Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-05-17
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MY FIRST LEGACY.

This is the title of a thrilling incident
narrated in the April number of the Dub
lin University Magazine. The relator is
all asprant tor literary fame and honors,
who has left Ireland to seek his fortune in
that great and wild desoalion of London.
In miserable lodging house, kept by a
Mr.. and Mrs. Savall, our hero lies penn-
less, hopeless, and sick. In his distress,
Mrs. Savalls only attentions to him are ex-
hibited in her frequent calls at his attic
rooms, to DIN him in sharp merciess tones,
for the months arrear of rent. On one of
these visits she brings him letter, left by
the postman, which informs him that by the
death of an uncle he has come in posses
sion of twenty thousand pounds. OF course
Mrs SavalPs manner changes at once
What tender nurse! And Mr.. Savall,
too, how many and how anxious his enqui-
ries for his lodger's health At length the
possessor of $50 900 RECEIVERS. He enters
into possession OF his property. He has
some thirteen or fourteen hundred pounds
in his pocket-book, and it is on the night
preceding his intended departure He in
vites his host and hostess to sup with him,
in one of the little parlors of the house,
where he aud misery had been so often in
company. They accept the invitation, and
after the bottle has been two or three times
passed around, the lady retires, leaving our
hero and Saval alone. Ut should be pre-
missed that both Savall and his wife are poor,
covetous, and envious.) The hours pass
on, and our hero, an invalid, grows weary,
and hints once or twice to Saval that he
would like to retire. The remainder of the
incident we copy word for word -
| became uncomfortable, uneasy; the
mans looks had, | thought, something OF
the singular powers of mesmersm in them.
l determined to endure it no longer-I was
an invalid, and therefore to be excused for
waving ceremoy. So told Sayall that il
was my usual hour for retiring, and that
felt drowsy.
"You feel drowsy ?" he said, slowly, ant
mitigating i'll no degree the ntolerable scru
tiny of his looks
Yes" l said, somewhat angrly, be-
lieve, do feel drowsy, and shall be glac
to retire to rest very shortly. have beer
too long acquainted with sickness not &c
try to preserve health, now that it is return
ing"
Yes; it is worth while to preserv,
health, when twenty thousand pounds ar,
to be enjoyed by one who was in poverty,
he said, In deep, deliberate manner, bu
without any appearance of taking his de
parture.
l made no answer. | thought it insolen
of him, in the circumstances, not to leay
me at once. i rose and stood by the fire.
" You are not going yet" he said, with
as l thought, marked sneer.
| was much surprised at his manner, am
looked at him in wonder and dislike M
first impression was that he had drank to-
freely; but there was no flush in his blood
less face, nor any indications to warran
such supposition.
"Mr. Savall," said, "you will oblg
me by now taking leave; and you need no
take offence at my request, as l am in deli
cate health, and must keep early hours"
"Oh, surely" he answered sarcastically
"your health is worth preserving now, 70
you have much happiness before you wit
your lately-acquired money. You are
fortunate man, for, let me tell you, ther
are hundreds--ay, thousands-in Londo
who exist always under the black weight c