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NEWS & PLMTEKS’ GAZETTE.
B. G. COT TING, Editor.
No. 30.—NEW SERIES.]
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Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, )
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzclia.
ARRIVES.
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CLOSES.
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WESTERN MAIL.
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ces m South-Western Georgia, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and
the North-Western part of the State.
arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by 6 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL.
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Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
arrives.
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closes.
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rysville, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, Ilarri
sonville, and Ruckersville.
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Stoney Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and
Darby’s.
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ET The Letter Box is the proper place to de
posite all matter designed to be transported by
Mail, and such as may be found there at the
times above specified, will be despatched by first
post.
palmer & McMillan,
TAILORS,
HWE removed to No. 4, Bolton's Range,
on the West side of the Public Square,
where they will be happy to see all their friends
and customers.
December 21,1843. 17
CUTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
* NELSON CARTER,
DEALER in
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery , Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, fyc. Spc.
\ AUGUST A- Ga.
’ October 12, 1843. ly 7
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
groes belonging to the Estate of Rhoda Cleve
land, deceased, late of Elbert county.
JACOB M. CLEVELAND, Adm’r.
January 8,1844. m4m 21
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Inferior Court of Elbert coun
ty, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave
to sell all the Lands belonging to the Estate of
Archer Skinner, deceased.
ADAM KELLEY, Adm’r. with
the will annexed, of Archer Skinner, deceased.
January 2,1844. m4m 19
JttiocrUaicous.
A TALE OF TRUTH—NOBILITY
POVERTY AND BEAUTY—THE
QUAKERS LOVE.
In n city, which shall be nameless, there
lived, long ago, a young gill, the only
daughter of a widow. She came from the
country, and was as ignorant of the dangers
of a city, as the squirrels of her native
fields. She had glossy black hair, gentle,
beaming eyes, and “lips like wet coral.”
Os course, site knew that she was beauti
ful ; for when she was a child, strangers
often stopped as she passed, and exclaimed,
“How handsome she is!” And as she grew
older, the young men gazed on her with
admiration. She was poor, and removed
to the city to earn her living by covering
umbrellas. She was just at that suscepti
ble age, when youth is passing into woman
hood ; when the soul begins to he pervaded
by “that restless, principle, which impels
poor humans to seek perf etion in union.
At the hotel opposite, Lord Henry Stuart,
an English nobleman, had at that time ta
ken lodgings. His visit to this country is
doubtless well remembered by many, for
it made a great sensation at the time. He
was a peer of the realm, descended from the
royal line, and was, moreover, a strikingly
handsome man, of right princely carriage.
He was subsequently a member of the
British Parliament, and is now dead.
As this distinguished stranger passed to
and fro to his hotel, he encountered the
umbrella-girl, and was impressed by her
uncommon beauty. He easily traced hel
lo the opposite store, where he soon after
wont to purchase an umbrella. This was
followed up by presents of flowers, chats
by the way-side, and invitation to walk or
ride ; all of which were greatfully accop
ted by the unsuspecting rustic. He was
playing a game, for temporary excitement;
she, with a head full of romance, and a
heart melting under the influence of love, I
was unconsciously endangering the happi
ness of her weole life.
Lord Henry invited her to visit the pub
lic gardens, on the Fourth of July. In the
simplicity ofherheart, she believed all his
flattering professions, and considered her
selfhis bride elect; she therefore accepted
the invitation, with innocent frankness.—
But she had no dress fit to appear on such
a public occasion, with a gentleman ofhigh
rank, whom she verily supposed to he her
destined husband. While these thoughts
revolved in her mind, her eye was unfor
tunately attracted by a beautiful piece of
silk, belonging to her employer. Ah, could
she not take it, without being seen, and pay
for it secretly, when siie had earned mon
ey enough ? The temptation conquered
her in a moment of weakness. She con
cealed the silk, and conveyed it to her lod
gings. It was the first thing she had ever
stolen, and her remorse was painful. She
would have carried it back, hut she dread
ed discovery. She was not sure that her
repentance would be met in a spirit of for
giveness.
On tiie eventful Fourtfuof July, she came
out in her new dress. Lord Henry com
plimented her upon her elegant appear
ance ; but she was not happy. On their
way to the gardens, he, talked to her in a
manner which she did not comprehend.—
Perceiving this, he spoke more explicitly.
The guileless young creature stopped, look
ed in his face with mournful reproach, and
burst into tears. The nobleman took her
hand kindly and said, “My dear, are you
an innocent girl ?” “1 am, am,” replied
she, with convulsive sobs. “Oh, what have
I ever done, or said, that you should ask
me that ?” Her words stirred the deep
fountains of his better nature. “If you are
innocent,” said he, “God forbid that I
should make you otherwise. But you ac
cepted my invitations and presents so rea
dily that I supposed you understood me.”
“What could I understand,” said she,
“except that you intended to make me your
wife?” Though reared amid the proudest
distinctions of rank, he felt no inclination
to snMe. He blushed and was silent.—
The heartless conventionalities oflifestood
the presence of affectionate sim
plicity conveyed her to her humble
home, and bade her farewell, with thank
ful consciousness that he had done no irre
trievable injury to her future prospects. —
The rememberance of her would soon be
to him as the recollections of last year’s
butterflies. With her, the wound was deep
er. In her solitary chamber she wept, in
bitterness of heart, over her ruined air-cas
tles. And that dress, which she had stolen
to make an appearance befitting his bride !
Oh, what if she should be discovered ? And
would not the heart of her poor widowed
mother break, if she should ever know that
her child was a thief? Alas, her wretched
forebodings were too true. The silk was
traced to her, she was arrested, on her way
to the store, and dragged to prison. There
she refused all nourishment, and wept in
cessantly.
On the fourth day, the keeper called
upon Isaac T Hopper, and informed him
that there was a young girl in prison, who
appeared to be utterly friendless, and deter
mined to die by starvation. The kind
hearted old gentleman immediately went
to her assistance. He found her lying on
the floor ofher cell, with her face hurried
in her hands, sobbing as if her heart would
break. He tried to comfort her, but could
obtain no answer.
“Leave us alone,” said he to the keeper.
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WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) MARCH 21, 1844.
I “Perhaps she will speak to me, if there is
no one to heur.” When they were alone
together, he put back the hair from her
temples, laid his hand kindly on her beauti
ful head, and said in soothing tones, “My
child, consider me as thy father. Tell me
all thou hast done. If thou hast taken this
silk, let tne know all about it. I w ill do
for thee as I would for a daughter ; and 1
doubt not that 1 can help thee out of this
difficulty.”
After a long time spent in affectionate
entreaty, she leaned her young head on his
friendly shoulder, and sobbed out, “Oh, I
wish I was dead. What will my poor
mother say, when she knows of my dis
grace ?”
“Perhaps we can manage that she never
shall know it,” replied he; and alluring
her by this hope, he gradually obtained
from her the whole story of her acquain
tance with the nobleman. lie bade her be
comforted, and take nourishment; for he
would see that the silk was paid for, and
the prosecution withdrawn. He went im
mediately to her employer, and told him
the story. “This is her first offence,” said
he ; “the girl is young, and the only child
of a poor widow. Give her a chance to
retrie"ve this one false step, and she may be
restored to society, a useful and honored
woman. I will see that thou art paid for
the silk.” The man readily agreed to
withdraw the prosecution, and said he
would have dealt otherwise by the girl, had
he known all the circumstances. “Thou
shouldst have inquired into the merits of
the case, my friend,” replied Isaac. By
this kind of thottghlessness, many a young
creature is driven into downward path, who
might easily have been saved.”
The good old man then went to the hotel
and inquired for Henry Stuart. The ser
vant said his lordship has not yet risen,
Tell him my business is of importance,”
said Friend Hopper. The servant soon re
turned and conducted him to the chamber.
‘Pile nobleman appeared surprised that a
plain old Quaker should thus intrude upon
his luxurious privacy; hut when he heard
his errand he blushed deeply, and frankly
admitted the truth of the girl’s statement.
His benevolent visitor took the opportunity
to “bear a testimony,” as the Friends say
against the sin and selfishness of profliga
cy. He did it in such a kind and fatherly
manner, that the young man’s heart was
touched. lie excused himself, by saying
that he would not have tampered with the
girl, if he had known her to be virtuous.
“I have done many wrong things,” said he
“ hut thank God, no betrayal of confiding
innocence rests on my conscience. I have
always esteemed it the basest act of which
man is capable.” The imprisonment of
the poor girl, and the forlorn situation in
which she had been found, distressed him
greatly. And when Isaac represented that
the silk had been stolen for his sake, that
the girl had thereby lost profitable employ
ment, and was obliged to return to her dis
tant home, to avoid the danger of exposure,
he took out a fifty dollar note, and offered it
to pay her expenses. “Nay,” said Isaac,
thou art a very rich man; I see in thy hand
a large roll of such notes. She is the
daughter of a poor widow, and thou hast
been the means of doing her great injury.
Give tne another..”
Lord Henry handed him another fifty
dollar note and smiled as he said, “You
understand your business well. But you
have acted nobly, and I reverence you for
it. If you ever visit England, come to see
me.—l will give you a cordial welcome,
and, treat you like a nobleman.”
“Farewell, friend,” replied Isaac:
“Though much to blame in this affair thou
too hast behaved nobly.—Mayst thou be
blessed in domestic life, and trifle no more
with the feelings of poor girls; not even
with those whom others have betrayed and
deserted.”
Luckily, the girl had sufficient presence
of mind to assume a false name when ar
rested; by which means her true name was
kept out of the newspapers. “I did this,”
said she “for my poor mother’s sake.”
With the money given by Lord Henry, the
silk was paid for, and she w'as sent home to
her mother, well provided with clothing.
Her name and place of resideuce remain
to this day a secret in the breast ofher ben
efactor.
Several years after the incidents I have
related, a lady called at Friend Hopper’s
house and asked to see him. When he
ontered the room, he found a handsomely
dressed young matron, with a blooming
boy of five or six years old. She rose to
meet him, aud her voice choked as she
said, “Friend Hopper do you know me?”
He replied that he did not. She fixed her
tearful eyes earnestly upon him, and said,
“You once helped me, when in great dis
tress.” But the good missionary of hu
manity had helped too many in distress,
to be able to recollect her, without more
precise information. With a tremulous
voice she bade her son go into the next
room, fora few minutes; then dropping on
her knees, she hid her face in his lap. and
sobbed out, “I am.the girl that stole the silk.
Oh, where should I now be, if it had not
been for you !”
When her emotion was somewhat calm
ed, she told him that she had married a
highly respectable man, a Senatoof his na
tive State. Having a call to visit the city,
she had again and again passed Friend
Hopper’s house looking wistfully at the
windows to catch a sight es him; but when
she attempted to enter, her courage failed.
“I go away to morrow,” said 6bc “and I
could not leave the city, without one more
seeing and thanking him who saved me
from ruin.” She recalled her little hoy
and said to him, “Look at that old gentle
man, and remember him well; for he was
the best friend your mother ever had.”
With an earnest invitation that he would
visit her happy home, and a fervent “God
Bless you,” she bade her benefactor fare
well.
Mv venerable friend is not aware that I
have written this story. I have not pub
lished it from any wish to glorify him, but
to exert a genial influence on the hearts of
others; to do my mite toward teaching soci
ety how tocast out the Demon Penalty, by
the voice of the Angel Love.
L. M-C.
From the Boston Mercantile Journal.
EFFECTS OF FEAR.
There are few things more calculated to
excite a just indignation than an attempt on
the part of young persons to frighten little
children, or each other. In this wav im
pressions are often made on the plastic
minds of youth, which remain through life
and cause many an hour of anxiety and
perhaps agony. In this way a species of
cowardice is produced which cannot he o
vercome in after years—and the man who
would be the first to plant a standard on a
hostile fort,or to board an enemy fighting
hand to hand, has been known to turn pale
with affright at the ideaof passing a church
yard alone in a dark night—or even at en
tering a lonely and lofty garret, in the dark
after the family have retired. Marshal
Saxe, one of the bravest men who ever com
manded an army on the embattled field,
would never retire to rest until he had care
fully examined the closets in his chamber,
and looked under the bed !
It is sometimes the case, however, that
these sudden shocks of fear, when young,
administered not unfrequently by the un
thinking, for the joke's sake, are attended
with more serious consequences. We
sometime since saw mention made of a
child in Virginia, who was frightened to
death. The circumstances which led to
this nielancholly catastrophe, are not of
unusual occurrence. The child was play
ing with its companions, and was told by
them, in sport, that a rag-man was about
to carry him off in his hag. Alarmed with
fear, the child ran into the house, when the
object of his terror, unfortunately, also
coming into the house, he uttered a shriek
and instantly expired.
This is not the first or only instance of
the fatal consequences of fright upon chil
dren, and even upon adults peculiarly sus
ceptible of fear. An English paper re
ceived by the last arrival of the Hibernia,
contained the following paragraph :
“On Wednesday week, a girl named
Margaret Pete, in order to amuse some com
panions, dressed herselfin a white garment,
and put on a hideous black mask, in which
disguise, issuing suddenly from her resi
dance, in Palmer’s-foliy, Ratcliffe-high
way, London, she caused so much terror to
a child that it died ou the following Friday
morning. The girl was taken into custo
dy and detained till after the coroner’s in
quest, when she was reprimanded and dis
charged.”
Indeed cases are known where young
persons have had their minds minds entire
ly overthrown—and been doomed to lives
of helpless idiocy by the unprincipled fol
lies of their acquaintances, who have de
vised and executed some cruel plan of ma
king sport of their fears Such conduct
has no apology. Those who are guilty of
it should be held as accountable as the man
who levels a deadly weapon and destroys
the life of a fellow creature.
And yet this attempt to excite the fears of
a child, is not unfrequently resorted to by
parents, as a salutary punishment! Bug
bears are created to frighten the young in
nocents into obedience. It is unphiloso
pliical and in the highest degree barhari
ousin its nature, often entailing wretched
ness, in the shape of unnecessary fears on
the being whose courage and determination
should be fortified and strengthened instead
of being sapped and destroyed by the unna
tural or unthinking parent.
It is sometimes the case that persons, who
for the sake of a good practical joke, at
tempt to frighten others, get sadly fright
ened themselves, or in some other way re
ceive a punishment, which they richly de
serve. A case is related in the medical
books, of a young man in the country, who
on learning that some frolicsome girls in
tended to go into a neighborhood cornfield
one evening, to get some ears of corn to
roast, determined to frighten them. He ac
cordingly wrapped around his figure a
white sheet, to represent a ghost, and part
ing from his associates proceeded towards
the field in high glee. What he beheld or
met to excite his fears was never known,
but he was soon heard to utter a horid
scream, and was soon after seen, still wrap
ped in the sheet, running with great rapidi
ty through the fields. At last he reached
the house, absolutely frightened out of his
senses. He was attacked with epileptic
fits, which succeeded each other rapidly,
and soon put a period to his existence. —
When the fits were noton him he seemed
much terrified, imagining that he saw some
thing horrible, and begged and entreated to
have it taken away !
In the year 1850, Ohio will have a pop
ulation of two millions, provided the rate of
increase as at present continues.
UNITED STATES.
A work has recently appeared in Lon.
don on the “True law of population,’ which
arrives at conclusions of very general im
portance, and besides, completely over
throws tlie Malthusian theory, that wars,
plagues, and epidemic disorders are correc
tives of the redundance of mankind.—lt
goes to show that the lowest point of deple
tion—short of that which extinguishes life;
is most conducive to the increase of the spe
cies subject to such depletion, and that
populations placed in circumstances pro
ductive of early mortality, increase at a
more rapid rate than others which enjoy a
greater longevity. Os the latter proposi
tion, this country is adduced as an example,
and it will be interesting to our readers
here, we doubt not, to learn on what
grounds. It is assumed, that
The average of the whole Yrs. Mos.
population living in New
York, according to the
census, is - - -- 23 3
But the average of all
who die there, is only - - 0
Or an excess of deaths over the ages of the
living of more than three years and three
months denoting, if the like excess prevail
ed from year to year, an increasing press
ure of the causes of mortality. If the mor
tality be the same from year to year the
chances of life would appear to be lower
in New York than in Dublin, where accor
ding to the data given by the British Com
missioners, it would appear to be 25 years,
5 months.
The circumstances productive of early
mortality are thus given: “The cleansing
and the general sanitary condition of the
American towns, appear to be lower than
in England or Scotland, whilst the heat
there, at times, is greater, and decomposi
tion more active; pestilence in the shape of
yellow fever, ague and influenza, is there
more rife, the deaths in proportion to the
population more numerous, and the aver
age of death, (so far as there is informa
tion,) amongst the resident population,
much lower.”
Now, assuming the fact to be as stated,
and we believe it is, that life is shorter in
New York than in England, we can by no
means admit, that it is owing to the supe
rior cleanliness of the streets in that coun
try, for we believe that, generally speak
ing, the streets are as clean here, and were
they not, the effect would be more than
counteracted by their greater width, and the
absence of those numerous narrow and
confined lanes and alleys which abound in
all old cities. Yellow fever in New \ork,
is now of course out of the question. A
prominent cause however, ofthe increased
mortality here; but there is another cause
to which the writer in question does not al
lude, and that is, that in one year, a man
taxes his physical and mental powers twice
as much as a European, and therefore, the
human frame being only susceptible of a
given amount of exertion of mind or body,
is sooner worn out. Compare the exis
lence of a Burgher of Vienna, content to
live in that station in life, to which it has
pleased God to call nim, and caring nothing
for political institutions or events, with the
life of an American citizen ever striving to
improve his condition; always aspiring to
mount higher, regardless of the racking
cares that are the inevitable concomitants.
See him watching the winds and seasons,
to learn how events, beyond human control,
may promote or mar his worldly prospects.
Where else in the world hut here, is the
mind soon the stretch, that it cannot wait
till the following morning, for an account of
the events which have taken place on the
preceding day beyond the sphere of its own
personal observation? and that bulletins
are stuck up in various places, with infor
mation of occurrences of general or private
interest, the moment they can by any pos
sibility be known? All classes partake
of this excessive activity; the mechanic
turns out twice the work that would be
done by one in Europe,* and the laborer
begins and ends his toil with the rising and
setting of the sun; and as if this were not
enough, political questions by turns en
gross the thoughts and excite the feelings.
Now, it is Clay or Van Buren, the tariff’
or no tariff, the 23d rule, abolition or what
not; even religion comes in to call the mind
to increased activity, and to Dr. Wain
right and Dr. Potts, Bishop Hughes and
Mr. Cheever, Miller and Joe Smith.
It is probable that such a state of tilings
is but the natural result of Democratic in
stitutions and a comparatively new coun
try, where the road to wealth and distinc
tion is alike open to all; where every polit
ical event is of stirring interest to all, and
where the field for exertion is so unlimited;
but be this as it may, we think it cannot he
denied that the results to which we have
adverted contribute more to shorten thedu
ralion of life, than the circumstances to
which it is ascribed by the writer in ques
tion. VVe are aware that we may be told
that by the rule we have laid down, fe
male life here should be comparatively of
longer duration than in Europe, because
females here are undeniably less called
upon to active exertion than men; but it is
*ln a recent debate in the Legislature of No
va Scotia, we saw an amusing illustration given
of this fact. The question waß on the imposing
a duty on the import of boots and shoes : one of
the members advocating high duty said, that in
the United States a shoemaker had a large bTass
kettle standing by him, into which he threw a
pair of shoes when he had finished them, and
that he was considered a bad workman if he
could not finish another pair before the sound of
I the fall of the first pair in the kettle had ceased
• to reverberate.
in. J. KAFPEL, Printer.
possible that extremesdn either way, arc
pernicious to health, and that inactivity is
as pernicious as over exertion.
We close with the following extract from
the “True law of population
Years Months.
“ The average age of the
whole ofthe living population
in America, so far as it can
be deducted from the returns
at the periods given in the
census, is only 22 2
“ The proportionate numbers at each in
terval of age in every 10,000 of the two
populations, are as follows :
U. States of America. England & Wall -
Unders‘years 1,744 1,324
snnd under 10 1,417 1,197
10 do 15 2,210 1,089
15 do 20 1,091 997
20 do 30 1,810 1,780
30 do 40 1,160 1,289
40 do 50 732 959
50 do 00 430 054
60 do 70 245 440
70 do 80 113 210
80 do 90 32 59
90 and upwards 4 5
10,000 10,000
Average ageof living
22 yrs. 2m. 26 yrs. 7m.
Here it may be observed, that whilst in
England there are 5,025 persons between
15 and 50 who have 0,040 children or per
sons under 15 ; in America there are 4,789
persons living between 15 and 50 years of
age who have 4,371 children dependent
upon them. In England there are in every
ten thousand persons 1,305 who have ob
tained above 50 years’ experience—in A
merica there are only 830.”
AN IRISH HIGHWAYMAN.
BY BENSON E. HILL.
Doctor VV , the Bishop of Cashel,
having occasion to visit Dublin, accompa
nied by his wife and daughter, determined
to perform the journey by easy stages, in
his own carriage, and with his ow n sleek
and well fed horses, instead of trusting his
hones to the tender mercies of an Irish post
chaise, and the unbroken garrons used for
drawing these crazy vehicles.
One part of his route was through a wild
and mountainous district ; and the bishop,
being a very humane man, and considerate
of his cattle, made a point of quitting his
carriage at the foot ofevery hill and walk
ing to the top. On one of these occasions
he had loitered to look at the extensive pros
pect, indulging in a reverie upon its sterile
appearance, and the change that agricul
ture might produce, and in so doing suffered
his family and servants to be considerably
in advance; perceiving this he hastened to
make up for lost time, and was stepping
out with his best speed when a fellow leap
ed from behind a heap of loose stones, and
accompanying the flourish of a huge club
with a demoniac veil, demanded “Money!”
with a ferocity oftone and manner perfect
ly appalling.
The bishop gave the robber all the silver
lie had loose in his pocket, hoping that it
would satisfy him ; but he was mistaken,
for no sooner had the ruffian stowed it away
in a capacious rent in iiis tattered garment,
than with another whirl of his bludgeon,
and an awful oath, he exclaimed
“And is it with the likes of this I’m after
letting you off? a few paltry tinpennies!—
It’s the gold I’ll have, or I’ll spatter your
brains. Arrah, don’t stand shivering there,
like a Quaker in the ague, but 1 ug out your
purse, you devil, immediately,or I’ll bate
you as blue as a whetstone.”
His lordship most reluctantly yielded his
well-filled purse, saying in tremulous ac
cents, “My good fellow, there it is, don’t
ill use me—l’ve gjven you all, pray let me
depart.”
“Fair and softly, if you please ; as sure
as I'm not a good fellow', I hav’nt done with
you yet. I must sarch for your note case,
for I’ll engage you have a few bits of pa
per payable at the bank ; so hand it over,
or you’ll sup sorror to-night.”
It was given up : a glance at the road
showed that all hope of assistance from his
servants was unavailing, the carriage had
disappeared, but the bishop made an in
stinctive movement as though anxious to
escape from further pillage.
“Wait awhile, or may be I shall get an
gry with you ; hand over your watch and
sales, and then you may trudge.”
Now it happened that the Divine felt a
particular regard for his watch, —not so
much from its being of considerable value,
but because it had been presented to him
by his first patron, —and ho ventured to ex
postulate.
“Surely you have taken enough ; leave
me my watch, and I'll forgive all you have
done.”
“Who ax’d your forgiveness, you old
varmint ? Would you trifle with my good
nature? Don’t force me to do anything
I’d be sorry for, —but, without any more
bother, just give me the watch, or by all
that’s holy ”
And he jerked the bludgeon from his
right hand to his left, spat in the horny
palm of the former, and re-grasped the for
midable weapon as though seriously bent
on bringing it into operation ; this action
was not unheeded by his victim,——he drew
forth the golden time-piece, and with a
heavy sigh handed it to his spoiler, who,
rolling the chain and seals round it, found
some wider aperture in his apparel into
which he crammed it; and giving himself
a shake to ascertain that it had fotfttd, by
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