Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-03-20
EDGEFIELD, S. GNARCH 20, 1851.

tasted almost as little as his father: he
does nothing but mourn and lament for
him night and day. He has not stirred
from the bedside these two days"
My uncle Toby laid down his knife and
fork, and thrust his plate from before him.,
as the landlord gave him the account !;
and Trim, without being ordered, took it
away without saying one word, and, in a
few minutes after, brought him his pipe
and tobacco.
"stay in the room a little" said my
uncle Toby.
"Trim !" said my uncle Toby, after he
lighted his pipe, and smoked about do
zen whiffs. Trim came in front Of his
masteP,aud made his bow; my uncle To-
by smoked oh,>aad saidno more. Corpo,,
rai!w said my uncle T55SSy; T5SSyy; the Corporal
made his bow. My uncle Toby eeed-
ed no further, but finished his pipe.
"Tnm!" said my uncle Toby, 81 have
project in my head, as it is bad night,
of wrapping myself up warm in my ro-
quelaure, and paying a visit to this poor
gentleman" "Your Honor's roquelaure,"
replied the Corporal, "has not once been
had on, since the night before your Honor
received your wound, when we mounted
guard in the trenches before the gate of
st. Nicholas; and, besides, it is SO cold
and rainy a night, that what with the ro.
quelaure, and what with weather, twill
be enough to give your Honor your death,
and bring on your Honor's torment in
your groin" "I fear So" replied my
uncle Toby" but | am not at rest in my
mind, Trim, since the account the land
lord has given me-" "1 wish | had not
known so much of this affair."" added my
uncle Toby, or that had known more
of it. How shall we manage it9" Leave
it, an please your Honor, to me-" quoth
the Corporal "l'll take my hat and
stick, and go to the house and reconnoi-
tire, and act accordingly and will bring
your Honor full account in an hour
"Thou shalt go, Trim" said my uncle
Toby" and here's shilling for thee to
drink with his servant" ri shall get it
all out of him." said the Corporal, shut
ting the door. ...s a,.-s,,,.,s,, IS,
: My, uncle Toby filed his second pipe !;
Eand lad Il; not been That. hon then
wandered from the point, with considering
whether it was not full as we'll to have
the curtain of the tenaille a straight line,
as crooked one,-he might be said to
have thought of nothing else but poor LIE
Fevre and his boy the whole time he
smoked it.
"
1t was not till my uncle Toby had
knocked the ashes out of his third pipe,
that Corporal Trim returned from the inn,
and gave him the following account
"l despaired at first, said the Corpo-
raj, {" of being able to bring back your
Honor any kind of intelligence concern
ing the poor sick lieutenant." els he in
the army them" said my uncle Toby.
a. He ISL said the Corporal. "And in
what rcgiment?" said my uncle Toby.
"I'll tell your Honor" replied the Corpo.
raj, "every thing straight-iorwards, as |
learnt it." "Then, Trim, I'll fill another
pipe," said my uncle Toby, "and not in
terrupt thee, till thou hast done; so sit
down at thy ease, Trim, in the window
seat, and begin thy story again" The
Corporal made his old bow, which gene
rally spoke as plain as bow could speak
it-Your Honor is good And having
done that, he sat down; as he was order
ed, and began the story to my uncle To-
by over again, in pretty near the same
words.
ri despaircd at first" said the Corpo-
raj, "of being able to bring back any in
telligence to your Honor, about the lieut..
and his son for, when asked where
his servant was, from whom | made my
self sure of knowing every thing which
was proper to be asked,"- (" That's a right
distinction, Trim," said my uncle Toby'')
"I was answered, an please your Honor,
that he had no servant with him; that re
had come to tho inn with hired horses,
which, upon finding himself unable to
proceed, ito join, / suppose, the regiment
he had dismissed the morning he came"
elf get better, my DEAR" said he, as he
gave bis purse to his son to pay the man,
=" we can hire horses from hence" "But
alas the poor gentleman will never go
from hence" said the landlady to me-
/" for | heard the deathwatch all night
long and, when he dies, the youth, his
son, will certainly die with him; for he is
broken-hearted already"
"I was hearing this account" continu-
ed the Corporal, "when the youth came
into the kitchen, to order the thin toast
the landlord spoke of" f:"-"but | will do
it for my father, myself" said the youth.
Pray let me save you the trouble, young
gentleman" said I, !" taking upa fork for
the purpose, and offering him my chair to
sit down upon by the fire, whilst did it"
81 believe, Sir" said he, very modestly,
ri can please him best myself" " am
sure," said |, "his Honor will not like the
toast the worse for being toasted by an
old soldier. The youth took hold Of my
hand, and instantly burst into tears" :
"P0or youth" said my uncle Toby;" he
has been bred up from an infant in the
,.,,d Iba I,,io of /, co1dior Trim,