The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-09

! mo, no; i; my preaching days are over"
$50 much the better; and I'm glad to find
that, in that respect at least, have succeeded
in reforming you, whatever NAV have beer
your success in" He suddenly stopped
walked towards the window-returned-
continued.-"No matter-stay and dine with
me: YOU will. meet Dashmorc, and Leslie. and
Col. D, and--in short, all friends of
YOURS"
'To tell you the truth, Hisbhyer, ] came
for the purpose Of billetins myself upon you.
lmet Leslie this morning, who told me of
your party. And" Nhe~e he made an
unaccountable pause, )-"Bu. since am here
Will you allow me to send message to nv
servant to bring my things here to dress .
Twill save me the trouble Of going home"
"Av, to be sure Laurent will be here
presently, and he shall send somebody to him.
Had Sir Harry been in state Of mind to
think to any purpose, he would have though,
that considering the terms on whic! :hev had
stood for some time past, all this was very
strange.
bv the time Laurent had finished drcssino
his master, Maxwclls servant arrived: and
Sir Harry descended to the drawing room I,
receive his guests, leaving his friends to per
form the duties of the toilette
"Another pin, Ward" SAID Maxwell. to hi,
servant. plague on the inventor of thes.
ties : they require as many pins as the froch
OF boarding school romp. But Ward havinu
exhausted the pins in Sir Harry cushion. hi.
master opened first one drawer and then an.
other, I'LL coming to that in which the Haro.
net had deposited the letters he was aston.
i>hcd at pcrccivng that the letter on the 10,
OF the pile was addressed to Lord Da~hmorc
"1o "'''> 10 be of tie party that r.ry ntternn,n
and TIE next beneath to himself 7, ,,,d;t;,,
to these were letters addressed 10 his AGENT.
TO his solicitor, and to his aunt, Lady Mary
whom he had offended 5cvond hone ,f p,r-
don
This Is very strange" lie continued
his search. Good God ,-Ward-I hay.
no further occasion for you YOU NAV 90.
Mess ! am at home b. one, Won needn't
ycs-you had better be in waiting for
'"c--tha'S all - Stay = call hackncv
coach immediately lv-don't brin. it to the door
but wait with it at the corner O. IL. s,r,,.,
lhc guests were all assembled. and Lam
rent announced that dinner was served
Let Mr.. Maxwell know said Sir liar
ry."
Mr. Maxwell, Sare, beg YOU shall not
wait for HIM. lie 90 home for something hc
forget, but shall return before the soup be re-
move. y knock at once announced III. re-
turn OF Mr.. MAXWELL so that no DELAY occur
ed
Sir Harry lIishtlyer, as is well known.
was one OF the most agreeable table comnar-
IONS OF the day. He was man of ready and
pleasant wit; and, whatever NAV have been
his faal'S in other places, (and numerous and
crave indeed they were he was ,ault,.>s ,t
his own table Never the retailer of o,bor
mems stories. and scldomthc hero ofh;s own
he entertained IA mortal aversion for vor,
mere storv-teller.-" The oricina, sin h..
used to say has entailcd curse on all the
pleasures OF life, and story telling is the curse
OF convlvlality. The nonsense of ,Le mom,r,
Is a thousand times preferable to the most ex-
I"'Stc piece of wit, ready cut and dried for
The occasion, that was ever uttered ,r III,
best ready-matc story that was ever told"
lie held NOISE to be subvcr,iye of mirth (or
chrcriulncss ii certainly i, instead ,,f =, nc
sis'aht TO- or an evidence OF, it and strange
As IL may appear, he could not endure coarS,.
Joke, or an obscene storv.-.Iet ne h,,
once sald, let us show some consideration
Tor the necessities OF our interiors: LET II, a.
'a'don to thinkers such Incentives to mirth-
'he poor devils require something as a relish
to their beer We shall lose notbino bv tho
surrender; for for my part, can't fancy that
they 90 well with the elegant. delicate flavor
OF f'ne wIne.' 10 do Sir Harry Justice, he
was not hcoN
Inc dinner went off pretty much the same
way as dinners Of the kind generally do
'nt some circumstances occurred, of too re-
ma'katle character to pass without men.
ton 1t is true that, with the exccnt;on of
Mr. Maxwell, they made no very deep i'm
preston on any one present yet, at one or
two of those circumstances, NOT ono of H.,
party but felt, more or less acutelv. what
might, not inaPtly lie termed a momentar,
shock OF astonishment. No one could no :.
arcr talker than Sir Harry he allowed on.
portunity to every one io- taking his share
IN the conversation; he never, as If were 81.
bowed himself in; but avai!ed himselfadro;t.
ly, and apparently without effort, Of the first
opening. Upon this occasion, however. he
faH'ed Mrough every one that attemp.eJ TO
speak; he talked almost inccssantly and.
indeed, seemed to be uneasy when he was
constrained even to short interval of silence
Ike spoke, too, in loud, overpowering tone
OF voice, altogether contrary to bis usual hab.
1t and his gayety, ordinarily so distinguish
ed by It's suavity and its subordnation to the
dictates OF good taste, was boisterous in the
extreme, and sought to maintain itself by a
recourse TO expedients the most common
place. Again, it was observed that. oftcner
than once, he filled Jumper, drank it OF.
aud filled again before he passed the wine.