Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-03-01

that the serenity of his temper was ruI
fling, till at last he became in a furiou
passion. 'i
"By heavens! this is TOO bad; in re
spectacle house, too. Boots, 90 up Il
tyour master, and tell him must see hin
Immediately, and without delay; Mr.
William Earrings; recolIect, instantly"
In few minutes the landlord of III,
hotel'made his appearance, half dressed
and not very well pleased at being com
PEELED TO turn out at that unreasonable,
hour; bat the name of Earrings had beef
mentioned, and was not TO be trifled with
eyes. sir, do wish 10 speak to you.
came here last night, have been Obliged
to give UP my place in the seven O'Clock
mail, in consequence Of pressing and i'm
portant business which detained me.
booked myself by the fast coach, supped
and slept here, desiring that | might he
called in good time, as my immediate re.
turn 10 town is important. On my being
called and getting up, | found that some
body had stole my buckskns; that's all
nothing more My buckskins tuckskins,
sir, has Disappeared" .- .s-'
"l'm very sorry, sir; very sorry; can't
imagine how. Some mistake, / pr esume, 81
stammered the landlord" 80
"My buckskins are gone, sir, and no
mistakes" replied our gentleman. 81
consider this respectable, honest house,
sir; but it appears-," .a
hn ~, .F
the house, made the landlord angry; it
was sore point.
"My house is respectable, sir; always
has beenvespectable, sir; always will be.
| trust. No gentleman ever lost his
buckskins here, before, sir What they
brought, they have always taken away"
"What sir!" exclaimed our gentleman,
in towering passion, "what do you
mean 10 imply, sir9 Do you suppose
that gentleman would come here with
out an indispensable article ofdress?"
''No, sir, no." replied the landlord, who
cooled down as his adversary became ex-
d;"I didn't mean TO say that, sir."-
"Then you'll just hear what have TO
say, sir" replied our gentleman; "l'm not
to be robbed this 'bareface way: nd the
credit ofyour house is gone; for as soon as
arrive in town, Twill write letter to the
Times, Chronicle, Herald, Post and Nor
ming Advertiser, stating the whole of the
Infamous transaction, and sign it with
my own name, sir; with my own name;
md then we shall see how long you are
II a position, to rob the public in this
way. Yes, sir, and my lawyer shall send
'ou letter, as soon as arrive in town,
or an action of damages and recovery,
ill.," R. "i aa- s.
Then our gentleman walked rapidIy-up |
md down the room, his shirt waizing to
md fro as 1T was as much excited as
himself. ' |'#.' .' F'as
81 am very sorry, sir: very sorry," said
he landlord; "but, sir, have pair of
Iouble milled trowsers, which l think
would fit you, so as 10 enable you to go
o town, until the buckskins can be re.
,laced," a"7 f7.H'
"Double milIed! thank you, sir. You
ppearlo consider my loss as only yamoun-
ing TO pair Of buckskins, Mr. Landlord;
ut who, sir, is TO pay me for the forty
'ounds and upwards, in bank notes, which
vers in the pockets of my buckskins-
n! sjr?'" ~'.1s'a .'.A 94 e2
This was, indeed, a new feature in
he case which the landlord did not ex-
ect. '@@@ @as sa} As'a 1850
WForty pounds odd, sir!" exclaimed the
,hdtord -s@te ssaaa A5
"Yes, sir, forty pounds. Let me see,
1rly.four pounds exactly. Now, sir, is
hat money to be forthcomngf In one
,ord, sir, there is no time to lose. If |
liss the coach, post all the way to
own at your expense, as soon as have
rocured' something TO put on. The
ouse of Barring can't goto town i'll its
hirt; the house Of Barring will be reven.
ed, sir; your treatment is past besring,
nd give you five minutes to decide"
The landlord did decide, The buck.
kins had disappeared: the credit Of his
ouse was at stake; the house of Barring /
,as his enemy; there was no help for ii. /
he doubled fmiIled and forty four pounds
ias handed over, the wrath of,our gen. {
eman was appeased; he even, before he |
Tipped into the coach, promised TO pat.
onize the hotel. Aaa eef isat &saszsss
The coach had been on the road about
* hours, when Tie waiter stepped over |
} his chum, the waiter of the hotel-Ops i
osite, to tell him what fuss there had
cen about a.pair Of buckskiDs left in the
ledge; and On their description Of our
entIeman, no doubt was ieFtAB6l that, al.
nough not probable, il was VERY possible
hst a gentleman could come into q hotel
liihout, his jinexpressibles, 80 ~
The landlord was almost frantic at
aying been SO imposed upon; but as is
su 81 in all such cases, be soon made
p,the, lossipcurred, by our gentIeman's
isit 10 the hotel, BY charging il upon
hose who came there, moi only With
bul with money IL their buck. Il
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