Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-05-26

iters which he considered as It's obvious and nat
ural consequence. However, such his ex-
preston.
Young yMarDeTs mclnations tending towards
politics, valuable appointment in the office of the
- for the - department, was procured for
him, with understanding that, at the first con-
venient opportunity, he should have seat in Par
lament. Shortly after this Sir Robert died and
his son succeeded 10 the title and estates.
Between the latter and yHdIDeH as close
friendship had always existed as could exist be-
tween two persons whose habits and occupations
were Numerically opposed: & .MariceH, presum-
ing, perhaps, too far upon tins, (and entertaining,
as he did, stupid notion that he could not better
evince his gratitude to the patron to whom he ow-
ed every thing, than by endeavorng, to the utmost
Of his power, TO save his son from ruin,) would
sometimes take the liberty to make il too evident
to sir Harry, that the system Of extrayagance he
pursued must inevitably lead TO the utter destruc-
ton of his fortune The result of one of those re-
monstrances was an ntimation from SIR Harry
that unless .MarsoeH found more amusing topics
for conversation, his absence from - street would
be particularly desirable; & Mr.. .MarweH not be-
ing able to comply with the first condition, he very
coolly avaied himself Of the other. The Baronet's
astonishment at the present visit is thus accounted
tor
'IIa! Tom, how do! d-h glad TO see you,
said sir Harry holding out hand, and with the
other depositing the little phial of laudanun, to-
geher with the letters he had written, in a drawer
Of his dressing table; 'd-h glad, pom my soul
am: but no preaching, Tom
'No; no; my preaching days are over
so much the better; and Pm glad to find that
in that respect at least have succeeded in reform
ing you, whatever may have been your success
in - He suddenly stopped-walked towards
the windOw--returned- continued. NO
matter-stay and dine with me; YOU will meet
Dashmore, and Leslie, and Colonel D, and
in short, all friends Of ours
'To tell you the truth, HighAyer, came for the
purpose Of bieting myself upon you. met Les
lie this morning, who told me Of your party. And
- (here he made unaccountabie pause, ,)-l
But since am here, will you allow me to send
message to my servant to bring my things here to
dress' Twill save me the trouble of going home.
'Ay, to be sure; Laurent will be here presently
and he shall send somebody to him.
Had sn Harry been in a state of mind to think
to any purpose, he would have thought that, con-
sidering the terms which they had stood for
some time past, all this was very strange
BY the time Laurent had finished dressing his
master, MS servant arrved;& sI Harry descend
ed to the drawing-room to receive his guest, leav-
ing his friend to perform his duties of the toilette.
Another pin, Ward, said MarDeH to his ser
want. plague on the inventor Of this tie! it re-
quires many pins as the frOck Of boarding
school romp.' But Ward having exhausted all the
pins in sr Ho,ry's cushion his master opened first
one drawer and then another, till coming to that in
which the Boronet had dcpoited the letters he was
astonished at perceiving that the letter the top
Of the pile was addressed to Lord Dashmore, ,cho
aoas to be Of the party that uery afternoon, and
the next beneath to himself In addition to these
were letters addressed to his agent, to his solicitor
and to his aunt lady .Mdry-, whom he had Of
Tended beyond all hope of pardon.
This is very strange!' lie continued his search.
'Good Ward-I have no farther occasion
for YOU you may go. Unless ] am at home by
one, you needn't-yes-you had better be in
waiting for me-that's all-stay-call hackney
coach Immediately y-don't bring il to the door, but
wait with it at the corner Of the street.
The guests all assembled, & Laurent an
nounced that dinner was served.
<Let Mr. .Nar,oeH know, said SIR Harry.
'.Mr. .MartceH, sare, beg you shall not wait for
him. He go home for something he forget, but
shall return before the soup be remove A knock |
at once announced the return Of Mr. .MarueH, so
that no delay occurred.
Sir Harry Hghfyer, as is welll<nown, was one /
Of the most agreeable table-companons of the day,
lie was a man of ready and pleasant wit; and,
whatever may have been his faults at other times
and in other places, (and numerous and grave in
deed they were,) he f,uIiless at the head of
his own table. Never the retailer of other mems
stories, and seldom the hero of his own, he enter
tanned mortal aversion for your mere sory-tcler.
'The originally sin, he used to say, has entailed
curse all the pleasures of lie and story telling
Is the curse of conviviaty The nonsense Of the
moment is a thousand times preferable to the most
exquisite piece of w.t. ready cut and dried for the
occasion, that ever uttered, or the best ready
made story that was ever told. He held noise to |
be subversive of mrth (of cheerulness it certainly
lsl Of nm ,,.II
and, strange as it may appear, he could not endure
coarse Joke, or an obscene story Let u.s., he
once said, SHOW consideration for the ne
cesstes of our interiors; let us abandon to thinkers
such incentives to mirth-the poor devils require
something as relishTto their beer; we shall lose
nothing by the surrender; for, my part, | can't
fancy that they 90 well with the elegant, delicate
flavor of fine wne.' TO do SIR Harry Justice he |
was not beast.
The dinner went off pretty much in the same
way dinners Of the kind generally do. But /
some circumstances occurred, of too remarkable |
character to pass without mention. 1t is true that,
with the exception Of Mr. .MarweH, they made
no very deep impression any present; yet, |
Mt one or two Of those circumstances not one Of
the party but felt more less acutey, what might,
not inaptly, be termed momentary shock of as
tonslment. No one could be fairer talker than
sir Harry: he allowed opportunity to every one
Tor taking ms share IN the conversations; he never,
as il were ebowed himself in: but avaed himself
adroitly, and apparently without effort, of the first
opening. Upon this occasion, however, he talk
ed through every one that attempted to speak he
talked almost ncessantly; and, indeed, seemed to
be uneasy when he was constrained even to n short
interval Of silence. He spoke, too, in loud,
overpowerng tone Of voice, altogether contrary to
his usual habit; and his gaiety, ordinarily 80 dis
tlnguished by its suavity and its subordinaon to |
the dictates Of good taste was bosterous in the ex-