Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-30


something IN sam tha, struck his fancy. f.,
he gazcd upon him with a sort Of chucklc IN
made his little sly rascally eyes twinkle, Al
mu'iercd something tn himself with an ar
satisfaction, which appeared to impsr, IFS,
? TO every hair of his light, ragged. foSc
irowsy beard; nay, - great was the Jew
apparent prediction for Sam, that with .l
wink he bcckoned him acros. the way. plunr
ed into publlc.hou.c, buried his beard IN
pot orPorlcr, and beckoncd sam To follow nj
example. Not 4 word had yet passed be-
tween the aniablc pair, bot another smile q
satisfaction llghicncd the ,lsare Of the ven
crable r'bsi, rs he bchch the natural and un
affected way IN which the urchin imblbcd an,
residue Of the 'v',,s They were cvidcn,l,
hiicd ior one anolhcr-ihc lellov.lc,liur %
crahrucss aud vice was between them. They
tra,crScd several streets together couycrsiug
upon topics oi pOhic and private interest, bul
10 a specie, Of pa,o,- which would no, cdlly
the reader The Jew soou discovered that
sam h1d no money, and limited that no appll-
cation To hls uncle might be desirable, because
o. lad nigh, dec wilhou, ordinary article, ol
jrc,,, hu, could not cNl,, v,lhou, ale and por,
tgr. Everybody kurw tha, sam had no rcla,
r,c, alive but nis Tuor mother, Vet he eN-
pressed po surprise 70, hearing OF bus uncle
sam Inra. however, that, ,s or uo use ,u
u,, rich relation cmpH.haudcd, and ,Jld
sn-a remark which ihc Jew rnicayorcd To
o,rrrulc with the hint that parents II they
90 s,cd lrtlc articles Of ,udlns value had no,
lhr heart To pcr,ecu,r their offspring bot To
this hiu; sam turned d,lf ear, bad rs be-
was. he bad some ,ur, of a heart Ia hs breast,
which was q modification To- the Jew. New
erlhclr>s they b,camc boon.irlloNs, and thu,
ucw acluainianc,ship va, marked by a curi.
ou, dr,,lopmcn, OF character on the par, ol
sam. We are rric,cI To ,.y tia, sam, who
had never carried a pocket handkerchief, sud.
denly acquired su strung an affection Tor tha,
article oi personal convenience, - To- covert
doe possession Of every one that be- aw hang
iug out ol an old gentleman, pocket.
Thing, went ou in ihls way ior some time
The Jc~ bccamc "a frequent guest At the lodg.
iug OF sam, mother, greatly ,o the cricf Of
thlt worthy individual. and lhc crisi, Of ihct
cumpsulouslip bruurh, abou, the following
event. ltWa, one OF the long winter even
ing, when a eoppcr-co!orcd iog had settled
down upon the rrrl, metropolis. -" that you
could hardly see the policemen, LAMPS,
which fastened 700 trout, generally look Ike
luminous holes iu the poor man . s,omlchs
Meeting ty previous concert, the Jew nnd ms
prlisgyC s,lhcd forth from the great city, and
taxing the urarDs, way 90 gr, free ltom
houses. they bc,ook ,hcm,el,c, To tha, vas,
and solitary mountain which bclrs lh, name
ct primrose, aud upon whose summit may be-
seen the dark watcrs oi the iaru or mountain.
lalc known hy the title of The rcscroir-
rheucc they descended into the vail oi Chalk.
farm formcrl, no dru5, dairy farm, such cs-
tablishmrnis 10 ihc ,icim,y II ,,ondon deal
rnr largely IN The article alluded To- The
Jew nov b,ckouci sam to scat himself upon
q ,,ylc, and the BEARDED mact, pulling 90, a
ho, of luciicr matches, lighted his pipe and
smoked ~ ,ilencc-cNcry vhlG lighting up
h., eyes. and revealing the 'ipo his nUsc Ia
sam IN a way very amusing io behold. The
African Magician, you remember, acted some
uha, slmilarl,-hc sprnklcd strong smell
inr substance into the Grc that h. I'D sludicd,
nd - did dc Jew, hu, ,ou Would hardly
have supposed tla, the result, were no, un'
ike HsrJl, had thc Jew commenced thu
singular Kind ot lncaniatiou when a strange
rumbhug uJ> heard in lhr bowels Of the earth
"a hcnd,sh shrek vas cchuyd stuuEd. aud iw,
great rIsrluc CLASSY CRIMSON eve, dauc,
through the iur and murky air. In China ur
Arabia the, might have called this enchan,,
mrnt--,u Clmd,u.louu ihcy ,lli t was III,
train conuur uu, uf the KiIbum tunnel In
d.,ms,rd by these appalling terror, the jew
now broke hs plan 10 sam wiiul who rc
coilcj IN horror tom lhc attempt bu, be- wa
too deeply IN the toll, oi the old villain Il
draw hack ,hc Jsv knew to, much for Sam'
safety. and nothing rcnlined to him bu, {,
proceed.
The wlphiug hour oi night was now ar
r,cd-,hai hour at which silly souls get. .uI
and walk and sensible Jod,s GO to bed so,
the Jew. scizing sam by the ara, led him l.
secluded neighborhood Of detached houses
stopping before one solitary residence h
pulled out a skeleton key, with which he un
locked kind OF flat grating, and pointing ou
some steps which led into the area, desire
him to ascend Another key was pu, By III
the Jew into Sans hand, and he told hlr
l,ow to prUceed. lie was TO descend the step
and open door with the key which h
held ia his hand, when he would find pa
sage before him, aud which Would lead hiI
{ to buffers pantry, He would no, sa' b
whom, but the jew limited lha, the door
,his clu.e, was - leo As To yield To- a. mode
, crate degree OF force. In the pantry he woul
see a pla,c-basket--he might east the plat,
basket away, but he must be sure to Pu, 4
content, into his pocket; II there were an
articles about the pantry, either edible ,
pocke,able, he nigh, make free with then
. bu, he was on no account TO linger long or
make any disturbance. So saying, and thrus
? ing a dark lantern into his hand, the Jew urI
!, ed him TO his task, and Sam, with an unwil
. Lo,,, h,,, feeling himself entirely iu Al