Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-08-21
MRS GRIMsHAw,s BILL.

Pint Of sherry to ditto, u d
Paper for b.i o01
Total. 20 10
IF you gives me a sovereign, ma'am, car
give you eleven pence, and that will set Us Just
right" Observed Mrs Grirnshaw, sternlv, per
ceiving signs of discomfort on Millicent's brow
Il will not discharge the bill i'm its Present
shape" replied Mili;cent. ''ycu have chosen to
provide these things for me on your own respon-
sibIlity. and though | will pay this tinre for as
much as make use Of, | can not incur expenses
solely for your accommodation"
She drew pencil over the items Of wine ant'
ale, add n--=-
Before pay the bill, you must make these
s'Indced, am, | shall do no such thing. an
swered the indignant Mrs Grimshaw. al gct thc
articles for y0l, and Fou must ray for 'em whcth
er you drinks 'em or no. ! dOn't keep a coffee
shop, ma'am, and ain't used 10 coffee-shop Iolr-
ers. Pvc been accustomed to a different sort Of
life''-ir o whrprarirg tone--a'vhen was well
TO do in the world, and had good husband to
project me, na'au; but from the first kept Iodg-
in1s, never had such thing as this happcn--
and don't Put up With il, though I ap1 a poor,
lone widow"
The maudIin insuuaiion with which she con-
cluded, and which the application Of her black
apron 10 her eyes converted into an appeal. had
more effect upon Nlicent than all her bravadr
IL should bc -erv sorry ~ distress vof.'t aha
said. ''aud therefore will mot press for the de-
auctions; bat assure Won. these things are Of no
use 10 me, and am very poor myself"
Mrs Grimshaw did not reply Immediately, htf
snatched up the sovereign. and fang ont Of the
door, muttering as she disappeared. Very poor!
yes. don't nisdoHbt That mann"
MillicCnt was more annoyed hy this little fnct-
dent than, amidst 40 many greater yexatious, she
could have imagined possible, but after little
Election. her kind spirit found an cxcuse for the
vragos irritation, and forgiveness for her iusc
lence. sill. they strengthened her determination
10 lose no time. and sp1rc no. effort, to procure
employment; and having written an advertise.
meut, she set out fur the office af the TiBIrt,
which, though knowing nothing ri town herself,
she learnt from thr imprint of an old Newspaper
was in Printing .hGtise squire.
What an in in:tantlneoT4 change from The stir,
the hustle the overwhelming and ever rolling
ccncourse of the street tb that quiet. secluded
quadrangle II stands in the throngcd. painting
dense neighhorhor like breathing plarr--a apot
forgotten. IA II ~" March of Intellect h4d swept
bv. and lrri il a century behind. Who ro+ili
think. that those duh walls inclote The great mp-
tive power. TIE voice Of the Agc?-that baiIdiugt
so humble are the Palace If The pFsss2 Who
could imagine that il Is from some closet within.
probably never reached hy the light of dag ti.s,
the invisible thu1dercr hurls his bolts NJ The gam
antagonists whom every successive morning hs
singles olt fur attack? Vet sn IN t~t
4 plntc! hand directed NiIIirrnt IN the ntFiers
which. iik" one of the supplements. was cram
med with advertisers. group oT births, dcaih4
and marriages and beset the clerks, 90 the great
annoyance OF house. agent, impatient 10 ai<poss
Of sn1g AMI eligible cottage. with twelve bed
rooms, in tic Islc of Wight. clever cob. dress
ei in cut-awav-roH. corduroy smalls and top
boots. had rrncd up with Brougham, who in !.
comparison may he admitted, certainly looked
quite az beauIsh the x-ChanceIlor. Behinf
came the mysterious VI. R., who had been, re.
questea. in the plper of The preceding cav. n
communicate with l.. L, when all would be for
given. There, too, was the Jew money-lenter,
looking the very impaTsonation Of ShyIock. ami
close M his heels. with glass in eye, superciit0us-
r. surveying the throng. stood the dashn- youn-
gentleman, who wanted tn borrow" The ros.
house-rnaid was in the s7ma rank with thn palq
and spectral Ccverness-the portly butler aiscIss-
ed point with some SHERRY in bond;' New
York steamer was speaking, in lower key than
that Of . trumpet, an emiGrant ship to New Zeal
and--all lumbed, like lottery, in that univt .s,l
registry office whose faithful broad sheet would
soon bear their tenders to the uttermost corners
of the earth.
Mlllicent, feared that, in such an array OF man
ifestoes, her little advertisement would be over
looked, but on the third morning after, she was
agreeably surprised on calling at the lbrarywhere
she had arranged for letters to be addressed, TO
find note awaiting her, directed in an Italian
hand for A. B., and bearing seal that ANNOUNCE
ed, by its dimensions, rank and conse1asne" IL
the writer.
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