Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-12-12

which we ars prepared to transfeI
lover TO Mr.. MoIinos Fitz Roy's di
lrection forthwith" ~ ~
Here was a windfalH 1t quite
took away my breath gyls re ,roe
| At dusk came my gentlemans aaC
'Iwhat puzzled me was, how TO breal
the news to him. Being very muct
overwhelmed with business that day
Fhad not much time for considera
4 tion. He came in rather better
dress than when / FIRST saw him, will
Ionly a weeks beard on his chin; bu'
as usual, not quite sober. Six weeks
Ihad elapsed since our interview. H.
was still the humble, trembling, low
voiced creature, first knew him.
Alter a prelude, l said, 81 find
1 Mr.. F., you are entitled to soms
thing; pray, what do You mean to
1 give me in addition 10 my bill, for
obtaining iti'' He answered rapid.
ly, "Oh, take hall; IL there is one hun
dred pounds, take half; il there is five
hundred pounds, take halt" a'al9oa
"No, no, Mr.. III don't do business
in that way, | shall be satisfied with
ten per cent" ,,.ss... ~.
1t was so settled. then led him
out into the street, impelIed TO tell
him the news, yet drehding the e.
fleet; not daring TO make the reyela-
ltion in my office, for fear OF a scene.
began hesitotingly, "Mr. Fitz-
Roy, am happy 10 say that | fnd
you areenlitled to o.. ten thou
sand poundsr' .....-.. ...,.,...
II "Ten thousand po1ndsrs he echo
ed. "Ten thousand poundsI' he
yelled, seizing my arm Violently
l"You are a brick. Here. cabl cabl'
Several drove up-the shout Nigh:
have been heard a mile off He
Jumped in the first.
"Where tolr said the driver. m
"To a tailor's, you rascal!'' l
"Ten thousand poundsl ha, ha, har'
he repeated hysterically, when in
the cab; and every moment grasping
my arm. Presently he subsided, look
ed me straight in the face, and NUT
tered with agonizing fervor.
"What a Jolly brick you arel'' "a
! The tailor, the hosier. the boot
maker. the hair dresser, were in turn
visited by this poor pagan of exter-
mails. As, by degrees, under their
hands, he emerged from the beggar
to the gentleman, his spirits rose; his
eyes frightened, he walked erect
but always nervously grasPing my
arm; fearing, apparently, TO lose
sight Of me for a moment, lest his
). fortune should vanish with me. The
impatient pride with which he gave
his orders to the astonished trades.
men for the finest and best Of every
thing, and the amazed air Of the FASH
ionabIe hair-dresser when he pre-
sented his matted locks and stubbIe
chin, to be "cut and shaved" may
be acted--it cannot be described.
! By the time the external transfer.
nation was complete, | sat down in
Cafe in the Haymarket, opposite q
haggered but handsome, thorough
bred looking man, whose air with the
exception Of the wild ewes and deep.
Lly Drowned face, did not differ from
the sisreotyped men about town, sii'
ting around US, Mr.. Molinos Filz
Roy had already almost forgotten
the past, be bullied the waiter, anC
criticised the wine, as il he hac
done nothing else but dine and drinl
; and scold all the days Of his life. 81.
The next day, his first care was tC
{ distribute fifty pounds among hi
friends the cadgers, house Of cal
in Westminster; and formally Y to dis
] solve his connection with them
: those present undertaking for, th,
!, "fraternitv," that, for the future, b,
: should never be noticed by them il
, public or private. 5 .-.-'.1
| can not follow his career much
: further. Adversely bad taught hin
nothing. He was soon again sur
, rounded by the well-brsd vampire,
, who had forgotten him when penni
J, less: but they amused him, and tha
was enough. The ten thousand
pounds were rapidly melting when
he invited me TO a grand dinner al
i Richmond, which included a dozen
| Of the most agreeable, good-lookingi
well-dressed dandies Of London, in-
terspersed with a display Of pretty
butterfly bonnets. We dined deIi-
ciously, and drank as men do OF
iced wines in the dog days-look-
ing down from Richmond Hill. -
!. One OF the pink bonnets crowned
Fitz.Roy with a wreath Of flowers;
he Iooked-less { he intellect-as
handsome as Alcibiades. Intensely
excited and flushed, he rose with a
champaign glass in his hand TO pro-
pose my health.
The oratorical powers OF his faith
or had not descended on him. jerk
ing oat sentences by spasnis, at
l.. n : 4 II r