The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-04-10
SELECTED TALES.
tFrom Bentley's Miscellany
" "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELLv
4'Ut 'Ofuh q VtuTc o.
BY JOYCE JOCuND.

by JOYCE yoCUND.
i am quite worn our, and worried to
death Ny existence is one unvaried
course of bad luck-nothing prospers With
me-
These words, so expressive Of discomfort,
were addressed by Richard Briggs to his
bosom friend, Jack Sinners. during a stroll
through their native village, while waiting
Ihe arrival of the stage that was TO convey
Jack to Londos. No persons could he
more dissmilar than the two friends
Briggs all dissatisfaction and complaint
Somers ever good humored aud contcntcd.
The former, somewhat envious of his
friends better luck as he termed il, Of
ten remarked that Jack had not been bora
with merely q silver spoon iu his mouth,
but rather whole service of plate; while,
for his part, he certainly had inherited COO
sideruby more than far average of mis-
cries, which would have heen otherwise,
had Dame Nature, or Fate, ut his birth
but condescended to a more equitable di-
vision of this llfe's troubles, and not heap
ed half dozen peoples ills upon his unof-
Tending existence. Notwithstanding such
opposite temperament, Jack Soners and
Richard Briggs had become insepsralles--
they hunted, shot, 6shed, rode aud walked
oge,her.-Both possessing n competency,
they might have been equally happy--bnt,
while Somsrs iooked at the bright side,
poor Dick viewed the world as some folks
gaze at the sun, through a darkencd glass,
and beheld all his pleasure in t-eclipsed.
Ye, they were seldom apart, and the con-
siant association of these adverse dsposit-
ions gained for them the title Of Pleasure
aud Pain
Il am heartily sick Of it, resumed Briggs,
looking rs dull as a churchyard in n fog,
and twice as miserable. Il repeat that
am truly aud heartily Disguised y
Patience, my dear fellow" said his
companion-' Time bring s all things round.
Does hel 2 replied Briggs; then ! wish
h. would bring all things square, for mat
ters have assumed most perplexing shapes
latelv.'
When they come to the worst observ.
ed Somers, the old proyerb declares tba,
they will mend
Nonsense !! grumbIed Dick. they can
not come TO the worst; they are, always
were, and they ever will be, at the worst.
j am superlatively unlucky beyond all com
parisoB. Even in The minor an,usemen nts
of life there are no exceptions. If ! 6sb,
] nerer get bite, or | break my tackle.
Now, you are proverbislly fortunate; oil
the heavy fish seize your bait, all the birds
get up on your side the cover; when, il a
chance shot comes within my range, my
gun never misses-io fash IN the pan
Then, are you not constantly in at the
desth, while cannot 80 much as keep up
with the hounds =
'Fie, Dick ? replied Somers; this last
instance should be a subjecr Of congratula-
iion, as II prevents you-goiDg TO the dogs y
IT'S beyond a joke, observed Dick.
Do know what DAYS pleasure isl
Was not the steamer in flames on nv las,
trip tn Gravesend And did not the coach
upset when | returnedl Who ever heard
of any accident occurring to you,
81 have escaped thus far, certainly, and
that without any pretensions to setting
the THAMES on fire : while you po.niyely
had a hand in the MEDwAvp
OF oil things hate su ilI-timed lest,
said Dick, becoming more angry ms he
continued to dwell on his fancied evil for
tunes. Domestic aff,irs afford me no
relief-I cannot rear any poultry my pigs
won't get fat 10 the garden nothing seetns
to flourish. I am . sort sf walking
snil'Iew, = peripste,ic pestilence. Who
ever saw . single plan, from ,esd of nv