Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-07-28

residence, for several reasons, the most
prominent of which being that the rich
patient had, of course. the best right to
be attended TO before the poor one, TO
say nothing of handsome reward to be
expected from him, while nothing could
Be expected of the other, Judging from
the neighbOrhood he resided in; while
the plainest and most rational motive
might be sought in the fact that Mr..
Villiers' dwelling was comparatively
close at hand, and therefore it was obvi-
ously simpler to hand him over at once
TO his family, if he had one.
Accordingly, Lawrence was set down
at the door of an elegant residence, in a
fashionable street, and carefully lifted
in by the servants and carried 10 bed,
while messenger was sent for the near
est physician. We must OBSERVE that
! Villiers had come on a sudden impulse
from his cottage at Richmond to execute
his fatal purpose, leaving his valet to fol
low him, and that his whole household
in London, having lately undergone a
renewal, his person was unknown 10 any
Of the servants; hence they never doubt
ed the identity of the Mr.. VilIiers whom
the orderly brought home, and proceeded
to treat the inanimate mass of human
clay with all due respect. After long
drive across the town 10 reach wretch
ed street in an out of-the way neighbor-
hood, which paper found in Lawrenc S
pocket had indicated as his resting place,
the cab stopped before mean looking
house, and after knocking a long time,
the orderly at length obtained entrance,
and aided BY the coachman, carried the
elegant but insensible Viliers up the old
creaking staircase, and deposited him in
a wretcbed garret at the top of the house.
Then after bidding the folks to look after
him. an injunction which they did not
think necessary TO attend TO, supposing
their neighbor merely to have got drunk,
aud that he would come to all in good
time, the orderly left the place and re-
turned 10 his arduous associates. The
miserable room in which Villiers found
himself thus deposited was not tenanted
by Lawrence's wife and family, but had
been let him by friend, who had some
employment in the country for few
days. Lawrence having borrowed it un-
der the pretext of its being nearer the
heart of the town, while he was daily
seeking for a situation, but in reality that
he might starve away from his family,
and also that he might be brought hith-
er to save the pang of seeing his lifeless
corpse brought home TO their already
sufficiently cherries freside.
Here. then, lay the fashionable Theo
dosius Villiers the livelOng night; and it
was not till morning that tie cold wind,
blowing through broken pane, awoke
/ him, and caused him 10 look round in
surprise at the miserable pallet he was
lying on, The cold grate. and the rough
table and ricke;y chairs that formed the
sum total Of the furniture.
"Where the deuce am I?'' thought he.
What's this filthy place? I'm under the
influence of a nightmare, surely?" and
he piuched his own arm 10 see whether
he felt it; The result of which experiment
made him go on scliloquizing 10 this ef-
feet: 81 am awake, after all; and how
came I here? Where are my clothes?
/ must have been robbed
Then followed a dim recollection OF
yesterdays events, and though not ex
actIy able TO make the whole matter out,
lie felt comfortable assurance that che
was he," like the old woman in the nur-
sery song. and determined 10 go home
at once; and. afler having resumed The
shabby clothes with intense repugnance,
he went do Wn stairs, and was greeted on
the ground floor by rough but good
natured voice that said: ''Well, Mr.
Owen, have you slept il all off? L must
say you are very quiet when you get
d. op too much.'
'sOb, so Pm Mr.. Owen, am I?' said
The fashionable man sarcaslically to HIM
himself, as he hurried away, without
vouchsafng reply. After extricatipg
himself, with some trouble, from the
laby rinth at Thebes, he at length reach
ed a neighborhood sufficiently civilized
for cab to be rafting along, which be
instantly hailed, desiring the coachman
10 convey him to the fashionable part of
the town he inhabited.
The cabman surveyed him for mo-
ment with look of surprise, and then
said, "it's no go, my man. What should
you want to drive to such a place for?-I
Besides, you havn't the money to pay
the fare, by the looks of you
Villiers was about TO fly into passion,
when restrained by look at bis, or rath-
er Lawrence's clothes, which, after the
soaking and drying process they had un-
dergone. did not inspire mnch confidence
in their wearer's pecuniary resources,
be merely answered, haughtily, that he
wanted 10 get home as fast as he could,
and desired the cabman to drive to the
street and number he indicated.
"Well, you're a rum 'un,'' said tie