The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-10

partmcnt of the establishment. woul! As soon
have thought of eating roast sucking-pic be-
meath Acon-Viraz's nose, as of wiping, dust
ing, or indeed touching the sacred slate
counter without special permission and au-
thority from Aeon -Virlaz himself.
BY the way, it was not by that name that
the jeweller and outfittcr was known IN Bel
lcriport. lie went by simpler, homelier,
shorter appellation Moses, Levy, Shccny-
what You will it does no ?nuch matter
which for most Of the Hebrew nation have
an inner name as we'll as an inner and richer
life.
Aeon Nirlaz was a little, plump, round,
bIack-eyed, red-Iippcd blue-bcarded man.
Age had begun to discount his head, and had
given him sixty per cent. of gray hairs Atop
he was bald, and wore little skull-cap. He
had large fat hands, all creased and tumb!cd,
as If his skin were too large 70: him am: on
one iorcflngcr. he wore great cornclian sig
nct-rinc, about which there were all sorts of
lcgc!d'. Miriam, his daughter. said--but
what have to do with Miriam. his daughter ::
She does no' enter into this history {. all
The evening pipe, that Acon-Nirlaz was
smoking, was very mild and soothing The
blue haze went curling softly upwards. and
seemed to describe pleasant figures o! s. d..
As II assembled. through the grove. across
the front shop, Aeon Nrlaz could ste little
srcrS> OF gas from the lamps in the street ::
could h, ar Barney, his ,itt,. clerk and shop
10y. softly whi>t!in. rs he kept watch and
ward over the watches in the front window
and the habilimcnts exposed for sale outside
could hear the sound of fiddle from the Ad-
nnrai Nelson, next door, where TIE mcn-of-
war>incn W ere dancing could hv I certain
pleasant. subtle smell from REGIONS vet far
thcr back. divine that Mr., Nirlaz(lc iathr:
HarGalli. and worth hills o; rold) vas cook
in- something NICE for supper
From the pleasures Of his pipe. Acon-Nrr-
laz turned to to the pleasures o: his jcwciry
1t lay there on the slate-covcred counter.
rich and rare. Big diamonds. ruhieS. opals.
encrald>, >aprhirc>, amcthyst>. topNc>. trr-
q"ci>c>, and pearls. BY the Jewels lay gold
Cod in ma>>y chains, in mourning rings. in
ma>>v bracelets. in chase! >nufl-loxcs-in
gold snuff, too-that is in dincv. dull dust
from the Guinea coast III .i,.kcs and mis-Sha.
pen Jumps from the mine in tov-wat,hc>. IL.
brave ch-onomctcr>. in locketS, vinaiyrct:,.<.
brooches, and such woman'S gcar The voice
of the watches was dumb the little f,>ks
were scrntle>> but how much beauty, life,
strength. power, lay in these co.crcd bau-
blc>' AconNirlaz sighed.
Here a little clock in the front shop. which
nestled ordinarily III the ,ui!,t OF a wilder
ness OF boots. and though. apparently gr,a,
dca! more o!i,Sclf than its size warranted, at-
tcr a prod.ious deal of ruunny,!own. raspinr
and checking, struck n:nc. .tron-N rlax Laid
down his pipe, and turmin. the gas a lt;!.
higher, was about ca'iin- out To Mrs Niraz
that daughter of B,r-Gu.li, She was very stout
and fried fish in shv-b.uc sa.i,D. to know
what She had got .or supper, VIXEN dark
body became mi>tily apparent in Tie rcccs>c
OF the grove o! Guernsey shirts am! son west
cTs, shutting out the view otthc distant spcrks
OF Gas IN the street bcvond vt the same
time, voice, that Sc cmcl to run upon a tram
way, so smooth and glidin. was it, said three
or four times over. "Ilow is tonight with YOU.
Mr.. Nirlaz-how is it with Won this beautiful
nj .ht Aha,
The voice and the body belonged to a gen
t'cman Of Mr.. Nir!az's persuasion. who was
stout and large, and very elastic in limb, and
very yolub!c in delivery, in the Which there
was | ma: remark, tendency to rcitcration.
and an oily sottncsS (inducin- an idea that
the tramway mentioned had been scdul GUS
ly greased) and apcrceptiblc lisp. Mr.. Vir-
laz's friend rubbed his hands Qikcwisc smooth
and we'll grcascd.) continually. lie was
somewhat loosely .jointcd which caused him
to wag his head from side to side as he talked.
after the fashion of an image; and his face
would have been han'.so,l.cr if his complexion
had not been quite SO white and pasty, and
his eyes Lot quite 50 pink, and both togcthcr
not quite so like Il suet pud'!in. with two raj
sins in it. Mr.. Nirlaz's friends name was
Mr.. Ben-Daoud, and he came from West
hampton, where he discounted bills and sold
clocks.
Take seat, Ben" said the iewcllcr, when
he had recognized lis friend and shaker
hands with him; Mrs. V. will be down di
rectly. All we'll at come : Take pipe 2"
81 will just sit down a little minute, and
thank YOU, Slr. Nirlaz;" Ben-Daoud answer
ed volubly and all are well but little Zeeky,
who has thrushcs, and has swollen, the dear
child, much since yesterday: but beg Mrs.
Niraz not to disturb herself for mc,-for !
am not long here, and will not take a pipe,
havin: cold, and being about to 80 a long
journey tomorrow. Aha"
All this Mr. Ben-Daoud said with the cx-
trcme volubillity which have noticed, and in
the exact order in which his words are SCI,
down, but without any vocal punctuation
There was considerable doubt among the pco-
pie as to Mr.. Ben-Daoud's nationality. Some
said that hs came from Poland; others that
he hailed fron Frankfort-on-the Maine; some
inclined to the belief that Amsterdam, in
Holland, was his natal place: some that Glib.