The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1864-12-17

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were my thoughts with the future. A
few hours and should be far away, a
few days, and Caroline Le:hbridge and
: Edgar Henley would have started on
, life's voyage together, as prosperous and
) happy young pair as ever determined
to face the world, side by side. Nor
/ had l much supolauous time on my
hands. One or two places l had to call
: at, and afterwards l was engaged to an
n early dinner at my club with two or
| three Of the oldest and best Of my bache.
e lor friends, anxious, as they SAID, to "see
i. the last ofme." My preparations for
v LEAVING London were all but complete.
:. My packing was done, and it had been
settled that my fathers old servant, who
!. was the most punctual and steady Of
J. men, should convey my effects to the
3 railway terminus, 50 that my own pro.
oceiings mightbe unombarrasscd by any
!, anxiety respecting portmanteau and hat
g boxes. l did not expect to be in Lon
don again for some time, since We had
Il agreed to spend the first months Of our
4 married life in Germany and Switzer-
. land, and there had even been some talk
4 Of more protracted residence abroad.
a Ny first call was at the shop of the
!. well known court jewellers (Miles and
, Henderson, and its object was to fetch
!. away certain set of pearl and ruby Or,
) nancnts which my father had ordered
II aud which were his present to his future
daughter-in-law. Mr. Henley had look
I cd forward with pleasure to placing these
d costly toys in the brides hands but
1ieafl b2 yqp been compelled led to postpone
j. should take the jewels down with mo,
Es aud give them TO Carry in his name. |
ID had not seen the design Of the ornaments
b. but | was aware that the device was a
B RRMapG .KRJl~Ghq2An pRG,:.aqd. .&;ee. .lteu
ID childhood, received 50 many proofs,
a had little doubt that the git would
h prove to be splendid one.
AS ] was in the act Of opening the
a jewellers door, man passed me so
L. closely as to brush my elbow, and turn
ID ing his head, looked me for a moment
n in the face. His own face was a re.
Is markable elsewhere than in Loudon,
Dr where the natives Of all countries are
Ee every day to be met, jostling each other
Et unnoticed in the midst Of the great see.
h thing stream Of restles human life that
Is fills our streets, This person, evidently
h foreigner, was about forty years Of age,
h wore spectacles, a bushy red-brown
h beard, aud threadbaro suit Of black,
|, shabby, but well brushed and neat. So
! far his appearance corresponded more
/ or less accurately with that ola legion Of
professors, doctors, and philosophers,
dubious hangers. on of the learned pro.
h tcssions, whom red republican tcnets
Il and police hostility have landed in the
l. limbo Of Leicester square, Rgs ! could
l. not help feeling thrill Of repHSthiaaco
|f and dislike at the aspect Of that broad,
fiat, white face, with its Tartar coarse
h ness Of feature, the sharp white teeth
l. just visible between the thin lips, aud
the long and narrow eyes blinking cat
like through the glasses of the spccta-
h cles. Can you fancy white faced IT,
ger badly pitted by the smallpox, walk
/ ing erectin human Guise, and stealthily
! pursuing his way through a jungle, not
| of trees, but OF houses? Such was the
! impression which the first glimpse of
! that foreigners face made upon me. In
the next | laughed at myself fA my
! folly.
! "The poor man cannot help his ugli.
4 ness, SAID 10 myself, as l followed the
shopman to his employers studio on the
! first floor, near the glittering show.
rooms "he is a Russian, Of course, too
{ advanced in politicol ideas, no doubt to
please the Gar and the police prcfet.
Not very pleasant person, though to
trust with guillotine if this parry
4 should ever be uppermost."
And then Mr.. Miles, bald and forid,
came ciyilly forward to welcome me, and
| forgot the Russian, and all connected
with him.
"Certainly, my dear sir, certainly"
said the jeweler, unlocking the stron-
gest of safes, with the tiniest of Bramah
Il keys, and tossing over quantity of
/ ecrins labelled with the names of half
d the duchesses and countesses in the red
h book. .r
\ "Here is the set that your esteemed
father, Mr. Henley, was so good as to
order, Very old aud respected custo-
mer of ours, is Mr.. Henley. l sold him
-dearme thTtyyears agoitmust have been
"a set of emeralds for Mrs Henlsy's
wearing, Not very costly set, but in
good taste, in capital taste.
Mr.. Henley had but lately come back,
then, from Calcutta. His was a new
name, then, on the Royal Exchange,
and in the bank parIor. No name
higher, now; but his taste was always
excellent. always, Here the stores
are.
And the laxative old man, who was
| ranuted IN he enorn,Ouslv vnaltbv bnt