St. Mary's beacon., 1852-12-23

ding to The command OF her mistress, and
as she sat down the last near the bulge
he said 10 her, in an aus.ere manner,
skfffi;d On ssdhise as - . ca "a z plate
which he addressed hsF, and her c
at seeing him there in that posisic
disconcsred the poor girl, that sne dld
not observe that any one excepting the
Judge had partaken Of the pudding, nor
did she know what he meant by salad !;
bu, she observed that the large psdding
pan was nearly empty, and then hastened
back with her utmost speed to her mis-
ttress, and addressed her with, "Lord,
madam, that old fellow 10 there yet, and
he 10 certainly crazy or drunk, for he 10
down at the table, and has eaten more
than 70 bushel Of the rice pudding al.
ready, and has his nose right down in q
plate full now, shovsling il in like hog /;
and told me, as if he was lord of the
manor, to bring him clean plate TO eat
salad on. Bless me, where can we get
salad at this time Of the year? And
the gentleman have done carving, and
not one has begun to eat meat. much less
to eat tub full Of pudding"
"Aye, he'll get q clean plate" said
Martha, before gentlemen want clean
plates"
"I'll clear him out" said the mistress,
and started for the dining room, burning
with Indignation.
The Judge was remarkable for not
giving unnecessary trouble to any body
where he put up. and generally ate what
ever was set before him without making
any remarks and seldom made use Of
more than one plate at Q meal but al
this time he had observed near him dish
| Il L.~...;f.i r~~ white cabbage, cut
IN into vinegar, (Which the Low Dutch
at Poughkeepsie call cold slav, and
which be called sallad,) and ne wished
for separate plate to prepare some Of ii
for his own fancy. The carving and
serving were not yet finished, when he
expected the clean plate, and when the
landlady arrived at the door Of the dining
room, determined to drive him out. She
advanced with . firm step to the door,
and fixed her keen eye firmly on the
Judge, when he turned his eye that way
and observing her, mildly said: Land.
lady, can have o clean plate to eat
some salad on 2" "a clean plate and
salad ." retorded the landlsdy indignant.
ly. "l wish you would come into the
kitchen until gentlemen have dined ; I
had reserved that seat for Judge Crane" !"
The company were struck with astonish.
ment and fixed their eyes alternately on
the laadtady and on the Judge; and sat
or stood in mute suspense-whsn the
Judge gracefully raised himself up In the
chair, carelessly folding his arms across
his breast, then putting bis head awk.
wardly on one side, said You reserved
this seat for Judge Crane, did you, land.
lady ." "lndeed I did" replied she.
"It was very kind" said he, In an ironi.
cal tone, but If you will step to the door
and see If he 10 coming, or send one Of
the servants to call him, with your
nhmas E#
1ss, mlssl9p srdn sftn %r.oO-.'o. w.,S!. .s 's.'>
I will occupy this seat until you Ss1
end the Judge" "Find the Judge 2"
said she, with emphasis, "go look for
him yourself. not send me nor my ser.
wants. give you your breakfast this
morning for chopping little wood be-
cause you had no money and I sxpec-
| ted you would 60 away quietly and keep
away, and now you must come here to
disturb gentlemen at dinner" Hsre the
whole joke burst upon the minds Of the
gentlemen present, who fell into % fs oi
laughing. After the tumult had q little
subsided, the Judge mildly said: " Did
chop wood to pay for my brsakfast y
I" Indeed you did," replied the lardlady ;
and said you had no money Il told
you the TRUTH said the Judge. but
have beautiful shawl, worth more than
ten dollars, which ! just now bought,
and will leave it With you iu pawn, il