Washington telegraph., 1851-02-05
THE OLD BROWN COAT.
uY CAPT, uArRYArr.

, lat III TINS 10 YOU SAID an American
acquaintance OF mime, bringing oul lhI
euiI Of an old coat aud holding It u
belofe me, dangling II between his lrgaI
aud thumb
, 81 can szy Ina, do. sp.ea /. abu
presume has ON secret meal. which
remains 10 he ekH Hal
"Ex.aeI r'#Ha 49, se.azznfHlt
pfonouncina Haz4 #l.a#I. af #a -
apart "yf Hla aaat. which -
remaining cHa Was Iaa ageaslaH q ~
being JUS a5w rIslIY aausia aB.a zen
to do IA iaz world. guess In right
amt l!' continued he, appealing p his
wife, very pretty young woman. who
stood by hun
so You seem to lhuuk, roplilt She
smiling "5ul | am not convinced, 50 inr
as am concerned IA the business that
the coat had anything to do with H.
"Well. then, shall Just tell my story
aud leave you lo decide. said he tum.ug
10 me.
"lon must know that there wa time
when was rather hard up, aud how 10
/ 90 ahead was the business. hal lrrd
/ mercantile speculation, aud sunk an lH.
mensily oi dollars had tumpd hwytr
but that would not answer IA an WY
/ | took TO farming no Hes there Went
oul supnrearga. ship went un ffei. and
lost eagu Returned u NV laFa,
+ sneculaled a long whla upon lolhiag.
diiu't lose much. lhai's certain, u last |
gave mp business. anu resolved t5 amuse
myself a IIu.r. 80 | went south, aal jou.
ed Bolivar fought with Ian lsl thJru
years, aud a good ol.iegf he wa. nut be
/ had one fauli IA, q General, which was.
that he army never gng paid wanted
my three years, aud hudug there was
neither pay nor pluudaf | got irgl OF II,
aud made my way home 10 ihe States,
aud AT last arrived "a the capital, with
ouly Que ex:ta shut. aud not O cent iu my
pocket. Happened tomeet WiilauiIoG
whose customer had once bseu WHEN !
had money and psld my bills. aud he
observed that my Goa, was rather shabby,
aud that could not appear lu a. knew
that very we'll, aud that al he wanted
I was an order i0r another, bat rs had no
I chance Of PAYNE him. / lhguaht t all.
'iroutu uvt 10 iakr the ulut 4 think,
said ], that with new velvet collar aud
brass buttons, il might DO very wel. i0r
an evening party
al see, SAID At shat, au oll.coluly
custom wearing aui Uil coat ai @ ll.l. /
I guess you're going 90 Mr !. A., tomorrow
night A regular Ilr-ap | ava told.
Prr.iden, lhrlu. aud yvuy body elise. Il,
hardly worth o., continued ly. ,Juehiug
the thwadblu cut
"Wr.l. lbe coat came home the next
day nor r1ny u the m5mug, a. I cy.
prrgol but past mHudmn, uul / walked
up aud down my bedroom 900 my Trousers,
thinking what shoulI do Al three
O'Clock / caiiei upon Nj / and ,rit my
card went back again, au. wanted two
hours for iue tuNlaglu-u0 invitation.
Called again at i've, aud Oct. uu1,hrfrird.
telling lhe m-gyi that bad uulwarlyul
lu invitation. abd that there must be some
mistake, wugwupJu 400 Invitation came
about au hour after my uluu. lu,t as /
was putting ou my has 60 call aga,u. and
leave another card, 100 o ycty fierce mau.
uur / reckon. Well, I went very early
10 she bali, and my coat looked remark.
ably gay Auu could sec tlal tut velvet
collar was new, aud iHr buttons gIItrrai
amou.y but you could uut ,eg thal inc
cloth was not d little ihg worse tor wgar
IN short, my brown ccnt looked very
smart, aud / wa, considerable smart
fellow my,gl. Jusiat that time.
We'll ! stood near lhg door, looking a.
the community commgin hoping TO know
somebody bul I presume ! hal gown
oul OF all recollection, lor nobody knew
mg. but Us ihg company were announced
! heard ihcIr names, aud d they dll not
know who ! was, at all events | found
ont who they wcu.
This won't do, said / 1s the foam,
became quite iuIl lmay stick against
the wall ul, daylight, but / shall never
SO ahead, 30 az last p'wrtvug a young
lady speaking to the daughter OF the
Secretary OF the Navy ailur they parted,
| went up ana bowed to her Having
heard her name, pretended TO be- uu old
acquaintance, and accused her OF having
forgotten me. A. / was very positive
aud very bold, She presumed t was the
case and when gave her my name,
winch refused to do until we had been
mlkug lor some minutes, a. % happened
10 be a very good one. -hu considered
that IL was all night, aud uauo'hur quar-.
Ter Of au hour we became very intimate.
then asked herli she know Ms, E.,
the daughter OF the Secretary oi the
Navy. She replied that she dad, aud !
requested her to Introduce me, aud onrr.
ing her my arm, we walked up 10 the
young lady together aud was lulroluc.
ed Now thought !, am ahead httle
After the introduction ] commenced q
conversation with Miss E., aud a
gentleman fortunately relieved me Of my
first acquaintance, whose arm had drop.
ped continued my attention to MIs.
E., excrted myself to heutmost, aud