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

= from tEtHt Htid designs, which lat
{ itlle perhap. beyond their object "a
recommend themi snd in Boodi,
: came. Nobody had ever seen q mn.
T, ~ black balls before, and ye, been
! eicciedi but the 'scaly yarminl l-cab.
man, thank thee for that name ala
, 10 aud all the evil had foreseen
came 10 pass Doodle, Who knew no
one else in all the Mega,herium, be.
came my shadow, my alter ego, my
Siamssc twin. II | had paid the dog
tax for him, Doodle could not have
followed me about more perIisiently.
was as gruf and ins0leni to him as
my gentle sature would permit me
partly from disgust and partly 10 show
SlYbools and lhe rest Ihat | was not
afraid OF him bat they only observ
ed to ane another that Doodle vas
certain 70 put on an additional pre-.
mium when poor Selby wanted a re.
newsl; while the new made member
took all my i'll ll-trealment like a span.
iel. We had no tastes, IDEAS, or pur-
quits in common, and, therefore, al
though he sought my society, there
was little conversat ion between us.-
lie sat looking at me very much, as
II belonged to him, which, indeed,
the majority OF my acquaintance i'm.
agined | did. BY way Of something
unpleasan. 10 say more than with any
other object, i happened upon one oc-
casion to observe by the by, Boo
die, you haven't given you house din
ner yet.
My house dinnerp 7 replied be, with
an alacrity which ho always showed
when his pocket was threatened al
though he was generally doll and
slow as stone. why should | give
house dinneri'
why, because you are now a mem
Der of the Megatherium, SIR | re.
sponded cOolly. '0f course you need
not do so unless you like. If you pre-. !
Ter to act otherwise than as every 9TH
er gentleman acts, who, by the kind
e1ertions of his friends, has become
a member here, you arc Of course at
liberty TO do so.
Now, don't be impatient, my very
dear SIR returned he in his wheedlino ,
manner. You know | am quite un.
acquainted with this sort of life. |
dare say can afford things as well
as most of you---better than some.
it is not Eight come. !
Ilght g. with my money who have
bad TO make my own way in the world.
Now, if it is really necessary 10 give !
his dinner 10 those whose support |
AN chiefly indebtod'-
1T Is not at all necessary, Mr.. Boo c
lle.' !,
But. my dear sir,if il would be ex- :,
'cp.lonal not to do so. i
IT would be very lexceptionabler 4
'etnrued | and | hope may be for :,
,iycn, under the circumstances, for !
ne slight cxaggeration. NAY, sir, it Il
would be unparalleled n
How many-that is, how few ?-I h
mean, who ought to be invited z =
Oh, about forty Of your principal e
Importers said i forty or fifty m
'onld be the extreme limit Il
Fifty people to dinner. But what
frightful tax P~gasped the astound- Al
d Doodle. .,
III, Mr.. Doodle, said |, rising with Il
ignity, you consider it tax to en- te
,rtain your friends, think it almost II
pity that you should have benome a az
lember OF a society where such SEN n
Now, my very dear sir, interrupt m
d Boodie, growing pale, and bedew- h,
d with pcrspiration, pray, be patient, sh
ray, be calm. | don't know any at
ing abon! giving dinner parties hi
lat is, at least Correcting himself), sb
ny thing about a house-dinner at a co
ub. There must, | suppose be fish wi
nd soup tb
Forgive me, Hr. BoodIe,' said !, fol
ut these disgusting details-I cannot wi
stem TO whai you are going TO set be- hil
re your guests; the house steward an
the proper person with whom TO mi
tile these arrangements.
Dear me, what fuss about lii. loo
. dinner Couldn't | write out a .le
I Of things as one does every day ? wi
served Mr. Doodle, biting his finger lnl
ills. h.
Certainly not like one who does bu
cry day Mr.. Doodle The cook, su,
member, bias reputation TO risk a. dit
Ill as yourself. You may do just as n,
Y please, Of course; but there is a hit
lrd person whose reputation is some me
las al siake'-and here | paited my 70,
est IN manner thai for dignity has ihe
I been surpassed, l fancy, in the ev,
)use OF Commons since the time of an,
r. Burke. 81,
We'll, really maitered the awe Fr
uck Doodle, you seem 10 know SO unt
Ich about Is; and since the thing cea
sI be done, perhaps you will be SO ne,
ID as to order this bouse-dinner for tha
=, mo,
The smouldering embers Of ven ono
'nce leaped into my heart tongue car,
fame, famed by these welcome Of ,
rds. could hardly queneh the iri.
ph in my eyes, or school my voice
lich would have cried mine RI
my, ] have thee on my hip ann
gn to lis f1rmer dispassionate tone rate
Iust as you please. Mr. Doodle. III