The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-10-04
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THE MYSTERIOUS GUESTS.

ABOUT sixty years ago, two English
men one day arrived at Calais in the
DIVER packet They did mol take up
thPlr quarters at the hotel of Mons.
D'ssein, on whom the author of the
Sentimental Journey bestowed such ce-
iebTily, but went to an obscure Inn, kept
by. nan of tha-pAIs-4 ef 1o- I4vus
They desired to have his best apart
mems, spent great deal of money. rel
ished the produce of his wreichedkitch
en-. and thought his adtilterated wine
perfectly genuine. From day 10 day Du
Long supposed they would continue their
journey, and proceed to the capital; for
thai they had come merely TO see Calais
was an idea too absurd TO enter any
body's head. But so far from continu-
ing their journey, and proceeding TO The
capital, they did not even inspect what
was worth seeing at Calais for except
going out now aud then TO shoot snipes,
they kept close at home, eating, drink
ing, and doing nothing. They may be
spies thought the host, or runaways,
or fools. No matter; what is that 10
me? They pay honestly When he
was sitting in an evening over a pint
with his neighbour and relation, the gro
Ger, they used to rack their brains about
the MYSTERIOUS guests. They are
SPIES said the grocer; one Of them
squints with his left eye.' a man may
squirt without being spy rejoined the
host { | should take them for ruuaways
for they read all my newspapers, proba-
bly, for the sake of advertisements. ,
Ills kinsman then assured him that all
Eogiishmen spend at least a twelfth
part Of their lives in reading newspa-
pers. The conclusion to which they
generally came was, that as the said for
eigners were apparently neither spies
nor runaways, they could not possibly
be any thing else than fools. Here the
matter rested. In this opinion Du Long
was still more confirmed when, at the
end Of few weeks, one of his guests,
an elderly man, thus addressed him -
I" Landlord" said he, & we like your
house and if you will acquiesce in a
certain within, it is probable that we
might continue for long time TO spend
our money with you" Your honors
have only TO give your commands; an
innkeeper is, by profession, the slave Of
all the whims that throng TO him from
all the four quarters of the globe.' " You
have, TO be sure" continued he, 4" had
a prodigiously large beast painted on your
sign; but your house is only fly among
inns; it scarcely contains three tolera-
BILE rooms, and unfortunately they all
look into the street. We are toUd OF
rest; we want to sleep. Your watch
man has very loud voice, and the
coaches roll the whole night along the
street SO, as to make all the windows
rattle. We wake every quarter of an
hour TO curse them, and fall asleep
again, TO be again walked in another
quarter of an hour. You must admit,
my dear fellow, that this is enough to
destroy our health and exhaust our pa
tience." The host shrugged his shout
ders.-' How can it be helped? "Very
easily" replied the stranger; elf you
are not afraid of little expense, in
which we will go halves, without re-
quiring at our departure the smallest
compensation" Du Long, whose bar
rem field had, since the arrival of the