The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-03-23
MISC ELL A N EOUS.
ASY JOE CE.
BY II. II. WELD.

mo him more than half of his name, or of any
thing else which belonged to him. see by the
paper that Hawk & HAPPY have assigned. lmeant
to have secured my debt yesterday" He left his
coffee half drank, stumbled over the Threshold, &
went almost at a run to the counng-room of Hawk
& HAPPY. One half that speed on the day before
would have saved his debt ;-as it was, he was
JUS: in season to put on his name at the bottom of
dozen and half preferred ones, to receive ten
per cent. He went back to his unfinished break
fast with what appetite he might.
! why did you neglect this so long, Mr. Bruce e
said his helpnate and comforter.
| i meant to have attended to it Yesterday, my
dear
You meant! That is always your way, Mr..
Bruce. You carelessly neglect your business to
the last moment, and then put yourself in haste
and heat for nothing, my dear!'
Really, Mrs. Bruce
| But Mrs. Bruce did not allow him a chance to
defend himself. On she went in the most APPROX
ed conugal manner, TO berate him for his careless
ness and inattention.
| Really Mrs. Bruce
And it was really Mrs. Bruce, for few of the
!emenine, and none of the masculine gender, could
have kept pace with her. Certainly easy Joe could
not The clatter of the cotton-ml would not have
beena circumstance to the din she raised. Easy
Joe pulled cigar case out his pocket-clappedh 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 the vapor escaped in graceful
volumes from his mouth. People overshoot the
mark sometimes Mrs. B. did. Had she spared
her Grafton, the mornings loss would have induced
her husband to have been punctual to his business
for one day at least As it was, he took the same
sort ofprde in neglecting under her lecture, that
the Grande nation took so long in refusing to pay
the claims of our citizens.
Breeze away, Mrs. Brucen
Breeze away, sir Breeze away! | wish
could impart one little of my energy to you, Mr.
Bruce; IL
Bruce sprang to his feet; crash came an ele-
giant mante-clock down upon the hearth.
There, Mr.. Bruce That clock has stood
there three months without fastening; a single
screw would have saved it; but
well, | meant to-
You meant! Mr.. Bruce-you meant won't
pay the damage, ror Hawk & Harpy's note =
You meant, indeed =
Bruce seized his hat and cloak In few min
utes he was on change. Nobody could read in
his face any traces Of the late matrimonial breeze
and nobody would have suspected from his
countenance, that Hawk & Harry failed, in his
debt Easy Joe Bruce
We'll, Mr. Bruce they've routed him.
'WhoY
Our friend Check Pingree was chosen pres
ident of the - bank, this morning. One vote
would have stopped him.
How deucedly unlucky. I meant to have
been present to vote for Check, myself
Never mind, Bruce said another. You are
a lucky man. The news of the great fire in
Speederve but just reached town by express,
and congratulate you that you was fully insu-
red
Insured my policy expired last week.
meant to have got it renewed this morning.
Joe posted home in no very happy humor.-
When an easy man is fairly up, he is the most
uneasy and unreasonable man in creation.
Mrs. Bruce, by staying at home to hear you
scold, have lost thousands. meant to have got
insured this morning. | did not. Speedervillc
is burned down, and am a beggar!'
why did you not do it yesterday, Mr. Bruce?'
i was thinking of Hawk & Harry
Thinking Why did you not secure your
self?
& meantto, but
'But-me no buts!'
You are in excellent spirits, Mrs Bruce
Never in better
Vastly fine, madam We are beggars,'
MIC III uCC SIT uOWH ana ClapDeu Dcr lcel On
the fender, after her husbands manner in the
morning
We are beggars, madam Bruce repeated.
Very good will take my guitar and you
shall shoulder the three children. Well play I'M
der MIR Hawks window first, then under Mr. Har
py's, and then beg our way to SpeedervilIe, to
play to the ashes of what was once your factory
which you meant to have insured. | should like
begging, of all things
You abominabe woman, shall go mad p
Don't | beseech you, Mr., Bruce. They pat
mad beggars in Bedlam.' {
Bruce sprang for the door, His wife inter-
,epted him. Here, Joseph, is paper | meant
o have shown you this morning
A policy! and dated yesterday p /
Yes. You meant to get it renewed to-day-I I
meant it should be done yesterday-so told your
,lerk, from you, to do it. Am l not an abomina- r
Die woman?
When | said so was in pet. meant t.
No more of that Joseph. Now, tell me, who +
s first on Hawk & Harpy's assignment? G
Your hrother,' r.
His claim covers you both g
You are an angel, Mrs. Bruce = n
Easy Joe became an altered man and his wife Il
vas released from her watch over his outdoor
Tho JioJ. / r. 4It,