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DI PILOT
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ABLE GO3DS
n, the ,Latest
Vt6mers.
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ARESTORE.
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OUSE !
E FIRST,
His
TOCIK,
COST.
READY
53—
stock a
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'Abe, Haas Teo
English,
Y
hest quality;
iNledieine
refi anat., ace
SDEN.
IJGGE,
LENIEN-Ts, =din
the horse. -A large
and. and for first -
FOBBING thatis the
end other Umber,
- Sale.
11-1y.
OF GOOD 11011. -
and five years of
ter's Hard Fortune.
Era SCOTT,
Roxborough.
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•
Religi n—Equality in Civil Rights".
EDTIOR & PUBLISHER
-TOL.. 3, NO. 44i
SE
ORTH, FR,IDAY, 0
TOBER 21, 1870.
• ..WitOIX W.•
BUSINESS °ARDS:
EDI.CAL.
T1 TRACY, Me Ite Coroner for' the County of -
Huron. -Office and Resiclence--One (bier
East of the Methodist Episcopal 'Church: .
Seafcirth, Dee. 14th, 1868, • 53-ly
RC. MOORE, M. (Graduate of / McGill
. University, Montreal,) Physician, Surgeon,
etc. Officg and residence Zuriela Ont.
Zurich, Sept. 7th, 1870. 144 •
TAMES STEWART,_ M. D., C. M., Graduate
O of AUG -ill University, Montreal., Physieian,
Surgeon'&c. Office and. tesiclence :—At Mu.
Goole's, Varoa.
. •
JJR. W. R SIVIITI41.Physician, Surgeon, etc.
• Office,—Opposite Veal's G-rocery. Resi-.
dence—Main-street, North.
SeaforthaDec. 14; 1863. 53-ly
TT L. VERCOE, M-. D. C. M., Physician, Sur-
▪ geon, etc. Office and Residence, corner
of Market and *Leh Street, immediately in rear -
.of Kidd & MeMulkin's Store. -
Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. -‘ 53-1y.
T CAMPBELL, Ms D. g m. -,.(G-raduate of Me-
e) . Gill University, Mo laeal) PhySician, Sur -
Post Office Building, up st irs, where he will be
e
geon,ete., Seaforth, , Offic and Resicleoce—Old.
found by night or day when at home. -
Seaforth, July 15th, 1869. '''. 84-ly
.„.
LEGAL:
DF. WALKER, Attorne-eAt-Law and .
„ So-
11c1tor]n-Chancery, Carrieyancer, Notary
Public, &c. Office of -the Clerk of the Peace,
Court House, Goderich, Ont. -
N.B,—MOney to lend at 8 per cent on Farm
- Lands,
Goderich, Jan'ye 28. 1870. 112-1y..
-A T5CAUGHEY HOLMSTEAD, Banisters,
Atterney s at Law, 'Solicitors in Chancery
and Insolvency, :NotariesPublicand. Conveyanc-
ers. Solicitors fpr the R.. 0. Bank, Seaforth,
, Agents -for -the Canada Life Assurance Co?
N. B.—$30,060-tb lend at 8 per cent. Farms,
Houses andLots fel. sale.
Seeforth,. Die. 14th, 1868..
53-tf.
, , •
'BENSON &MEYER, Barristers and Attorney
at Law; Solicitors in Chancery and Insolv-
...alley, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Of-
fices,—Seafortli and Wroxeter....Agents for the
Trust and Loan Cb. of Upper Canada, and. the
Colonial Securities j CfP. 1 of London, England,
-Money at 8 per cent; Ind COMfalSii014- Charged.
JAS. H. BENSON, .1 . G -II. W. C. MEYER,
Seaforth, Dec. 10th 1868: 153-ly
DENTAL*
.1 G. W. HARRIS, •L. D. 1p
ficial Dentures inserted with all the
latest improvements. The greatest
• care taken for tne preservation • of decayed -and
tender teeth. Teeth extracted without pam.
lkones over Colliet's Store, - ly.
Saeforth. Dec.14, 1868.
HOTELS':
flOMMERCIAL HOTEL, 'Ainley .611 , James
Laird, proprietor, affords lirst-class accom-
modation for -the travelling public. The larder
ancl bar are always supplied -with the best the
markets afford. Excellent stabling in connection
A inleyville, April- 23, 1869. ' 70-tf.
t
-17 ONX'S HOTE4 [(LATE SHARP'S) The un -
JX &reigned begs to thank athe public for the
liberal patronage awardedt° him in times past
in the hotel business, and also to inform them
• that he has ageiln resumed business in the abOve
stand, whereflee: will be happy to bwe a call
from oia friends, and. many new ones.
THOMAS NX.
Seaforth, May 5, 18.70. - 126-tf.
-
JT Re ROSS, •Proprietor New Dominion Hotel,
.
bees to inform the people of Seeaforth and
b
the travelling community generally, that liekeeps
first-class accommodation in: every thing -required
by travellers. :9A. good stable and willing -hostler
always on hand, Regular Boaeclers will receive
every neees-sary attention.
Seaforth, Feb: 8th, 1869.• - 63-
ItIORITISIF EXCHANGE HOTEL, PODERI 11, -
_LI o..-,1!., J. CALLAWAY, PROPRIETOR .i' 3: 8,
ill
' WILLI s, (late of American Hertel, Warsaw, N.
Y.) Ma*ager This hotel has recently been new-
leafurrighecl, and refitted throughout, and is ROW
one of the most cninfertable and conircioclions ie
the Province. Good Sample.Rooms for Cornmer-
. - . .
cial Travellers.. Terms liberal. •
-Gocleriela April 14, 1870: 123-tf..
MISCELLANEOUS
HARP'S LIVERY STABLE,' MAIN ST.,
S EA_FOR TH. First Class Horses jand Carriages
.-always on ha,ncl at reasonable terms. - -
R .L. SHARP, Proprietor:
Seaford", May 5th, 1870. 3-tf—
MAILL & CROOKE, Architects, etc. Pleas
and Specifications lrawn correctly, Carpen-
ter's, lasterer's, a,ndMason's work,. 'measured
and v lued. Office -0 er J. • C. Detlor Co.'s.
store, Court-Hause Square, Goderich.
Goderieh, April 23, 1869. •
• W. McPHILLIPS, Provincial Land: Sur-
veyots, Civil Eneineers, etc. All manner
of Conveyancing done with neatness and dispatch.
G. McPhillips, Commissioner in B. R. Office—
Next door south of Sharp's: Hotel, Seaforth. ,
Seaford', Dec. 14, 1868. - ' 53-1y.
IIAZLEMIRST, Licensed Auctioneer for
_1111 the County of Huron, Gederich, Ont
Particular ettention paid to the sale of Bankrupt
-Stock. FarmeStock -Sales attended on Liberal
Terms, Goods Appraised, Mortgages Foreclosed,
Landlord's Warrants Executed. Also, Bailiff
'First Division Court or Huron.
Goderich, June 9th, 1869., • 176.tf
of
. I '
HE FARMER FEEDETH
'
My lOrd rides through the palace gate,
My 1 tidy sweeps alonglin state,
The sii.ge thinke long on many a thing,
And the ru ide muses on marrying,
The si1r j10 athe. foaming sea,
The 1untsman s the good red deer,.
And the sol *e rs Without a fear,
I3u fall te,e ch ethate'er befall,'
Th farmer, e must feed them all.
Smit hamip4 th cherry -red the sword,
Prie1 preac1k pure the holy word,
tDathe Alice w rketh 1radingevell,
Qlerkl Richard ales of love can tell ;1
The tep-wife s Us her foaming beer, -
- An co-ur ie s ruffis strut and shine,
ban isher .fis eth in the mere, '
en pa es ring t6',Gascon wine.
Man
Whe
• Grea,
• Grea,
O -Gree.
Fair
-Grea
And
Bu
Th
uilds th castlee fairtancl high,
ever nver runneth by; .
cities' rise in evr land,
churches show he builder's hand,
arelick monuments and towers,
alaei• and pleeeingebowers ;
work is done, be it here or there;
veli man worketh everywhere, •
work, or rest; whate'er
farnerr he ntst feed thein
Titf!IT'L'EMAN _ BEGGAR.
. ..,. ,
. ..: •
nin , •about 6V -e years ago, I called
nt n Mr, John 'Balance, the fash o
rokei, to acoonipeny him to Livdp
of 1 vanting customer—for Bala
• to pawnmg, 'does a little busines
er cent. line. it rained in. torr
ab stepped ati--tilic • pas sec& which 1 1
awning 1)3xes to his private door.
lig -twice, and atlength . Balance . a
. i
iiii. g throngli t e mist and ram n
rin• ated by his perpettual Cigar. '
ratlhcr impatiently, remembering
for no man, s ' --ething like .0,,- h
bundle of rage, rose up at his feet,.
passage for a moment: Then Belai,
ti
eth an ,exclamaelon, in answer ap-
some leine ',could not hear` ''W
!---sle A in this :passage !—there, t
et some breakfast, for heaven's sak,
hejumped into -the "liensom.'. and'e e
l'ng
1 One mo
eppointm
able pawn
in pursuit
pursuit
in 4c1clitio
the sixty
When the
past the
eabuian r
pared, lo
entry, ill
yed him
eine wa
or a
a, •ed hi
d out
ent y to a
Man alive
et and
9 saying
owlecl a, vay at ten Miles•an hoar, just zate
e expre e as the cooTs of the station were e °s-
ing. My ,curioeity as full set—foe altho lr
Balaarce c n. be /tee with his money, it isnot b.
actly to b ggars that his generosity is usually r s-
played o when comfortably ensconced. i • a
coupe; I fi'shed h --
"-You are liberal with your money this me
: pi'ayi how, ft it do you give silver to str -t
cadgers ? shell know now What w k
to take hen at . and sharps l leave off bay e
law."
Balance- ivhii, w uld heve niede au excell t
parso11) h0 hac n been bred to a case -hard
ing trade, and. has till a soft bit left in his he
that is always g with his hard head,
not, smile at _ell; bu .,looked as grim as if. sque z-
ing a lem, n int.o hi Saturday night's punch. e
answered slowly, A cadger—yes ; a beggar • a
miserable ,wretela e is now. ; but let Inc tell y
ts
10
10
t
ce
a r-
at,
Mister Devid, that -that miserable bundle of r s
/
was born and br
'nobleman Ithe 1u
and dine at ab
David, er , only 1a11(
vor of thej butle e ,
and got 7-01 al
him was his court ..
for -one hundred Po
pect when -he dies,
d a,gentleMan -; the son o
and of,aae heiress, and has
es where you and I, Mas,
-wed to view 'the plate and
I have -0ent him thonean
. The ast thing,' had. fr
uit 0; an I hold now is
cletli will be paid,. I le
i .
" Why, j what non.sense„ on are talking ! ou
must be c 'eaaniag his mei ning. , However, e
are alone, '11 light a weed, in defiance of railm ay
le*. Yo -shall s in -that ,atm, for, true or "-
true, it 11 fill ip he time to Liverpool."
• " AS f. yarn," replied. alance. " the wh
story is s s ort enoti. ht and agfor truth, that
may eas y find art if you like to take
tr• iuble. though i the poor. wretch, was de
and. I owi it pa, m out meeting him this mo
ing, for I • ad a ear ous dream last night."
/ 'Oh, 1 mg el'ou dreams ! Tell us all ab ut.
this gent ema,n be gar that bleeds you Of la,/ 11 -
crowns -7t at arlelt, the heart even of a pai en -
broker l" • - ' 1
i "Well, hen, Lba beggar is the illigitimate scn
of the lat .Marqiuis of Hoot botough. by a Span eh
lady of.ra . e 1 oceivecl a first-rate eclucati°
ahid was b ought 1.14 in his 'ether's house. .At a
vlary earl wee Ile o tained an appointment in a
0 -9
public o h ce, eies •resented by the Marquis at
Court, an receive int:lithe first society,' wh d
his hands me pees° and agreeable manners nuj. e
him a gre, t favoun e.1' ' Sooi after coming of
he maniac the 'thiu thter Of Sir E. .Buruper, w
brought h •. a very hands° , e fortune, Which I
strictly .se teed e h rself. They lived in splen
style? • lee' t sev ra carriages, a house in toi
and apel. qe in ihe ountry. • For some reaso
other, icll iesi; ' ti please! his -lady's pride,
resionecl l fs app.in went, i His father died ..
left him n ebbing ; i ideed he seemed at that ti
very hancl oMel , en ovicled for. " i
"Very •oon..-.N r. .ancl Mrs. Moline's Fiti-
began to disagiee. She was, cold, correct -
was hot ae cl ran on He Was quite depend t
on her, an 1 she • at e m fee1 it When he
gan to get into debt he caiiic to me. At len li
some sho kine cite riel oe urred. ,• some cas
jealousy o i thewif 's side, not without reaso
.believe 1; nd the lid). of it was, Mr. Fitz -
'was turn d out, of doors. .' The house was
-wife's, anc.' the filen tare was his wife's --he we
in fact helI pens ne . He. left with a few li
ecl pounds re, cly money, wed, some perso 1
j welry, a di -we t • an hotel. On this and c
it he lived tBeiug. illi *timate, ne had no r
tions -;. bei g a fool, wh a. he spent his money he
lost his fri ads. T e wOrld took his wife's p
when the fount sh had the fortune, .and he
only parti s who in &feted were her relati e
who, did t eir best o Make the quarrel incura le:
To crown ell, d e a ghthe was run over by a c b
was carried to a h ospttal, and lay there or
and w -a du g Several weeks of the tr, la e
lia
unconscions. e essage to • his , •wie? • by p , e
hands of on . of ..hi debauched compa one, e et
by a 1311 a e ur eore obtained an ' time /n
that ‘if he died Mr Creak, the undertaker to ti e
family, had ord rs , see to the funeral,' and that
Mrs. Mo os w oe the point of starting to the
tnrn tor some years. When
ged he came to me limping
his conrt suit, and teld.me
ally sorry for the fellow, such
hbredtlooking man .He was
a
tar
e-
s,
le
7
Is
Con.tinent, not t r
Fits -Roy as dich
on two sti des to Ipa
„jiis story. I war
a hands° e tho ou
going into the west some • here, to try, to hu
out a friend. • What to do, I: alance,' he said,
don't know. I can't dig, a id unless someb
will make me there gamekee ler, I must starve
beg; as my Je ebellbade- me • lien we parted.
1 lost sight of °lines fe te: long time, a
when I next carne upon him t was in the Roo
ery of Westmmstcr, in a low lodging-hous
where I was s arching with , officer for stol
goodi3. He th5 pointed ou me as the ge
denim cadgerj' because he ; so free with h
recognized me b
ce seen him and r
, although he nev
he lives, Heav
money when in 1 ail He
turned away t
lieved him
asked for an
knows. Wit
out useful edu
country, as y
hop -picking p
,•when he obtai
heard throug
lanow come t,
Property a and 1 expec
woulcl pay th
rate, what I
and the -bunc
known in eve
the `gentlema
This story
am fond of sp
of a legal hun
A gentleman
Atmore of unk
en. • I have si
ore than mac
thing. Ile'w
out eioney, w•thont friends, wit
ation of, any 1. ncl; he tramps t e
saw him, pe ahps doing a litt e
hay -Making, i season, only hap
s the means t • get drink, 1 ha a e
the kitchen whispers, that ea,
ine, that lie iS entitle& to so e
if he were to die his wi e
p,oun bill / hold; at a y
d yb I know to be tru
s I t lieved just now
-led :ing in England
f•k•
; I
; I
hundrei
have -V>
le of ra
thieve
cadger.
prodqced an
ciliation, and'
as Much as, orne do a fox-chas
a beggar; a e fe rolling.in wealt ,
own property dile to the husban
It seemed as i there were pi kings for me amid
this canon of pauperism.
Before rctui1niug:from Liverpool, I had pure
ased the gelid man beggar's cceptance from B
ance. I then inserted in the Times the follovvi
advertisement : " Horatio itolinas Fitz -Roy.
If this gentle
Esq,, Solicit°
thing to his a
Mr. F.'s corr
ward. He
fotir hoursq had ample proof Of the wide circul
• tion of .the Ti nes: My offic _Was besieged 'vi
beggars of e .ety degree, m n and women, 'la
and blind, in h, Scotch, an English, some
crutches, some in bowls, Ficime in go-carts. Th
all knew the
gular frateini
not one would
certain that I
One evenin
peerance of the aclvertisemen
e(1"' another eggar." The
leaning upten staff, clad. in
all patched. a d torn, with a
under which 112b.88 of tangl
shoulders and halt Coneealed,,
gar, in a wea , wheezy, hetitating tone, eai
-ion have a lvertisecl.for olinos PitztRoy.
hopsy, you do- t mean any glum ; he ie sunk,
think, too. lo for enmity' ow ; and. Merely
one would spo witle such eery as his." The
last words we e utterledlin a ort of piteaus whis
I answered • uickly, ;"Ile ven .forbid I shou
sport with ery : I meart and hope to do hi
good, as well s myselt"
" Then, sir, I an'. ,Molinos itz-Roy !"
While we ere conversin candh
les ad be
brought in. have not ver tend,er nerves--
head would ot agree •wit thera—but I own
started and s uelderecl wh n• I saw and kne
that the wret hed !creature dere ine was und
thittY years o age and Once gentleman. Shai
aqiline featur s, reduced to teral skin and bon
b
beeriined and covered with dry fair hair ; t
white teeth of the half-opene 1 mouth • chatter
eVith eagernes , an made in re hideous the fo
pa,llor of the c untena,nee. its lie stood leani
on a staff half bent, his Fong, yellow bony finge
clasped. over t e crutch head of bis stick, he w
indeed a picture Of mieery, famine, squalor, a
piematiire age. too horrible to dwell upon.
raade him sit down and sent fi3i• some refreshment
which he devoured like a ghoul, and set to work
to unravel his Story. It was -difficult to keep
011 the the point;
but with pains learned what coi
vinced. me• he was entitled to some propert
whether great or smell there was no evidenc
On parting, I said, "Now, Mr. F., you must st
in town while I make proper enquiries. W.111, t
allowance -will be . to keep you conifer
ally ?"
• He answered humbly, after much pressin
" Would.; you think ten shillings too much ?"
I don'telike if I do those things at all, to
them shabbily, -solsoid, " Coin.e every Satnrda
and you shall ha,ve pound.", He was profuse
thanking,of coarse, as all such men are- as lo
as distress lasts.
I hedprevibusly learned that my ragged cl
ent's wife was. in England. ;living in -a, splendi 1
house in Hyde Parke Garclepe, under her maicle
the Earl of 0 a•
enongh
mpression on me
ike the exciteme
an will apply: o David Discoun
, St. James's, e will hear of sera
vantage. ,An pereon rurnishi
ct .address, sh 11 receive is. r
s last seen, et.-.", Within twen
1
4
s1
•gentleman,", and I must do the r
oft tramps th justice to say, th
answer a que ion until he ma
leant the 't g eitleman" no har
, about three 'reeks -after the! a
, my clerk announ
0.
I
e came an old m n
, soldier's great co' t
battered hat, fto n
1 hair fell over 11 s
is face. The be.-
•
11
n.
v,
. 1
name. i On t e following day
called upon me, wanting five thousand pounds b
live o'clock th . same evening. It was a case
life and death witli him,a so I made my term
.nd took adv ntage of his pressure to execute
oztp de main. I proposed that he should drii e
t
me home to receive the money% calling at Mr..
Molinos, in H de Park Gardens; on our way. I
knew that the coronet end liveries of his fathe
the Marquis, jwonlcl insure me an audience wit
Mrs. MolinosFitz-Roy.
My scheme' answered. I Was introduced in
the lacly'a 'ores nce.. She was, and probably i
a very stately ha,ndsaine woman, with a pa
complexion, hi h, Solid forehead, regular feature
thin, pinched, self-eatiefted Mouth. My inte
view was very short.' Iplunged into the michll
of the affair, 1 but had scarcely mentioned t
i
word husband " f presume. you have lent t
proffigatepers n money, and want me to payyou .
•8he pauSed, and than. said, "He shall not ha
a farthing."
scarlet.
"But, mad
strong reasons
perty, and if
take other Inc
she spoke her white fa,c. ebeca
me the man is starving. I ia e
for believing he is entitld. eto pr
you refuse any assistance, I mu t
sures." She rang the bell; wro e
something ra
as the foo
withnairo
aappearedeipaluYshoend.taowcaarrdcim; eandlacross the tab e
ply to_ them if a person! teaching a toad, sayin
Robert, show you think I you, have any el •
There, sir, i the address of my solicitors, a
is not admitte his person Out, and take care
ocean."
So far I had effected nothing; and. to tell
taath, felt rather crest -fallen under the influen
Of that grand. manner pecplia,r to certain greatl
dies and to a11 great actressee,
e.My next visit was to the attorneys, Mess
Leasem & Fes un, of -Lincoln's Inn Square, a
there I was at home. I had had dealings tvvi
the futra befo ,e.They are agents for half t
aristocracy, who 'alwaye run in crowds like she
after the sanie wine -Merchants the same are
ted, the sam horse-dealere, and the same la
agents. It may he doubted whether the quality
of law and land managemeng. they get on this
prmcIple is quite equal to their wine and horses,
At any rate my friends of Uncohi's Inn like °the
er, of the sem' e class, are distinguished by their
courteous manners deliberate proceedings, inno-
cense of legal technicalities, long credit, and
heavy Charges. Leasem, the elder partner, wears
powder and a huge bunch of seals, lives in Queen -
square, drives a brougham, gives the dinners and.
does the cordial departraent. He is so strict hi
erforming the -latter fluty, that he once ad-
dressed a poacher who h*cl, shot a, duke's keeper,
as "my dear creature," although. he afterwards
hung him. ,
Fashum. has chambers in. St James street,
drives a cab, wears a tip, , and does the haha
style. .
My business lay with Lessem. The interview
and letters passing were namerous. However, it
came at last to the followiag dialogue.
"Well, my dear Mr. Discount," began Mr.
Leasem, who hates me like poison, "Tin really
very sorrylor that Poor dear Molinos—knew his
father well, a great man, a perfeet gentleman,
• but you know what women are, eh, Mr. Discount.
My client we'll advance a ; she knows it
would only be wasted hilow dissipation. Now,
don't you think .(this was said very insinuatingly)
—dont you think he had better be sent to the
workhouse ; -very coirfortable accommodations
there,t1 can assure you—rneat twice a weak, and
excellent soup; and then Mr. D., we might con-
sider about allowing you something for that bill."
"Mr. Leasem, can you reconcile- it to your
conscience to make such an arrangement ? Here's
a wife rolling in luxury, and a husha,nd_ starv-
ing!"
No) Mr. Disconnt, not starving; there is the
-workhouse, as I observed before, besides, allow
me to suggest tthat these appeals to feeling are
quite unprofessitmel—quite unprofessional."
"But, Mr. Leasem, touching, this property
• which the poor 'man i entitle& to." •
"Why, there again, Mi. D, you must excuse
- itne'• you really must. I don't 'say he is, I don't
say he is not; If you know he is entitle& to pro-
perty, I am sure you'knoW how to proceed ; the
law is open to you, Mr. 'Discount—the law is
open, and a man of 'your talent will know how
to use
"Then, Mr. Leasem, !you mean that I must, in
order to aightthis Starving man, file a bill of dis-
cover, to extract from you the particulars of his
rights. You have themarriage settlement, and
all the information, and you mobile to allow a
pension, or afford any infOrmation ; the man is
to etarve 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 decided;
that a solicitor is not bound toafford such infor-
mation as you ask to- the injury of his client."
I kept repeating the word. "starve," because I
saw it made my respectable opponent wince. ,
" Well, tnen, just hsten to me.. I know that
in the happy state of ybur equity law, chancery
can't help my client, but I have another plan :
I shall go hence to my , offiee, issue a writ, and
take your client's husband in execution—as soon
as he is lodged in gaol, I shall fyle his schedule
in the Insolvent Court, and when he comes up
for his discharge, I shall pelt you in the witness -
box, and examine you on oath, ." touching any
property of which von know the insolvent to be
possessed,' and where wili be your privileged.
communications then. ?"
The respectable, Lea,sem's face lengthened in a
twinkle, his comfortable. confident air vanitilied,
he ceased twiddling his gold chain, and, at length
he muttered—
" Suppose we pay the deot
" Why, then, I'll an•est -aim the day after for
another."
"13ut, my dear Mr, Disc unt, surely such Con-
duct would not be quite re pectable.
"That's my business ; ny client has been
wronged, I am determinecl to right him, and
when the aristocratic fiim of Leasem & Fashun
takes refuge according to t e custom of respeet-
able repudiators, in the coo1 arb rs of the Court
• of Chancery, why, a mere ill-dis °tinting attor-
ney like David Discount need not hesitate about
cutting a bludgeon out of the Insolvent Court"
" Well well, Mr. D., you are so warm—so
fiery ; we must deliberate—we must .Consult.
you will give Inc until the day after to -morrow,
and then, we'll write you our final determine -
dela), in the meantime, seid us a copy of your
authority to ad for Mr; M linos Fitz -Roy."
Of course I lost no time In getting the gentle-
man beggar to sign a proper letter.
On theappointed day came a communication
witi the L. & F. seal, whielt I opened, not- with-
outomprofessional ea,gerne s. It was as follows :
re Molizzos Fitz -Boll d Another.
"Si,—In answer to our application on be-
half of Mr. Molints Fitz- oy, we beg to inferno
you that, under the aclini. stration. , of a patern-
al, aunt who died intesta e, your • client is en-
titled to two thousand ye hundred pounds
nineteen shillings and eixaence, Three per Cts. ;
one thousand five hunched jpounds nineteen shil-
lings and fourpence,_Thre per Cents. Reduc-
ed:; one thousand pounds,Long , A ntruities ;
five -hundred pounds, Banl4 Stock ;' three thous-
and live htindred. pounds, 1 IndiA Stock, besides
'other securities, making iip about ten thousand
pounds, which we are prep red to transfer :over
to Mr. Molinos Fitz Roy's direction forthwith."
Here was a windfall! I quite took away nty
breath. • ,
. At dusk came my 'gallant beggar, and what
azzled me was, how to b eak the news to hinn.
Being very much overwhieirneci. with business
that day, 1, had not much timii
e for consderaton.
He came in rather better dressed than when I
first saw him, with only le week's beard. -on his
chin • but, as usual, not qaite sober, Six weeks
had elapsed since our first interview. He woe
stil the humble, trembling, low -voiced creature, I
first knew - ;.-a • .
After a prelude, I.said, "I find, Mr. F., you!
are eutitled to soneeddng ; pray what do you
mean to give me in addition to my bill, for ob-
taining it ?" He answered. rapidly, ,"•011, take
hall, if there is one hundred. pounds ,take hall,
if there is fivehundred pounds take half."
"No, no, Mr:, F., 1 don't do business in -Ljiat
way, I shall be sittisfied with ten per cent."
It was so settled. I then led hira it into
the street, impelled to tell hint the news, yet
dreading the effect ; not daring to makelthe re-
velation in my office, for fear of a scepe.
I began hesitatingly, "Mr. Fitz.R.oy, I era
happy to say, that I fint
nd you are eitled. to -
ten. thousand pounds !"
"Ten thousand pounds !" he echoed. "Ten
thousand pounds!" he shrieked. "Ten thous-
and pounds 1"' he yelled, fleiTing my arm violent-
ly. 'You are a brick, Here, cab ! cab 1" Sev-
!
eral drove um-4the shout might have been heard
a mile off.e junled in theVtrate
• " Where tor sai thedrivet.
To a tailor's, you raseal•l"
" Ten thonsend pounds- ha, ha, -ha, 117 he re-
peated, hysterically, when ni the cab, and every
-
moment geaspirig my ann. , Presently ub-
sidecl, looked, me in the face, - and muttered.
with agonizing ferver-
- "What a jolly brick- you are 1"
The tailor,the hosier, the bootmaker, the hair-
dresser, were in tun' rsitecl by this poor pagatt
of externals. As, by degrees, under -their handr4
he -emerged from the beggar to the gentleman, ,
his spiiits rose ;his ey6it biightened ; he walked
erect, but always nerinusly grasping itittr arm.;
feariagapparently, too8Eeight of me for a mo-
ment, lest 11.40.--fortupe slechild vanish with me.
The impatient pride wAtile Which lie gave his 'or-
ders to the astoninhed -tradesmen for the finest
and best of everything, and the araazed air of -the
fashionable hair -dresser when he presented. his
Matted locks and stubble chin, to be "cut and •
shaved," may be acted—it cannot be described By the time the external transformation was
complete, and. I sat down in a Cafe in the Hay -
Market, opposite a haggard. but handsome, the-
-ronch-hred•looking man, whose a,ir with the 'ex-
ception of the wild eyes and deeply'browned fece,
'did not differ froin the stereotyped men about
town sitting around. use Mr. Molines Fitz -Ray
had already almost forgotten the past ; he bullied
the waiter, and criticised the wine, asif he had
done nothing •el.se. but dine and drink and. scold
O there all the days of his life. •
Once he wished to drink my health, and would
have proclaimed the whole story to the coffee -
room ,assembly, in a raving style; When I left
he almost wept in terror at the idea of 'losing
sight of me. But, alletviag for these eltallitiens
—the natural rest of such a Whirl of events—he
was wonderfully cake and self-poseessecl.
• The next day, his first care, was to distribute ,
fifty pounds among his friends the cadgers; at a
house of call in Westminster, ancl formally to dis-
solve his connection with them, thosehne,sent
undertaking for the "fraternity," that„ ',for the
future, he should never be noticed by Wen" in
piblic or private.
I cannot follow his career imielts'futther. Ad- ,
eversity had taught him nolir g. He, was -soon •
again surrounded.by the Wel -bred vainpireawho
had forgotten him when penniless; but they
amused him, and that was enough. The ten 1
thousand pounds were rapidly melting when .he
invited me to a grand dimer at Richmond, which
included a dozen of the most agreeable, ',good- •
looking, well-dressed dandies of, London, inter-
spersed with a display of pretty butterfly bonnets.
Wedined deliciously, and .drank as men do of
iced wines in the dog -days ---looking down from
Richmond Hill.
-Oneof the pink bonnets crowned Fitz -Roy with
a wreath of flowers : he looked ---less the intellect
—as handsome as Alcibiades.-- Intensely excited
and flushed, he rose with -a -champagne glass in
his hand to propose my health.
The oratorical powers of his father had not de-
cended on him. Jerking out sentences by spasms,
at length he said, "I was a,:beggar—I am a gen-
tleman—thanks to this -7." „
Here he leaned on my shoulder heevily a nao-
ment, and then fell back. We raised him,
loosened his neckeloth—
"Feinted !" said the ladies: ,
"Drunk !" said the gentlemen. -
He was' dead 1—:Diekeit's Household Words.
The ,real Robin Hood.
Every one is familiar with the name of Robin
Hood, the Sherwood forester, althoug- h so little
is known of him. His real name, was Robert .
Fitsbo6th, which degenerated, in the mouths of
the common people, into Robin Hood: Ile was
an outlaw, who lived an the reigns of Richard
Coale de Lion, and John, his successor, about the
close of the titelftla and beginning Of the thir-
teenth centuries. His ..head -quarters wererin -
Sherwood Forest, Nottinghainshire. He is said
to have been a man of good birth';'t but, having
squandered ins property, took to the woods, and
became what might be called a "gentleman rob-
ber." At the time of Robin's exploits, the forest
laws were executed with, great rigor, and it is
said that William the Conquorer, and the Nornia,n
king t that succeedecl him, destroyed thirty -Six
parishes, pullet)" down thirty churches, and depo-
pulated the country for miles around, in order to
have a fine park for enjoying the Pleasures of the
chase, ebneequently a large number of people
were obliged to flee to the woods, . These ont-
casts, having a eon -anon, interests, banded toge-
ther, and, by their -vigilance andf determination,
-
succeeded , in avoiding, the pursuits of their
enemies..
It is said that Roan Iloocl had a hundred cOra-
pe,nions, all able-bodied. men, Who were so for-
midable, that four hundred men dated not attack
them. He . seemed to have pursued a certain
system in Ins robberiee; and, wishing to pacify his
Conscience, spared the poor, and. plundered. only
the rich. He was always gallant to the women,
hence it is not strange that his exploits have been
celebrated in aenumber of ballads and songs, -
extolling his chivalry and humanity to the poor. -
Hie Particular companions were Little John and
Friar Tuck. At length, feeling the infirmities of
age, and being attacked by illness, he went to a
nunnery to be 'bled—nuns at that- time -being
More or less devoted to the healing arts, bat in
this case, out of revenge, it is supposed, for B0133.0
attack upon convent, they allowed him to
bleed to death, in the eighty-seventh ey ear of 11114
age, Robin Hood. was buried under seine trees
neaerritehae;hceespot.
nvcontd
, an. a stone, duly inscribed,
m
A PERFECT ANTIDOTE OF ALL POLSONS.
plain farmer says " It is now over twenty
years since 1 learned that sweet: oil would cure
the bite of a rattle snake, not knowing that it
would cure other kinds of poison of any kind,
both on man and beast. I think that no 0110
should be without a bottle of it in the house. The
patient must take a spoonful of it internally and
bathe the .whettfinund for a eUre.To cure a herseatite
ateauires mg es as much as it does for a la
It is an antidote for arsenic and strychnine. It
-e411 cure bloat in cattle for eating. too muchfresh
dover, it , will citre persons who have been pois-
oiled by a long: running vine, growing in the
meadows called lay.
Samatenen the man of promise.' a young In-
dian, was ordained a priest of the Aolnan. Cath-
olic Chaerch in the yillage of Lorrette, near
bec, on 'Tuesday, with grand. eeremothes. Be
takes the wane Vincent, and is- said to be the
first red. man made a priest.
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