Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-02-26
Levi. as said before, took an 40 il 'ip.eres. is a
IN me, and sometimes talked % me like q


father. .9iu'
my good levi I answered. laughing
ly. 'don'ttakev any serious trouble on my
kaccount. I'm all right. You sknoyit he
best cof us will getiintoi difficulties occa-
sionally. ydBy the was. you would like to
4 go tolthe'opera tomorrow uight?tevs o.
THE Jews eyes giistened. They love
music, those Jews. rail O ~ si' svad
80 tHaye you got tickets?' eEs 'aofe
Here are two. Can you let me have
the mone?'lnn is1.xss ~. 10
Well. really Mr.. Papillote., chess is
not ayaluable property just at present. 1t
comes hard on the intellect, sir.'d i:aov
4 lnatButsthis is an Indian chess board. II
belonged ito the tRajah4ofI GundarcooI,
and was, taken from mftheroyalhable by an
uncle ofmine ini the Albicore 7Fencibles.
who was at -theEsiege Of isGundafcool.y Ii
is a historical chess board, Mr.. Levi. Do
you play chess?'i 1il nj s7ifto h: 20
mot exactly, sir. But Il came very
near learning il once.sa9l sal sd rn1t
You, ,kaowfthat the pawn is insepars-
bly, connected with the game il suppose%
Il have heard something of the kind.
SIR .l sf eg .raia8t ahIi 3oG 1sst8o.
'Completelyiin your line of business,
you see.' I5rnRar % t7H .s s6g gf'
MIR. Levi stared. Ny joke was COM
pletely lost upon him. 1t was a very
mild joke. certainly; butqthen. could a
better have been expected from man
who was begging for five dollars. 5ss
.ls'I'm sorry you don't play,iI FASTENED
to continue. covering my jocular failure
with some other remark. L should like
to have game with you. That chess.
board. assure you, is worth thirty dol.
lars. if it is worth a penny. Think Of the
association
Heaven forgive me but the Rajah was
creation Of the moment. l had been
made present Of the chess. board by
sailor who had voyaged to Calcutta; but
one must be little decetful now and
then in this wicked world.
| We'll. I'll let you have the money
said Mr.. Levi. though we're rather short
TO. day. A great deal OF business doing
just now. Mr.. Papillote;;' and. laying the
Rajah' 'sproperty on the table, he disap;
peared into the Office to make out the du-
plicate. 4..
"a great deal Of business doing!' That
meant, when translated, a great deal OF
misery wandering about the streets;
great many homes g loumy for want OF
petty sums ofmoney; a great many me-
chanics without Sunday clothes; great
many poor students moaning over their
valuable books, sacrificed to keeping life
enough, in them to read those that were
left; great many drunkards, craving for
their accustomed poison. and getting it at
the cost OF fnecessaries; a great many mo.
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the little one nigh not starve. This was
the terrible kind Of business that was do
ing.
I was rejecting on all this when l
heard the parlor door open and light
step fell softly on the carpet. Thinking
it was Levi returning with the money.
did not raise my head. Presently a voice,
-ah, how unlike Lewis buuery Jewish
startled me from my reverie.
i can play at chess, it said, very soft.
l looked up. suddenly. A little fairy
creature. about sixteen years old. with
long. fair hair, aud large. beautiful blue
eyes. stood just within the door staring at
me. like some tjmid bird at him who wan
ders in lonely woods. half fearing to ap.
proach. yet longing to come nearer.
And who on earth are you?' i asks
ed. abruptly: and as spoke saw at a
glance that the blood of the children Of
Israel did not run in her clear. blue
veins. @ ,af a..5g
? I'm Nellie Lee. sir. replied the appa.
rition. and I'm in pawn .l "A
in what?' exclaimed, under the i'm
preston that1 must have been deceived
in the absurd statement had juat heard
In pawn. sir, she repeated, as simply
as if she was saying that she was in bed.
And who put you into pawn. in the
name OF all the Medici may ask?' Is
aid. scarcely able to keep my counte-
nance. i,r.ts,5l.ar ~ st tEI.t -T
Father pawned me for money to buy
j paints answered this extraordinary de.
posit, 'and I'm SO llonesome-oh! you
can't think!' -ss. tl
| 'Wha. is your respectable parent. may
Iinquire?' Ii. 80 gai
HE is. an artist, sir. and he has just got
an order. sir. aud he wanted money for
the canvas and the paints to finish the
picture. He paints beautiful pictures;
indeed he does!i lla .a 4
She seemed 50 very anxious about my
not doubling her fathers ability that l
smiled sort of assent. as if i were per,
feotly convinced Of his rare talents. and
was intimately acquainted with the merit
of every one Of his productions al n
i Where do they keep you? l asked,
half jestingly. forIhe whole affair seemed
so like vaudeville. tha.I expected ev-
cry moment 70 hear some unseen audi
ence applauding the performance. DO
they put you in the safe with the jewelry,
or ,inn =, an II m iha .haluah rsiil,- tha