Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-06-17

sis, ego look for him yourself, not send
me nor my servants. | gave YOU your
breakfast this morning for chopping lit
tie wood, because you said you had no
money and | expected you would 90 away
quietly and keep away, and now you must
come here to disturb gentlemen at dinner u
Here the whole joke burst upon the minds
OF the gentlemen present, who fell into a
loud fit of laughter. After the tun,ult had
a little subsidized, the Judge Midi asked
-" did | chop wood to pay for my Break
fast ?" 6 Indeed you did, said she, and
said you had no money" 81 told YOU the
whole truth, replied the Judge, !" but
have beautiful shawl worth more than
ten dollars, which | just now bought, and
will leave it with you in pawn, if you will
| only let me cat dinner with these gentle
men. Here the gentlemen were biting
their lips to keep from laughter. " How
did you buy a shawl worth more than ten
dollars, without money % "I bought it
on credit" says he. "And where did you
find credit to that amount % says she. {: T
brought it from home,'' said he. "That's
a likely story, and something like your
abuse to Judge Crane this morning." said
she. How could abuse the Judge if
he was not present 2" asked he. Why"
replied she, you called him rusty, fusty
fudge, and old codger, and said YOU didn't
care a rye straw more for him than you
did for yourself" And here the whole
company were in an uproar of laughter
again. But as soon as it a little subsidized,
one of the gentlemen asked the landIady,
how she knew that the gentleman she was
addressing was not Judge Crane He
Judge Crane he looks more like saiDe
than a crane Z"
Here the loud laughter burst forth for a
third time. And after little pause the
Judge said, &" l must confess am not
bird ofvery fine feathers, but l assure you
that am Crane, and crane is often a
very useful instrument: l saw a very good
one in your kitchen this morning and
sometimes an instrument called a crane,
is of valuable use, madam. T" Before she
had time to reply, some of the gentlemen
with whom she was acquainted, assured
her that she was talking with the presid-
ing Judge. Astonished and confounded
she attempted some excuse, and hastily
asked his pardon for her rudeness.
The Judge had by this time, unobserv-
ed, taken from his pocket the beautiful
shawl and folded at length one way, and
in narrow form the other, and it being
of very fine texture, appeared more like
an elegant sash than like valuable shawl.
When he arose with graceful dignity and
with half smile advanced few steps
towards the landlady, saying, it is not
my province to pardon, but it is my bu-
siness to judge that you and l shall
hereafter be friends-and l Judge also that
you will, without hesitation, receive this
shawl as present, # not as a paaon. ="
So saying, he gently laid it over her should
ers and across her arms, saying, take it,
madam, and do not attempt to return it,
for it was purchased on purpose for pres
ent for you. She hastily retired in con-
fusion, hardly knowing what she did, and
took with her the shawl worth twelve in
stead Of ten dollars. And here were three
parties who had each two good things.
The landlady had good shawl and a
good lesson to mediate upon-the gentle
man had good dinner and good joke
to talk overland the Judge had good in
tentions in the joke, and good will and
ability to follow up the lesson given.