Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-06-12
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1t was past midnight, and London was in IT.
glory. The crowd Of carriages and pedestrians
was swollen by the contributions of the theatres
which now gave forth their audiences in dense
and talking, laughing, and sometimes
singing the denizens of the metropolis passed
proudly along their illuminated streets in all the
security of MONDAY. 1t was impossible to observe
the aspect of the night, for the lamps of the sky
never at any time so bright to that multitude
as the gaslghts ofLondon-were invisible; and
when sudden shower descended it took every.
body by surprise. And Immediately the great
bulk Of the pedestrians vanished, you could not
tell how or where, absorbed as il might seem by
the ducts at their side; and in the same mysteri
GUS fashion, the vehicles were doubled and
trebeled in number, and their gliding pace and
rafting wheels became rush and roar.
In one of the most aristocratic quarters of the
town. a lady and gentleman, after endeavoring
in vain to find hackney-carriage, were fain to
run up the steps of house they were passing
and take shelter in the doorway. The gentle
man was man about middle age and tho lady,
who was much the younger had something near
ly approaching fashion in her frank, self posses
sed, London air.
"Well, this is provoking" said she shut 1
net to go to the pit"
Hang the bonnet replied the gentleman.
Look how these carriages are rafting past u.s.
Why should you and ! be trudging home, after
midnight, through the sloppy streets and the
FLASHING mini" 't
flush, there you are, harping on that again
We might have cab, if we thought of it !; and
we can afford one on the rare occasions when
we 60 t. the theatre. And it is not great
many years, you know, since could say that
much, but man with a gentlemanly employ
ovfIy n ynv1hI rfEn Il
ESQ year, has no reason to be dissatitied.
''Every man has reason to be dissatisfied when
he sees fortune before him, and yet is not allow
ed to grasp it. If had not been such fool as
to allow you to over-persuade me to refuse
Jones offer of share in his speculation, we
might at this moment have been so far on the
way to wealth"
Il would not have interfered, John-I declare
| would not, if had thought you would merely
have lost you + 100; but know you too well,
and i suppose you are not different from other
people. 1.-THE speculation had failed, you would
have tiled to bolster it up with more money !;
you would have got into debt you would have
lost your appetite and spirits you would have
been miserable man, perhaps for the rest of you
life''
"All that is nonsense-the speculation was
perfectly SAFE
IAN specuiations are safe-till they fail But
WHdt mas Jon6S SaiHeQ Dy III !!
"Only cool hundred: cent, per cent. That's
all" ...-..... .e
II deny it, John-I see nothing like cool or
a warm hundred about him. His apartments
are not half SO handsome as ours ! miss in them
a hundred things that you and I reckon ndis-
pensabe for comfort, and instead of being hap
pier man, he looks every day more anxious and
careworn. You may depend upon it, both his
hundreds are now in jeopardy, and perhaps
something more besides-and speculations don't
always succeed
flush, hush there isIa carriage stopped two
doors off, wonder who it is that is coming out
A man about my own age"
"And neither better looking nor better dres-
sed,' whispered the wife. .- e.. ...
"See, he turns towards us to pay the cab
"And gives l dare be sworn, neither more
nor less than the fare.''
And now lie mounts the steps, with his man.
servan: waiting, bareheaded to receive him !;
and now he goes to his home of luxury and
splendor, and the door shuts out the vulgar
world behind him."
"Why, John, it is not for nothing you have
been to the theatre tonight! WHAT'S so interest
ing to you in that man ~ IA .a. s..t
"Oh, nothing. He merely comes n. in the
midst of my reflections, like an representation of
my thought. wish were in that mans posi-
ton.
Here wilder splash of rain came down, and
a person they had seen emerge from neighbor-
ing area without his hat, sprang up the steps be-
side them, to keep his bare poll from the blast
'Pray, SIR said the new conner, twas it at
the second door off the carriage stopped just
new7"
at was"
''And set down getleman?"
81 thought so. That was my master"
"Pray is your Master asked the lady, smil-
ling archly at her husband, "a very rich man -
"a very rich man Oh no doubt; every body
thinks sou
But have you no evidence of it yourselfl
Does he give fine entertainments ~
Nothing of the sort; he's very quiet gen.
tlemen, my master is"
Does he spend money on his dinner and
wines ~
"He usually dimes at his club suppose for
about half-a-crown, and although he has plenty
of good wine in his cellars, he never takes more
than a glass or two of sherry.
Then how does he show that he is o man of
fortune. Does he gamel''
.'0h, bless you, no-nothing of the kind"
HAS he an extravagant wife ~
mo wife at ALL
Then how does he amuse himself?'
HE has two or three horses down in the
and follows the hounds on some occa-
sioHs WHen ne happens 10 nave time. But he
is much taken with business when at home, he
does nothing but pore over papers and accounts,
and that reminds me that he is at home now
Good night ma'am !" and taking advantage of
a pause in the rain, the communicative domes-
tic ran off to his masters house, and let himself
in with the latch-key.
Nov you see, john" said the young wife,
hardly able to smother a laugh-"now you see
what the object of your envy is. Why, you
enjoy life more yourself. You entertain some
friends; sometimes you are by no means con-
tented with couple of glasses of sherry; you
ride after the hounds more than once in the year,
without the trouble of keeping horses; you
never think of business without the walls of
Somerset House; and besides all that, John,
you have the advantage of little wife to laugh
with you when you are merry, comfort or rally
you when yeu are sad, and keep you in order
when you are naughty
"That is all very WELL" said the husband,
walking thoughtfully along. for it wos now fair,
''bnt wish were in that mans worldly posi-
ton"
The little wife was at home. looking wonder
fully well in low dress. although it had long
seen its last party, and fdgeting about the room
in the expectation of her husband coming in to
dinner. It was long past his hour; and As the
Somerset House gentlemen usually introduce