Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-04-28
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ness OIL yesterday, good-naturedly explained that
Miss JeIlyby wasnot connected with the suit.
q 't1aH said the cid lady. SHE does not ex-
pect Judgment? She will still grow old But
not so old. o dear, no! This is the garden of
Llncoln's Inn. call Tiny garden. II is quite
bower nthe summertime. Whence the birds
sing melodlously pass the greater part of the
long vacation here In contemplation. You
Ind the long vacation exceedingly long don't
you2' iao Sy H9!Saa'1 M
we said yes, as she seemed to expect US to say
when the leaves are falling from the trees.
and there are more flowers in bloom to make
up into nosegays for the Lord Chanceors COURT
SAID the old lady, sthe vacation is fulfilled and
the sixth seal mentioned in the Revelations, again
prevails. Pray come aud see my lodging. It
Will be good omen for me. Youth, and hope,
and beauty, are very seldom there. II is long Z
long time since had visit from either ~ g
She had takenmy hand, and, leading me and
Miss Jellyby away, beckoned Richard and Ada
to come too. did not know how to excuse my
sell, and looked to Richard for aid. AS he was
nan amused and half curious, and all ia doubt
how TO get rid ofthe old lady without offence. ra
she continued to lead US away, and he and Ada
continued to follow; our strange conduetress in
forming US all The time, with much smiling con-
descension that she lived closed by.
1t was quite true, as it soon appeared She
lived so close by, that we had not time 10 we
done 'humorlng her for a few moments, before she
was al nome. Slipping out at little side
gaze, Inc old lady stopped most Unexpectedly in
narrow back street, part of some courts aud
lanes Immediately outside the wall Of the inn,
and sand, This is my lodging Pray walk up!'
?he had stopped at shop over which was
written, KRooK, RAG AND Forum MARE
HOUSE. Also, in long thin letters, KNOCK DEAL- 4
Err IN MARINE STORES hone part Of the vim
uow was picture OF red paper m,at whicha
cart was unloading quantity Of sacks of old
rags In another, was the Inscription, BONES
BOUGHT. In another, KI1cHEN-STUFF
bou CHIT. In another, OLD Iron BoUGHT, In n
another, WASTE PAPER BoUGHT. In another,
LADIES AND GENTLEMENs WARDRoBEs
BOUGHT. Everything seemed to be bought and
nothing to be sold there. In all paris of the win
dow were quantities of dirty bottles: backing
bottles, medicine bottles, ginger-heer and Soda
water bottles, pickle bottles, wine botiles ink =
bottles: am reminded by mentioning the latter
nov, netgnporno o and Of being.
as i were, dirty hanger.on and dsowned reIs-
uon OF The Iaw There were a great n1any ink y
bottles There was little tottering bench Of
snapoy Old volumes, outside the door, labelled
Law BOOKS, all at Sd. Some of the Inscriptions
nave enumerated were written il. Iaw-hand like
the papers hid seen in Kehge and Catboy's ~
nee, and the letters had so long received from, 3
the dr1l1 sAEosg sherus one, II, ~ sasa,. ~
writing, having nothing TO do wi,hthe business Of, "a
shop, but announcing That respectable man aged
ioly-nVe wanted engrossing or copying to execute
WIN neatness and despatch: Address to Memo,
care OF Mr.. krook within There were several 9
secondhand bags, blue and red, hanging ND A.
~ le way within the shop-door, lay heaps of old
cracked parchment Scrolls and diScolored and
doss scared law-papers. lcould not have fancied
that all the rusty keys, of which there must have
been hundreds huddled together as old iron, had
once belonged to doors of rooms strong chests
70 lawyers offices. The litter of rags tumbled
partly into and partly out of one-legged wood
en- scale, hanging without any counterpoise from
a beam, might have been counseors' bands and q
gowns tornup. One had only to fancy, as Rich-t ~
ard whispered to Ada and me while we all stood
looking In, that yonder bones in a conner, piled
together and picked very clean were the bones off
clients, to make the picture complete. a9
AS it was still foggy and dark and as the shop s7l
was blinded besides by the wall Of Lincoln Inn, ,
the light within couple of yarls,we
should not have seen so much but for lighted
antern that an old man in spectacles and hairy
zap was carrying about in tine shop. Tuning ai
owards the door, he caught sight of u.s. He
vas short, cadavorous, and withered with his sa
read sunk sideways between the shoulders, and w
he breath issuing in visible smoke from bis
mouth, as If he were on fire within. His. throat
hin, and eyebrows, were so frosted with white
airs, and so gnarled with veins and puckered 20
Kin, that he looked from his breast upward, like g
ONE old root in fall Of snow
Hi hi = said the old man coming to the door,
Have you anything to sell? EH ava saffgte3
Wenaturally drew back and glanced at our
who had been trying to open the
Ouse door with key she had taken from her aF
ocket, and to whom Richard now sad that as ,
,e had had the pleasure Of seeing where she lived,
re would leave her, being pressed for time. But
ne was not TO be so easily left. She became SO e"
aid pressingy earnest in her en- 20
eates that we would walk upland see her apart us
lent for instant and was so bent. in her ,
arnless way. on leading me ins as part of the &
)od omen she desired that (whateyer the 9th.
g might dog saw nothing for it but to comply
suppose were all more or less curious; LAT a9a
~ rate, when the old man added his persuasions
hers, and said, 'Ayeaye Please her II 1t
on ttake minute! Come in, come in! Come
throughthe shop, if t'other doors out Of or
'r! welal went in. stimulated by Richards
ughlng encouragement, and relying on his pro-
cton ' 81 d5aSsi i'e ts ws'ee
My landlord, Kroolp said the little old ladv. g
TO him from her left station as she
esented him TO us. He. is called among
neignbors the Lord Chancellor. His shop Is
lied the Court Of Chancery. He is very ec- q;
nitric person. He is very odd. Oh, assure sts
Il heis very odd!' riee - hqGsiIat~ ess} 81,
She shook her head great many times, and
pped her iorehead-wlth her finger, 10 express
US that we must have he goodness 10 excuse ~
m For he is a te--you know !-,M-i' said oae
e old lady, with great stateness. The old man q
erhaard, and laughed. iUn .HArgsa
'itis,rne enough ne said, going before US
tn the lanlern, that they call me the Lord
lancellor, and call my shop Chancery And
ny do you think they call me the Lord Chan IS