Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-12-27
MlSCEL LAHEOUs
4 From the Rochester Gem.
THE CHANGES OF FORTUNE.
A PLAIN sTArEMENT OF FACTS. !

vessel from Boston arrived at one Of the.
wharyes in London Among the hands on
board was one by the name of Tuuor,
steady, respectable, and well-looking Young
man, who acted in the capacity Of both
cooper and sailor Very early one morn
ing, and before any. other hand than Tudor
had come upon deck, young, beautiful,
and tolerable well dressed female came
tripping down the street TO the vessel and
inquired of Tudor fol the captain. She
was told he bad not yet arose s but she
insisted upon seeing him withou. DELAY,
and with Tudor's permission. proceeded,
.unaccompalied, to his berth, and arousing
him, addressed him with :: $780, =
Good morning, Captain /; | have. called
to see if you will marry me-
Marry you replied the astonished
Captain, believing her to he a suspicious
character, leave my vessel instantly, if you
know what is your lntefest,
She then wentto the mates berth, and
asked himsifhe would marry her, and an
answer similar to the captains, she went
upon deck, where Tudor was engaged in
some business, and put the same question
to him.
with all my heart, answered Tudor, in
a halt serious. half jocular manner.
y Then come along with me-.
Tudor left hrs work and followed her,
with motives which he afterwards declared
he could never satisfactorily account for,
even to himself BY the time they reached
the principal streets of the city, many Of
the shops had been opened. The lady
entered BARRIERS. shop, followed by Tudor,
beckoned him to be seated, and ordered the
knigh. of the razor to take off his beard
aud hair, both of which operations he stood
in need OF. She footed the BILL and they
left the shop, but soon entered a hat store.
She requested that the best lot Of beavers
in The store might be placed upon The coun-
ter, and then told Tudor to select such a
one as suited him. He soon did this and
the price was paid by the lady !; Tudor
threw aside his old tarpauin and left the
store with his companion, in a beaver hat
that would not have disgraced his majesty
the king himself. They next visited shoe
store, where Tudor was not long in select
ing pair OF boots, nor the lady in paying
for them.
Tudor by this time was puzzled osdivne
the object the lady had in view, and it must
be acknowledged, he was apprehensive all
was not right, But fully aware that he had
committed no crime to make him dread the
face of any mortal, and wishing to see the
enc of the farce which he considered had
been. fairly commenced, he was determined
to press forward, prepared for the worst,
trusting every thing to his guide and con-
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explanation ofher designs. but she told him
to be silent and ask no questlons,; and i'm
mediately led the way into clothing store
Here Tudor was told to select the best suit
of clothes in the store that fitted him, with
corresponding articles of clothing and
the sailor in his doublet, tar-be-daubed
.pantaloons, and chequered shirt, was in a
few minutes mctamorphosed into as fine
gentleman, as far as appearance is concern
ed, as had walked the streets ofthat great
metropolis for many day. The bill at
this place, as at the others, was paid by The
lady.
Tutors amazement was now complete
he neither knew whatto say or think. Who
the lady was or what her intentions were
he could not even surmise. He again
asked for an explanation. and insisted upon
one but the only answer he received was
Follow me, and be not alarmed, and all
will be explained to your entire satisfac-
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One thing Tudor was obliged to ac-
knowledge--the lady thus far had done
with him as we'll as he could have wished !;
he therefore resolved to ask no more qces-
tons. and to comply with all her requests
and demands. Presently she conducted
him into magistrates office, and politely
requested the ministerof the law to unite
her and her companion in the bands of
matrimonyi fFhiswas something of a dam
per to Tudor, but nevertheless be tacitly
yielded the ceremony was soon commen-
ced, and in two seconds the couple were
pronounced man and wife !
Without uttering word, or even ex-
changing kiss, Tudor and his wife now
left the magistrates but not. however.
until she had sgivenihima sovereign for his
services. The couple passed through many
streets in silence, Tudor hardly Knowing
what he wasdoing, or what. he had done,
and certainly ignorant ofwhere he was GO
ing, or what awaited him; and Of The
thoughts that occupied his wite's mind, the
reader will soon be able to Judge for hlm-'
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