Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-04-09

hand in his pocket again.. and was again re-
minded OF his want Of cash. and his possession
OF genius. "Pshaw," said he, 'I'll make my
iortune--l'd quite forgot to do it; but it seems
e to be time now" Tom having said this, light.
. ed his cigar with the bill, pulled up his cravat,
: and sailed forth upon a stroll.
: Not many weeks after came a third remem.
brancer,in the more emphatic shape Iof a con-
stable, with an awkward looking scrap orpa-
i per-. Tom got rid of him with some difficulty
for constabes are sort Of folks that hold
young men. of genius'i no great respect
"Really," said Tom, 81 must make my fortunes
may as well do it now and have it over-so
let me think oft the FIRST thing tomorrow NOR
sing" With these words Tom went Otto
What's-his-name's, up the street and called for
champagne and cider.
/ Toms fortune making scheme appeared to
Ibe totally forgotten by him for thru months
longer, and nobody can tell towhat extent his
l(orgeuunes would have run, had it not been
disturbed by another Of those perverse incl
dents which seem to be designed 5y the maig-
nant fates TO bother gentlemen of genius, like
lly fellows, and such high-minded subimities on
two legs
Tom was one evening lacing up his panta
looms for ball. "Not handsome said he as
he looked ina gass---"but killing genteel"--
At this moment the cashmere gave way in a.
most disastrous rent on the knee! "T'other
pair, them" said he, but alas! Tom had not
another pair, "Bahn he exclaimed, 'cash,
credit and pant0loons gone then must make
INV fortune, and so here poesp'
At these decisive words Tom sat down toI
make his fortune; and begun 10 rub his head
land think Aman ofgenus has, ofcourse, the
world at his command; and Tom debated at
FIRST with himself, whether he would be secrc-
Itary of state, or minister to the court Of ST.
James. Both Offices had some thousands of dol
lars salary, and Tom was Of opinion that ell
Their might do till something better cast up
His cogitations, however, were awkwardy in
Iterrupted by the recollection that possibly ne-
Their fthe incumbents could be displaced with
out some loss o. time, while tailors are plaguey
inpatient So Tom concluded that the safest
project would be to make love to the daughter
ofold Nggs, the talow-chandler She had red
hair, and was considerably short and Thick
GA dumpy thing" said Tom, ''but what of
that? The old one will cut up heavy when he |
goes off, besides what he'll fork over on the
wedding day"
Dorothy Niggs was neither coy nor coquet-
fish, and as for Tom, was he not irresistable?I
To make long story short, Tom found mol
great difficulty in gaming her heart, for let mel
whisper the secret-it was the first offer she
had ever had, although more than-no matter
how many years old Tom considered the
business as good as done; SO being DESTROYS to-
despatch matters, because creditors cannot wait
for ever, and man of genius without money
is constrained to keep his talents, and possibly
his person from the public gaze, to the great
loss Of the community, he waited upon old
Niggs, to receive his consent. He sat in his
arm chair reading his Prices Current. A
pocket book very much worn, lay at
his elbow on thin quarto volume, entitled
Rowlett's Tables Of Interest. Tom stated his
business, and the old man lifted up his spec
tacles, but kept fast hold of the newspa-
per.
''Oh, Understand Are you inthe grocery
line?"
''No, sir" replied Tom with no little sur
prise.
"Beg pardon, thought had seen your
name in the advertisement. Hem! hem! where I
was it? All, here it is. Thompson and Tipp, {
Water street, two hundred hogsheads Of mo-
asses
"Altogether mistake assure you" said
Tom. X
''ln the hardware trader" q
"Not at ALL"
"Perhaps dry goods!''
"By no means" returned Tom, growing a t
title uneasy.
"Crockeryl" h
"Neither''
General Commission~ "a
"Can't say it is.n
"You amt in the soap boiling way?n
t'Never was" ID
Specializing I'l warrant"
"Not exactly" replied Tom, beginning to Is
eel quite alarmed at the oddity of these quer-
es; sI-l don't do much in the way oGbusiness I
ust now.n a
"Ah! ! understand" said old Niggs, with b
moving kind Of a.grin, and at the same time a
aging down his newspaper. "Property all
mug, live on your income! Real estate! hey :.
r bank stock?"
Tom sat with his head bent considerably for
Yard during these awkward questions He Fl
cit a sort offidgelty embarrassment quite I'M
sual for men Of genius in the presence of a
allow chandler. Hefumbed with the tassel Of d
is cane, and faultered out reply
"Neither sir; the fact is, that owing to pecu- a
ar circumstances, my property had very CON Il
iderably diminished Of late, or rather, may
ay, entirely disappeared n
The first. movement Of old Niggs at these p