Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-07
"Tapped"' cried I, laughing "why you have been

| iappeu' crieu 4, iauShng ''wny you nave Ieeh
emptied-dranedn'
"Yes," answered Mr.. Settler, evasively, 81 dare
slyit seems so. / am subject to these attacks
They're hereditary. Have you seen to-day's pa
per2''
So we turned the conversation to other subjects
and spent the time between London and Chokestone
as pleasantly as usual.
month elapsed, and then met my friend once
more Ill the up-express, going to town Tor the best
advice, he said, and stou;er than ever. However,
he was very good-humored this time, observing that
he was not going to suffer the disease 10 prey upon
his spirits any longer; only from his late voyage
and its Accomplishments he was really very exhaust
ed, and presently fell asleep, looking, thought,
like falstaf after fit of sea-sckness.
As sat close BY him, whistling softly, and star
ing at his right leg, very singular sight presented
itself. saw Mr.. Settlers right Cal. sink gradually
down, and presently lepose about his ankle
stopped down TO investigate the sliding phenomenon
and discovered TO be composed OF the best French
kid gloves; the other calf pricked with my scarf
pin, and concluded it to be composed Of the same
uneelin. material.
Elated ny these revelations, cautiously applied
the same ingenious instrument to my friends
waistcoat; 1t penetrated at least three inches, up to
the tox's head which surmounted it, without meet
ing with any flesh and blood. The sleeper never so
much as wnked his eye. then took the lbCrv of
christening the first and second buttons about his
ample chest, whereupon came upon fine cambria
turned back case after case, and then pressed
forth an end OF Vaenciennes lace. took hold of
this very delicately, and gave it gentle puli-one
yard! two yards ten yards. twenty yards OF such
trimming, as have only III books upon fash
ions, rewarded my dexterity. Throughout this ope-
ration, the stout party sleeping like child, remind
cd me OF the spider who, out OF his own interior,
supplies such charming gosslmer work. Then,
having pocketcd the Vacnciennes, replaced the
MI tbci t ctill
stout but somewhat reduced acquaintance, and Oh
served, II beg your pardon, but your right calf has
slipped down from the usual place. Mr.. Setter"
cit is i fase one" answered he with frankness;
"it is, in fact, French kid gloves. Mrs. Settler
corpels me to do it, although abonnate the prac-
tice. a man in my dangerous state Of health sho'd
th Gk OF something else than detrauding the rev.
enue."
Don't YOU feel somewhat relieved, thought" in.
quired |, producing the Va enciennes.
Sir" said he in some confusion, and twitching
at his waistcodt, 81 am sure that am in the hands
OF man OF honor"
Perhaps said I, blushing a very little; "but |
have the sternest possible sense OF dut, -
"Custom-house duty?" inquired he good natured-
ly; then with his old pathos, he added, lyon have
a wife-a loving wife, yourself, sir.''
"lhave," said and confess | was good deal
moved.
GLOW we'll she'd look in that old Valcnccnncsn'
urged Mr.. Settler, and that with an air OF such sin
cere admiration, that really could not find it in my
heart to give the poor fellow up. never saw him
again, from th; day to this, and there is reason
10 suppose that after that clemency OF mine, he did
not give up his contrIband habits and become an
honest nun.
twas IL a cola- and sleeves trimmed with that
ye.y Va.cnciennes, that my wife went up with me to
town for the Handel festival; We were Il large par
ty in the carriage. and enjoyed the journey very
tenn IN, very well inio med ana agreeable, who kept
US in peas Of laughter with his lively sllies. Mrs.
X had seen the address upon his portmanteau, and
whisper ed to that tina; he VAS Viscount, and
perhaps we did not appreciate them the le On that
account; he hid all that abandon and ken anmlI
spirits which distinguish the young English aristoc
racy, and make them the pleaSantest fellows in the
world to travel with: and he had also diamond
ring, whichihe was kind enough to let u exam ne,
OF very great briliancy and value; and such hand,
too-dehctte, graceful, thin; and such exquis te
Curing ear; IN short, my wife, judging from these
symptoms, observed with an irrepcess bic enthus..
asu ~ youthful Cavendsh all over
When We arrived Mt London Eri.e, he babe
adieu to u; in the mos. affabe manner, and drove
away in simple Hanson, with all the ar OF man
accustomed to keep his Carriage. On our road to
Sydcnham, We were all 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 hole in her
pocket, or one OF the railway porters hid taken il,
or she neverl I'd broug it withher-t all; we would
believe anything, in fact, rather than suftr the
breath ofsuspicion to suy that mirror OF nobility
the Viscount Judge then, our surprise, when at the
bottom OF tbs pocket VS. discovered the identical
ring which had evidently slipped off those ariSto-
cratic fingers while they were appropsia,ng the
purse.
Upon our return to town, took the trinket t. a
jewcer, IN ly expecting to find that the precious
stone was made OF glass. but, to my astonishment
and pleasure L turned out to be real diamond, and
that OF value very con. iIerbly greater thu the
sto en- money. We advertised il for a few avs in
tue newspapers, but as We expected, without It's
being inquired after by lis late proprietor; SO, be-
sd the Vaencieanes trimming for her collar and
eeves, my wife has a hInd'ome diamond rng for
her M, de fnce both presented to her, indirectly
by two oimy fllJw-o 81 myers.