The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-11-19
TIE MAN OVER TIE WAY.


When q man las no business II his oNn
70 attend 10. il /, notorious thu h is very
load Of me ldiiDI VITA his ntigabor's Old
haHpay officers, naval ur military. unmar-
ried ladies VI uncertain aye ard small
msans, widows without incumbranec
these and few oilers are the greatest
meddlrr, and busy bodies in creation.
Young men of small fortunes aud no pro.
fessions. are less inclined - SIN II This
respect. but lhcy can scarcely be said 10
la,e nothing 10 d., because they generally
have fiightful amount on their hands 10
perpetlae and Ibi~ keeps them 50 well
occupied OH occupied, We SHOULD sayA
that they have not much time tomlcnd
10 other people, affairs Is might lie i'm.
ngiued.
When ! ayow thu belong TO the class
ot bachelors baye mentioned, a clnriti-
ble reader wIl naturally conclude that !
an maarais sgd Such Is iaf from
,be ease. Pos tis,ly mn not aware Of
any particular amount Of iniquify that can
be lard 1T my door. neither game, drink,
nor keep bad hours, or commit other pee
cadiIloes which 20 % swell The list OF sins
usually booked 10 an idle mans account.
Perhaps ! ought not 10 take too much
credit 10 mysef for iny exemption from
these little bachelor infrmities, because
am dreadiully IN love- Absorbed as am
in this passion, have no thought 70 give
% dissipation; the idol Of my Heart pos
ses,es them altogether.
Lovers are probably scl6,ll; they think
of no one bnl themselves. form no eX
cepiign to this rule, saving in one instance
- have long lad terrible curiosity to
know all about the mau over the way =
bnt must be little more explicit /
live in lodgings, as nineteen bachelors out
ot twenty DO, unless they have chambers
in the Temple. The house at which my
rooms are. stands IN narrow street IN ihc
neighuoihood Of HIDE Park. Exactly
opposite, occupying a FIRST floor like my
selC, is a gentleman concerning whom ]
feel considerable curiosity, and whom |
have named the man over the way"
He is man apparently Of fifty or sixty
wears ol age, sunburnt 10 face, and with
iron grey hair lie dresses always in a
long brown coat, grey trousers and waist
coat, ani a black neck.elolh Of tie old
style, HAT is TO say. two OF tlree yards Of
sin swathed round bis throat, as an / gyp
tan mummy is wrapped in linen. IIare
is nothing very remarkable in The man's
appearance, AID yet he possesses a strong
fascination for me. cannot help think
ing Of him, and wondering what he is, and
who lie is, and whether he has anything z
10 DO With ms fate; for ridiculous as the
last may seem. cannot dircst my,eli OF
tie idea that tins man Is buunl ~ in some
10Y sterious way with ms history. II IS
perfectly a.. less TO reason wlih myself on
the proposition and point out It's absarli-
ty; | believe, aud eaunof shake my
faith by any process Of logical induction.
In consequence Of this idea. am be-
come as curious, Gas far as this individual
i concernel.) as any Of the old hali-pay,
or maiden ladies, or uniHcumbered wid-
ows. have mentioned. II see butcher
boy with mea, IN las tray going near the
house, | watch to see IL he calls th r., and
wonder ii the meat is for tile dinner Of
" the man over the way Ii see the
man himself. reading, wonder what book
he has. and what he thinks Of it, But.
beyond everything. | wonder what he
thinks of me; for am perfectly certain
tia, he wateies mc alaos Is maeh !. ,.o
hila.
And vet tie rcalcr Hnsi not slpFose
fha iuias, 81 shr man ever t0e way, 50
exclusively - 20 make inc forget my q
dsicd Julia. lar from i ! write g htr
ever day. asI tlae bakers man delivers
my r'tcr lo ilc cock, ard the cook gives
ii 10 tic laiy's maid, and the lady maid
presses ii into ,h band 81 julia lere.G