The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-03-07

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affairs than any old woman in Eng
land, coufded TO me, tho day a0er d
bad revealed il 70 shout ieriy mem
bers N the smoking room, that Bo5dlt
who bad been managing clerk 70 Boo
de, the grest banker. bad got upor
bis blind side, just before BIS death
aud persuaded him to leave him a.
his money instead OF his rightfnl beir
aud kitehyer, Of the Chancery bar
who knew one Of the rightful heirs
! reduced by this nefarious transaction
10 follow the profession Of billiard
marker in the Regents Circus, cor.
roborated this statement, with many
horrid details. ! found out myself
that this money, so ill-acquired, VA.
eluug 10 BY Huodle with the tenacigy
that words cannot express-ihat be
was scrub, and snob, and skinhinl,
and, 10 TACT. when the cabman had
designated him "a scaly yarmint, he
bad enunciaied great truth. &C.
knowledged she wisdom OF his warn.
irg words Never let him come into
your elub,mind bal,' with all my heart.
l, was bad enough TO belong 10 the
same society, to share the same roof
tree, TO dine in the same dining hall as
Doodle. Bat worse than this, | could
personally get rid of him. IL bad be.
come necessary, as il appeared, to
this extremely unpleasant persons
existence. Il was Ny very dear sr,'
and my excellent friend Selby,' when
ever we met, and We met every day.
He called 1T the club, on his return
from the city, as regularly as five o.
clock came round to enquire how the
canvass was going on, and | had to
report real progress. had gone too
far TO retreat now. Ny personal rep
utation was involved in getting Boo
die in, aad | was determined to 20
through with il. ! had put myself
under obligations for his sake, which
! should not have incurrca for real
friend ior could not say 4: Here
is a social acquisition to the Meeathe- |
mum, in Doodle, and ! make no apol-
osy in asking you to vote for him
On the contrary, | bad to request as
q particular favor, Of everybody not
to black ball Doodle. II got whisper
ed about the club (and Slyboots Was
SO good as to let me know it, that he
had lent me money: was supposed
to be Boobies debtor his instrumeht;
his eal's-p ". KiteAyer took me
aside in the card room one day, and
told me confdenialIy where money
was to be got at fourteen per cent.
Paid neither in wine or pictures, but
in hard cash. said ho.
Aud why the Dickens, Captain
Kitcfyer,' replidd !, with indignation,
do you make this unineresting rev
elation TO me? Do you suppose that
my credit is at The same miserable
My dear fellow, interrupted the
captain, twirling his moustaches, do
not be offended, and still more do not
-flend me. Only understanding that
Doodle and you were--It is avery !
lisagreeable relation for a man 10
,iand in with amember of his own club !
Ct me tel you; and If Doodle is TO ,
,ome among U.s.
Here suppose | gave expression 4
0 some feeling oil impertnence, for &
I'D Martinez at the whist table laid
lown his cards, and cried out that his d
memory WAS clean gone for that day Il
nth the noise | made. q
you see, pur.ued Kiieaycr coolly. r
i looks so extremely odd proposing /
nan like Boodle.'
Under these circumstances, il may 9
e easily imagined that my unpleas- e
NJ protege became an object moi only .
{ dislike, but loa'hing. His mean Il
ess, his plausible manners, above all d
is demonstrations Of friendAhip, be- a
an to engsnder in me an undying c
aired, though not unmixed With ter. \
q. II be did ge. into the Megathe-
ium and had made the matter al. d
,oss certainty by. nnremitiing sx- Ii
rti0ns) how was ] ever to shake him tc
& again. Were the arms of this il
I'D Man OF the Sea 10 be about my a.
eek for ever and ever1 Would he
ring my band in the library, before III
lyboots and Kitefyer. and the rest Ii,
them, while they winked to one A. OF
her over their office,and whispered n,
lie has been borrowing again, night
ter night, until my constitution gave az
az under it, and died Of Boodle.- re
be was so Odious ss strsnqe--as W,
! individual admitted TO the adysn- "a
ges OF the club by suffrance-how Ii
n times more hateful would be his wi
llgar familiarity when he became a ch
ember thereof when the billiard "a
ON would be no longer sanctuary. n
II the smoking-room a refuge, but NJ
9 trail Of the Doodle would be over
all. A number Of expedients pre- str
nied themselves, all more or iess N,
practicable, but none OF them dis M,
rded from my mind merely because 90
their violent nature. | would have N,
ne anything TO rid myself Of this in
bus to avert this coming evil, the gel
adow Of which was already darken- Of
; all my being. wo
Should telegraph TO my cousin at on
%, Doodle is a beast, and lake his ~
me of the list of candidates At The en-,
1 momenif No, | could not DO d.,
my character for moral courage
social nouutarity uss 81 st.La ~. :.