The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-12-10

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Eloted by these revelations, eautiOu'ly
applied the same ingenious instrument to my
frient's waistcOat; il penetrated at least tthree
inches, up to the fox's head which surmoun-
ted it, without meeting with sny flesh and
blood; tho sleeper never so much as winked
an eye. then took the liberty Of unfast
ening the 6rst and second EDITIONS about his
ample chest, whereupon / came upon fine
cambric; turned back cGse after case, and
then pressed forth an end Of Valenciennes
lace. took hold of this very delicately
ard gave It a gentle pull-one yard! two
yards! ten yards! twenty yards Of such a
trimming, IS have only seen in books up.
on the fashions-rewurded my dexteriy.-
Throughout this operation the stout party,
sleeping like child, reminded me of the
spider who, out Of his own interior, supplies
such charming gossamer work. Then,
having pocketed the Valenciennes, replac.
ed the csmbric, and fastened the buttons, I
woke my still stout but somewhat reeuced
acquaintance, and observed, 81 beg your
pardon, but your right calf has slipped down
from the usual place, Mr.. Settler:"
aft is a false one," answered he with frank
ness; ait is, in fact, French kid gloves
Mrs. Settler compsls me to do it, although !
abominate the practice. Aoman in my dan.
gerous state Of health should think OF some
thing else than defrauding the revenue"
"Don't you feel somewhat relieved, tho'!"
inquired l, producing the Yalencieunes.
"Sir," said he, in some confusion, and
twitching at his waistcoat, "I'm sure that |
am in the hands OF man of honor"
"Perhaps," said / 'blushing a very little;
"but ! have the sternest possible sense of
duty"
"Custom- house duty!" inquired he good.
nuturedly; then, with his old pathos, he add,
ed sr,.e .esla .-.
"You have awife-a loving wife, YOURSELF
sir"
II have," said +; and cor feas 7 was a
good deal moved.
"How well she'd look in that old Valcn.
ciennes !" urged MIR. Settler, and that with
an air of such sincere admiration that IreaIly
could not find it in my heart to give the poor
fellow up. never saw him from that day
to this, and there Is no reason to suppose
that after that cerncncy Of mine be eid not
give up his contrabund habits aud become
an honest man.
1t was in collar and sleeves uinmed d
with that very Valenciennes that my wife
went up with me to town for the Handel
Festivals; we were a large party in the Car
riage and enjoyed the journey very much. -
Anongst tthers was strange young gentle.
man, very we'll informed and agreeable, who
kept US in teals of laughter with his lively
sallies. Mrs. x. had seen the address upon
his portmsnteau, and whispered to US that
he was viscount, and perhaps We did not
appreciate them the less on that ac-
count; he had all that abandon aud keen uni.
NAL spirits which distinguish the young Eng.
lish aristocraey, ana make them the pleas.
antest fellows i'll the world to travel with,
and he had also diamond ring which he
was kind enough to let us examine, Of very
gfeat brilliancy and value; such hand, too
delicate, graceful, thin, and such an exqui.
site curling ear; in short as my wife Judgin G
from these symptoms, observed with an ir.
febressb,e enthusiasm, ga youthful Cave n.
dish, all over" a.'s'2
When we arrived at hondcn Bridge. he
bade adieu TO us in the most affable manner
and drove away in simple Hanson, with all
the air of nun accustomed to keep his car
riage. On our roud to SYdenham we were
ell loud in his praises, when suddenly my
wife threw up her hands, and cried out that
her purse was gone, with half her quarters
allowance in it; there must have been a hole
in her pocket, or one Of the railway porters
had taken it, or she had never brought il
with her ut all; we would suffer anything in
fact, rather than suffer the breath OF suspi
cion to sulfy that mirror of nobility, the Wis
count Judge, then, oar surPrise when, at
the bottom OF the pocket, was discovered the
identical ring, which had evidently slipped
off those aristocratic fingers while they were
appropriatiHg the purse. r77a ~
lyon our return to town: took the trink
ct to jeWiers, fully expecting to find that
/ the precious stone was made Of glass, but
to my astonishment and pleasure It turned
out to be a real diamond ,sand that Of a value
very considerably greater than the stolen
money. We advertised it for d few days
in the newspapers, but, as we expected, with
out its being inquired after BY its late pro-
prietor; so, besides the Valenciennes trim
ming for her collar and sleeves, nv wife had
a handsome diamond ring for her middle fin.
tger, both presented to her, indirectly, BY two
fmy fellow passengers. s'8 aals 44is
F. OF The finest idea of a thunder storm
| we ever heard was when Virgins came
home tight. lie came into the room will
his wife and daughters, and just then ht
tumbled over the cradle and, fell whop OF
j the floor. After while he rose and said: