, 1864-05-22
MY mADMEty,

monty Of 4 cheerful dlspoaltion-vo1atila even
to highhness, and although not wealthy "a
circumstance which Is liable to provoke litt- :,
CATION as to who shall haye the custody OF
ones person. are .1ways In easy eircum-
s1ancea: they are, fancy, rather spoiled BY
the aaectionate aitention Of their aancr rela-
tives, who consult their overy whim, with an
eye to their will. But, after MI. may be
speaking uncharitably Of both parties. II
Miss Velvet Is really fond Of cats, why should
not Mr. kene Velvet, her nephew, exert him.
present likely to please his beloved relative.
Let US take the world 40 We tnd 1t, and not
pry into other folks motives too narrowly:
Tor we may perhaps have purehased-well,a q
kitten-to gratitJ eome Miss Velvet our
seives. While an to people being msd, II the
lady is really fond Of cats, why should shs not
keep her t"enty couple or &C aoout her, as
many country gentleman does Of dogs2.
There are fnr less eccentric persons in the
vorld than myself, aud Jet I remember be-
Ing looked npon with some suspicion by a
whole catrfugefnll of fellow passengers, be-
canse, when requested to give mp my milway
ticket, I. declined, upon the ground Of its
having got Into too inside pocket, Of, in
other words, because I had swallowcd It.
The fact was TINT l merely had at that time
habit ct nihbliDg at things-in horses,
called crib bilipg--and Would devon- ,.:.iferz
csrds, pencils, (tven bone ones and r.
shost' enythlng thu. my teeth could make
,heno.s hem NY lrough; but thisH;strangers
tnouea.- he 10 be extremely odd Similarly, /
,xns 1a.e On ny part. Get down othezs as queer,
Who, IN reality, Were as common place us
myself Thus, when travelling by raj in tho
black country some years ago, upon profess
sional business; and with 1nroe blue bae,
full Of law papers, I waa good deal sta1:!!sd
By the fmportunitJ of fellow-trayeler. h.
longing to that district, who kept beseechlng
me to "let him look at the bird" l certainly
thonght he was mad, and endeavored to
and could not bear the light-that, ffthe BAG
Was opened, he would be sure TO ay ont 81
The windoH-that he was laying an egg, aud
must not be disturbed: and many other in
genlons fhs. Whereas It subsequently, 90.
psa1sd that It Is the custom with gentlemen
dghttng-cocks In bags, and that my compan-
ian was only asking an ordinary f1Tor, which
1t was most discourteous not to grant.
again, only few months back, I was
starting from Kings Cross for Hitchin, when
into the first-class carriage where / Was sIs-
ting, entered person Of hercplean propnr- or
tlons, Win an enormous empty sack. and an
open knife in his hand: he apologizcd for
LUIS latter Circumstance upon, the ground
that the blade did not shut mp, and therefore
eonld not be put; IN his pocket without In
convenience; but 7 confess felt sorry that
We ~erc alone, What would be easier than
LOT nan Of his great physical superiority
to trst find sheath for his deadly Weapon
10 mJaelf, and then to place my carcase In
that sack, for which it seemed so eninently
nttea1Me very, Vade ''seetm Of a rcsurrec-
tionist, and which no respectable body
suateher should be without.
"Aow many minutes are there before the
traln staEtss" inquired this gen12man, with
earnestncse.
1T is nearly quarter OF an hour" re-
| nTb
= ~, = Then thcfo Is yet ti1ne," answered fhe
stranger; and inatantly sprAng out Of tho
carriage, and disappeared with his peculiar
Ik6tw that If the police did their dutr I;
should never sec him again and, msreoyer,
plenty Of fellow passengers Of both sexes
euon Joined nc1-so that no longer enter
taint d any apprtheneionB, even In case he
ahould return. just as the whistle sounded.
he did return, bearing with him both sick
ana kn1fe s. as @ @nelore-on1J this time tho latter
~ full Hia countennnco CLEANED with q
hideous satisfaction, as he hurried in aud
took tho only vacant seat, and, refusing the
guards offer to take charge of bis luggage,
hugged It between bis kutes- 1t struck 1ue
ct once that he had rushed out intothe Gray's
about to take his victim into the country.
Ills cJts slemed to fulfill every condition
laid nown By Professor TAI 5lor Tor the indica-
tion OF homicldal insanity. saw young ID
dy who Eat opposite to him .glanco at her
mother In nrmistakaele alarm, and he saw it
resssure her. No sooner did the trnin begin
TO moves than he addressed her with great
gcod-humor:
lyon vera thinking. miss, what pity 1t
was that there was no bread and butter."
Nludted, tfF, vas not" commenced the
70 Jcs, .Juu were, miss-don't tell :n.e,"
interrupted the stranger, wagying his head
With b.rd.like sagaclty. "Bui, bless YOU.
what I've got here is good BY itself, with
nothing adacd.n He opened the twisted
canvas of the sack. Here's"-I thought be
~ Mas going to ~ "cold meat" but What be
IN England. THERE'S shop close 10 this eta-
ton rs ! never pass By without looking Ia
and buying lot to eat on my way down.
Heres plenty here for all Of Us, and I'll open
en-" and be did open them, aud exceed
ingly well, too, and We Ill partook Of his
ser otnas 5s T55sepsng the soppg isdy and
Wss - sane as any one Of us, and the only
madness would have lain In tho Individual
WHO shonld have refused bis Hospitality.
Upon the other hand, / travelled by the
same tEain Rom Brighton to London, for SIX
without having suspicion that he was i iu.
patio: his conversation, indeed, was .horsc9'
to very remarkable degree, and it nas I
constant source Of complaint with him that
Bel's Ltte N London was hot a daily paper fn-
stead or weekly; ,but II such cha1scterfB-
tics constitute madness. fiyc-sixths Of tho
suaalterus in Her MajestY's army should be,
placed In confinement immediately, and only
he let out III time Of WRr. Well, then: Nj.
i1aoets aud were very good friends when
ever We found ourse1yes Ia tha eame carriage.
60 far as conversation upon the weather
went, or monolooguc upon hia part) CONCERN
Ing the coming CesateWitcb, or just conclu-
ded Leger, though II one had chaectd t. sea
the others dccease in the Times come fins
morning, it would probably not have de- !
Etroyed bis appetite for breakfast. : The next
the sea'coaAt, and lost sight Of this OCCASION
al companion-so tl-at Y hen We happened to
meet IN the follow ing November. II latter
ealrs, wheFa I had gone to buy SECONDHAND /
dog cart, opr greeting alter tuch long absence
waa<unusual]y cordial
dol said Tibbets: II live at PEmros,,
Eill;" and be gave his address card, With the /
dinner.h0ur In pencil IN tie corner of Il
+" The fact fs, I an in the highest spirits, and
would Ike to hnve u many friends about me,
as possible I have just had horse knocked
worth At least three ti1ncs the money, Just
come and look ut him. -
He: opened the DIOR Of the nelghboEipK
stable, and introduced me to hugo 1ngain1y
dnn, for which would have bidden perhaps
fifteen pounds, and presented It to soma enc
him very bad turn indeed -:
- 1herr's blood thern's boue!" There was
certainly plenty Of that] "there's speed .n.
exclaimed Tbbets, admlfingly. s.And, Whist
do yon thtnk-thfA noble animal Is nothing
10 another which I've got In my stable AZ
home. bought him out OF Hanson cab
the other day for six pounds four shfllings.
A hundred and twenty -four shl2ings sir, for
u creature that would have been cheap atthat
that he is unea1 descendant of the GodoI-
phin Arabian. keep three rugs On lin, and
give him SIX feeds Of corn pr diem : he will
turn ont one Of the most wonderful animals
DOW alive. would enter him tor the 0sts
tomorrow. with the utmost con adence and |
nothing out his sex prevents my doing so.''
wss not seriouhiy alarmed By these en-,
In the first place, I thought detected In him
some symptoms Of into1ication; aud, sec |
oudIy, beearxe I know even sensible men
will talk more nonsense about horses than
any other subject In tho World-axcept, per
haps, Wines. hut I parted comptuy - soon
as could, and took my way to cremoua |
wills the next day without much expectation |
handsome one, and well furnished; but I 4
had scarcely been I minute in the drawing
room when my hoat invited me up stairs, to |
what he called hia 'Twsueesy.:: THIS ;was an |
apartment entirely devoted to flddlea. They !
hing upon. the walls Ike ba1pmcters-theT |
wers lid upon the aselyes Of Whist waul1 |
have been eiscwhsfo oook:case they were i
arranged upon Tho te.. luxe xosnhes Of en-
cravings or photograph books for: the ;vls: i
itor to take up and amuse himself With
= - You know now .Nhy this II called Cro- !
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