The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-10-28

ION the mantle shelfsiA tAofoohr h4
{ Here Warren paused ind fixing his large
deep blue eyes upon the prisoner, he held the
viii MP above die htad, Ibis thumb still rest
ing upon the seal, and said in solemn,
measured tone: -
"Now, sir, upon your solemn oath, you
saw the testator sign that will--he signed it
ia hiS 6e6-at his request you signed it as o
subsefi0ing witness-you saw him seal it
it was with red wax he sealed ia piece of
wax, 100, three or four inches long-hc lit
that vea1 With piece OF candle which you
psOca Jed.1br him from . -eupboard-you lit
that, candle by q match which you found on
the antelshclf?'
u did" I'D q &tsAA !
@Oncs more, sir upon your solemn csfh-
you didr
81 did r
"My Lord-lrs WAFER q
The way to Collect Bin.
Old squire 'fobin was slow walker, but
slower pay. Blessed with abundant means,
he was of course considered ultimately good
for any little debt he contracted, but he had
contracted habit of holding on to his mo-
ney, until forced by extra Importantly to fork
over. a.
'sThers goes the old Squire" said Brown.
the Merchant; I've had . bill Of Eve dollars
and fifty cents against him for eighteen
months, and if have asked him, once for it,
have done 80 twenty times; but he has Ell
ther not got it with him, or he viii call to-
morrow, or, if not in . good humor, he will
swear like trooper, at my impudsnce in
| dunning him at unreasonable times."
Now there was one Joe Harkins, a wag
- - - -C-C ell Al H..
ofAsrchant brown, and resolved upon some
! fi6. "a
1 Eomc, noW Brown" said Joe, "what will
| yds BIZ 1 caAb get the money from the old
SQsirs before she gets homer
Anew hate said Brown.
soDdfh I'D, said Joe.
| While Brown was hunting the bill, Joe
disguised himself in striped blanket and
SD eked hat. Thus equipped, with the bill
inl ~ hand he took after the Squire.
= Hello, il you name Squire TobinY'
Yes, answsred the Squire with snarl,
1 what Is that 70 your M
Ihase tstIs bill, sir; collecting for mer-
chant Brown, sir.
Merchant brown can 10 70 thunder, sir,
said the Squire, I've NO money for him; you
must call again. s~.
1os bowed politely, slipped down the alley
Just in time 70 head the old Squire at the
next corner
oh, sir said Joe, stopping suddenly, lis
your name TobinY
'4obin, sir, is my name
Here is a little bill, sir, from merchant
Brown
POUNDS! SIR, replied the Squire, Didn't l
meet you just around the cornerr
Meet me? replied Joe, guess it was B,
another of Browns collectors"
| Then suppose merchant Brown has two
| red striped collectors dogging my steps;
| wont pay it, sir, to day ;=begone! The old
| Squire, as he said this, brought down his
stick hard upon the pavement, and toddled
i Joe, nothing daunted, took advantage Of
another alley, and by rapid movement, in
I 4 few minutes placed himself once more in
front of the Squire. The old mans bile was
making him mutter and erowl as he walked
along, and now and then giving point to his
| anger, by very emphatic knocks Of his cane
| on the sidewalk. When within about TWEEN.
ty feet of each other, the old Squire espied
his friend once more ia 'front.' Squire Tobin
stopped, and raising bis cane, exclaimed:
You internal insolent puppy, what do
you mean 2 ~<5 -
Jps, affecting great astonishment, checked
up within . cafe distance, and replied;
| Mesa, s.fs y You surprise me, sin; ] do
not KNOW yop; sir. !"
| Amt y0n merchant Browns collector,
that dpnned msaive minutcs ago
Ne, sirf' Eoplisd Joe. = am one Of
merchant Brcwk's collectors, to be SIRE; but
1don;t know you, sir. y
Ny name issT obin, sif, fejcined the ir-
ritated Squire and you look like the fel-
| low that stopped me twice before.
Impossible, Gil" replied Joe, it must
have been some other Of merchant Browns
collectors. You see, sir, there are forty Of
US, all wrapped in red striped blankets land,
by the by, Mr.. Tobin, think have small
bill against you. sE
"Forty red striped collectors, aud each
one after me-, calculated the Squire. Darn
me, must put . stop to this; they will all
\ oyertake me before reach home. Saying
which, he took out his wallet and quietly
settled merchant Browns bill of IS so. ii
Joe thanked the Squire, and moved OF; but
as the Squire had another square to travel
before reaching home, Joe could mot resist
the inclination to head him of just once
more. He accordingly made another circuit
and came in collision with the angry old
msn. ere he was noticed.
BOUNDS POUNDS stranger" yociferated
the Squire What Here he caught
sight of the red striped blanket, as Joe, dis
engaging himself from the old man, took to
his heels Squire Tobins cudgel was fierce
" hurled after Joe, accompanied with o
hearty curse upon merchant Brown and his
forty collectors in red striped blankets. III
RKNARKABLs MARRrAoEs,-Of the many
Cinnamon in New York, not few keep cigar
stands upon the sidewalks Their neighbors
in trade are the Milesien applewomen.-.
Twenty weight ofthese applcwomen have gone
the way of matrimony with their elephant
eyed olivarskinned cotemporaries, and the
most of them are now happy mothers in con-
sequence. The Psychologists aver, that the
human being is Improved in the domestic
branch OF the quadTn; edal animals by eros
sing II this 10 true-and we suspect that
it is-the natives Of this country ought to be
remarkable for strength and beauty for
surely there never was such a mixture of
races II amy part Of the world. Represen-
tatiyes of all nations hare located and mar
risd hers. We know Of TIVE Bedouin Arabs
part of an exhibiting tzOup that came to
this country several years ago, who married
wives and are rearing Offspring in one of
the Hudson river countiea Siam has it,
representatives. here in the famous twins, and |
In one Of the up town streets . wealthy na-
tive Morocco domiciliates with Westchsster
county spouse The mixture VI OItch, Ital- |
ian, French, Spanish, English, Irish, Dam
ish, Sweedish, &c ]. i perfectly bewildsring; |
but the amalgamation Of the Irish and the
Chinese j. moro than bewildcring is begsts
. chaoe Of ideas from which no ray ofintsili.
gibility can be safely eliminated. Imagine
: scion q this stock, chatting gsily aboat
.Josh' in one moment, and speaking Of his
father Ping Sing Chi, and in the next whir-
ling shillslah q primary election, and
Dwearing thathe goes In, tooth and nail, or +
rather body and brooches for the nomination
Df his mothers brother Patrick O'p0wd.-t
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