Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-07
EASY JOE BRUCE.
Rv H. Hastings Weld.

body thought of allowing him more than half of his name, or of any thing else which belonged to him. q The devil! l see by the paper that Hawk and Harpy have as- signed. meant to have secured my debt yesterday !'' He left his coffee half drank, stumbled over the threshold, and went al- most at run to the computing room of Hawk and Harpy. One half that speed the day before would have saved his debt as it was, he was jast in season to put on his name ut the bottom of q dozen and half preferred ones, to receive len per cent. He went back to his unfinished breakfast with wha, appetite he might.
 sWhy did you nealacf this Aa- lang. MT. .Brucsg said hts help meet SssSA CoDyOTtsF.
 sImeant to have attended to it yes.er- day my dear.'
 You meant! That is always your way, Mr. Bruce, you carelessly neglect your bu- siness to the last moment, and then put yourself in haste and a heat for nothing, my dear.'
 Really Mrs. Bruce
 But Mrs. Bruce did not allow him chance to defend himself. On she went, in the most approved conjugnl manner, to berate him for his carelessness aud inatten- ton. ...
 Really Mrs. Bruce
 And it was really Mrs. Bruce, for few of the feminine, and none of the masculine gender cca!d have kept pace with her. Certainly easy Joe Bruce could have not. The chatter of cotton mill would not have been circumstance to the din she raised-nay, we doubt whether phillipic against one ofthose said mills from the lungs of Benton I'onans could have been heard above her voice; Easy Joe pulled a cigar out of his pocket-clapped his feet on the fender, and it almost seemed that the smoke rendered his ears impervious to the bleat- ings of that gentle lamb, his spouse, so placid was his countenance as tho vapor escaped in graceful volumes from his mouth. But people overshoot the mark sometimes Mrs. Bruce certainly did. Had she spared her oration, the mornings loss would have induced her husband to have been punctu- al to his business, for one day, at least.- As it was, he took the same sort of pride in neglecting it under her lecture. that the Grande Nation will probably take in :efu- sing to pay the claims of our citizens. Breeze away, Mrs. Bruce ! Breeze away sir Breeze away ! ! wish could i~spass ana iifflA ef Hsy energy Tu you, Mir. Bruce-I-I-
 'D-n-,-n, Madam As Bruce sprang upon his feet, crash came an elegant -manlle clock down upon the hearth.
 'There, Mr. Bruce that clock has stood there three months without fastening ; single screw would have saved it-but-' Well, meant to-
 You meant Mr. Bruce You meant won't pay the damage, nor Hawk and Harpy's note! You meant indeed
 Bruce seized his hat and cloak. In q few minutes he was on 'Change. Nobod, could read in his face any traces of the late matrimonial breeze, and nobody woult have suspected from his coun,enance ,ha Hawk and Harpy failed in his debt. Eas. Joe Bruce. ,r.,,-rrn,s,
 Gsdife friend Check Pingree was chos I President of the --- Bank, tltis morning One vote would have stopped him. l .How deucedly unlucky. I meant tt have been present to vote for Check my self' |. Ye- are lucky man. The news of the great fire at Speederville has just reached town by express, and l congratulate you that you was fully insured.'
 'The devil! My policy expired last week, and meant to have got it renewed this morning. ...
 Joe posted home in no very happy hn- nor. When an easy man is fairly up, he is the most uneasy and unreasonable man in creation. s.
 Ms. Bruce by staying at homo, to hear you scold, I have lost thousands. meant to have got insured this morning. I did not. Speederville is burned down and I am beggar.'
 Why did you not do i, yesterday, Mir. Bruce2' g- .- Il was thinking of Hawk and Harpy.'
 .'Thinking! Why did you no. secure yourselfl' meant to, but
 sBut-me no bsts.'
 You are in excellent spirits, Mrs. Bruce.' sNever in better
 -sVasily fae madam. We--' ,. Mrs. Bruce sat down, clapped her feet on the fender aiier her husbands manner in the morning.
 We are beggars, madam Bruce replied.
 sVery eood-I will take my guitar, and .d..fl .ko..llo. sl,s. ef,pns..