Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-05
uIscELLASCOIs.
-ST.eIVCE AND ASSURANCE

INSTR iSCE AND ASSURANCE.
,,.,,seJ have been drinking hard all night, and WIZ
& @ lime 10 prepare me-, try shah beat oal my brains
win lles viii consent to die ihi5 aaS .,'ta
Drxx.-U, Sr you u'.>i; ,ta u'etei''' 'ese''" wv ~ "
ward on the journey sen sLa ~. , - , -,
swear i W'ua! '"i Sa"
euasion.-.htas"e lcr measure
al, 20 ;,oonce;yabl. 10 the yiriuous and praisewor
,hv mart of the world who have been horn and bred 10
respectable dleness what terrible straits are lhe 10. OF
those scandaous roaues whom fortune has ieit 70 s
for themselves. Such nay feeling ejaculation
when full of penence foT the sin Of urgent necessity
I wended nv way the attorney who had swept toge
ther. and for the most part, picked up the crumbs
which fell from my fathers table tie was hl'
lie grizzed sardonic animal, with features wh'ch were
ne hard as his heart and fitted their leather Jacket 30
tightly that one would haze thought had shrunk from
Washing or that they had bought It secondhand ana
we're pretty nearly at the elbows. Ihfy were conf
pletey cnblematc os Their possessor, whose rei9'oh
j, was To make the most every thing, and among Inc
rest Of the distress Of his particular friends among
whom had The happiness Of standing very forward
aIy business required but little explanation, tor was
oppressed by neither renros nor uie-deeds; ana we
sat down to consider the reades means OF turning an
excellent Gconr for INTO something accent
for a few more. Nv adviser, whose small, experienced
eve had twnkled iarough all the spcculaons of the
aye and at the tna had taken very exact ad-
Of my capabilities Of turning Them TO al
vantage seemed 10 be Of opinion that was TT for no.
thing else Oh earth For undertaking, wanted
application: iar another, | wanted capital "Aow,
SAID he as the first Of these Deficiencies IS remeda-
hle we must see what can do 20 supply the latter
Take my advcc-nsure yonr life for few thousands;
YOU will have but little premium 10 pay Tor you nDk as
il Won would live forever, and from my knowledge OF
yoar paied habits and the various chances agains;
YOU | will give you handsome sum TOR The insGr-
ance." Necessity obliged me 10 acquescc IN the Propo-
sal and assured the old cormofan that there was every
likelihood of my reqniiing has lberahty by the most
unremtiing perseverance IN ali The ev, hao''s "n'e"
had procured me his couR,enance. We shook hanus
IN mntual i'll opinion, and lie obl-ngly volunteered To
accompany 10 nm insurance Office where they were
supposed To catnate the duration Of man 3 lie to q
quarter Of an hour and odd seconds
We arrived litt!e before the business honr, anu
were shown into a lar e sonm where found several
more spectators waiting ruciuy for the oracle to pro
nounce sentence. in The cenire Has large table
round which, tcqua distances, placed de!iain III
tie Jumps Of money which my friend told me we're 10 rs
ward the labors of the inau;siton, among whom the
surplus arising from absen,ees would likewise be dy
ded From the keenness with which each individual
dared upon his share, and ogled that of his absent
neighbour surnised that some OF my fellow -sn!i-er
would find the dag ugaIns, them They would be eSa
mined by eyes capable Of penetrating every crcvice
their constitution, by which could smell rat
mile off and hunt guinea breast high How ndeee
could plaque pesence, govt or giuttony, expecl
lurkn it's hole undistutbed, when suroundedu pacH
of terriers which seemed hungry enough to devour one
another Whene er the door slammed, end they look
ed for an addition their cry they seemed for all tho
world as though they going 10 bark aac u q
stragger really entered and seized upon his noely
the nelligen, look of vexaton was precisely like tha
of dog who has lost 4 bone When ter or II dozen o
these gentry had assembed the iabors OF the day com
menced.
Most of our adventures for raising supplies upon
their natural lives were afflicted with natural conce
that they were by no means circDDsCrlbcd III iounda
lion for such project In vain did the board enasago
10 persuade them iha, they hall dead already
They fouch lat hard for ew years. swore that then
fathers had been almost immortal aud that their whole
family had been as of life ees themselves
Alas ,bey were first ordered into adjoining room
which soon learned was the condemned cell, ana hef
delicatey informed that the establishment could have
nothing 10 say to them Some indeed had Inc gone
luck 10 be repeved little longer, but even those DID
not effect very hattering advantageous bargain
One old gentleman had large premium to pay Tor
toter his knees; another for an extraordinary cur
cumfereEce in the grh aud dnwager OF high respect
ability, who shiicted with CERTAIN undue proper
tons of width, fined most eXorbt.ntr The only
customer who met With any thing like satisfaction,
was a gigantic man o.! ireland, with whom death, :
thought was likely 10 have pu7zing contest.
SHOW old are you, SIR " enqured an examiner
shorty"
ofou seem strong man.
81 am the strongest man IN Ireland j
nBut subject to the govt:
.Sa-,he rheumatism nothing else, upon ny soul +"
..,yhst age was your father when he died I:
.Oh. he died young but then he vas killed IN =
row.
"fiase YOU any uncles alive.
mo they were all killed in rows too.
"Pray, Sir, do goa think Of returning TO ireland
.alaybe SHALL some day or other ,m..
"What security we have that you are aol A''ie@
ID row yourself i. !.