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THE.LOVERS OF ST. CXAIR.
A TAi.E OF TR.& FRENCH REYOL0TIOX. '
'Lay her. V the earth ;
And from her pure and unpolluted flesh "
May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest,
A ininist'ring angel' shall my sister be, .
When thou lest howling."' IZamlei ;
Otti LbvEf unto some thou art gentle
is a uinraer. rook, wandering along1
some rappy valley ta mingle its peaceful
waters with the gliding rivet or spread
ing: lake, reflecting in its glassy bosom
,the quivering blaeofthe summer's sky,
-and the flowers and- green boughs that
Lend their, graceful necks to bless the
Wilderness !-TV others thou art as the
impetuous toirrent, spreading ruin and de
vastation on every side, sweeping away
the frail sunny- flowers .-of earthly enjoy
ment, and burying them for aye in. the
waters of forgetfulness ! c
, , But woman's love- that thrice holy
llame, pure as the radiant sun o hi it
gladdens iike the smiles of spring the
heart it shines upon, arraying in beauty
' and bloom the arid wilderness of life, and
tinging even the clouds of sorrow with
a moonlight halo of loveliness !
- I envy not that man his callousness of
heart who cart sneer at what he terms the
poet's .ravings who, in the pride of a
tiold philosophy, can select the frailest and
most transient phases oLnature to prefig
ure the first undying love of gentle wo
man's heart that love which, like the
, shaded well in - the vilderness, the sun
carmot parch, nor - the sand-storm oblite
ratewhere the -pilgrim of the world
may driak deeply a balm for his sorr6w,
anjj-a'pquire freh vigor to contend wijth
the storms of adversity.
Let me conduct the mind of my -reader
on the wings of fancy afar,froru the spot
- where he now perdses this simple sketch 'Y
let me transport him to the sunny valley
t( St. Clair, in the Department of the
Seine,.orie of the imost romantic vales in
"the pleasant land of France." " Eikfr the
Happy Valley bf Rasselas, mountains
surround it on every sidewooded to their
very tops with dark-waving fir trees, while
the Old ancestral Loaks- fill' up the wide
area of the vale beneath. Those who have
s?een'the tints of morning -and evening
gleaming over the striking v features of
that peaceful valley' can never lose the
recollectioa of its Arcadian loveliness ; in
the eye of memory,-even now while I
write, it arises, once more, arrayed in the
tlimie4uty of a morning vision.
The Duke- de Giillouse; before the
great French revolution had eflaced the
memory of kings and their minions, was
one of the tnost powerful peers of France.
H Ts estate comprehended nearly the. whole
of the valley 4bf St. Clair ; and his proud
chateau, now crtimbline in ruins, was
-once the resort of;beauty, rank and chiv
, airy. Where are now the proud dames
and gallant 'fenights who joined in the
revelry of ' his? dazzling halls ? Where
are the boasted glories of his race?
Gone like the ; figures which the finger of
chiWhood etche, c the, and. p. the iast,
flowinc oceau
JThe Duke was advanced in years
.When the French revolution burst forth,
and hat! been for some time a widower.
The educatiori of his youthfil son Alfred
formed the pleasing employment oi his
peaceful daysv . V& . prophetic, eye had
long foreseen the cloud that lowered oyer
thetottering thrpne of his king J when,
therefore it did hurst, it possessed less
terrarsfor-him'ivrio had long contemplat
ed such a consequence to the many abuses
which had enfeebled' the pillars , of the
tate. It is the loftiest oak which soonest
feels thershock ofthe thunderbolt. ' The
)uke deCaillouse was far removed from
he influence of the revolutionary whirl
yiooV: when therefore he heard of the
voice of anarchy thundering in the royal
halls, where of" yore tyere lispedthe no
tieyed words of flattery he knew Uiati his
turn must eventually arrive his paternal
acres be laid waste, ; and his ola 'castle
form another trophy of tirae'But ere
lhat unhappy hourarrivf ," he. would say
with a melancholy smile, "these - grey
hairs, I trust, shall be smoothed on that
peaceful "pillo w, - over: which "eternal . si-
fence, reign Sj where 1 shal I hear not the-
voice that denounces the dweinh'of mv
fathers to the 'flames, or see their blood-
dyed hands desecrate the insignia of my
uncesto?s' j glory-But : saymy Alfred,
what must beconie. of thee 'J.-.-
Such was the good old duke. lt us
revert to his only son4 ' who - may be not
unaptly termed the crowning stone of the
nyramil 6 his longand noble race.
- Secluded from all intercourse with" fash
ionable society,' the youthful-lfredtho
nobly borii grew pp till the 'age of iiine
. teen an unsophisticated child of nature.
His lively lmamrmtionicfured the great
world he had heard" of as but ari exten
sion of his native Talley; The wild deer
t jounced not more free over the leaf-strewn
rlaScs than did the dark-eyed boy : and
t -
i
as wildly as the'shaft xrf his bow when it
sought the proud eagle pn.tbe rock. r
"His youthful Mings had founda tend
er object around which to- cling. Un
known to and: un perceived by his" fa
ther,, he loved and secretly cherished the
beauty of the valley,, the graceful Elea-
. i i . j . . . l . f . i .
uure, me oniy aaugnier a one oi ms ia-
ther s tenants. Though
berleath
him
love
in tank, he loved her wirhjas dk3P a!
as man's bosom, as yet unharderied by sin, I
i capaoie oi reeling: tie Knew not tne
wall of adamant the opinion of the world
had placed between her rank and his.1-
She was his first love, and deeply) was
his love returned Had aU" he fairest
beauties of Gallia's -shattered Tchivairv
been called before' him, that ho might
choose a partner, for life, lie would-have
seen but the-youthful EleaWei with her
laughing blue eyes beaming fondly , upon
mm
rrt ... , ' . t
lime is ever on tne w
11 f.
Hi pm-
ions, which in the suaehine slowed wth
rainbow beauty, assume, -Ik. darker Aue
from the gloom of the tempest. The flood
of the revolution ' swept over the sunny
valley of St. Clair, the ancestral chat
eau of the Duke de Cailloijee was wrap
ped in flamesand, theold ilukejsummon
ed to appear before purplied democrats,
dignified by. the title of representatives ol
the people,: accused of tile unpii'donable
crime oi naving been born tm aristocrat
He was hurried amid; the jeers of the
brutal soldiery into the! old family car-
riage, which soon bore i hi
m' atvay frcm
the scene of devastation without obtaining
leave to bid farewell to hii. sonj the only
idol which dwejt in the sit'ictuary of t!ie
breaking heart of the good old man ! !
And where was he? After an ine
tual struggle to obtain ain Interview with
nis tatner, he resignea himself for a time
to be carried along by die ovenyhelmifig
current of unhappy events he had witness
ed during the last few hours ; but as the
carriage disappeared, that rjrre Jiis father
a'way from the home i of his childhood
with hand outstretched 1o his ruined
home.Jie vowed .revenge on the headsjol
the bloody tyrants who had been the cause
of such devastation. Alas he knew not
the import of the words he hen uttered-
he knew not the many folds of the giant
serpent he had sworn to vvound--he knqw
not the weight andlrnagnituile of the.trem-bling-
crajjs which hunu iver him. In
Rjat ruiur of agony the mgdn.ious mind of
juuug iiuujciuuu was eniixciy ciiang
ed
He had lived before lor love now
for
revenge.
With the ability of a deer he ! bounded
from the soldierly who had been left to
see that the: work of destfuciion was fully
accomplished, and who had received in
structions to secure hirri also and bring
him to the capital. He escaped. -and du
ring the rest of the
m ma
day
el aded "their
search.
Under a wide spreading
est, revealed by a sickly H
oak of the for-
earn iof moon-
shine that' streamed hroulih d loop-hole
in the overhanging foliagej
stood two
fi-
cures clasped, m each other)
s arms.
"Eleanojre EJeanore ! sop" not so deep-
ly?" said Alfred de-CaHlod
se, for it was
he; "summon up your
must part,, though but for a
follow my father ; they wi
else. 1 will return soon
fortitude we
time;! I must
I rn'irder him
I will, indeed
I will, Eleanore. The- soldiers are in
pursuit of me should the
entrap' me,
S mor'S
i .;n i i.,ai
he kissing her with emotion and placing
her fainting form against the tree "Fare
well t here 1 must not linger it is fatal
ground." And he strode way, through
the dimly lighted pathway under deepen
ing boughs, casting one jlarewell look on
Eleanore, who had fainted. The' demon
of revenge was struggling fiercely to dis
possess love and all gentler feelings -from
the soul of Alfred. tie had not the cour
age to awit a renewal t of the scene hel
had already undergone, 1 which he knew
must take place - on the revival of Elea
nore." -t - -;v; ". ; ' y ' 1
, "Thy wl be ddne 1' saia the poor girl-,
when she-recovered her senses and found
that h was gone -"He is sadly changed
of late, and'much reason has he to be so,,
or he would not haire left irie. thus."
Her teats fell faster on tncturf where
on she knelt than' the chill night dews
from the leaves above, which she "heeded
not. . r - ' - ; '1 : ..j '..';' '." ''"
Let us drop the curtain on thi? scene, i
raise it bnahother oil a sterner character.
In a dim; dreaiy vault, lightened by an
iron lamp suspended -from the centre of
tne tof on -fMei of straw reclined
the form of a venerable-old ' man the
4ng the last unction, for to-mprrow he isto
suffer, wSh a number of others the merci
less sentence, of the 'demon Danton. He
has just fallen into a gentle, slumber, when
li iyot umj iua itit -unu, . aiiu 1UUII UlSltri-
.1 i . . -4 - ' - . ! . .- i - .
a knock is heard at the door, of his cell r
theface oCa soldier Je?ra jp-f starts
frpm-his feyerish' repose-a t pale form en
ters and throws itself intOf the arms of the!
irempiing anu nprparaiyiic oia man. rir
;': "My-father V exclaimil AJfreds -i
v?My son i mv son 1 krav a rlin bo v
Kow came you nere? Hd'w obtained you
entrance, into this dangerous' place!" j
Gold gold 1 eaiifc the yourig man with a
frenzied air gold; father l"i .-.
Long they. - rexnaioed clasped in each
each thought of his ardenti mind danced
other's arms, their tears mingling togeth
er. They .were startled bjf the voice of
the sentinel, who roughly announced thai
the half-hour was expired, and; that Alfred
must depart j
"Not yet! not yet" said both at once:,
'here is gold we will never meet on
earth again have mercy !"
I' 'T were more than! my head is worth,
citizen ; you must depart, and that instant
ly, or wiU be, death bl al7
"1 care not," said Alfred.
"But I dot citizen," said the sentinel.
" vVait but for a few minutes, soldier,"
said the old duke : L have much to say to
ray son-r-you have a son?" J
vYes! what then?" I i-
"Be merciful, -then-i-ffrant my boon :
you may be placed
in
these troublous
times, and that soon, iu-my situation
be
merciful V . f ;
The soldier retired w'ith his gold, gran
ing them five minutes longer. -
' My son," saW the tluke, I "you khow
the end for which a tnan of honor Rvei?"
, "Revenge"
"My soi my sou !
whom ?"
Revenge rtgainsl
'Revenge on thy murderers V
A las ! poor boy ! you know not what
you utter -the boa crujies net more sure
ly its prey than-they would thee, did they
hear, thy words. . Harki, I j&ear coming
footsteps Speak low If
"I care not: let them crush me." .
"My; son,. time .flies l hear the senti
nel's footsteps bow thy stubborn knee.'
You love me: swear to me1, then, in the
presence. of tj by God, that you will con
tinue true toi the cause of rational liberty
that you will meefrdeath, if such be thy
fate, my poor boy, vvitii the same fortitude
as I do now that yoii wijl foLrbear.all
useless revenge, which) would But hasten
thine own fate asd that of thy party
swear !" - Perceiving j that ! he . faltered
"Time flies," saidthe faiher, "if you
swear not ere we tpirt forever in this
world, I can not die in peace-"
"Citizen, the five minutes are elapsed ;
come along," said the sentinel,"
"Swear !'.' said the dike. !
"I do I do 1" said the almost senseless
youth; as the unfeeling jailer tore him
from the old man's embrace.; ;
"Farewell, my poor boy ! remember !"
were the last words uttered by the father
in hearing of the son.
divided tKem forever !
The closing door
t The noble Duke de Caillouse was
Tound dead in his cell tile following morn
ings the axe of the exe5utionef was balk
ed of a victim' the rabble cf a cene in
the great tragedy daily acting. .
The young Duke d4 Caillouse attach
ed himself, as may be supposed, to the
iby a list party. The limited duration of
that unfortunate faction! is well-known.
On its overthfow most of the Royalists
who did" not seek safety in emigration,
ultimately joined themselves to the Con
stitutionalists who in their turn were forc
ed to yield to the overwhulniing torrent.
Marat'Dantonand Robespiere, the fatal
Triumviri, how reigned triumphantly in
the Hall" of the "Convention as irr their
midnight clubs. ,
I shall not follow (theoung D5ke
through all his subsequent adventures.
Suffice it that, true to! His loath, he re-
mained fairbful to his cause, and oh the
dispersion of his party by"t he" sanguinary
JacObins; was one of the few who'escap-
ed'vifh life and ouht .safety in precipi
tate riight: . r j ;
During the : short tho ug'h eventful peri
odof his fife since thejideath of his fathe)
until now, he had not heafd, rTor indeei
sought to hear, any thing of Eleanore.
His existence Was bound in a spell, and,
now that it was broken, his" "mind in the
hour of danger when Death fixrd hisj
dark eyes on him at every turn, asrain
pained to benoid once more tne haunts of
t " - f It ' i
his childhood, arid her whom he had well
nigh forgottenbut whorlo veofhim as deep
ly and fondly as ever ;
Qh! woman's, t.Vej i'. fufnteJlb not,
And dcathftss is its will;- -
Wot whn ult'humaa hopes are vain, '
- It egds oa meiaortill, -
" It was a piercing da a in December,
when a 5trangejr,.meanly dressed, demand
ed admittance at the humble 'dwelling of
DeSablon, the father of Eleanore, in the
valley of ot. Olair.' 1 ne stranger wad
the young nobleman bow altered in bo
dy, spirit, and hope since last he beheld
that peaceful valley ! :J - -
"Maw. the wav-warn rest in the shadow
of your threshold, citizen-said oar -hero,
and taste of your cup V ' v k
Welcome,"-citizen, -. rejoined D Sab-
Ion, "but why ask mv such humble terms
what you are entitled Hxy demand as
brother Vou belong not to minions of
kinsr "' -' --1- 'fr:'-? ' '-
Here the speaker was . interrupted by
the entrance . of .ins daughter, who no
- a Si .
sooner beheld the -stranger than she ex
claimed; "Alfred I ydu l-i-is-it you
safe!"''- i- ' r'-l - 1 - --- --
i Alfred !" said the father, "Alfred de
Caillouse t an aristocrat and. proscribed?
heroiieJ son of the hoarv tyrant who
reigned oyer our 'peaceful ; himJet be
gone i young scorpion ! .ere 1 crush you:
thecitizen soldiers,. even now, were in
search of you a price is en- thy -head
but: I .SDurnx the iroia. enmsonea witn
blood." I
, "Father ! father I this must not be !
He must not depart . At' the first turn
be
on
him we: must !
secrete him for
! "Never!"
a season.
"1 will depart. Eleanore," said
Alfred
proudly, "unfortunate, proscribed,'
huh-
tea as i am, l yet scorn to hold my life
at tne mercy of one so destitute of tne
ieeliugs of humanity.
"But-it raust4-ay, it shall be
so ! or
tfUS ROUT VOU lose a da ntrhtpr" said tho
ooble girl, with a look -whic-i spoke ner
deadly intention!, snatching at the same
moment the dagger of her father which
hung against the Wall."
- ''Rjace siiiv one,'-' Said De Siblon,
"return me tlwt weapon, orf by the Spirit
oi Good, I -bury this blade in the bosom
of this fait disturber of my quiet." !
'"So be it," said the maideri, who, tho'
pale as death, y it stojd firm to her pur
pose, hark! they approach ! the biood
hpundsytiow ofr never I"
i "Now!" said the father, plunging the
short daggef he.lield .into Uie -breast of
Alfred de Caiflouse, wno fell- to thu
ground, the soldiers at Jhe same moment
entering. ;'' j- :
; " And now '" said the inspired maiden,
"Jou lose your only child. I have ioved
him through all I will follow him i
I wiii avenge. him !" ! i
' The blade gleamed but for a moment
uplifted in the grasp of the maiden, then
sunk deep into the heaving snow of the
fondest bosom ffkit ever veiled the iaith
fuiheart of woman. No groan. escaped
her, for despair jiud strucknhe blow.
The father led on by his- .impetuous
passions, had never anticipated such a ca
tastrophe. He .bought but "of securing
the head of an aristocrat, and by doing
such service to the republic, ridding him
self of his presence. ; ;
! The fatal blow was struck and an
swered as if by an echo by the execution
of the threat of his daughter, whom lie
had not iully known until tWu.
: De "Gaillou'se, who had uot dreamed
tharsucU an assassin-iike act could be e
ven meditated. by one who had so long
been a uvored vassal oi hi iuuse, vvas
taken-. entirely-by surprize, anci leii stric
ken to the heart without a struggle or
a groau. tlis eye giureu lor an instant
at the uplifted arm -A his murderer, and
closed in berlinlsr one lat tender fiance
6a the prostrate! form ol Jiicanure.
The soldiershore forth the caiil breath
ing uoay .01, ,the young nouieiiian u.ifu
caot it on the frozen ground turniiiir it
rudely over ana cursing the fiaud that
had roboed thexh ol the price ol bioou.
The red sunset pi a December , ak y fell
on the pale couiiteiTance of tile lat Duke
de Caiiiouse,.as his spirit bounded forth
to revel in Kninensity
i'h
e soiuicrs
4 1-
entered 'once more the
cottage
ol De
aabioa, and found the eld
man with a lreiizi'd air.
attempting ; to
! - j f
i r r.-i it
v y HUH Op
hairs, th
purple
blood from 'the
wound through
which had ebbed the spirit ol nis
t t ' .11 ( L'
of nis anel
autrbter and ever and anon he kissed
her marble brovv. ' a
xhey bore him back with them to Pa
ns a raving maniac. Un considv. -i ion
of the service he had rendered the state
by the death of an aristocrat, he was wjell
lodged and well treated during the re
maining five years of his life tiil he diedH
at the iiicetre;
Were I to fol
ow the usual custom
would burv the
overs in the same grave,
and plant a green tree " to wave oyer
them." Such, however, is not the case,
for their gTaves are far distant 4he fair
form of Lieanore being buried, in the
churchyard of her native valley, and that
of Alfred de ; Caillouse on the spot where
he died they grudged an aristocrat a
few feet of consecrated earth and the trou
ble of burying him. But the enfranchi
sed soute of the lovers. .
--"have fled
To the-azure overhead."
there let us hope they are eter nally united
in nappmess wnicn cannot vanisn like
our frail visions of earthly bliss, j Peace
to the souls of the departed!"
. j t '
New York, Sept. 3.
j DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. 1
About half past 2 o'clock" this morning,
a fire broke out in the interior of the
block bounded by Broad way, " Ho ward,
Mercer, and Graind streets. It was a per
feet calm, and the flames snread rapidly
in every directidu. The damage may ".be
thus staled. ) '
, m trie.inUTior oj the block but open
ing by a passage way" to Mercer street,
No. 20, the extensive four story brick bail
ding; about 80 let long by 5u or oU in
hreadth, owned bv Benjamin J3urtsell,
and occu pied by hirn; arid Corneir arid
Althbuse as a erate and fender, iron rail
ing arid iron door" manufactory : totally
i aesxroyea, witn nearly an - us contents.
Cornell & AitbJause were insured, but
not to the full amount of their loss.1 The
establishment etn ployed 6Q hands.
Rear of No. 23jAlercer street, a stable
occupied by Q?G. Campbell, destroyed'
; ; 0 McrciP Street. . 1 -
i:' No 1 6. a two EtorV bfick' buildinr.
-5iignuy injurea. -) . i v
l?llt - .V. i:.'.. :.-- i- S 'Z-
' JNo. lc, a three story brick building,
occupied by Mr: i Mdrari, consider? -.
blyinjured. ' -- . T . ,
No. 20, two story brick, owned -by:
llenj. Burtsell, occupied by Sami; ?or -nelLDestVoyed.
' - i :
Na- 22, two I rtorv brick. - 6 trned bv
the soldiers will
Beni. Burtseli, and occupied by Mrs
Ann .Hunter as- a boarding house, and
Wm. bhaw, as a dwelling.
No. 24,
a two story frarae huilding j
owned b
y Beni. Burtsell, and unoccupied
on account or some rena
mt of some reiiairs which were
making Totally destroyed
No.
20, a
handsome lwo sCbfybrick
V... 1 1 A tn np
occupied as a dwelling by
Keyser.
Badly damaged.
On, Broadttav.
The large five story "bl rick building1.
No 44 1, 0ccupied as a cabinet ware-house
and fictory by Miller and Campbell, and
owned by Isaac Lawrence; totally des
troyed jThe contents of the-ware-roomsL
below; wpre principally saved ; but those
of the upper lofts were destroyed. Un
derstood jto be insured.;
No. 443, the" hardware furnishing es
tablishment of N. Ludlum ; a three story
building, of brick ; occupied above by the
same as a dwelling. Badly damaged
Goods principally removed. Iron facto
ry in the! rear, part of the same establish
i ment, totally 'destroyed.
iSo. 445,'"a-three story brick building,
occupied below by Grandjean, as a hajr
store: and
by L.. Lewis, as an astra
lamp-stor
removed.
b : donsiderably injured. Good:
Buiidinar owned by Benjamir;
who we learn, had insurance. or
Burtsell,
all Jiis property.
No. 447,t occupied as a carpet store by
Hiram filler, slightly, injured. Goods
paniy removeu.
No. 439, next below Miller & Camp
bell's: occupied below as a soda estab
lish merit,
and above as a dwellina. Par
- -
tiall
damaged.
Thewloss is estimated by the Insurance
Companies between 6 00 and $70,003
of which $ 40,000 avis insured ; $ 20,
000' at one office, S 12,000 at another
and $8000 at another. . ' . .
j Jntriyal nf Commerce.
THE PlANOEOfRTV.
In a tor me r number we gave a story
from a small work recently published, en
titled "Papular Tales and Legends of the
Irish Peasantry. 4 vve shouldi glad
i i i t i
nave copieu, as a rnucn better specimen
of the Work, a. story by the author o
"Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasan
try," entitled "Alley Sheridan," lut 'it id
much too long for insertion at present.-
S rll 1 I 11-
rue ioiiowinor launaoie occurrence is
introduced by way of episode:
N. Y. Cj risk I! at ion.
"Arrah Jraul, said one of the partyJ
"will you tell us thejstory about the time
vou weat to buy the forty piano for Col.
Edmonson's daughter long ago ?"
"God be with them times,?' said PaulJ
they warn't like now; the ould sort o
gintiemen for me. I took to the car-mari
business thin " he continued, "and yar
ned it on for sometime well enousfh: bat
I remember what I'm spakin' of was tin
first journey I made to Dublin after be i til
ill. it was the verv vear that IJoctor
Cooper : but, he was only a horse doctor
quack d me to death, with his calumny
pills; he insisted, right or .wronc, that f .
was subject to-the fallen sickness I
which, bet u he oiwrselves, was no lie aij
east three or four times a week, when l
happened to get a sup m, you see ha
hatha. Well he was a droll man, fond i
of his iokes sure enough. But for a
hat, sorra a thing ailed me, only a-sligh
touch o. pretins;on in the intellect
complaint, he said' very hard to cure al
out ; so that I
only
wanted
to he kept
clear
wia soruetnm giniie. iuy curw
i
upon all quacks, any how the thiet o
ii' i i .a"
the world .bein' accustouied to, dale with
horses, dosed me upon too large a scale
entirely : an' only for y Docther Manseli
he d have got ould Nol .Cooper to make
me a suit of Narroway' fustain for the
winther, when I.wouldn t be complainin
. 1.1
oi a misht. even n it was tackeu wiu
thread that you'd hardly know from six
penny nails.
"But, Paul about the purchase ?
"Troth, I' wasn't to "be blempt abou
that same purchase, but Masther Frank
Edmonson, that put me up to it ou
o' dowrtrigbt wickedness. A wouh ! it'4
i' t ' i I
there me money was t as piinty as
sklate stones, or this yodng fellow, would
n t beat such a loss to spend it in one di
varsion or another: for he pe dacent for
nis urarit:s. i nao, ye see, an orauer ior
a piano-fotty, to a Misther , och, 4,
disremimber his name; but. he lived irjj
Wisthraoreland-street, in the town o'.Dubj
lin. 'Paul,' says Master Frank, - wili
you have many things to bring, for mi
father from Dublin V Yes SirJ says I,
Til have a piano forty please your hnor,
an a lot of cWpetiu' and two tabies ; only,
Masther Frank, I'm af read o' losin my
way fn the big plac?, or bein cheated, orj
may be gettin' myself into jail.', 'Well,
said he. 4I could sarve you; if you'd keen
a S3cret' Thrjr mo widit'firstf says
My lather's trowin away money upon a
4 piano forty an he knows noz&ore.wbej
ther one is good or badthan a cow does
or a pnwstoj7B'heobere(3 j he's
W Antiolft Ilia mAvu. tr"tlla
cute young shaver -"an ns k -. shame a
man of bis years to be buyin a musical
cbffinTwhen it's one of oak he oughtCto
be thinkia' oianr lie winked so wise
ly at ae agaii, Ihat sdrnt One 6 rdd ever
of a holyday--naJther does my shrl has! broke out of ja tr. where n was conn ; :
and, he winked knowingly at me,, 'It's ! hed for sheep Stalin He is a xnan, that
well said he, that ft. wasn't a niana ; fifty j souiniswid oneeyetan wears a long nosc. ,
sofpeole4-H'wis maktn a hare $ me.y
TfhrueioT yoUrpnorr says" I, Mts makmY
his sowr he ought to be. sure enough. -
'Ay, an' allof us,' snys he, very solemn-
ily; 'but, J'aul, jn regard to what I'm spa-
km about--! beheye y
ou'rr to pay forty
nounds for this insthrument' savs he. Mts
Iront that it's named ; but if you tako
my advice you'll buy a piana thirty sayS
he, and put the odd ten - pounds In your
poeket for the benefij f yonr wife an'
chiidher. I've been;very wild myself,
Paul,' says he, -'an lavished a great deal
o' money, an' it's fiill time . for me to be
gin to be charitable--hem, hem. - ! -
"Accordingly, we made it up betwixt
us, that I should buy a plana thirty, and
pocket the difTer; but I get a writen'
from under his hand, that he should pay"
the money for me, if we'd be found out. -'Now,
says he, as he finished it, you may
as well save twenty pounds as ten, for if
you show this to the musical coffin man,
he'll take it in place of ten pounds, an,'
beside, it gives you a good correcthur
an' that's a very useful- thing 'in .this
world, Paul, hem, hem.' Acdordin'Iy .
when I came to Dublin, I weiit ihto o
house where they sowld them, and in
quired to see a piana thirty. 'The rrVaa.
looked at ike. Who is it for ?' said he. -'You
won't tell to-morow, liabor,' says ,
'barrin I change my mind. Have you a
musical coffin a good, stnute, beneficial
piana thirty, that a man will get the worth
of his rnoney of wear out of it?' He
screwed his mouth to one side of his lace.
and winked at a man that stood .in the,
shop; -who it sems was a fidler, but, by
dad, it iMiCUy Al urory nau seen, tirm 1
why, l tuclt- him lor a ginMeman
you a mtistcianer V says the other.
ArtS
Ldo
a
trifle that way,' says I, 'after the-Aiurpk
hem ! I mane afther atiir my. dinner,1
sai-Js' myself, puttin' an'the bodaghi' be-.-."
cause nobody knew me, 'but I never re
save payment for it; I'd scorn that.
'How Jong are you out V says he. SirfciX
last Winsdav.' ssavs.T I'lhr'fi'om hotne.'
i 'An', where is that pray?' Behind TullyV.
I muclescrag, iii the parish of TernaHatck- ,
i faughalumkishla; beg.' 'I suppose' yy a
! my customer; "your last waisceat was a
! great deal to sthrait for yJH ? 'Not so
j strait as your own is at present, says li
1 (he was a small, screwd-up; cralhurr
like a whittrit.)
Will you show- niii the
'Do you see that shop
said "ir, at live corner.-
article I want V
over l he wav.
You'L get the article you want there. I
accordingly went over and inquired of the.:;
man behind the counter, if he could s4lf
me a piana-thirty 1 We soil nothing hero
but ropes aid he, .thry over the way. I
thin went back to the fellow, 'you thiey- -,
ing sconce,' says I, 'did you main to make
a fool of me V 'I never ca rry coals-to New,
castle,' savs the vaxrabone : 'Go homc td
j your friends, my honest fellow, an' you'll
ease them of a great deal of trouble on
1 your account, they miss your music afther
dinner, very much' says hei 'Oh, said
' the fidler, 'tis better to direct the' man
properly, he's a stranger;3 writiu' down,'
at the same time a direction for me, 'Go
to this house, and inmiire for the owner of
it, sav'ou're from the country an have
nertecklar business; that you can tell no
one but himse:f.Lanr demnd
leptnd upon
it you 4
4
gtt wtKtf.yov, want. - f
Off I set ; a n' at long last found a grea:
! house, an' gave three or four thundent;
! cracks at the door. '1 waut 4o see thtf
i masther, very bad entirely,' wvs I.
i 'What's wrong? aaid a fel!ow,all powd-
her. with a tail erOwiu' from his head do w,n
i - -r i rr - .
! his back. 'I have news irom,Uie country
I fox him,' says; I, 'that I can coly tt 11 to
i himself The fellow looked fnghtentii
an' runnih up the, stairs, brought down a
j gimieman wid a wb-sind black apron up
on him.'. ' Are you the music man, says
, that has the piana thirty for (sule i I
want a musical coffin to. buy."
Kick this scoundrel out, says the ould "j
chap ; how durst you, let him in at all
Out wid. him into'lhe channel1 Ih three
minutes we were in one another's wools ;
but faix, in regard of a way I had, I soon
sowed the hall wid them ; and was attack
en' the ould fellow himself in u corner,
whin a lot of gintiemen and ladies came to '
his assistance, heann', tue wutta muTiner
he ris at the .first dig in the ribl 1 hot hint.
i Yon ould durst' savs I. ravuriT oh him, ia
i
this any threatmeul fpr a decent man, bal
, waULS W -give-yuu tur jjicKii.-m.p tu.uanu ,
wid you, and to Jeavu you good. yalufQC
what I get, you murthtrria' ottld.rap.
- -At last 1 was seizedhand an' fut, tilt
the offisher would be sent for to take me -.1
to jail. Bat thinkinV of the correcthut
that Master Frank gated me, .1 pulled it
out, and put it into the hand of one of the '
gentlemen j- 'berei' says Ii ye.illtondition
ed Vagrants, fead that, an, ye' 11 find that
I'm no bir3 for. the crib--il'ill showlyeed
what I am.' Sure enough says he look
in1 at it, it describes you to a hair, you Vilv
lain;1 an1 he read it out. This is to'fcar-
tify, that the bearer, Paul Kelly, is a: bj 4
rascal: an' any nelson securing him will
I resave a reward of thirty a pounds as he
turned with a thzto bak-our towards his
left eat,f f f y au kinds o( $ird foJtun '
settle dotrit upon him who , wrote Jtba'lV I. ' n
says I ; but' he has feirly desaved me tho,
limb o' the mischief that be is -VCemKs ' ...
ttiefi,1 says I, hV ill but mistake iLtft
toe tp says t, VaVri! fiercrhtdU Ci' .