The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-01-05

you, as !, has some Zen or fifteen since
morning. But, as Iaising your eyes 10
heaven, which you see not, you place one
foot in heap Of quieklime, and the heat
you feel in this foot warns you moi TO put
the other there. you turn certain angle,
which seems 10 you the cnterance 10 a
court, where you can cleanse yourself n
little but You dash yonr head against a
bucket suspended from tl.s wall, aud full Of
whiiewssh; The thick liquid mandates you
and you behold yourself like spectre,
wrapped inawindAlg sheet. Before you
Cal, ascertain where youase, You find your
self face TO faars ssyt2 chimney.sweep
bearing a, Tag Of saoi, carelessly tied, the
contents Of which overflow upon you; so
that from ons side you would be taken
for an old chimney, aud on the other !or a
facade newly restored.
"Some charitable Samaritan, seeing you
thus, brings you dozen napkins and a
pail Of wafer, 10 cleanse yourself from all
these blemishes. This done, you appear
again, and become prudent 10 excess
hardly dare put one foot before the olher.-
You arrive cropping like blind man, at The
stall OF ishmonger, whca all al once You
utter piercing cry, believing that one of
your HANDS is caught in a vice. Ii is q great
black and live lobster, who holds himself
suspended from your fingers, as one ship.
wrecked clings 10 plank. The fishmon.
ger, seeing you flee, runs aiter you, crying,
"Robber" Happy for you thai, in his
fight, he touches his head in some tar
placed at the gate of his neighbor, the groc
or; The monster that tOrlures you, by be-
ing hurled against the wall, loosens his
hold and yen 90 on your way signing, and
uneasy as 10 wha, shall next behll you.
"Jostlng and josled, over:hrowing and
overihrown, you avow that The eIchanccs are
equal-unless sometimes, when the passer-
by insinuales his umbrella into your mouth,
and you having forgotten yours, cannot re.
ialiaie. Unless, again, when taking bad.
ly.lish,ed shop for turn in the street,
you thrust your head through window,
which falls with crash. II remains for
you then only 10 Withdraw your head as
quietly as possible, and pursue your way
as IL nothing had happened. You are sure
that The shopkeeper will seize by the collar
the first person who comes after you, and
lay at his door the broken glass. The man,
though innocent, pays justly; for, after all
il you had mol broken the window, he
would.
"It is useless 10 mention the dozens OF
dogs, seeking their masters, who leap over
you in their flight. As TO your watch, you
were hardly fifty steps from your hotel,
before that was hundred from your pocket
IN the hands OF sharper as strong as
Robert Hondin. =
"After twenty questions 10 travellers on
the way, who replys 10 yeu by ,w.nty oih-
ers, suffering from cold aud fatigue, you
enter hotel. But you know no better
than an inbabilanl OF the moon, in what
part Of London you are. Installed in a
parlor dark and damp, victim TO melan-
choly, you question il one OF those hooks
where your ha, hangs, would sustain the
weight OF your body. You try, with con.
vulsive gesture, the strength Of the bell.
rope.
"ln orde, 10 escape such lugubrous
ideas, you lgh, cigar, and compute the
number OF glasses necessary 10 drink 10
throw ycu Into sleep and iorgetfulness.-
But at the lifh glass, calling all your
philosophy 10 your aid, you resolve 10 enter
an omnibus, provided a conductor can be
found bold enough 10 venture in the open
street on such a day. Aher waiting ai The
door, and calling, instead VI an omnibus,
dozen charcoal carts, the desired vehicle
at length appears; you jump in, and plan,
yourself in corner, without being recog.
nised by your tailor, who is furnished with
a bill Of fifty crowns to your address
Where is the omnibus boundl II matters
little 10 you TO be in a place OF shelter,
is all that you desire. But great is your
anger, when the omnibus, after ten mimi.
ies' Of motion, stops at The end Of its route.
II has lakeh you from Bridge Court, and
leaves you at Cross Keys, which is three
miles from your quarter You have lost
twelve sous, and have new dangers 10
run.
ITO native OF London, this December
fog Is an ordinary thing. He illumines his
shop at eish, O'Clock in the morning, with.
out more ceremony than at eight in the
evening. Blu, 10 the stranger, there seems
something horrible in capital enveloped
in an ,obscuriiy which is neither night nor
day." al 80 .
Aiier This confidence OF The doctor, who
gained thus his two guineas. The stranger
had nothing better TO 10 than 10 return 10
his bed, ill the sun of Tomorrow. or of
some future day, should dissipaie the
gloom Of the fog.