Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-10-07
ESCIIEIE An 7.
The Deiuge at Biissford.

Tins is the way Jack Plovcr lives when he
i ot ho,nr.. Lut first of all must fell Won
that .jurk'. home j, tIc wide. wide world
and tbnt when Lo stay, in London or in Brirh-
ton. or roc, Shooting or Yachting. he con-
>idnrs himself merely oua VISIT lie has now
been What any one else would have called
settled in town. for the last ten wears. but
still br looks uunu it merely as II tent pitched
for the uirht. and conveying no idea to his
mind of Stability. or even rcnosc. However.
oll tlir rest of us think London his hradmar-
tcrs for life. and therefor, will tell YOU how
Inc lives in that cav mctronolis. lie has
b,autiful loIrinrs over an artificial flower ma
k,r', IN .L.unvn street. brl,,urs to thc Aero
rolis Club. and sports swiSltailcd PONY.
yith very uieh nrti.m and immensely lone
teeth. in a livery stable in the st. James 5
news. He uursues his literary studies i'm
bed. and generally rrad>a novel Before break
fast but is not 50 Great feat ms it appcars.
lor he does not breakfast till one or two
o'clock. He then salIirs into the street.
SKINS tlirough a ra~r or two of tine Times at
\cruIuiis. fakes three or r,ur turns nm and
down the Duke of Yurk's lillar to X Rr~,ut
Street tircus. dives for half an hour into thc
back larlor of a ,irar shup. mounts his
rlul.enr and oors ON duty in Ilvdr Park. sit,
down to ,iimcra a little ra,t seven. sips a
rint Of rnrt. climbs II, into tine billiard room
at ten. ravs till twelve. suns till enc. and
commences tine round Of life hy retiring to his
couch at two O'Clock in the morning. Mr..
plnvcr j. Ohcorrtically1 of very active. en-
trrIrisinu di,rosition, and considers idlcncs.
a crime; ne would send all ynwrnuts tn fine
trra,mili. and uitics Door devils of country
81 cl.rryInru hncaiIS, they have 50 little to de-.
/ Iii, easy life has handled his outward man ,I
tcndcrlr. that irit weren't for tine gradually
intcrrsiiur darkness of thn hnir Ivr van
wouldn't think he had crown dny older for
the last ten wears. His hair WAS iit one tim,
a rlos>v brown: it has PASSED throurh th,
intermediates shades of dark auburn coal
black. ink black. and is now finally settled
into the darkest. decrcst. bcautifulicst huc
Ills WljSkrrs hoWryrr. don't share in tIr i'm.
|crca>;nn niurirudro of his hair. So he cuts then
rvoro,lsly off. Luyin~ been uccasionull,
aughrd at for the mixrl colnrs which odo,i
hi, chccks-thc roots being very white an,
the tins very dark-ikc nine trees on tn,
snowy Auucninc. This care of his urrsoua
p,,,c;,rauce arises from desire to ,lrase in,
world in general. and has no reference to an,
one in lnrticul,r. lie hasn't had a AirtutIoi
for twenty years. and has NOW foraottcn nj
about it which is odd. CONSIDERING that i
cost him several Thousand bounds for brcucl
Of promise. The lady was inconsolablc. am,
married am Irish major three months nitc
the trial. The name of the Irish major h
mdustriously FORGOT the name of tn" lad,
even was bc1inninr to rIimmcr in n feeble in
.dstinctncss of something between Juliet am
Maria her surname hc had either altogcthc
bumiShcd With other ..trivial, fond records.
or at least hai locked il away in some srcrc
drawer into which he very seldom lookcd go
Jack like some mcnhilanthrouists ofmvacouaint
f. ancc-who ry,,rnss unbnuudrd interest in TN
, halpinc,s of the human family nt LARGO. Am
do rood to any member of it in partirular-
had a lrolound ycncrntion for the fair sny !
c the abstract. but hated all women in thci
% individual capacity. with IA ychcmcncc whic
Y was only couallcd by his iudirnation at
S tough bcrfstrak or "A bottle of corkcd win,
- YET me MAS nnlitr. No Frenchman of Iou'
> Ouatorzc's rrirn eyer 81 thrilled at a Grmn-
II nrrsrurr ILs checks flushed when Ind
tnnlr tn him. even when she only asked Li
d il Inc vouId have n Lrluiyo of fish. Ills vol,
Il C,Itrrrd Il. hr answered In fact he WAS !,