The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-12-19
'i:er man than ever came out of our fami-

was already too late; Tor that, though it vas
not an hour Stree had first seen her, my
head was SO far turned already that the only
way to get 1t right again. was to 90 on turn
ing 1t in the same direction; though. no
doubt, there was danger of overhauling
the screw. The old gentleman never refer.
red to the mat er again, nor took any 10
tlce OF our increasing intimacy; 50 that
sometimes doubt even now if he could have
been IN earliest IN they very simple warning
be gave me Fortunately, lady Georgiana
liked e q leo.t thouiht she did, and
that gave me courage.
That's all nonsense, my dear" said my
mother Mamma was nearly as fond of
you as was myself; bat you never wanted
courage
Il new better than to show my coward
ice. dare say" ret" rned my father
But, he continued, things grew worse
and worse, till | was certain | should kill
myself, or go straight out of my mind, if
your mother would hot have me. So it
went on for few days, and Christmas was
at hand.
''fhe Admiral had rvited several old
friends to come and spend the Christmas
week with him. Now you must remember
that. although yon look on OIL me as an old
fashioned t0gie-"
"oh, pupa!' we all Interrupted; but he
went en-.
Yet my uncle was an older-fashioned
fogc and his friends were much the same
as himself Now, am icnd Of glass of
Port, though dare not take it, and must
content myself with Burgundy. Uncle Bob
would h We called Burgundy pig-wash. He
could not do without his Port, though he
was a moderate enough iran, as customs
were. Fancy, then, his dismay, when, on
questioning his butler, an old coxcn of his
own, and after going down to inspect in per-
son, he found that there was scarcely more
than dozen Of Port in the wine-cellar. :
He turned white with dismay, and. till he
had brought the blood hack to his counte
nance by swearing, he was something awful
to behold in the dim light OF the candle old
Jacob held in his tattooe fist. | will not
repeat the words he used; fortunately, they
are out OF fashion among gentlemen, al
though ladies, understand, are beginning
to revive the custom, now cid, and always
ugly. Jacob reminded his honor that he
would not have more put down till lie had
got proper C liar built. for the one there
was. he ha! said, not fit to put hny thing
bu d ad mln i'll. ThrreLpm after abusing
Jacob for not reminding him the coming
necessities OF The co.iing season, he TUNED
to me, ard egGn certainly not to swear at
his owr fat. er bu to expo;tuate sideways
wit the absent shade for not having provid-
I'd decent lar before his departure from
| tals world Of dinners and wine, limiting that
it was somewhat selfish, and very inconsid
eiute to the welfare of those who were to
come after him. Having a little exhausted
his Indignation, he came up and wrote the
most pcr"mpt0ry order to his wine mer-
chant in Liverpool, to let him have thirty
dozen Of Port before Christmas day; even
il lie had to send it by post chaise took
the letter to the post myself, fort the old man
would trust nobody but me- and, indeed,
wou"i have preferred taking il himself; but
! in winter he was always lame from the ct-
| ttcts of bruise he had received tiom a
falling spar in the battle of Ahoukir.
That night remember well. lay in
| the Led wondering whether | might venture
to say word, or even to give hint to
your mother that there was a word that
rined to be said if it might. An at tnce
| heard whine Of the wind in the old
chimney u,w well I...w tIat wkiac!- -
For my kind aunt had taken the trouble to
! find out from Inc what room | ha 4 occu
pied rs Il boy, and, by the third night had
spent there, she had got it ready for me. =
jumped out of bed and found that the
snow was failing thick and fast. | jumped
into bed again and began wondering what
MY uncle would do il the Port did not ar
rive. And then thought that, if the
snow kept cn falling as it did, aud if the
wind rose any higher, it might turn out that
the roads th ough the billy part Of York
shire i'll which Cuycrvood lay, might very
well be blocked up.
'"Ihc north wind doth blow,
| And We shall have snow,
And VIA: Il my uncltd do then, poc thing?
He'll run tor his Port.
But lie will run short,
And have TOO much water to drink, poor
thing"
With the influences of the chamber of
my chill, hood crowdirg upon ME, | kept
repC a'ing the trayescd rhyme to myself till
it'l asleep.
Now, boys and gigIs, if ] were writing a
novel, ] should like to make you, somehow
or other, nut together the facts, that | was
in the room have mentioned; that [ had
been in the eel ar with my uncle for the first
4 time that evening that had seen NY uil-
cle's distress, and heard his reflections up
on his father. may add that | was not
myself even then so Indifferent TO the mer-
its of good glass of Port as to be unable
to enter into my uncle's dismay. and that
of his guests at last, if they should find that
the snow storm had actually closed W the
sweet approaches of the expected Port II
was personally indifferent to the matter,
fear it is to be attributed to your mother and
not to myseIt ....
'Nonscnsc!' interposed my mother once
more Il never knew such man for max
ing little of himself and much of other
people. You never drank a glass too much
of Port in your life.
That's why I'm so fond of it, my dear, -
returned my father. II declare you make
me quite discontented with my pig-wash
here.
"Tha night had dream.
"The next day the visitors began to at,
rive Before the evening after, they had
all come. There were five of the Il, three
tars and two land crabs, as they called each
other whep they got jolly, which, by The
way, they would not have done long with
out me.
MY uncle's anxiety visibly increased. -
Each guest, as he came down to breakfast
received each morning a more constrained
greeting. | beg your pardon, ladies'; | for
got to mention that my aunt had lady visi
tors, of course. But the fact is, it is onl,
tho port-drinking visitors in whom m,
story is interested, all excepted your moth
er.
These ladies my admiral uncle greeted
with something even approaching to servil
ity ] understood him well enough. Ht
instictively sought to make himself a party
to protect him when the awful secret of hi
celar should be found out But for two
preliminary days or 50, his resources woulC
serve; for he had plenty Of excellent Clare
and Madeira, stuff | don't know muel
r about, and both Jacob and himself conde
s;ended to maneuver little.
'"rhe wine did not arrive. But the morn