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A I'EW C1IARACTlM BY Im(WZ.
MISS ROSA DAi.'M,1.
There was a seconi lad, in the dini.
ing room, (we quomte from the new nor
el of 4David Copperfield,) of a slight,
short figure, dark anil not agreeable to
louk at, but with some appearancc of
ioo( loolk top, wh lattracted my attenl.
tior; perha1 se canse I had unt expect
ed t6A0"her; perhaps becauso I had
found m yself setting oppi.site to her;
petl. pa of something really renirkable
In ler. a black hair and eager
black eyes, afl was thin, anid hadlct a
sear upon her li). It was an old scar
- should rather call it seam; fotr it
wVa.A;,nut..sisCdigred, and had healed
years ago-which had once eut through Ij
her mouth, downwards towards the chin,
blit was noVbarely visible aeross the
tablg, except above ald on her npper
lp, the shape of which had altered. I
conch'ded in m own tmii( timt sh wLS
ahoptt thirtv .vI of age, and that she
wis4ed ,to mnied She was a little
said'gimi appearance of good looks.
IIer thhiness suened to be the Liket of
some wastizna fire wvithiin her, which1
foni..ventIn lier gaunt eyes.
She wasintrAdueed as Aliss Dartle.
and ,.both Steerforth and his muther
called, her Rosa. I found that she
lived there, and had been for a long
time Mrs. Steerforth's com panion. It
apieared to me that she never saiI
anything she wanted to say, outright:
but hinted it, anil male a great deal
noreC of i: by this practice. F.0r Cx
tmiple, when M11r. Steerrmith *bser-.
more in jest tman earne-t. that she. lear.
ed1 her s:nI led hut a vil I life at cmlle.
Miss Dattle iwit in thms:
' Oh, r~e:11l? Y'.1 k -wm h1'r i.- r
I am, and that f o ok fttr i,;Ih
tioi, but isn't it ab . -o Tn .igi . tlat
kind of life was on all mhanis uIdlerstom)d
to hI -eh?'
-It is educaitioni for a very' grave pro
fessuiu, if you menm thmt, Rot's AleMs.
Steerforth answer'ed, nmith sine cold
ness.
'Oh! Yes' TIhat's very tiruie, 'i' enir
ed Miss Dartle. 'Jut iis't it, thmough?
I want to be puit righjt it I ama wroupi
-isn t nt reaill.
'it:aill; whm at?' sai.' M1:s. Stttrifori h.
to hieari it! Njw II know0 whI.t 1'lo.
TChat's the adtlmagae of' asking . I sh:11
never allow pelelO tom biefol m1,~ e!u
wvastef'ulness and. pr'ofligacy,' and .l
fort~h, in connection wiithi tha:t lif, anyv
'Andi youill lie ighAt, satid \ rs
Sterfomrthi.-'My son's tuit'r is a ctou
scientions genitleiumi; andii if I hllint
impllici t rel iance oin'. m: sn, I sh *ol I
haive reliiance onl him .'
' 'Should you? sid' li;; 1 arti.
'Denar me! C2onscjiminus is lhe ? I ka:l
'Yecs, I am cenvinced of it,' s:iid
Mrs. Steerforth.
'I low ve(ry nice!' exclained Mliss
cons9cietionns! Tlhei#hn's not-but tom
course hie cant bme. if he's reall y coimei.
t'utions. Well , I sihallI he qunite Ii hppy
in myV opinion ofI him, from this tine.
You' con't think how it elevates him in
my~, Opildmon' to knlow fo r certainm that
I Ii- own viewvs of everyV ri1estion,
and hcer correction of every. thin~g that
wvas laid to whieb she was~ opi esed.
iil i$Ss Darthe insiniuate'd in the samea
wayi): someJitinies, I cold not cmonca
i n nyse'lf, with great power-, t honl
i Z',..tiindictionm crent of' Steerf'orth.
An' in.iMan has hp~ ipponed b~eforei dini
nipt~ dono,1010 -p~s. Stoeerforth speak
ing to mni($&out initention of going
ufkI saiiiemzard hofwglad
there wit c me; and explaining to him
that 1 was ging to se miy old nurs-,
a111 Mr. Peg otty'sfiamih-, I reminded
him of the boatman whom he had seen
at school.
'Oh! That hiff feilow!' said Steer.
forth. 'lie had a son with him, hadn't
he?'
'No, That Was : his nephew,' I repli
ed, 'whoin(o lie adIoided, thi igh as a son).
Ile lms a very pretty little Iiece, too,
whom e h a s: adoptedl asi a daughter.
Fu short, his house (oI rather his boat,
for he lives in ote, on dry land) is fill
o opeople who are oIjects of his gener
ositv aml kindnes.-You vould be de
li hted to see that ho uselold.'
I think 1 should. I inust see wNIat canl
he0. done. It wvouI'l be wortlh a journey
--not t > Inition the pleastire (1 i jour
ney with Vou, Daisy--to see that sort
of pe lie togedl er, and to lilike oie of'
i.
my heart leapcd with a new hope of
pleasumre. But it was 'in reerence to
the itine in whieb l he had spoken of 'that
Sort of people' that Misi 1)ile, wiose
spokigeyes ha"d been watchfl fus
mmlow broke in 'lai.
')h, but, reaIlly? Do lul mne. A re
the.v, thugh'* she said.
'\r'e they.' what? And are who
wii it? ' sail Steer forthi.
'Thiat sot 1 , cople. Are they re
ally animal!s and elods, and beings of al
other order? I want to know si
much.'
'hy, there's a pretty wide cepara
tion tietweei them and us, said Steer
forth, with imuifferenee. 'I'ley are iot
to be expected to be as sensitive as we
are. Their delieacy is not to Ie shock
e., or ut very ('asily. "They are
woI'rfully virtu us. I c'iare "ay
som peolIe contend for that, at least;
and I am sure I dont want to Contra
diet them--hot ther have n1t I 'rv fine
natures, .1md they mmav be thaikfil that,
like their coarse, rough skins, they are
n4t easil woulnded.
'Rcadlly' said iss Dartle. 'Wep, I
dont know, now, when I ha e Ien
better pleased than to hear that. It is
ouch a delig1 t to knowthat, :lntky.
havo eeu rmte uineasy for tfhnt s-rt n
i ''lle; but now I shall just 'iiss Lth'
4idea of them ll'altether. Live am
lea rnI. I 1 ml. iny ioults, / en fes,
bit iow i te 're clei'l up. I dii.tt
know, mill iw 1 do know; m ith
sh.vs the advmiage of usking-dtliL t
I believed1 that Sterfoth i aai
hat 'he had in jes: ir to draw Nlmi
Dartle ol; 1m11 i expreted Into i Isav
as iluich wtenl s'w( was goIn' :md \we
two WerT Se tingIA befiore tie fire. Ili
lie merely asked me what I thougiii, -f
hir.
'.esvr c.*ver*, is sae nit ? I
'(Ih~ - * She b'riin .s every' tlhing to a1
.i -il it. as .he has r lwr'm l h t ov. i
fiace and ligai'e these .aIs pist. 1ic
hasI~ worn herselfA1 anav he con((,IstanIIt
sharpeinmg. She' is all edg.e.'
\\ hait a rem::uabldie scar that isup
teerfiirth-s lace Ifell, and e ia s.
\\'hb the fact is,' he returnedh, '/
\ iaueli ate !e, ato' Iw at vVmer
n uiIIhve rut n'.-~hee.;Lu'
ii\IiI ia *.!e l srry toji hal e t uche
D(n1s'wh , A:inful theme, Nut tatIun
e ,i ".1 sL?hae hIme luar c e v 4t a nei
asi~ vitn ise e.- ilI: he r~ib 'aiu- lel
hiar it to ther gravegi sheee e
il fale - leet'. 41 h i t t i te Il ev t Ii I
will ever tet a;nimu'here dthe u.(s th
n~theraL of childofal sa-rof, tousin o
mthr is at waC then thids w.i bost
he hieeto bte compaiy o er.- ihe
lis a dmnd iiseasai o Iith'-n..skulks.e
o, anosve the intere h ti whoerw
or pore their moro genial brethrent, are
siInply nen possesinag the atrt of pass
ing off their insensibility for jvisdouw,
their (llntleFs for depth; and of' coicenl
i'g imbeeility of intellect under hiaugh.
nilless of manner. Their. success in
this small game is one of the stereo
typed satires on mankind. Once str'p
from these' pretenders their stolen gar
ments, once disconnect their show of'
dignity fromu thu ir real macaness, uld
they. wmld staud *hivering and defence
less, objects of their tears of pity, or
targets For their arrows of seoilzn.. But
it is the mrisfortinae of this norld's
affairs, that of offices, fitly oiccuipied
imiy by talent and genius, which des
pise pretence, shloulil be filled by re
lectable stnpidity and d(gified eipti
iess, to whorm) pretence is the Very soul
f life.- Malumner triipihis over ma er;
1ad throighulit society, polities, letters
Mll Scielce, we are domlted to miiect a
warim of dunces and wiulihags, dis
uised as gentlemen, stitesmnlt.. and
cltohars. (oleridge once saw at a
iinner table, a dinnified man with a
a'e!e as wise as the moon's. The awful
'harn ,of* his mamer was not broken
intil tite mns alpeared and then the
lip tf itlitt'ny th oreed fr1an hini the
eami-,' thn's theFor
tie!' A good ninber of such dignaaita
rians reinia n1 utiiliscoveced.
It is cliiolus to .tice hItow these 10om
pons g--ntlemen ride in society and guv
2rnmet.-IIow often do history and
'Ie newsp-apers exhibit to us the Spee.
'acle of a heav y hiead ed stupiditariana
n ofievial station. veiling the sheerrat
neCOmpe~tenIcyi all myl'steiou;Is suiniity
fr carriage, roleumly trilng away the
ltercsts of the Slt'te. the dupe f his
nvni (b'.hinate i-.nor:me, and engaged
re(- after* year, in ruming a i oole
kfter the most digitied ft h in YOU
iave all spen that inscrutal.e (iisCpeisL
ion known by the nam1e of the digni
Jed gentlemien; an oihiodied tediousI
les,r ueh sO iCi isapt not to tolerate
>nt worsiip: a lierson 'hannoua'
he sta!e coimiun places of civersition'
vith the -n f rl u 11(cist 11 JoudO briiugibi.
lowr.#Le valleys of.thumght.ly'
oil In the wea'ther. thelam .itvel, or
orne oither nothinlg of the day; wh is
nepXriblysA1v shocked if your eternal
!rratitile des not rel av hin for the
rite iif'ilialion he consuimed your. hour
n imp arinitg; and who. if youAl insinutel
!,at his cahni, conitenltediin e:n al
t~upnidi is peintvg ul.n his digity,
il i uts nil 1 fice. Yet this m1an:1,
xi h just eniillth knowle'.1h.'e t4 rise
meI~f fromth111' jinsigui itae 1f a
hlnev to) the di.,1ity (,I a b-orv, is '6till:
i Lhigh favir even f thotnse1 ws: an
ma i vo be14 ch am i Il,-w I
'wcaluse hot ' i.s, all say, s4 much of
he i of a t n'.1T
,eist,~~? wil"1trd an woha a
t ai
it the( cr I f ..Ve :o eei.l
eg~sth:na aeha ntalnd himl
\ ;. l sso that'I hef
v-4*11il-, u.w
rei-et, .1 hehll l s i
lignity wit w ib o u n U i w n'
e i,''lu , .i :t irt am. I ll t mbi l'n :'
Ii i t 'I, I . ti ? I 'r:n'.tI . 'I he lil M ;
lit hear.' wi nf the tl'ie .itt it i e s ;
mot eciu uhi.au'n ud.
ill a it soe (nver ul'id ln .avh
mehi al'C it ne." ,ai tokw i i.
like. They aiit a patellin to whart I've
saw--hut Tm11 all fired dry 1 Mishr
barkeeper, give me a wiaJey punch,
two of 'en ! 'I tell v -hat it is,
gents, the whisky thC< .14s at those
ur plittical mee. ittsp!' Ae dussedest
white eye that evr 11,tt Up to m'y
fiace, and niakekt felb Iv things what
lie dun't see. 11, v er, that aint what
I was talkin 'b .
'You mlust kul,' A, ' ine home
tother night fronm: tdwmn ar ward
inectinls, an, as I i. l r m before, the
wh1isky they ke' j- is t tarnation
meaii--ale 'bah iace. Iivi nothin shor..
t.er--hut I don't man M,:nuerate that
I had swollered 1ont . i.; that is to,
sayone *wr'th .Inenlti' ,ail as I
went along, Sober as It an the f[st,
thing I diskiver all the 'p Pq , they
'gin to wabble. and ned 1 tler, ou ..
slosel, tried to get in ' W:y . But
tihaat I thought was I' t pertikier
queCr,ttIey all Vhowen "a .os if thmr1
was two lam1q .inston of one. 'JJy
.bokey ! didfnt- they a m n reel, an 1
cut the widon'r'le Pede ien
mny word of I did'r -dik o o'b em,
was ;;wVine t hit n.i k i oi. e
sineller, you c.1n s' it Corned? e
Who's that said )C.LI ? N ), sir;
L'i one of them rs whit ever a
drinkis seppenl w hen, i "I.' - ,anl Coln- C
quecehaillv. don't it: p. ;rned, not r
OfFen, I don't. Bttit A. :.int neither I
here nor thar.---tab ' t I wis gwine
to SaV. Jost wa1it . aa ef -vou e
all dl'iit lurst out ? Enthin'you
maV ta!ke m ha). T v i When it j
wa.s all over, 1 t t. a: Cussed I
fool this gen ' . . efhuinself I
I thought I siholil(i i:inanu.zed I
JChosepihat, did ut . Lou'd
er bin thar y l-'d er iat.}).! old INick
wat&s er preachin to *u ouild.,O 11
-But, 31Ir. I:. * 'jxened to
make vou e
'W hIV, y-oul seeA d' B. T.,
'when i '.;ot hopelo
sleepy-416d n
mal , .n tharI la
two aor :t~re
baiin like fury.-mand sez Ito-hery'Rez
1 - the racket st'e 1 ?: Se. she to)
t .ii a kinder whis-er, sez
sh A . . i ie101me.10' Silo.t
inl the hue'szse
"e::.I ! 'Mayhex it'
r' bbersV, . eeL it arl,' sex T.
Well, thn a , .an takes fur pis.
til. and14 walks to) v . s m ti
Liide'r r'uslin inl th I , -'. You n94t
kw thair was er tal: iurnin in the
jiin ro mt), an it give jist little nuff
ii.:ht so ls y l could sC, and could'nt
'e nei ther. I te11 you, was Inad !
t( I coA'ck il i ist it, :n.l gill to e.1ge
t s- t % .e' uCiA vt 1 1 c 11 see wha1t was
1"Ae1,i1 uy Ihe rIiuI l.ow, tsez II
w.hatl Yu 4 i tlar.' LIut he (idi t
Thn I ,inl gi so
stod igh:t strait up. I"o I t .rned
rindi an4 hu'ld to tither ide er the
tt. ta the jast thtig I sv was a fel
h- sain thi w~itholut i.dtiiio hin
buI t b si . 1 1a we I iu.l hhnia,
kIw you d in-, tlair w~an't ntj naee
e'iih h ' by un na hlil a: enuo-1.t~ 1-y
1 . . a Ir.--. uh -nI
1 1 \ 1 It.
a n hat -: h kep
a o . ---T t'e' i 1 .gint to
1 :'.I ~. ha la de i
'1 's- - ii i a i li'il
nI uI , a .t . lie e ii o 'tl..tn i '4me
d u *r~, nun *l n:,tion
nt tad. nu ht' 11cle a:; a '..3, tito buit
r'. that het was er' ilth hit of er simuall
iranny ba' il .h..nt jive fIt low---naot
w~th'ier tas wvas re'd ain f.':y, an his
hati"r was a storit of' er piey'x woodlS grey('.
"Wlas / was er' saaii, hie kop er
stez I, spea~k ,Vyui yaii' haired s'n of' er
.rni, ori by guni .'ll shioot.' .IDut he
woni't't. Theni / raised up an tuk
i er' tiler aim right ait his bread bask
te, an seaz 1 take thai i
went m'ster pistil, an sich e' roar, a
sick sioaik,, you never did' see!
shan't forgit that night as long as .ni
namle's . .3., Ishan't. ~ Come, boy:
lets take a torn-ian'ged iU.'ve drn
in an hour
"But, Mr:B., asked X. 'did YO
kill him?'
"Licked you, then,' chimend in L.
"Did:n't lick me, neither.'
'raps you hqllertd 'nuff?' ucriC
nwered B. B.: "but cuss your pieters, i
you want to tell the story, tell it.'
'fcrc Mr. B. was about to' retir
)ut was. prey.iled'Ain to resume.
"To make n alomi story short,' sai
B1 u,pie silednl an I sid'eld up
-he kep a cuniin, an I ky' uili
is I said before, I 141"1e'd at'the eiias
in then, crack. what er raokt!-Th
logs they squalled. an the cats the)
>arked an the ni]ge- edikeu
lidn't t),i' 'ler come, let's take
lriik.'
'iut. .. .fl. h (lid you Com
ut 'asked Ned ).
"Hol your hols-es a mthinII .1ai
orter skeered tw ii,;, rtr iLbg .n
Ollie Out in thc.'wspaciers, fer thitr'
C1ap what spy's ,round, an sees wia
e can hear, an then goes ali prints it
,Vhat's he scribblin 'thar? Hellow
team'oat! let nie 8do wvhat v6u bir
vr-itill bout! ShaWvI Th.-a~iA lnothir
mut pot books nud ero*s feet--btit
iraps, its short hand! Look. er here
ioSs, dolitydit a oand prit what J v<
a v word thhr'l be er muss.
IIere M. 1. smiled benignly, an
ooked a cortradiction to Lix, s'ord'.
"Mr'. B. ., will yeti be pleAsed ti
Vo on?'
-Don't fret the cattie-'ist wait"'
m1init. You see, as I sed before, I
kep-er:sidelin up an i kep or cumin a
uledounte po~~n~l~
k
arwas! anu &tbese -hedg!14m -,bi
Icokin glasses in the room an I di<n
know it, and thje feller.I shot . at wa
my own .piotur intlo' glas--cuss in
fool skini. Who's treat is it?'
It wa.Is inl tm i oli t a ve v col
winter, several,years ago, for ice 1I
evenil ade inl our strees, whent a pirt
of Soue three or four speculators sta
ted Four Bstan to effect a big transa
tion inl mimy bas. It appvared thi
the article W;3 very scarce here at th
time, lml inl great demand, ail ih
parvty of g-enttlemeni liaving 1:ivately r
ceivcd ew s that a large importati<
w-as daily exl ected to arrive at ks:
from I .1nilml, were I ur. ilig on, sill
,LX making a gi eat specitlation. Tie
slipped oil, quietl, with.Itt savilng
womrd, inl order to keep the thintg a Ir
folm u1l secret. Oil arrivilitv at \lol
ti to k t -e steamer o ..r lo t g., uel'
when they nom ticedl that two strani;
entiiilen wh Io luAm com over ni1 'm
them 'mn the ~llmbile boat. wer~e also
It.,d. There' v.as tinglti susiele~
ini tik to b~e sure. but stil there nx
thir a't :tenitimn, andm : amil on o thir J at
hadl5:~m said h though lt he recollkcted i
ingte of thle strangers- oil 'el .antye,
u C;smien t to matke1.1 the specuttlato~
Il' hI 'twe fieis were wa:lk in;; pia
conivei :a't iin wA hen onea oft the i' eeni'
unny ba-. le jmapediim to thmo
ch. iat once, tl.at theiy were for l'i
t'n iin the samie (rrand~lfl aisi'~l,am
homedAiLa tely, s'aught hits coolx. aii.s ai
i m1n them of the discovery lie b;
mloh. 'l thmu:.;ht s,' said one. '.1In
u b:. n'I m 'eted,' sait ianther:~'t wvhie
third iomainsi; - lowa tilwn iidsch
ceu'. thn havmt'e ''mit hmold of it?' 'Wel
re in iedth evident header of the lant
mu e imust head themt at all h~azardi
Nm' letme sm',' andim here the si eenl
tor, n hom Was an 'iild un,' 1it ut a vei
it,' lmmu' mring his vmice to a wh lisper; 'y
uimst ebaltter' the stag.e for A mta,i
t ;n a we atrnvye at 1\lon tg tmerty, tal
all the~ seats, tand kep~tI them back ('
da.' ( 'G4)' " execka tiwd t he larit.
'eha~ingedl frm ine to) anotther', mmi
fesiing thir aprobatjin of the maiti,m
str'o ke of their t' 'lede.
Oni arr*i intg at 31Iouitgomie ry ,the 'o
tin' ,jumpied ashore bef'oie the bemat hie
toucthed1 thte laninitg, rani up to ti
stamge-Oil i(ce anid enngalged all the seat
Wh'len the two straingors went to tali
heir passaiges, they were atonished
being told that the seats were till take
.Illut,' saidl they', 'ho0w can that b
therr ao'nly tour pansengeris'?' 'Yet
said gen~ctt; 'but th eyIhave ehdurt<
ed the stage, and you -must see them
n about it'
Oi remonstrating wVitithe;specula.
y tors, thoy-replied.th atthey cxpected to
tko in. sonia. friends on tho,. road.
k 'You can take lie lower route, by
. Macon and SaValikaln , gentlemen,' re
u plied the 'old un' witi a chuckle, -only
one day longer, you know,' 'All right,'
replied one of the strangers: coolly, per.
eclvivg that therewas Souething going
onwhih he did not exactly understand.
' I'll bet you a supper and wine that we
imnect in Washington.-'Done, for the
party, replied :tl .'ol un;' ard the
driyver . ereking his, whip, the. coach
rolled ofT, .while the specultors , burst
into a roar of laughter at their apparent
success.
The two -strangers- wro forced to
take the stage fr Men, wieb started
for Macou, which started a ieiv minutes
afteriwards. .Notwithistanding they had
a break down this side of Columbus
and wtre kpt, half the iight out in the
cold, hoy arrived safe at.Nlacon, tookl
the eats for -Savamnah, got in at- mid
niit, and .were just in time, . to take
the-st.aumur for Charlesto Q
hdd at tle .of
erac wine aml a'Christmas dinner (for
t was Christmas Day,) given by.,Cap
tain- Brown,-of the Wmi,-. Svabrook,
when, as luck would 'haveoit- tbey . met
,lo st.earaoriNiade, Capt. Smith, just,
coming out of Charleston, on -her way:
to Wihuington, .CarL..Brown signal
ized hr, and, ruining alongside, t
ferred his pasngers0g'~
4W~1,ho linriadC the twQtIavq11ers
were aistQcinshe~d t beholding the specti.
dator:s~se ~atet neardtagoh, aud. wAp
wei Dnot, ivare thatthey habbeen,
b 1oarde4.by the.Cbarlest.c4s.1t hIe
t wo friends were not, disexced upg1
theyla i e4 up An44wn.seyera.
times passing the pechtorateach
turn, wheN Abey I t; o for. ' mo t,
:.think yoaapuh4regnlnp
i saidi one of the .ri'ienda, wi jumile at
their surprise, 'anqf thp14 will win
here -T h you come frn
asked the 'old un,' who wans as nuch
a1 nuzzed as a man who tries to find a
d elen sqpot on' a dirty towel.
y 'That-s our secret,' said the stranger,
r-lacimg his linger significantly on his
lips, and to whom it was n10w manirest
it the specilators had soie secret motive
e for haslening North. The gauic of
cards imiicdiatcly broke tip, and the
speculators went Into conclave to con
n sult lhat sAuld be do!e. We are
]I bent. I, geC1t1Lai:C1,' said the 'old 'un,
iwhat shall we do? They Sharp
that's clear, and i we don't
a lok o't they wAill hlad us yet.'
I'The only uay I see to save our
, h , sahl oel, 'is to take them into
I:anership w ithi us.' And this being
e. te general opinzioni, the 'old 'n a
bi delete toa m: ake the l(prooitionI. A p
ni ~i.iachig the two atrngers, he said:
s' i\, gentlemenl, you lave hecaded
stran er, whoI was a great quiz.
'( ing on to I ns:on, ch'r' said the
m1 o )lJecuhte in --eh?' cntinuted the
& 'li j; -gi: ay bags, iht' .aid.. the
-(d i, s' th~e sh an~ger, deter
'e miing tot have hi un l.
a- ' I was sure o it,' said the 'ol'un.'
e I knew ' it: repli *ed the que:, ad the
Al ho b ~ soik hand0..,si wl~ highied heca:rtil
ii Now,' s.i l t!.e *old 'un', don~'t le
A ui defeIteach(1 ether, iso I o'er to go in
t w ith you j 'in ld, :and share pirOfits,
T he j:arty arrh edl aitWsigo
about S .ozlok ini the eveing and puit
uip at' Ilr~wn's, w here the 'old 'u' or
s dre 'a elendid supp1er of ducks and
o ter withi nine to match. Amid
the hi'ari ty that prevailed the quiz ex
e anhnd ho lw he and his frienmd had over.
e ia themii~, andi reated many ineidents
' o th iiidi. uhen tinzkinzg he hadt car
ridtething far eunughi, lhe said-.
WeI \\ll, getlemna, it is time I should
un Nev y u. We are not going to
I aon
- 'You are not? exclaimed they with
d 'At going to buy guntny bags?' ask
e~ 'No, agirspowled the quiz.
ii. 'Scid! by the Iord Harry,' shouted
.0 another.
n '%fe, though!. ilfe boys, by the
u. jgods!' exH aimet. thd sold 'un,'tid. the
i-roim resounde& with jiafi 6ff he
;' Ind the jt able sho to iti' ocnt With
'tIt
to thmelex
friend na~iadat Washingto
sact some affairs with t1e go e
and fromthat day. theold
4he sobriquet of Gunny Bmgsiz4i
Picayune.
WVo: remember redig,
French magazine..accounts of
bassador from .the court-of-4 '0
or Charlemagne, to-that ot an eas or
monarch. During one da, mi co
n ith the barbariarn'king ade
'men of the cdu , iaid not 4nk'W
regulations aind etiqutiee ot
the m ssadorg vi'tiout dream
any harm, movcd a dishW hief h T
pilacel nea'r hiin 'oti the b16
lie laws 'of the trant re
any guest toucied ,a dij]
brougit fornard, 'bfr the t - '
self was ser;ed, he til er
pena'tf 4 60 dusl T i
eyes was tuined up 1
'of Charlema gi; n t)
his favor b Il'dinl
raiiiy 'T i bar an ir
displease so great an emperor a
lemague, but h fead to tr s
his own laia da' t
dor that he' kdathfot .....
lhe had ddn*O.i,
with Amui A
mur, but-J-InP P&
- b bd 6ud eb-iI
peror, vhose b
teg- XoffotM
die"
barharian king Is
thou should ufifeirdeath
i res it JTgits the6 tht
w ise wofi i t
--14
Es o ev'ery
thle ermne aga
T.~
Thye
wordilS t
quest must ' ted
"It is weld" sa'd
eyes shall be plucked o.'fo
But, when it waO asked
seen :the embissador. mpv4
each courtier was eager.to.3uyA
lie had seen the act. The serV. ant .
exclaimed that they had n1
it, and the king declared a:
not. '
Frank. "The deed, cannokec .
proved Against mc!"
The king as pleased, and .ot 6
paidoned him, but acknowledge4g
praising his wisdom, sent him .4ho
his master, loaded with. p 6e
Y ankee Blade,
How To PaoSPER IN 13Usr'N.da &f.e
the first ince, maike up'your mind to
accomi lish whatever you undedilike;de
CideC upon some particular em'pldywfent; "
persevere in it. All difficities-'re
overcome by diligenice and assiduity.
Be not afraid to wor~kiwith yorov~
hands, and diligently too. "A cav it
I loves eatches no mice.' ''
"lie who remains in the mill gri'd,
not lhe who goes and comes.' -*.
A ttend to your business, and nev'y
4trust it to~ another. "A poi 'that
lokngs-to many is ill stirred tid orse
boiled." -
-.' e frugal. "That which' wil ot
irnake a pot will mako a pot lid-'"
"~ "Save the pence, and the poundd will.
take care of themselves.'
Be ab)steiiOUS. "WVho dainties love
shall beggars prove.'' . -
Rise early. "The sleeping' fox
catches no poultry.' .Plough deep
Iwhile sluggards sleep, and you i ill have -
corn to sell and keep.
Treat every one with res e d~
civility., "Every thing is gauied ~n
nothing lost by courtesy.
Good manners insure snaecOes
Nover tnticipate wealth r&
other source 'than labor- espeAl
nerer plago dependence pon boopmig
the possessor of an inhertan6.<
"lie who wit~is for dead rhenhisho,
may have to go for ahlon tame ~t
footed.' "l10 who runs after a shado~
has a woairisomeo 'rpe.''
A bove~ all 'thi~ nito
"Godis' he '
helpa tose wh
Follo imp4
nothin en hind