The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-10-06

kles are going"
Goingl" calculated /, with unaffected sur
prise; and where are they going to?"
If the child's being lame for life is joke
AlIed-as everything seems, indeed, to be
joke to you-it's ali well and good, and it
doesn't signify"
In that wonderful alernbic with which mar
RED females are endowed by too bountiful ma
ture, Leonora distilled couple of tears, and let
them fall
Hes got the perambulator," observed /,
with that callousness to shame which is the
husbands only and very inadequate defence,
the unwarranted macintosh in which he vainly
wraps himself from the watery foe; he can
keep his ankles from going in that, Leonora,
surely"
Betsy won't push II" sobbed nv wife; Z" she
said she'd see the little angel furfur-further first.
Its only use is now to hold the umbrellas in-the
lobby
"Then we must turn over a new leaf, and
get page" returned /, pleasantly.
You've promised me him a long time re-
turned the unrelenting Leonora; "but l
wouldn't trust that child to be butted about by
page-no, not for millions"
y don't think so large temptation will ever
be thrown in your way, my love-" remarked l,
drily; say thousands But tell you what
l viii do, Lenny; I'll get Jerusalem pony for
him."
a pony" cried she, clapping her hands
and shutting up her lachrymal ducts, as if by
magic oh, that'll be delicious"
"A Jerusalem, pony" observed l again, with
emphasis, and unwilling that an expectation
should be aroused of some Arab steed it will
only be Jerusalem"
Il don't care whether il comes from Jerusa-
lem or not, replied she, in evident ignorance
that the expression was euphuistic for don
kew; a. I'd lust as soon have it from there as
from Wales or Shetland
Ha," said /; for had nothing else to say,
since had not the heart, nor indeed the cOur.
age, to undeceive her.
and Alfy darling" observed she, as she
trippingly left the room TO communicate this
piece of news to her offspring :" do, please, if
you possibly can, let it be piebald."
Very well, my love; | WILL if | possibly
can" returned / but 1 confess / do not think
It very likely"
PORTION u.--Holo the Promise Vas Kept.
On certain Saturday evening, some time
after this conversation, / CHANGED to be at a
small villiagein the neighborhoOd of Edinburgh,
which forIns sort Of watering-place to that
metropols-that is to say, which boasts of
pier a wheelof-fortune, a few bathing machines,
and stud of Jerusalem ponies and on one of
i
] made inquiry concerning its merits of the
proprietor, who, without giving himself an in
stant's breath for a comma, and far less for con-
sideration of the facts, deposed--that it was
middle-aged, steady, and well conducted, would
carry a lady sideways, didn't know how to
startle. Lie down? Bless you, neper. A child
may ride him a hunting while, as for kick
ing
1t may have been that the philosophic beast
was annoyed BY so much hattery; it may have
been that Fate herself interposed to save my
precious infant; or 1t may have been a CAD
Az; but certain it is that at the word kick
ing" that donkey began pas de deur with his
hind-legs, the duration and violence Of which j
never before saw equalled. I" It's only his
play - began the hypocritical proprietor.
/ CONCEALED the remainder Of his sentence by a
glance Of incredulous scorn, and requested to
see some smaller specimens infant dOnkeys,
who had left off milk-diet, but had not yet been
taught vicious tricks. Had he any such that
he could lay his hand upon his heart and
recommend to the father of young family =?
Had he any under a year old D.?
The change that came over this gurrulous
person, upon his discovering with whom he had
10 deal, was most remarkable; from spurious
enthusiasm, he sank into downright obstinacy,
while he wrangled and disputed with all the
tenacity Of an ancient sophist.
young donkeys? Of course, he had young
donkeys; scores-hundreds Under one year
old2 Certainly not. How could he have /?
Nothing was younger than oRe2 How could
it be D"
The low cunning which overspread the
= - sEnsalem ponies
Uer Of the Old Bailey Bar. s"nno 's''S''-'----
j turned away IN disgust, and should have
departed donkeyless, but that Deus &c ma
ELL Ill
chine-who seemed to know this man and his
humor, interviewed, aud solved the difficulty
He explained to him, with an elaborate pa
thence which should earn him the lately vacated
place in the College of Preceptors that there
was a smaller measure oftime than wear. and
that Jerusalem pony might be any number OF
months old short of twelvemonth.
1 accompanied these two 10 the donkey en-
porium, purchased my young ass for ten shil-
lings, hired boy TO lead it home by a straw
halter, and imagined the affair to be concluded
/ did not, at that time estimate the duties Of
the proprietor of Jerura4em pony so highly as
the privileges In the first place, in addition
10 the boy that was hired for money, there were
about Extraordinarily others who accompined
as out of the village, for the fun of the thing /;
of these, two took their posts, like a guard of
honor, on either side of the creature, and en-
couraged him with unintelligible cries a fourth
established himself Immediately in his rear. and
took every opportunity of my eye being diverted
from my property, TO twistits perfectly straight
and rather attenuated tail. The rest followed
IN disorderly manner at little distance ad-
dressing either myself or the animal-for, hav.
ing the misfortune to be an Englishman / am
unacquainted with the Scotch language in its
native purity-as "the cuddy' and tauntng
me with social pride in not at once getting up
ON the quadruped's back and riding home.
These myrmidons deserted US in the course
Of the journey, but only TO be replaced as we
reached Edinburgh, by much more formida-
BILE following. When myself and prize reached
our residence in Paradise Row, about eleven
o'clock 2. NJ, he had in addition to his four
personal attendants, who had remained faithful
tail of about one hundred people inclu-
ding two policemen and three or four highly re-
spectacle persons who wanted to 90 the other
way but who were compelled to follow the
stream, and accompany as.
l had forgotten, when made my purchase.
that our back-green was, so to speak, down
stairs, and Only approachable by the area steps
and through the kitchen passage; but often
during the course of my triumphal march this
difficulty had presented itself TO my procrastina-
ting mind, and II had now to be solved How
were we 20 get the Jerusalem pony into his
nncomatable paddock? Dearest Leonors was
gone to bed; that was the only bright side the
picture at present afforded me. If her re-
proaches upon the animal not being a piebald
had been added to my other annoyances at that
moment, / verify believe that l should have
given the Jerusalem pony away.
HCome," cried the policemen, as we vainly
urged the animal to descend into his future res
idence, "ths won't do, you know; YOU must
move on. sir; YOU mustn't be obstructing the