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Rouble Rusk Assignato, or only Assigeets. The TILE INTRIGUING BEAUTY.
paper is very thin, and utmost resembles that vclreli —,.......—.
is put over copper-plates to preserve thrill : ille.e We lately staintrowell a new Nevel, er:titl.4
ler 100, 50, Hod ie ldes, are if a white colon,' ;n 44 The Intriguing Beauty, and the Brant!, without
thole of 10, red; and thnse of e, 'due. The thin Intrigue," en mire voltaines, who. h we hive reed
wiper, the constant use sort the toliiiiig, opus ii , anse with Levet please re, and hasten to recommend to the
thane to be torn, hut us long PP all the ioi. , .-- are to. peruse( of our fair uninarywornen.
*ether, the number of the assign a end its value These volumes croulaill a rich fund of inetruc-
is legible, they must he takers. They ;ire. Ihere- I tion ainil aniuveimait. 'They abound in uni.oplr sa
fore, often pasted on *mother paper, arid kept liege- i bolted delineations of character, in vivid relevant.
titer by a border fa stemd all retina. But it the I taboii• of warmers, slid iie accurate knowledge of
pieces become too numerous, they try te pay than life iii all its diversity of forms. They exhibit me,. and
to some public office. Brit this must he attended I women as they 'rally ere, in cireisterstatiers of the
with ferrite difficulties ; for I was once present when highest brilliancy rend the lowest olowurstrtuti, with.
a Itussian hargained a long time with a Jew, and I eat omitting the iritermediate degree.. As is ape.
when the latter worth' nbsolotely not abate any cistern of the insinuating pleasantry and the airy
thin;; in the price, miriade(' the agreement. Ile elegance they commit,. we have only to refer to the
then chewed him the notes which he meant to give description with which we are presented no oue of
in payment, and whet, the Jew recognised them the chapters, of a Lady's Resler/des,
to lie good, lie tore them through several times, As • proof of the power which caw throw the
give thesis to the Jew, and assured him that he charm of novelty over common topics, we may
did this 'treatise hr had insisted on so high a price. tioadeutty spire,' to the seem of the masquerade,
The. Jew shrugged his shoulders, but put the from which, for the amusement of our readers, we
pieces quietly on another piece of paper, and pasted give the following extract :
a border over them. It sometimes happens that a w The company began to assemble at a fashion.
figure COW/111i a crease, and is thus rubbed and able hour; end the mm, were soon filled with the
made illegible. A Jew chewed me this, to whom molly assemblage of Turks and Friars, Nuns will
I had given such It note in pigment. Pointing out Minerva'. Au extremely good figure of Night,
closely shafted in black crape, studded a ith stars,
me at the same time, that the No. 7, which was
wp bbb j b 0,4, lad been rake', from soother primed j billowed Julia, intrroaring by her gestures, that
;super, aunt very meemeesle premed in ; but took secretly end darkness were congerriel to Julia% did-
dle paper, saying that MA our in a benison(' worild iracier.
observe it, but that if it was remarked it would fuse "Julia, who had never beheld a scene of the kind
its value. before, walked about viewing the various diameters
"We learned the advantages of this paper money, exhibited, without saying a word to those that rid.
when Lieutenant-Colonel Witowski received irs it dressed her. Nor did she perceive the close aura.
at Kiew 600,000 roubles, which we wanted to pore dance of Night. upon her till she sat dna,. ; whet,
(lease horses ; a box two feet square contained this Night spread her mantle so as to slimed her from
great sun', and made rt easy to carry that with- i the sight of others. Putting it aside with her
tint ;tweeting arterition, which would have beets hands, she asked the mask ahy she did so
very nrcoriverrielit had it here in cash. The Russian —To guard gun, said a solemn ~,,,, from
Officers told us that this paper-money had lately the approach and conversation of t'olly.-1 ion in
born diminished in it singular tnamitr. The Cos. no danger of conversing with Folly, or her train,
sacks had taken a great quantity of these notes from said Ju1ia.....N0 ? said Night. What call pm
the French, in their flight from Russie, served them this scene, their?—Why, said Julia, rather liesi-
aceinding tir their mode of col:erelong their most bitingly, there nosy be some sense firmid in this
valuable booty—iii the pad of their saddles, and on scene. We ought, at least, to look round and
taking them out found them rubbed to pieces and endeavour to extract something by which we may
useless. The French, alio committed every excess lie benefited. Here is some emirs disphive(l.
when they went to Russia, dal riot. fail to provide i And what is genius ? said Night.-1 think, said
--
themselves with a quantity of false bank note!, Julia, that germ's is That's Miss Melhurrie,
which they circulated there, which rendered verb. said a voice, close to her riff. She is prodigiously
fictitious necessary, and caused many law suits. feud of N:glit.—And why is she fond of Night?
" The Russians and the Tartars prefer these as- said a voice, almost inarticulate from passion.—
signals to cash, and only the Armenians prefer Hush ! said the voice ; you will soon known—
ducats in buying horses. Of this, mid of the Why, Night is the proper attendant on the Pile
rapid alteration of the exchange, I afterwards saw grim.
a reinarkahle example at lilleabelligorod, where, 6, Julia rose and was walking off,—rlistressed, she
on my arrival. I received fur eight ducats 100 knew not why, by the conversation; when she was
roubles ; hut in a few days nine ducats were given I met by a Newmarket Jockey, who requested her to
for them, because A utoriaus end Pelts hail arrived throw off' her hat and scallop-shell,—and take the
there to buy horses, and had brought many ducats jockey-cap ; change her staf for ri nerd little dandy-
with them. whip, and her sandals for a pair of prime boots.
" As I had still the idea of the silver rouble is i Odds my life. you are but t'eather weight, said
my liter', I was at first surprised at the high peters the Jockey ; and would win the sweepstakes if
of various things, and afterwards at their cheap- mounted upon Bragela, my new filly, 'Our years
nest, when 1 found that roubles it, paper.nionee old, out of Calypso,—got by Ulysses, You would
were memo. 'elms I paid no more than one good take in the knownig ones, and give them rill the go-
groschea, four tiffenning, German 'mime (shout by. But what strange figure is this, .aid the Jockey,
two-pence English), for each horse per German whose voice Julia recognised fur Sir Alarniaduke
mule ; the horses were, however, generally bad, and Stabletou's ; all spotted over with stars ?
we had often instead of them oxen. " 1 ant Night, said the figure, in it hollow and
" I was quartered at the house of a Russian pea. solemn voice. I sin Night, the friend of the lover.
sant, the first of its kind in Rodent, which is a large _I am Night, whom the GUILTY court.-1 em
village. Tire roost, hail no windows, hut boles, Night, useful to those who snake secret aisle arid
which are constantly kept closed. It was therefore climb rope-ladders.—l airs Night, who 'avow
just as dark in the day as in the night, but to light lovers' escapes and in.:dew.' treacheries ; who hide
the room there stood in the middle of it a block their secret visits.---I am Night, who promote all
shunt two feet high, cnvered with a flat stone, on secret schemes ; and et length bring the oislittivior
which a tire, made of dried fir wood, constantly burns youth to the arms of her he laves.-1 am Night,—
ed. And to prevent it from damaging the wooden l whom Miss Melhurrie loves so well :--but now I
roof a basket, in the form of a funnel, was POS. will leave her fir a nionient.—No, crleil a voice
petaled from it, which was plastered over within and t Gnu, bourne shield her ;—.—shield her ;--hilde
without with clay ; ibis hindered any ill effects flout I her.—Night spread her mantle, when Julia, start-
the sparks, ;it'd at the 'awe time beat iloWil the fog tip, put it aside, and exclaiiiied— --Oh, Ido
rising smoke, which was still increased by that --1 do riot like it ; and made her way 'wrung the
of the stove, heated from within, and just iii the room. Night shrouded herself in her maotle.—
shape of a baker's oven, four feet broad and six feet why, said a voice, „i a mislay and alithariralive
Irreg. This stove stood near the hearth, which W.lll I tone ; why do you not follow the Pilgrim ?
close to the door, and oeposite this a hung wooden Because the Pilgrim sail come again to 11 ight.
table, and along the wall, all round. a W'a" le 'I Ake, follows tin one, lintfavourslA The Pils
bench. As soon as I arrived tiny heated the stove; grins will antis lee here ; and mark if she whispers
probably to make me comfortable ; and when the I tie riut.—Aye, said the mask, / will, / will mark
wood was reduced to embers, they shoved a block eau —well.
into the aperture of the stove, and plastered It "I' i Night seated herself in a corner, and shrouded
wish kneaded clay. The heat was terrible, and the I herself in her mantle. But she del not go uo.
smoke still more troublesome, so shat I could i remarked :—her ti neonitu our appearance attracted
hardly stand upright in the ro 1111 l , but was Oldiged, every bode; Mill 10 every belly hail the character of
in ob.er. to escape the smoke, which rose to the ton Night sometheig to say, and ended every bible she
of the apartment, either to sit quite low, or to lie hmi•to say by air inquiry after Miss Mcllitirlir ?
down oar the bench. When the iiihritntairts lay i Have you stew the tallest Pilgrim ) was her quesa
down to sleep, there was no bed or chair to he
hors.—Oh, she will fly to me noon; she It wilh my
seen, but men and women took off their cloaks, I sister Twilight.—But Twilight is a dangeretts as.
and lay down to rears either r)" the hen". or (he' sistant.—Nottotig like Night.-011, Night—Night.
cause the stove, which is generally used as a sleep- I —And then she pieced herself ru the attitude of
Mg place, was too hot) upon the ground near it. I „heave, with. her Huger oil her hip.
In order to refresh myself, I opened one of the air 64 Or Ludy Harriet arid Juba entering the
holes ; but, win-never I did so, a Russieri hastily saloon, wlitch was fitted rip iii very elegant
ruse to put it to again, and when I endeavoured to style,—they were met by a Spanish Gluons. who
hinder this, they at least did it by stealth. looked at them with great earriestaress,—cud,
" The subsisterice..of the peasants is as wretched turning to a Spew-writ of 'magnificent appearance,
as their dwellings. About Zytotntr, I saw them dine pot sip her tiuger to her Ile,—gird disappear.
on indict, merely boiled in water with a little salt; eat. That character promises to be a good ones
and mew Human, where maize is common, the I think, said Lady Harriet, if we may judge by
whole ear is boded in water and the grain eaten.
"I am almost twistehler,grace of her actions.—Not PO Band Hs My.
said an English Gipsy,—with a child at her
suaded that the pr.verty of the
country people is nut caused by the taxes which back, holding some cabbage-nets,—uird matches
tiny have to Pay " but that the l'ral'ellsllY of the emu' in her basket.—A li, sweet Pilgrims !—do you, do
mon people to brandy drinking, and the manner in you let—rue look at your palms ; Do es INAS my
which the Jewst..kke advantage of thus propensity. I hand will) a tester,—dii.— Ai., holy pahriers ! do
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are the chief hindrances to their welfare. .'lie pra.aiit
drinks h►s hrisinly at the Jew's upon credit. 11' hen
the harvest is at hand, the Jew refuses to give him
credit any longer, and hardly demands payment.—
The peasant has nothing to pay with, except his
corn. 11 lie will not guise h►s accustomed en-
joyment, brandy, and not be tormented by the
Jew, lie takes the latter into his field, and agrees
with Into about part of the corn still standing,
which he must afterwards reap and carry into the
Jew's barn. The latter takes it for a certain price,
pays him a sum in ready money, or credits hint for
it in a new brandy account. I have snore than mice
been present at such► a bargain, and saw how the
Jew made the reckoning with the pea*aut. quite at
lii. own discretion; and as 1 came lorth into
the coma''y where the Jews ■re less numerous, I
found ti- condition of the peasants improve in pro-
portion."

unt shim a poor —Ali, I can tell all
your thoughts.—l eau lel( what sort of a gentleman
you are looking for.--Oh, biers you, Mi.% July,
do not 'rug his deceitful eye,—dun't
ye.—Ah, my lady, you will hear some moor before
twelve dolor k to-morrow.—Well, well, buy a bal-
lad, buy • ballad—of a pour : Du ye
buy a ballad.—Ali, lady,—addreasing herself to
I.ody Harriet, buy this one bulb-rd.—And then
she began In sing.
" Farewell to Ohl Fochind, thy while cliffs
Can the pie be auspicious Ihni drives me from you!
Though whole oceans divide Os as fir as the Pole,
No Ammo e can shake the him faith of my soul.
“ Thew, adieu, my dear Harriet, can that ship go to
wreck
Where every plank bears thy sweet name on the deck!

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