulb in the centre for the
reception of cotton, which absorbs all the
al/of the weed, leaving the smoker aorta)
and unalloyed flavor of the cigar.