The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-12-04
Married ron A DIMES.

the hour was $50 A. NJ, the time lowell
June morning, couple of years since. A
Cokehampton the railway traveller is allow
ed to Leave his carriage for few minutes
in order to snatch hastv cup Of coffee o
a basin of soup; but it being, rs every on
knows, the custom ut kehampton to kee]
both these slimulants at boiling poi..l
the repast is usually performed under con
siderable difficulties. Among the rest o
those whose steps were directed by appetit
toward the refrcshment saloon, was
straight, long li,nbed, handsome youn
f,llow, with brown shooting jacket, brow
moustache, and wide awake that had ssel
service. This was my friend Raffaell
Smith, Of ClipstOne Street, London, land
scape painter, jour'eying in search Of back
grounds, fairgrounds. and other bits o
nature, as he termed them, for bis mex
years pictures. As this may be little to,
| technical for the general reader, we inal
more clearly express what We mean b,
,tating that, according to annual custom
he young artist was going to the Yves
country to sketch from nature ........
Now, il happened OH this particular oc
s;ason, hat although Ratfaelle Smith ha.
been out of his bed since dawn, he hat
| ,p-nt 50 much time in packing his eaSal
anvaS>eS, colors, and other baggage Of hi
.rtistic campaign, that it came to be ,
question whether he should breakfast ant
'se the train, or catch the train and los,
MS breakfast Breakfast, IA thy. least i'm
portant, was sacrificed. Accordingly, ~,
friend found himself at Cokchamp,orl, som,
sixty mllcs trcm London, with a most acut,
<nsc Of emptiness of stomach, just as tn,
railway guard was calling oat, Train start.
IN ten minutes, gents!
To man in my triend's unbrcakfastel
condition, such an 11ti,nation could no
nave the effect Of choking the ardor witt
which u traveller usually seeks the Coke
| hampton retre~hncnt saloon. A very
sharp appetite, and III. exigencies Of tn,
railway tim. table, gave pr"mptt.Gss t.
Ratfaclie Smiths movements. and causcs
tnat young luminary Oi art to he aa'onl
the first OF those VIII" sought reflection a
Cnkehampton rrfre>ilm"nt cnunt"rS. Ac
corli'gly, the pressing Injunction Of tn,
quart hal scarcely l. err uttered, when m,
TREAD found himself at the most plentiful
iy garni>h Il PORTION Of the table. Tn,
tOkehanptnn mattresses are no less n .a
handed than natty, and Raffaclle Smith,
appetite would. doubtless, have been quick
ly appease,l, hal not the following question
interrupted his predatory order for Soup
Is there a gentleman here called Smith
The artist Scru,iniz. ID the faces Of hi
fellow-travclers, in order to ascertain
any of tncn and, As no one replied, h,
himself went UP to the servant. g.. ...
=, 1t appear. that am the only Mr.. Smi,l
here; d" you want mey
Il want u Mr.. Smith who has arrived b.
the train from London
I'm but am unknown to single in
habtant in this town.
i know that, sir answered the groom
readily. That is the reason why ali
.unt to You, sir .. ..
'The reason why you are sent to me
repeated Smith, in great astonishment-
BY whom ... .H
Perhaps you will be kind enough t.
follow me-. continued the mysteriou.
groom. 4 am ordered to speak to Mr.
Smith in private
\ sudden misgiving took possession o
Raffaelle Smith
Come, gentlemen he said, addressing
his fellow travellers, lis it practical joke
! Il any gentleman present is the author 0
this piece of mystification, charge him
in the name of the stomach, the most wor
thy object of compassion in the world, t.
avow it at once and to allow me to utilize
without interruption, the few minutes thu
yet remain q"
In answer to this novel summons, ever,
one protested complete ignorance of wha
was passing Smith was resolved to plucl
out the heart Of this mystery. Curiosit,
imposed upon the stomach delay Of sew
eral minutes, and the artist followed the
groom out Of the refreshlnant room. He
however, informed his travelling compani
ons that he he would return in the cUurs,
OF few seconds with the solution Of tn,
enigma. The groom, who had heard tn
latter remark, put on broad grin, an,
when they were in tn. street, said
Beg pardon. sir, but wasn't you HARM,
u laugh at them gents? They'll be pre-
ci"us mistaken IL they think you are goin,
back to lunch ther.r ,.a "--. . .E
Il tell you what. young man. reptile,
S'nith irrita,ed by the manner of tn
gronm. mark M, if you don't explai,
everything At once-if you have had tn
misfortune to b, charged with u practica
jokc nj my expense : shall not leave yol
without n sound thrashing (the groom bow
ell respectfully for causing me to lose my
lunch and miss my train
'Ah. sir, | See YOU re gent as wishes Il
have his JOKE replied the imp,.rturbabl,
gr'M,n. Now. sir, d Mt you know yer,
to day.. AS for the lunch, | don't thinl
you will mind that, when YOU see the mag
nificrnt spread getting ready for you up a
| The villa TO .I .... -.
Thrla phrase. though not more coin
pr, hcn>i'le than tn. other portion Of tn,
grOOm's conversation, sUMewhst calnie,
! the artists ire.
thin am expected to dine by you'
Mastcr!
You'll I've good enough to speak, abou
dinner with my MISTRESS, answered tn
messing 7. aa
"A lady. good dinner. and mystery
Will cried Rafiarlle. Ticking III the du>
from his l"ots with his handkerchief. .al
that is not very alarming The advcntur,
is taking Il rather interesting turn. Ono.
more he added, sp- king to the domestic
'ar you quite certain that it is TO me, Raj
faclle Smith, Clipstone street, London
landscape painter, that your mistress has
sent this cordial invitntion?'
You're the very gent, sir. answered
the groom, readily; and here's the nots
she sent to YOU .,r e....-zg.... . ...a IS. ga
Raffaelle hastily snatched little not,
which thr groom, held towards him. Tn,
address was plain enough Mr.. Smith, al
though the writing was completetely un
known to the artist He tore open the en-
velopc, impatient to see what sigma ture wa.
at the end of the epiStle; but, to crown
the mystery, the note was anonymous, anc
contain. d only these words
Mr.. Smith is awaited with the creates
anxi.ty, and he is begged instantly to fol
low the bearer of this note. Every reli
ancs is placed in his alacrity and discrs
tion.' aear #...s. -4.s. s.l-a. 70 ~ ..a