The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-30
MIR. Pinchbeck's Specuiations.
DY FREDERICK s. CozzENs.

Dorrcy," held grand levee on Sunday
night, at his comfortable quarters, in
Twentysecond street. A suite of rooms
on the second floor; book case lined
with iuted and faded green silk, that kept
out of view two shelves Of spicy novels
and twelve shelves of boxes of cigars, pots
OF pickles, packs of cards, bottles flled
and half-filled with divers colored fluids,
meerschaum pipes, slippers. and many
other things peculiar to bachelors estab-
ilshments; ascore of pieturesson the walls,
pink-cnecked, die-away eyed, red dipped
nudities, in dshabie-lamous horses,
groomed to the utmost polish-and a
brace of dogs heads; two round tables
with central swinging lights; "a sofa and
pillow; chairs of fashionable pattern; and
sde-table with pitcher in tempting
state Q! dew, and beside it few glasses
large and small, with decanter of old
brandy, constituted the establishment OF
M. William Dorry.
Dorry was fine specimen Of large
old bachelor; none of your small, wiry
productions-a wig and whisker-but a
Portly gentleman in a broad, white vest,
with broad black watch ribbon, a spot
less shirt bosom, an easy smile, good
teeth, rosy complexion, curly hair, and a
merry twinkle in his attractive blue ewes.
He was one of those goodtempered fel
lows who always enjoy life and its good
things-who live to eat, and drink, and
make merry, no matter what comes of it.
At watering places he was generally tc
be found in the midst of a bevy of merry
girls and matrons, and at home he had a
set of friends. old and new, who made
time pass along pleasantly enough, with
horses, the club, cards and few Other
simple amusements.
There was captivating grace in the
movements of Dorry's hands, as they
slid the cards through each other, anc
turned them over to his right-hand frienc
for ''cut." Then to see him a a4
"With curved and plant wrist, dispense til,
pack" aF--
was beautiful. The company assembled
in his rooms amounted to but half doz
en- in number-namely. four bachelors
and two married rascals, who ought te
have been ashamed of themselves. Their,
are two tables; at one presides Dorry, il
in all the majesty Of whist, and a. tn
other; the two married men in the full
enjoyment Of their liberty, are somewha
bois.erously demonstrating to their singl,
friend, bya game of three handed euchre
that the sum of any two sides Of trian
gle is greater than the third side.
"Where's Pinchbeck to night?" sai
one of the married.
Don't know chirps out Dorry.
Saw him, after church, walking hom
with old .Poplar's girl-(my trick, an
that makes book
"Think he'll make strike there {?
asks the liberated.
Cant say" answers the host, in a
e glory Of his white teeth; ("and two b
honors:) but think Old Pop ought t
keep his weather eye open; Pinch seem
to be mighty poplar in that quarter"
: At this, all the guests burst out in
laugh, and one of the two sides of the tr
!, angle Immediately consigned his soul t
il eternal caloric, ''f that was not the be:
i thing he had ever heard in his life.''
it ''Pinch is a mighty good fellow" sal
s one of the whist t-players. ..,
is ga mighty good fellow" echoed til
party in chorus.
. "And what I like in him is that /
. never puts on any airs on account of b
- family--that's what l like to see in
, man. .s-.
Il "Pity he hadn't little more money.
,. said Dorry, with merry twinkle in tt
corner of his eyes.
N "That's so,' replied side Of the tr
.. angle who had just been euchred; ''an
= then he wouldn't have to use his frient
is so often.
cove you anything ? said Derry.
~ "Yes, a leetle," answered the euchre
party.
" > "owe you anything?" said Dorr,
nodding to the whist player on his rig
70 hand. Ozone by cards.
2 "Well, he don't owe any body else"
10 eyes, he does, too, for he owes me.
said left-handed whist player. ~:
or "And m in there, said Dorry's par
n. ner. ....s s..... i, ~.
it. "I'll bet," said the host, ''there is n
one of us here in this room that Pin'
,g does not owe borrowed money to--( no
ors are easy a
r, At. this, the othor two sides of the II
!, angle affirmed separately and of the
- own accord, that they would like to b.
that way, too. 8ts 5a5s5
q 'It's cursed mean trait in a man
De said the profane individual, ''to be alwa
sponging on his friends in that way
p cont ves - echoed the marty in co