Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-14

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communicated TO me by the master OF the free
school. who, happening 10 be under the opera
ton of shaving on the opposite side OF the mar
he, Mace, witnessed the exploit.
In order to dissolve certain associations IN
~ ich feats of similar kind had involved him.
his paren,. determined on sending him 10
boarding &C hool in a remote county; mea-
sure. however, which rather tended to foster
the talents it was designed to discourage. tie
early distinguished hims"lf BY sallying form
from The window OF his dorni,ory, one moon
light night, with his pillow case as succeda'
ueum for a sack. and returned loaded with me
spois Of neighboring garden. This notable
foray was followed by complaints from the pro-
prietor for the spelling of his garden, and from
the school mistress for the spelling of the Pill =
low case He was mulcted Of six weeks pocket
money to indemnify the one, and soundiy hog
ged for the "a isfac,ion Of the other. The Hog
cling Sas, of course, set down to the fortune oil
war, for which there was no remedy but pa
thence and beef brine. Not so the mulcture-
for a second aud undiscovered attack upon the
sp ole OF chard reduced the cost OF his former
booty fifty per cent
AT ,s,s period of his life he was tall, but
ill-propor,ioned and ungainly boy; and, al'ho'
he bore his head as upright as most persons,
he had rema kable dislike TO looking any one
full in the face. hut requied The glance OF ano.
,her by the instant aversion Of his own. His
very limb. appeared to be rather acquired Than
natural property, and 70 have belonged origi
nally to some one else. A. he could not be
kept al school all his life, ii became necessary
for his friends TO determine on his future path
in the world. The very confused and ind's-
tine, notions which he entertained of msu1 and
tuum, were formidable objections TO his
em5arking in uade The profession of arms
was repugnant alike TO his views and his las,e,
inasmuch as liule was 10 be gained from IL but
Iaurels, whio h he well knew bore no fruit. The
organ Of des,ruc,iseness was not powerfully
enough developed in his chronological system
TO ensure success to him i'll physic; and IT
would have been stark madness 10 consign his
peculiar abilities To SO contracted sphere as
The church. I, was, therefore, a, last resolved,
rhs,, in order 10 secure him against prema
ture acquain, ance with the practice OF the law,
he should devote q few years To the ssdy OF The
theory; and he was accordingly ar'icled 10 Nj
cholas Nightshadr, pestifogging attorney in
his native town
Nicholas had sliddrn, will not say risen,
into considerable practice and compar alive
wealth BY undertaking business with which
pollu,e his hands He was short, round figure,
Of dark compile xion, with an overhanging fore.
head, hu shy brows, small but piercing eyes, a
nose some " hat hooked. and neither lip, which
projecting considerably beyond the upper,
impaired singularly shrewd, but sinister e1-
preston to his countenance, He was OF rsih-
er frugal habits; wine he never tasted; il had,
indeed, been 100 generous liquor for him
in uino uSyitas. Por'er was his nectar; but
though he quaffed it freely, it never muddled
his brain, the narcotic and dele'erious ingre-
dienrs OF his pota,ions appearing to have been
ABSORBED by his heart, for it was poisoned 10
its very core
Gilbert Ghrime's friends, who were world.
iy and far casting set, in placing him with
such a man, had speculared upon his discover
ing, in his new pr ofrsson, field for legaiized
depreciation so extensive as 10 leave HIM Ii 'ie
indu ement f'r exploring auy Other. But hey
caiou ia,ed rot upon the force Of genius; for,
before the tenn II his probation had expired.
he eirp. q wt'h his masters only daughter; and
il was. doub, less, il the hurry and confusion
at,endan, upon Ihrir flight, that h. happenrd
20 pack op IN his por ,manteau few more Of
III. alohemi,ed rags Of Threadn.r dle 'ee,.
than in s'riciness, belonged I" rim Night
shade could have well spared his dauan'er
bu tn loss e his money lou he'd him and he
vowed revenge. The newspaper which on
nounced the marriage OF Grlbrr Ghrimes
con, nined an advertisement off ring reward
for his app ehension. Gilber, who had n"
| no ion Of So much money passing out OF the
family, qu,r'ly surrendered rimsrlf before hi,
father in law the following morning at brr,k
fas, time, and claimed the reward. This pir,e
Of assurance would have asloundrd any ohe
than Nighshade, who wa. Wholesale dealer
in the article.
'Ghr,mes,' said he you are william =
know H. was he reply; 'y"u have KEEP
your news until they are somewhat stale.
GIVE me back the money you have purIoin-
ed from me- rrjoined Nieh,s" adr.'
81 may scarcely do that answered Ghrimes,
seeing that a portion Of it is already spent,
and, II you Withdraw your coun,enance, shall
have hi greater need of the remainder. Blu,
why this frui,lsss anger? The evil, if such i,
be is done, and past remedy, there, he added,
lingiss down certificate Of his marriage,
the moose i. lied ,igh'ly as YOU can desire.
mo, quite:" said the her, and, therefore,
with the haogman for priest, we will draw 1t
some what closer