The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-08
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!. parliamentary passengers were taking,
" this early November weather, al the v,
from London 70 Liverpool. Tho stoppag
. wero frequent enough, but Of such short q
ration that We had scarcely time to ret on
solves warmed at the crowded crate befo
1.-The memorable bell rang for us to start agai
and of We went with . shrek, into the blin
ing fog. II was positively too dark to re,
with any comfort, even il one was 90 indi
erent to the biting air 10 to lend one Of h
hands 70 hold the book up; We put both
them into our pockets instead, or more US
ally sat upon them to keep them warm.
was only, whom the guard came from time
time to look at our tickets, and tread upc
our feet, that we began to feel that we ha
them, 90 dead they were with cold.
"Sir1 observed q comical looking tailor
this ofhciai, "your seats are too narrow to |
sat upon after my cross legged fashion,
please be careful for although nv toes oil
frozen they win not bear"
This produced a laugh, and then rose
little idle talk, principally about how mise
able We were, and then as poor people us,
we began to tell what our business was i
Liverpool whereupon it seemed that ha
the carriagefull, at least, were emigrants.-
Each had his say; and every tale, howeye
roughly told, had more or less interest be
cause it was real and human, so that "
quite forgot our WEAKNESS and cold for
little time. Then, sioce this had answere,
SO well, the sprightly tailor proposed tia
one of the party should tell us a rerula
story, OF his own life if he chose, but not on
~ OF his present circumstances, but OF wha
LED to them-which was an idea we all re
celyed quite rapturously, expecting the tai
ior himself to begin. But he said no: We
must draw lots for that So producing som,
long strips Of measuring paper, he wrote /
word on one, and shook them all together II
hat, and sent it round There was a crea
deal Of Cycling among the ladies, and 4
great deal of secret trepidation among the
men, but tor long time nobody pulled on
the fatal lot; at last burst of laughter from
those about one Of the corner seats, announ.
ced that the victim had been selected and
that from among the ladies.
She was certainly the plainest Of female
passengers. Her nose turned up, and her
mouth had scarcely any turn at ALL her hair
was red, and so were the rims Of her ewes:
and themselves were far from being good
ones; but there was certain piquancy and
sprightliness about her too, as though she
had been French lady's maid rather than
an English one. She looked as If size could
put her hand and her round arm to anything.
and she had been very good tempered and
obllglng throughout the whole journey.
1t was understood-it had been express
ed, indeed, already triumphantly BY the
young lady herself-that she was an engaged
young person going out to Australia to be
married, that there was somebody waiting
upon the other hemisphere with ont-stretch-
ed hands, yearning to receive her as bride.
She would be capital wife for a settler.
without doubt, although perhaps in England
We should have called her a settler for a
wife. She seemed to know very well indeed
what we were all likely to think about this
matter but she didn't seem to care.
"lf had been better looking-sbe beeah
her story with this-I might never have rot
husband, Or at least not the money to mar
~ him upon which is the same thing. The
lnsuitableness of my face to what may be
allowed to call very tolerable figure, has
been literally the means of bestowing much
happiness, as hope, upon Joseph, and Of
putting four hundred pounds into my own
pocket
"And this was how it all came about
My late mistress, who was very kind to me,
and had intended, poor thing-for she told
me SOTO leave me comfortably provided
Tor, took me over with her, seven years acc,
TO Paris. She was a widow LADY, fond Of
gay life and brilliant amusement. and that
place suited her SO well that she made II her
home, and |, but little 10th, remained there
100. Joseph and l had kept company 70.
,ether before that time, but he was not So
oollsh as to wish me to give up my expecta
tons for the sake of hurried MARRIAGE. he
'ald that he would wait patiently, dear fell |
ow, although the great salt sea was to roll
between us, and there could be no chance of
us getting letter oftener than once~a day.
lie was masons assistant in London, and |
hardly ever wrote, it seemed, for he him |
ell was not able to reply SO often; however,
II course was not q bird, that could be /
two places at once, so made the best Of
{, ana was as happy as u confidential lady's
naid, under such circumstances, could hone
0 be.
Zone evening had been preparing my
Mistress, VINO was very splendid dresser,
Or the OPERA my only fellow servant was on
cave Of absence tor some days; and except
ne porter IN the court yard, there was no
ody when the carriage had driven off that
lgnt, IN the house save myself; therefore,
aving nothing better--or at least nicer-toI
o, and being in my mistress bed-r
mong her beautiful robes and ornaments,
was hardly to be expected that was to
eslst sach an opportunity Of putting them
n. The room, besides being charmingly
ung with mirrors, had delicious, full
myth swinging glass, and before this ]
unused myself Tor long while | beheld
ademoiselle Elizabeth Martin-that is nv
resent name, but dear Joseph's is Andrews
how she looked in berages, in silks, in :
usl'ns, for the morning. and how lace and
tin and low sleeves with pearls became her
r evening wear; finally, cquipping myself
particularly pleasant glaze silk walking I
,ess, with bonnet and falling veil fit for
bride, could not help twisting round to
C as much of myself as possible and con.
astlng the effect at the same time with that
madam-who was beautiful enough but in.
ferentiy proportioned-I involuntarily re-
arked aloud "Well, we may be plain in
e lace but we are certainly unexccptional
hind. 1t was an absurd thing 10 saw {
en- to ones self, and remember blushino
'e beet, as though it were not quite out :
the question that could be overheard
lere We're several jewel-drawers--this ruby p
my little finger, a ring belonging to nv
stress late husband, was in one of them
t l had no time for more than to set off !.
ndsome necklace or two, and to very much :
Sret that my ears had not been punched,
the accommodation of an especial pair Of
'mond earrings, before heard wheels in e
court yard, and my mistress came home
erythlng had been put away very CAREFUL 4
and uadressed her and saw her to bed !
usual She was more than commonly Il
ID and gentle in her manner that NIGHT a. d
have often since thought, at least; and :
zen she wished me bon soir, she added u
sure We shall both be tired to morrow I
ssie, so call me an hour later, and take an :
ira sleep yourself" l was never to hear
ID mistress speak any more. n,
Did | dream that night that she had left 81
all her wardrobe, and that was married
the glaze silk Did |, even in nv sleep
lid schemes of what would do with the
ney that my mistress might enrich me
tn? No! as | hope for heaven, and to
ct dear Joseph, with all my woman's
art, too, beating true and warm, and Il
'ught no shadow of evil told them so
court, where all looked black against me, {
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