The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-10-13
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shore and finally, after much suspicious scru-
tiny released
/" Goodbye to the sea muttered fortunes
scapegoat as he left the alcade, anG shook him
self in the street. preparatory to going-he knew
not wAj&her.
Charity supplied him with food through the
day but at night, houseless, he wandered thro'
the town, not much taken with the beauties which
lie could not see.
There was at last, however, a. beauty which
he could see for having, at about midnight,
picked up cloak in the street. and fnuffled him-
self therein, glad that, when the morning came,
he should look something like other folks, he
was passing house, when a signal was made
to him by a young lady from off balcony
above.
Amazed, he paused, unanswered not; when
she threw him little bundle, motioned him to
await her. and in few moments she Joined him,
with her finger on her lips.
"What the deuce does she want of me?
thought our hero, in the best Of Spanish.
The face was beautiful, and so her voice pro-
we'd to be; for, suddenly, she gave a loud scream
Of disappointment
In exactly three minutes after, they were sur
rounded by people from within and without the
house; ayoung man attacked him with asWord
he defended himself with the cloak as muller,
and disarmed his assaant The young lady
was carried back into the house sobbing and
Norwood Butkins was borne off by three Off
GERS of justice, to answer for--he knew not what
in the morning.
"A pretty country is this!" thought he,
cooling his head against his dungeon walls.
suppose ] shall be put on the rack in the morn
ing. But can stand it, for ] We been there all
my life."
It was not quite so bad He was subjected
to an inqnisition, however; but he escaped
through the kind. testimony of the young lady
and the young man. An elopement had been
planned between them as they confessed. The
disappointed beauty had mistaken Butkins, in
his cloak, for her lover; and his additional ex
PLANTATION set him Free
q 1t strikes me that am not particular about
staying in this country any longer reflected
Butkins, strutting off with the cloak which for
tune had evidently sent him to get him into diff
fculty If had been anybody else, / should
have eloped with that beauty, married and in
herited large fortune. But I'm Butkins"
Flooding about, he at last found an English
vessel, in which he was kindly allowed to work
his passage to LIVERPOOL
The only mistake he made on his trip was in
singing Hail Columbia, !" instead Of God save
the Queen $" and this being construed into an
ungrateful insult, he only saved himself from
being heaved overheard by insisting that he had
been dreaming, but was now wide awake
This is the land Of Bulls" said Butkins to
himself as he strobe through smoky Liverpool;
so my mistake may be overlooked; but | am
not such a calf as to feel at home here, when /
have mourning mother and homestead across
the water. / must see the American Consul
and if he don't die just as cross his threshold,
he may be kind enough to get me passage
homeu
Inquiring, he found that parsonage, and soon
told him all in a straightforward Yankee way.
With Norwood the Consul was well pleased
and socially offered lima pinch of snuff. That
honor was too great to be refused Eagerly the
delighted Butkins lifted his hand to take the
proffered pinch, when his fingers came in contact
with the bottom Of the box, and sent all the fiery
contents flying into the Consul's eyes.
Horror The smarting functionary writhed
and raved with pain. And blind with wrath
and snuff, he instantly presented Norwood
with the freedom Of the city in q box-on the
ea1.
"My luck !! y exclaimed the unfortunate de-
camping / must work my passage, it seems;
though it is hard for Yankee to lose favor
merely for proving himself up to snuff. y
1t may be his star lost sight of him on the
cloudy shores Of England for certainit is that
Norwood finally found friendly American
captain, who, in month afterwards, set him
ashore. safely and without charge, on the New
Y ork side Of the Atlantic.
With elated heart and elastic step did Worm
wood Butkins march up the pier, and away to
Fulton Market, where he states, he RECALLED him.