Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-06-08

iof rear you should be III; ana miserable when you
are i'll, for fear you should never be WELL
There are said Blythe, many real causes of sor-
row in this world
| And many good causes of mirh WHY could
| laugh only at the sunshine because i. seems smiling
at me, and a smile from anything that can smile al
ways sets me laughing. iaugh 10 see people look
| like so many Lord Gums and Lady Lackadaisoals
| Why, if only look at you | must laugh; for Won
have pulled out your face into such an enormous
length, such elongation of forehead and nose and
chln tha'-ha! ha! ha!-you are perfect caricature
| of yonrseif' ~
Il hope you may never have the same cause for
| long face
If have, shall look at myself in the glass, and
laugh at mys elf as donow at you. How many Cruk-
shanks there in the world, if they did but know
their genius! Such twisting and Jerking, and
wlnlng and stretching and lengthening-a such ca
pital caricaures'
different people things in different points of
| view.
A most profound observation that. Why ves you
are as solid as-lead. My dear fellow, do tell me,
were you ever guilty of the sin of laughing?
Not very lately replied poor Blythe, with sor-
rowful smile.
Were you never so lucky TO be made fool of,
and obliged to laugh at yourself?'
Il am afrai should not have found out the Jest
Nobody the wit of which they are the sport
Don't they? I'll experiment on that some day soon.
A good thought; but suppose am OBTAINING you?
No. said the poor Reverend with a
sigh, my time is not Of much value
In fit OF humility, ha? but | thought
you were in haste to see Lord WycherlyP
The Reverend shook his head.
Then you have seen HING
mo-
Written to him again?'
Not again; did 80 few months back
| heard that ha was about to appoint a Sc
cretary; it was forlorn hope, but asked
his lordship for the post did it because
| would leave nothing undone, not that
had any hope-therelore had no right to
be disappointed
Then you have not heard from his
Iordship this morningP
NO.
MY dear fellow, | congratulate you,
have but now left his lordship, and he as
sured-me that he had just despatched your
appointment. My dear fellow, wish you
joy with all my heart
The Reverend Benjamin Blythe clasped
his hands together in such emotion of JOY
! full thankfulness thht made Winkler start
! The blood rushed from his eyes to his face
in a crimson tide, leaving the treasure
house Of hopes and feelings a vacant tene-
ment, and then rushed back again 10 make
the citadel of life rock, and reel, and throb
with its over-powering fullness. None
but those who have lived long upon hope
deferred, lived upon medicine rather than
! food, can tell what our hero experienced.
Bright visions Of happiness trooped before
his eyes; his children rosy with health and
joyousness, his wife smiling with content
ment, his household hearth the centre of
comfort, his board plenteously spread,
something for his brethren the poor, the
means of education for his little ones, the
thousand things that he knew they wanted,
and then for himsef-O, he was to be un-
sPeakable happy IN beholdng their happi-
| ness.
My dear fellow said Mr.. Winker,
you look like any thing bu, philosopher.
If you had only been on the stage, that at
tltude and those eyes would have made
| your fortune-quite stamped you as first
rate tragedian; but now that is over, pray
| go in at once and thank Lord WycherIy
for your new preferment. What fortu-
nate thing that should have happened to
have met you"
Had not better go home and consult
his lordship's letter? and then could tell
my wife and the children
SPY no means. twould delay you too
long, and make you seem Indifferent 10
your good fortune. 1t will be quite time
enough when you have seen his lordship
| think it an exceedingly lucky thing that
| met with you, he would have thought you
so tardy. Pray go at once. Ha! ha! ha!
Ican't for ny life help laughing to see you
SO amazed. Now go. left his lordship
quite disengaged. Wonderful that should
happen TO jump with you exactly at the
door. But bark you, Blythe; you must
not mention who told you of your appoint
mens his lordship might think it officious-
nessm me-"
Certainly not" said Blythe, certainly
| not"
"And will you just be so good" continued
Mr.. Winkler, as he hastily took from his
pocket-book one of those envelopes that
fashion has made almost universal in our
own most polished days, and wrote what
seemed TO be memorandum within. ''Just
be SO good as 10 give my lord that little
memorandum, it contains. some information