, 1861-03-06


q certain broad wooden house in Pearl street,
near Chat!i1m.s The house haE long since t'gnhe
the way OF all flesh, but while it still lived it
had q yery comfortable appearance. Unlike.
those formal brick structures which shoot mp
from the earth like Jorah's gonrd, and Which,
in many cases.. have. gone down d. quickly:
this building lad look Of home and content
.lnsnt about it. There WIS nothing orDa1nen-
) tal in the etIucturc, unless the porch with its
four sturdy pfilars might have been SO regard
ed. : - =
It was on dirk, srowy nj ght II, the month,
OF December, that one Of those grardians Of
the place known as leather heads, stood under
that porch. One might at first have Imagined
that be: had come 1bitheE to shelter himself
=, lom tue weather, Or, to: eDJoy comfortable
nap on one of the tso broad benches TINT
h7Dked the porch. But the weather 7yns not
cold enough for thai; and, therefore, it would
pc doing the good man {rest his sonlO an in
Justice TO charge him with playing poss,m at
the expense Of tho corporation: =:
:. It wns, evident. chat the watchmnn's inten-
-tion6 we're strictly hone oEable for. atter mo-
Encntary survey OF the door, he stretched forth
his right hand, and lliIing the heavy iron
knocker, gave three blows, which reeounded
through the empty street, and which, >Oue
could IMAGINE, had dashea in pieces the dreams
of the inmates liketh strokeio of hammer on
q crystal - - =: So ,
He is q bo1d1nan that disturbs the midnight
.uan--tfroma an excess Of mortal courage, or faf
some other sufficient reason- appeared to en-
tertain not Ing least scrup1e On the: subject
As his E5gnnf was not im1ne ediataly answered,
be lifted the knocket again, and this time the
. summons was SO startling that the young man
WHO slept IN Rockwell's drS:go1s1s STORE, On
tae corner of Chatham; and Pearl, started up
from his mattress, and was ready to swear ihat
somebody Was breaking In. :~
: Tie 1F:tchp1an SEEMED to feel that he had
now done his duty, and that it w:as time that
some folks got sight Of eomc folks night
walk and looked up at the windows, much as
Roderigo and Iago looked up at the windows
Of Desdenu tnafs papa, when they wished to
acQuaint the Old gentleman with tho 3aft that
nig5er had run of with his daughtaer..s =:
There WIS no appearance. Of rising; No light
flint aud steel TO be heard. 's.-':.
~ should think they; were all deed,n mnt:
tered the man of the leather cap; r knocked
ha,s a, snG1fh t. Tks the seven slsepHz What
But the patience Of one who wakes another
very different things. The former is In hurry
while the latter Is in no laste to- shake OFT tuS
drowsi1ees tint perpetually woos him hack
to his pillow. OF these things the watchman
was unInin5lfal. As it takes two to make a
bargain, so 1t is well for the man who has deal
3nES WllnS HnQEuef 10 I1f0" himself lnLQ: the
situation OF that other before he condemns bis
course Of procedure
After the watchman had claSed and sworn
lve,minutes a ti1nid. te.ninine voice, sald:
"What is wanting theres'' =. -
Ihe watchman looked e a. up towaEa, Chatham,
street, 90 uncertain is tile direction whence
voice comes when the speaker .,ia moi
seen. -
AIAn the voice said: t.,i
HWe1l-what is it, :, :.
Tie SPEAKER. .llnd evidently discovered that
the disturoef OF her peace wus one employed
to Keep the peace. Therefore her tone was
more confident. ~ -
This time the Watchman perceived some
thing dark projecting from the second.stors
window which might pass for head; as 1t was
not there a few minutes before;
where's the minister +" lnGI4ed watcher
!. NWhst 90 you want an OF MN :" Was the qnes
ION overhead: 1ne woman eViaenay was E
| iors she proceeded to satisfy him OF tn
ieather-heaa. =:
Tvs solnetntng pertlRier; hea1an" was the
| rspiy Of TIC Waterman. :"Can>el sec thcgen'
Iman g..
Not without it's OF consequence enough t.
call nun. Wnat ls II!
:" Il Is Tor hls private ear, msdam. VIII sol
/ tell him that want to see him "
nMr. - Is gone away fEom home, AMI
all the rest O the family" WIS the angry repi,
as the widow vent. down withla slam;
why couldn't she told me LAT in the frs
from his eoat, and, looking ap and down =!
street as i, ior connse! in difficult case; ::
"1's pity the maQ'5 away just now,e cries
he; tits shad-bed- bad Who shall spea]
to about It" Hs very stTange-such thing
iq church at thls time o'nlght But. ate
ali' II ne IL away, II; must be wrong tor
can't be done without his CONSENT ::5e ney
Ct could have agreed to It and ID, It rms into N.
| |.' ,MaA .,A eHe3 als tAuetess- 4A JUST so Lneft