The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-04-24
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THE OLD BROWN COAT.
An AMERICAN STORY.
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- chou YOU Gee nothing very psrlicu.
lar IA lhls, do you - SAID an acquaintance
ui nine, bringing out the cuff Of an old coat,
sud holding II Up before me, dangling /. be
tween his tore fager and thumb.
can't say that do, replied but
presume Il has some secret merit Shlch re
mans TO be explained.
FIX act.Iy," replied my acquaintance
prououncIag each syllable OF the word apart:
yet tie coat of which this is the remain.
ny cuff, vas the occasion Of my bang Just
row pretty considerable we'll TO do IN the
world guess I'm nigh, amt - con.
Haued he, appealing TO his sile--a very
pretty young wom1n, who stood by hun.
SO you seem 10 think, " replied she sui
tng, but ! am not convinced, ss far as
an concerned IN the business, that the coat
had anything 10 do with -
" Wen, then, | shall just tell my story,
and leave you to decide, said lie, turning
to ne. \ GU must know there was q time
wien | vas rather hard Up, and how to 90
ahead WIS the business. had tired mor.
cau;Ie specu alton, and sunk an immensely
u dollars had turned lawyer, bat that
would not answer IN my way. | took to
farmn--uo luck here. Went out super.
cargo; snip vent out on a reef and lost
ca'go. Returned TO New York. spccula
ted long While on nothing d.d'ut lose
much, that's certain, but did OF realize al
last | gave Up bus ness, and resolved to
muse myself lttIe, and SO went South
and J'rued Bolivar. | went and Ought with
him three yoars, aud good officer he was
his army never got paid. waited my
three years pay, and finding tha, there vas
neither pay nor plumber, got tired Of it,
and made my way home to the States, and
al last arrived at The Capitol with OILY one
e>trn shrrt, and not q cent IN my pocket |
happened 10 meet with a tailor, whose Gus.
tome; | had once been When | had money
and paid my bills; and he observed that
NY coat was rather shabby, and tina, could
oo, appear IN It, knew that very we'll,
and oil, he wanted was an order ror ano,h.
err but IS had 10 chance Of paying him,
| thought II advisable not to take the hint.
IL lhuk, SAID that with d new vel.
vet collar and brass buttons, II might do
very veil Tor an evening party"
| see, says he, "lhats an ole country
wearing an old coat To a ball; guess
you're gong to Mr.. rs Tomorrow night.
regular hire up, am TOLD. President
here, aad every body else. LIS hardly
worth H." continued he, touching The
lhrcad.bare cuff
Yes it is" replied | lhere'l be
regular jan, and u new coat would be spell.
ed. III send 1t to you tonight, aud you
must let me have 1t in the morning, SO
good bye"
Wen, the Goa, came home, not in the
morning, as expected, but passed merlj.
an : and | walked up aud down nv bed.
room IN ms trossers, thinking what
should do. At 3 o'clock | called on Mrs.
t., and let my card went back again and
waited for the luvl!atlon-no invitation.
Called again at 3, and left another card,
telling the niger that had no, received
al invitation, ard there must be some ms
take; whereupon an invitation came abou,
an hour af er my return, and Just ss | was
putting on my hat TO call again and leave
another card, in a very fierce manner
reckon. Well | went early to the ball, and
the coat looked remarkably gay. You
could see that the velvet collar was new,
and the buttons glttered tamousIy bu,you
could no, see that the cloth was little
worse for the wear: in short, my brown
coat looked very well, and was copsid.
cradle smart fellow just at that time.
Well | stood near the door, aud looked
at the company coming in, hoping to know
somebody but | presume had grown OUT
of oil recollection, for nobody knew me /;
but as the company we're announced,
heard their names, and it they did not know