Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-04-05

Cal Lambeth by any name you
please, It's sure to smell just as sweet, :.
said Horace.
s'Good morning, Mr.. Poppyton," said
Arabella 81 am in no mood for the
real this morning-the ideal world claims
me; good morning, Mr. Pop-ah, Imust
pop in here
SO saying, Miss Alma made her exit
through the door of what appeared to be
a fourth rate lodging house, leaving Hor-
ace irritated and bewlldercd.
Il wonder if there's madness in the
famly-I must find OUT thought Hor
ace "A queer looking house that,
almost disreputable in appearance. Whom
can she know there? I'll inquire the
name of the tenant. Oh, l see, there is
an ice and ginger beer shop exactly oppo-
site, and an elderly female behind the
counter, who may prove communicative.
I'll 90 in and invest sixpence."
With an ice-cream melting IN his
mouth, Horace endeavored TO melt the
tongue of the proprietress of the establish
ment into words. But he was not skilled
in that sort of finesse, and could not get
much out of her.
No, sir" said she; "much as l al
ways likes to oblige my customers, and
great as is the satisfaction | always gives,
yet when it comes to over the way I'm
dumb, for you see when there's ten shil-
hngs owing for tarts, and they never en-
ters the shop, bad feelings get INTO the
arr, and one can't speak impartial like OF
I xx-nrI
either for or against, though much fear
that, were l compelled TO speak out,
there'd be venom on my tongue, which
venom wouldn't be far short Of the truth"
.'Eat | suppose they are respectable
Hing it IA regiment Of women--
Sixpcnce for the glass, aud the same
for the plate, ,'-said The voice behind The
counter.
In his excitement Poppyton. had drop
ped both ice and plate on the floor and
certainly the sight that met his eyes was
anything but agreeable to his feelings as
Il lover Out of the very house which
Arabcla but few moments since had
entered, there issued procession of about
a dozen young girls, all dressed with Il
dingy smartness, that betrayed the APP
probation, if not the possession Of fnery.
They gave little run rs they left the
house, with an accompanying litter
After these came small man in snutfy
short cut coat, with little woman to
match and last, but it must be confessed
decidedly least in Horace's estimation,
Miss Arabclla herself, looking, to do her
Justice, anything but ashamed OF the COM
pany by which she was surrounded.
Horace threw down half crown in
payment for his breakage, and rushed
from the shop Should he follow Ara
bella, and expostnlate with her? Ger
iainIy not He might have done SO once
but nuw-never there must be an end to
everything between them. SO he quietly
made his way back over Westminster
bridge, and thence to his fathers house at
Brompton. He sat himself down first of
all to think, and then to write. His
thoughts did not otresult in much; but he
wrote the following epistle to Arabela:
ssMIss ALMA-The sight | witnessed
this morning, filled me with painful sur
prise and unless you can give me sat
isfactory explanation OF conduct which,
with deep regret, ! am bound to stigma
tie as totally unbecoming a lady, indeed
may say respectable female, l, must
break off the engagement that at present
exists between us HORACE PoPPY roN''
Horace took a good deal of pains with
this note and was rather proud of it when
finished for although addicted to writing
scraps of occasional poetry in ladies' al
buns he was by no means fluent prose
writer He sealed the note with the air
of an injured man, who enjoys the one
consolation of having done his duty, and
put in the post himself In the evening
he went to the theatre to dissipate the
"bues" One of the actors reminded
him of the little man in the snuff colored
coat he had seen in the morning leave the
dirty house, in the equally unclean street
whittier business had summoned Miss
Alma cover the water" He left the
theatre, returned home, and passed a
sleepless night
In due time the post brought Horace a
letter from Arabella. 1t was brief and
characteristic of madness Poppyton
thought Who but lunatic could have
indicted the following p
Mr. HoRACE-The writer begs par
don, Horace-Poppyton-Sir, the re-
respectable (!) female declines to give the
required explanation. Why should she ?
why indeed! Does II. p. think that
poetic scnFabllity can succomb TO vulgari-