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MeCabe, .Joseph Cobb.
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Friday
Feb. 11,1876
A REAL LIFE R0MASCE.
My Sciglibor in the Sky
Parlor.
BY PAUL PLUME.
" f On the other side of the street,
and directly opposite my lodgings,
there was a modest brick house of
two stories, with a single garret
window, at whicn a pale, young
man used to sit in, &$. fifiesscopa
. - -.. . .
when the weather was. pleasant,
and look down upon the passers-by
that .were hurrying to and fro
bneath his eyes. Iu the sumoier
evenings he would invariably play
the flute until late at night, and
the style of his music gave me the
idea that he was of a melancholy
temperament. His favorite airs
were,' 'Thou art Gone from my
Gaze,' 'My Soul is Dark,' 'Fare
well, my Dreams are still of Thee,'
and songs of a similar character. I
made up my miud that the poor
fellow had either been crossed in
love, or that he had set his affec
tions upon an earthly idol which
had turned to dust.
Night after Tight I would lie and
listen to the wailing of his flute, and
wonder if his poor heart was as sad
as his notes. I the morning he al
ways took a walk, rain or shine.
His attire was neat, and not the
least seedy. In fact, he seemed to
get himself up with a remarkable
degree of good taste and nicety.
fZe certainly was not very poor, for
his clothes were too expensive to
admit of that thought. But why
did he live in a sky-parlor ? Per
haps he was a poet. I had often
heard that poets loved to roost
high, but then I remembered they
were always needy poets, fellows
full of genius, but often without a
penny to purchase a loaf of bread.
That young man conldn't possibly
bse a poet, he didn't wear his hair
as' I uuderstoid poets did. He
neVer seemed abstracted,
onlJ,y seemed to have
a mfcjancfco'y turn of mind, or
music! I cuht to say, aeeinc that
I had ffievcr made his acquaintance.
S r-"aeil nwyy and ihefJi
chillr ivootj u&j.a drnw on, and
j r,ten could see my neighbor
ittening his nose against the cold
71ndow panes as ue sat percaea in
the attitude of a spectator.
v One day I happened to observe
our servant at the door of my
neighbor's house, talking to a fel
low servant.
Aha !' thought I, 'now perhaps
I can glean a little information to
satisfy my curiosity.'
'Molly, I said, the next day
when the girl come to attend to my
room, 'I see that you have an
acquaintance on the opposite side
of the way.' 'It's my cousin, sir,'
she replied.
'ladeed !' I rejoined. 'Well, ask
your cousin the name of the lodger
in the garret the gentleman who
plays the flute, lind out where
he comes from, what he does, any
thing that she can tell you about
him; and when you have got this
information came and repeat it to
me,' and I placed a dollar bill in
her hand.
'Shure an' I will, sir,' she re
plied. 'I'll slip over this evening,
and try to Jo your bidding.'
That day I met my neighbor on
the street, not twenty roda from his
lodgings, and as wc looked each
other in the face I raised my hat
and bowed to him, and had the
satisfaction to receive a polite re
sponse from him.
The ice is broken, at all events,'
thought I. 'We may know each
other some day.'
I can't account for the desire I
had of becoming acauainted with
the stranger, for there was -nothingj
particularly fascinating: about his
appearance, but certain it was, I
felt a strong wish to shake him by
the hand and hear the sound of his
voice.
The following morning Molly in
formed me that her cousin had told
her that the lodger's name was Ba
con, that he was a quiet and well
behaved young man, who alwajl
paid his rent punctually, and fre
quently gave her a half-dollar for
performing some trifling service for
him. Beyond this she knew noth
ing. Well, I had learned his name
at least, and I felt satisfied.
A few days later I happened to
be at the post-ofBce, and observed
him coming out of the door, read
ing a letter heavily edged with
mourning.
'Good day, Mr. Bacon, 1 said.
I trust you have n unpleasant
news.
He glanced at me with a sur
prised look, but quickly answered :
'Unl no; I get aiietter Irom my
sister occasionally, and she writes
on mourning paper ever since our
aunt died last summer.'
Ye were walking in the same
direction, so I determined to con
tinue the conversation if possible.
'I should judge you were lonely
sometimes. I often observe you
at your window. I will be very
glad to see you at my rooms when
ever yoa feel inclined to drop in.
I have a great deal f spare time
on my hands, and very few ao
qnaintances in the city,' and with
this speech I presented him with
my card, which he scrutinized close
ly, and then looking at me asked :
'Any relation to Abner Banks,
of Middlesex?'
'Abner Banks is my uncle,' I
replied.
'Very glad to have met you,' he
rejoined. 'I am well acquainted
with your uncle; in fact, he is the
executor of my aunt's estate. She
left her property to my sister and
mysclfa I shall come and see you."
i TO. fvti....,: ; t t.
The following evening Ira Bacon
rapped at my door and walked into
my presence.
'You arj comfortably fixed here?'
he remarked, pricing about the
room
'You would laugh to see
how I am
quartered. You know
I am at the top of the house. I
like the landlady but sue don't like
my flute playing. It wouM dis
turb her unless 1 was up in the
garret; she hears little of it there.
So, sooner than move, I content
myself with the accommodations
afforded me.'
His explanation seemed rational
enough, so we began to talk of
various matters; and finally it oc
curred to me that I ought to bring
forth some f my good wine.
'Will you take a drink with me?'
1 asked.
'Thank you, yes,' lie replied, 'i
rarely use anything stronger than
coffee, but occasionally 7 try
something else, when 1 feel that 1
require a tonic, and that, singularly
enough, happens to me just now.'
Mr. Bacon drank long, steady
draughts, and appeared to under
stand the art of stowing away his
liquor quite as well as any one 1
knew. 1 began to fancy that I
was mistaken in my man. He
smoked cigars, too, one after
another with remarkablo rapidity.
About ten o'clock (he came to see
me at nine,) I saw three empty
bottles silting upon the table, and
I had a confused notion that Ina
Bacon was waltzing: in the aif
nrmiml mv bead. lufc that wasjt
a mistake. Ira Bacon was sitting;
ciuietlv in his chair; smoking, and
tellinjr rre what a fearful place a
... . - . V
froo city is tor an .mex
youns man
.vao imagines he knowsl
everything. How likely he is tobeT
tempted and led astray, if he don't
guard his actions well. Mr. Iacon
wa3 several years my junior, and
his words sounded strange to my
ears. I began to think that I was
a fool for expending sympathy on
one who could lecture me in that
style.
The following morning Molly
looked at me in a meaning way as
she asked :
"Wasn't that Mr. Bacon that
was with you last night?"
'It wa3,' I replied.
'I let him out ; he could'nt open
the door,' she continued.
'Was there anything the matter
with him?' I asked, glancing at the
empty bottles that still stood upon
the table.
'Oh bless you, no sir,' replied
Molly: 'he said he was going to a
prayer meeting.'
' A prayer-meeting !' I exclaim
ed, starting up and laughing. 'He
must have been jcking.'
'Indeed, he wasn't, sir. I watch
ed him go into the church beyond
the corner. As sure as I live, sir,
I'm telling the honest truth.'
TZere was a stunner. The pale,
melancholy young man had almost
druukme , well, I won't say
what, and then gone to a prayer
meeting. There was something at
ence so ridiculous and unlookedfor
in the fact, that I felt as if 1 had
made myself very foolish.
Several weeks passed away, du
ring which I met Bacon almost al
most daily. By this time we had
t ftn- such. confidential terms that
Bacon one evening, under the influ
ence of my old Madena, related to
me the cause of his leaving his old
home, and coming to reside in the
city.
"My parents," he said, "lived m
Roxborough. In the opinion of an
unthinking world they always lived
happily together. Ah ! how little
can we judge of other's happiness.
They passed their lives, indeed, in
ease and comfort, and monotonous
content ;' and such amusements as
it came within their means to enjoy,
it must be owned, they partook of.
It must be acknowledged, too, that
they submitted to each others' wish
es and desires with tame acquicence
so that the voice of discord was
rarely heard beneath their roof.
My parents treated me with the
greatest tenderness ; my sister and
I were their only children. My
boyhood was happy. I went to
school at an early age, but was al
ways counted a dull student. Yet
you will pardon me, if I say that I
carried off several good prizes on
examination days.
It was not until I was eighteen,
that tile seemed to posess any
charms for me. At that time I
loved one of the best and most beau
tiful girls in the world. Her name
was Sallie Booth, and she was the
daughter of the most important
storekeeper in tie place. Same
and I engaged ourselves, and it was
settled that she would wait a coup
le of years u,ntil got into business
and then we; would, be married.
Alas ! for the rosy dreams of youth.
We little knew what a misfortune
was coming upon us. Her father
became Embarrassed in his affairs,
and was on the point of failing when
ho was assisted by a man named
William Barksdale. Barksdale had
a motive in helping Mr. Baoth in
his difBcnlties. Ho wanted to mar
ry Sallie. Well, I won't make a
long story of it, when a short one
will answer my purpose. Mr Beoth
pleaded with his daughter to marry
Barksdale, and even wept and ex-i
plained to her that it was only by
her marrying Barksdale that he
could be saved from ruin, as Barks
dale could foreclose on hin at any
moment. 7t was by such means as
these, that Sallie yielded and con
sented to marry as her father wish
ed. We met for the last time, and
she explained the case fully to me.
My expostulations availed nothing.
'I shall never love anyone but you,'
she sighed, 'and I have told both
my father and Mr. Barksdale the
fact. The latter has consented to
take me, knowing it all. Ira, fare
well ; never attempt to follow me
for I will not see you, but should I
ever become free and you still re
tain your love fcr me, I will not
refuse toreceive you.'
'After Sallie married, she came
here to reside, in fact, she only
lives a square distant from where
we are sitting, and from my garret
window I can see her huse, and
upon still summer nights I fancy
sha can hear me playing the same
airs upn my flute that she used to
listen to in days long gone. She
attends the church just below the
corner, and sometimes I see her at
the prayer-meetings. She is much
altered, and I fear not happy. We
have never spoken to each other,
because I have disobeyed her in
following her. There you have all
the outline to the story that has
made me what I am, a discontented
Her husband is wealthy, I sup
pose : 1 asked. -
'On, yes, replied Bacon; 'hehfl
. i j j - -
r plenty of mor.ev,
and shfl seems t.
nenenxeaAJiave evervtmnsr necessarv
t m i ...
to her
comfort, but I know she n
nerer can
be happy as his wife."
ll moo na iTtin-rr r Itnnltlx 9' T
inquired;
'Excellent, excellent. You nev
er saw a more robust man ; he will
live, no doubt to a good old age;
and Bacon sighed.
There happened to be a pack of
cards lying oa my table, and I
reached for them and began to shuf
fle them.
'I'm going to tell vour fortune,'
I said with a laugh; 'here cut 'em.'
He obeyed without a remark. j
I knew nothing whatever about
the art of fortune-telling by cards ;
but wanted to amuse Bacon, so 1
went on.
'There's a lady with a light com
plexion.' 'That's Sallie,' he exclaimed.
'Well,' 1 continued, 'she looks
upon you with favor, and often she
thinks of you.'
'2 know it,' he exclaimed,
'There is a dark man who stands
between you and her love.'
'Yes, indeed,' he sighed.
'Hush, I command, don't inter
rupt me. Here is a great calamity
but not to you. It will affect oth
ers, but not yourself, and out of it
will come your happiness. Now,
make a wish, and I'll tell you if you
will obtain it.'
'I wish that Sallie Barksdale may
become my wife,' he quickly said,
gazing wildly into my eyes.
'Your wish will be granted you,'
I replied, showing "him the cards.
He threw ;Jiimself back in his
chair and breathed hard between
his teeth, and.I began to tegret my
foolish act. Little did I imagite
what an event would take place
that day ere the sun set. When
we parted it was noon. About 4
o'clock, as 7 was passing Tenth
street, I saw a, crowd running past
the corner in great haste. The
next moment Bacon came tearing
up to me with a cold perspiration
upon his brow, and his eyes staring
wildly.
'In the name of heaven, I inqui
red, 'what is the matter r
'Didn't you see it?' he asked.
'See what?'
'Barksdale's horses running a-
way with the carriage ; the driver
was thrown and is badly hurt.
'Who was in the carriage ?'
'7 don't know,' he said, 'and
don't want to either. Oh ! I feel
so faint.'
7 took him into a"6aloon and ap
plied a remedy composed of cognac
brandy and sugar. Knowing that
many persons had been benefitted,
by using it properly. He was ben
efitted of course. When he felt
that he had the nerve to walk where
we had seen the shattered carriage
lying bottom upwards, we took our
departure from the saloon. Men
were already carrying something
away on a stretcher, and it wasn't
i u woman
Bacon caught my hand, and then
I kaew he had . a nervous chill,
so I took him to his garret. When
I left him I pressed his hand gent
ly, and said, Jeighbor,"I am sorry
for all earth's creatures who know
misery and have to suffer misfor
tune. From the depths of my heart
I commisierate the widow. I don't
suppose you'll remain in this gar
ret much longer. Good-bye.'
.
The windows of Mr. Barksdale's
late home had been closed fer twelve
months, when Ira Bacon came one
day bounding into my room, his
face full of beaming smiles.
, 'Banks,' he exclaimed, 'I'm going
to marry Sallie. I want you to be
my groomsman.'
I took his hand with becoming
solemnity as I replied : 'Ira Bacon
I will be your best man on the oc
casion, but I will never shuffle card
again.
My old neighbor no longer plays
the flute on summer nights in his
sky parlor, nor does he flatten his
nose against, the frosty panes in
winter weather. The one ho looks
for is ever at his side, and I often
visit them in their fine residence,
and think how dangerous it is for a
man who has a handsome wife to
ride behind his own horses. Phil
adelphia Sunday Transcript.
It Got Monotonous, .
Six or seven days ago an aged
man entered the store of a Detroit
cigar man, who also deals in seeds,
and, inquiring for the proprietor
soon stood face to face with him.
'Want to see me ?' asked the
dealer,
'Yes, sir, I do ! Seven years ago
this coming spring I bought a paper
of seeds of you!'
'I presume so.'
'I'll swear to it, sir ! Seven years
ago,
sir, and noc one or those seeds
came up !'
'Well, that's funny,' laughed the
dealer.
'Yo may think it was,' said the
old man, 'but I'll make it cost you
ten thousand dollars ! When you
sold me those seeds, sir, you did not
know that you were dealing with a
4iion V
Well, you stop your blowing and
get out of here I'
'Give me a package
of cabbage
seeds
sir :
'The old man went away, but In
an hour returned and said in a loud
veice V
'Seven years ago this coming
spring I bought a package of seeds
at this store. Not one of these seed3
aros8 from the sile !'
Ho was ordered out, and he went
out. He was there the next morn
ing as soon as the proprietor was,
and he said :
'Seven years ago this coming
spring you sold me a package of
seeds. Not one single seed matured
to manhood !'
'He was put out that time, but he
returned in the afternoon, when the
store was full of customers, and ex
claimed :
'Seven years ago this coming
spring I was swindled by that man
there ! He gold me a package of
garden seed, not one seed of which
ever thruv I
When he went out something hit
him three or four times in the back.
He went down the street for awhile,
and then returned and stood in
ront of the store and said to the
people who passed :
'Seven years ago this
spring this store sold me
garden
seeds that never spreuted !
He repeated the words over and
over until a crowd began to gather,
when he was called in and given a
dozen papers of seed, and told to
forgive and forget.
'toix papers of onion seed to pay
for the choking !' he said as he
buttoned his overcoat :
They were given him, and when
stowed away he remarked, 'six pa-.
pers of cucumber seeds to pay tor
four kicks !'
After some argument these were
handed him, and as he backed out
of doors he said :
'It's all right ! You've acted like
a man about it, and if vou want any
11 m ''mi
vegetables next iaiu 1 11 make a
discount to you !' Detroit Free
l're8S.
The Lawyer's Trade.
A day or two ago, when a young
isaan entered a Detroit lawyer's of
fice to study law, the practitioner
sat down beside him and said :
'New, see here, I have no time
to tool away, and it you don t pan
out well I won't keep you here
thirty days." Do you want to make
a good lawyer r
Yes, sir.
'Well, now, listen. Be polite to
old people, because they have cash
Be good to the boys, because they
are growing up to a cash basis
Work in with reporters and get
puffs. Go to church for the sake
of example. Don't fool any time
away an poetry, and don't even
look at a girl until you can plead a
case. If you can follow these in
structions you will succeed. If you
cannot, go and learn to be a doctor
and kill your best friends.'
"Rock of Agss Cisft for Me."
Ia the pleasant country of Deyon,
in one of its sequestred passes, with
a f?w cottages sprinkled over it,
mused and sang Augustus Toplady.
When a lad of sixteen and on a visit
to Ireland, he had strolled into a
barn in which an illiterate layman
was preaching but preaching rec
onciliation to God through the
death of his son. The homely ser
mon took effect, and from that mo
ment the gospel yielded all the
powers of his brilliant and active
mind. During his last illness,
Augustus Toplady seemed to lie in
the very vestibule of glory. To a
friend's inquiry, he answered, with
a sparkling eye : '0, 'my dear sir,
I cannot teil the comforts I fiel in
my scul they are past expression.
The consolatien3 of God are so
abundant that he leaves me nothing
to pray for. My prayers are all
converted into praise. 7 enjoy a
heaven already within my soul.'
And within an hour ef dying, he
called his friends and asked if they ,
could give him up; and when they
replied in the affirmative, tears of
joy ran down his cheeks as he ad
ded, 'Oh, what a blessing that you
are cade willing to give me over to
the hands of my dear lledeemer and
part with me ; for no mortal can
live after having seen the gleries
which God has manifested to my
soul! And' thus died the writer of
the beautiful hymn.
"Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in the."
The Innocence of a, Youth-
The Vicksburg Herald has tho
following ; The Vicksburg boy can
stand up with any other boy in the
world against an accusation. The
other day, when a Vicksburg moth
er discovered sugar on the pantry
shelf, she called to her boy, and
said:
'Some one has been stealing this
sugar.'
'Is it possible ?' he exclaimed,
rolling up his eyes in astonish'
ment.
'Yes it i3 possible, and the thief
is not far away either !'
'Ain t he : Do you suspect fath
er r
'xSTo, I don't.'
'Couldn't be the cat, could it ?'
he .inquired, glancing under the ta
ble in search ot the telmo
" 'Cats don't tat sugar, young
man i
'They don't?'
'No sir ; tho thief is a boy about
your size.
'lie is eh? Id just like to catch
him in hero just once !'
'If this sugar is disturbed again,
she said as she covered the box, I
know of a boy who will get his jacket
dusted.'
'That's bully ! I wish you would
let me 6tay out of school so's to see
you catch and maul him.'
And he went out to devour the
other lumps.
A Disappointed Hoosier
This is tho way his name read on
the hotel register :
'Constable TZenry Harrison Paul,
Ind.
He was a portly man, he talked
in a loud voice, and he darkly hint
ed to the clerk that he was here
on important busine3.
The next morning after his ar
rival he spread out five or six
papers on the reading-room table,
and went over each column of each
paper in turn. He was occupied
for nearly two hours, and as he was
folding up the papers a gentleman
who. had been interested in his ac
tions, inquired :
'Well, didn't you find-what you
were looking after?'
'No, sir, I didn't!' said the
Hoosier in a loud voice.
'I always thought the press of
CT r tar "V -iV- t r f n vr o YIr in on j
It'i piiBU, uuii J. civuiu iiiLU ivnu canj
yesterday morning and not a durn
paper has a line of notice about it
yet!'
lie Cleared Her.
An amusing story is told cf a
backswoodman who saw a carpet for
the first time in the heme of a city
friend. He was somewhat confused
at first, thinking it was eeme kind
of ornament probably an oil paint
ing but perceiving a bara place at
the further end of tho room, step
ped back a few, paces, and with a
running jump, struck the floor about
six inches from the edge of the
carpet. When his heels struck
the floor, he fell bak, but quietly
arose, and after looking with com
placency at the distance he had
leaped; exclaimed: 'By gosh, I
cleared her !'
'Why, Bill, what's the matter
with you? you look down in the
mouth.' 'Well, Pete, I guess if
you'd been through what I have,
you'd look bad too.' 'What's the
matter ? 'Well, you know Sarah
Snivels, don't you, Pete?' 'Yes'
;I discarded her last night.' 'You
did? What for?' 'Well, I'll tell
you : 'she said she wouldn't marry
me, and I'd discard any girl that
would treat me in that way.'
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