Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-02-27


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Wher'e r single human breast ss5-s
Is crushed by pain and grief, l 90
~ There would eyerrbe a guest, s8
10 a And sweetly give relief. ss e1ss.
AS we were passing down Exchange
street several years ago, we stopped
Ia front of of an auction room, to. eX-
anime the various articles that were eX-
posed to be sold under the hammer
We had been there but few moments,
when we heard a female voice inquiring,
6pk<Ls this old bureau to be sold to-day"
~ looking up, we perceived the ques-
ton had been addressed to US, by a
young lady, whose pleasant but sad
countenance struck us at once. We
replied that all the articles spread on The
side walk would be disposed otto the
' highest bidder. ~
4 should like this bureau, if it goes
low enough she said, pointing to, an
old fashioned article that was standing
among the other furniture, "but | never
bought anything at auction in my life,
and as l see no women here, l don't
know as it would be proper for me to
bid .A3 TYP -
1T would be perfectly proper, We
remarked, 'but if you wish it, | will
bid off the bureau.
sIf you viii, sir, | shall be greatly
obliged to YOU
How high are you willingI should
go:' T HAaa9glI
Il don't know now exactly how
much it is worth; but if it sells forthree
or four dollars, you may buy All
'Shall-I speak TO haadcartman to
leave it'a, your house?' @ cas- 81
4 No sir; will call at noon & settle for.
it, and have it taken away. I am We
ny much obliged to you for your kind
ness haaiseseg 1f979af
Solsaying the young lady went away,
leaving usto wonder who she was,and
of what use the old piece of furniture
could be to her. We examined it.
took outthe drawers-but sawnothing
remarkable aboutit. 1t eleven o..
clock, when the auction commenced,
we were present, and after waiting
nearly an hour, the auctioneer remark.
ed, awe will now sell the bureau. -
What will you give, gentlemen''--One
man offered two dollars, and another
three, and we bid "a half dollar more. -
Fourdollars were bid -fourand a half,
and five dollars. We were astonishetl
that that old thing would bring so high
a price. What could l do? See it
sold and disappoint the lady? The
thought struck us that she wished to
purchase it on that account, and rather
to disappoint her, we resolved to bid
again. Six dollars was offered by an
other, to our utter astonishment; but
when our hand is in, and we wish. for
an article we seldom let another out
IBID US, and SO we offered until the old
sbureau was ran upto ten dollars-and
we purchased it for a half a dollar more.
Certainly we would not have given
-four dollars for tito use ourSelf. How
lever, we bought it, and hadi sent to
our room, telling the auctioneer, if a
lady should cali for it, to inform her
where it might be found. We exam
med itagain and again. and began to
eret our purchase, feeling almost Ger
s4ln that the young woman would not
thank us for what we had done; but
we never mourn over bad bargain. -
Our philosophy will not permit US TO
do so.
IA A little after dusk as we were sitting
in our sanctum, the young lady came
in with an apology for intruding, and
remarked, You bought the bureau
so the auctioneer informs me- e'' T
sd1sYes, i bought it, but at an extrava-
sgant price, Tassure you.' 5mga a.osla /
-slsWhat did you give?' s1sa Is
Cd Ken dollars and a half! aaas +
you astonish me. What can 1 do'
j had no idea that it would bring over
three or four dollars, and L am not
prepared to,pay for it to night. ,sli9la
.safI suppose it was foolish in me TO
sgivesso much for it, but Il presumed
You wanted it very mnch.'1 sacayea
q ibid, sir, and would not value pay
ing double the amount forthe bureau,if
/ were able, rathefthan not have it,
s;fsSo LsaPnehended. ssssPerhaps it
may have. belonged toasome friend. Of
/ ,YoRxs1'' ssn YsTi aodw ;aasbisda s1a /
A Yes, Sit, that bpkeau was once my
mothers, and | noticed tear come
IN her eye, which she endeavored to