Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-18
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ALLIGATORs iu1N ENGAAND!

"Alligatorsin Eng and Come, come Ma
jOr, is not that justa little too-ell?
We'll cried the Major, throwing HIM
self lbisureiy back, and Iaking long puff
at his cigar, II would tell you why think
So, but That the telling would Involve some
thing of a story which might not, per-
4aps-"" '' '".'' :'N.0.it T. .''t ie
But he was interrupted by a chorus of
voices, "A story! What a story!Y as if
that were, not the very thing our ears were
all thirsting for. Tanks to our friends
generosity, and the egOodness of a most OK
Gmplafy landlord, our other thirst is in tha
fairest way Of being glatilled. A, comfort
able room, lots OF easy chairs, an OLen
window to admit the fh6st fragrant OF
evening breeZes from the bluest Of seas,
glorious wind, and more glorious
good fellowship; there q, lis qrpotbipg
wanted but the mellillu0us ACCENT Of some
Hdssan Of MejhOnii, like yourself, Major
10 seiid us all into the spventn heaven Of
Iapt attention and what narrator can re-
sist SO fair promise? Besides, you must
not underratc stories; now-a-days every
thing is done by appropriate stories. Set
ting aside edicilti0n in general, and our
beloved magazines i'm particular, see what
has been dOnr, and will be done with them
100. Is Mt Wine-bibbing and drunkenness
put down by pretty little books, aid Sins
more hrin6us still tradicated by'anecaOJds
compiled by line and rule and fitted TO our
requirements with the cest scrupulOsity?
Shall we not hear stories i'll one place how
tlEt mcfcGnary Tf1n was bribed to vote,
and that noble Drk resisted the tempt
alton? and, in another place, hOw-Bdt,
faith, if Igo on lOuger shall b. in the
po.iti0n ol squirting a noble Etced, ell, Ma
jOr? and ut the sam. time keeping the door
Barrtd d against his eSre5s.l A thbusand
p plrdOns; but sCories-egid, am not sure
but that should say to tie "varsal world"
as slittle girls do to an ObnoXiOus playmate,
10 you big story" '. -'.'
"Well, osaid the Major; "what have to
tell you certainly does look vaporish enough
now it has passed, but there were awkward
bits Of granite in the events them elves
which still, at whiles, CRATE sharply upon
my meditations, and remind me That the
circumstances, quorum purS Jui, have not
been all of oil. and roses. When l was
some twenty wears nearer TO the beginning
OF all Iings than [ am at this present.
(here followed. a len tiny pulD, Il was
staying at the house of au old friend OF my
fathers III one Of the Northern counties Of
England. The squire himself, our host,
was advanced in.years, ana we saw little Of
him, save 10 those times when the master
of the house is expected to- stand some
what prominent in doing its honors. The
greater share, however, even of this kindly
duty deyolyed upon his heir, his only SON,
a fair average specimen of his class, gen
tlemnaly, well-iniOrmcI, rather retiring in
dispositions; an /, | often thought, more
likely, if left to himself, toshut himself up
in his studio OF laboratory for the instruc-
tiop and benefit OF mankind than TO. in
terest himself actively in the rough-afid-
tumble of life. He was not, hOwever,i
without an occasional stimulus from his
father who, as the representative OF an an
cent and well-entlowed family, deemed it
incumbent upon himself and his heir,
amongst ether duties by no means neglect
cd to extend the hand of good-fellowship
to his neighbJrs, and OF hospitality to
every deserving Individual (ahem y who
came Within the quiet sphere Of his in
huence. I.|.fr.
"Tnus comfortably and satisfactorily
things wenG on with us, till the near, ap-
prOach of day of considerable import
ance to the family of our worthy enter
tainer; nothing less, in short, than the
marriage of his heir to the daughter of a
ueighborin@ proprietor; a match in every
way suitable and full promise for coming
generations. 0f' Yves en- m, for such is the
name we will now know them by. e.
"Ihe family estate was STRICTLY entailed,
and, in case of the death of the younger
WestertOn, would 90 to a distant cousin,
then i'll tile army and on ddty in India.
The old gentleman had, in his youth, suf-
feFed some. rather severe love diSappOlut-
ment, and was long supposed to have taken
an irreVocable vow against any further
dealings with the trait0rous sex; during
this period it was that. he had his nepnew
and heir to live with hidl; aud the yOupg
man, seeing the tact heirship reflected Oh
every side, naturally came to Look upon his
ultimate accession t. the property rs al
lmdSU thing of course, and when his uncle
shook otf tile dcW-droDs from his mane,'
and provided himself with q wife, and, in
due time, direct heir to the estate, felt no,
doubt u deep amount of chagrinapq diSap-
poiritfnent. Tie had, however, no after
reason to complain, for his advancement in
life was as,carefully, looked to as if helrad
been younger son which, L take it, is all
that, under tnecircumstances, could reason
ably be expected. There was not much
cordiality, fear, bnt Il certain amount OF
Intercourse kept, up, between, them, their
relative positions being well understood
anu appreciated on both sides. .,...r.
! WAS hUIuC UIOuUlCoOlHC Wdl VI
other on'handitust at the eltime L speak OF,
and we were accustomed to look over the
news of the day with the sorG- OF interest
one is expected to take into the relatives OF
ones ihost,La Kind Of ldzy' curiosity to
know whether they are going: to be- made
feld-marshals, or, in American phrase,
had already gone under, ,iwhen we were
startled by arrival, totally unexpected, of
our cousin himself. lii health formed the
plea for his arrival in England ; the conf
tehplated marriage, heard of on his land
ing, for his presence in the etnorth.
FIie did not come alOnesd 1Ag wonderful
COLLECTION of Oriental lncuriOsities ,ace0mpa-
MED him, from the wing of Q butterfly to
the handkerchief Of Thug; curiosities
witch wef5 under the especial charge OF a
Hinduo retainer GhOlab, andoa retainer's
retainer, who, if they were not Thugs
themselves, looked, could not help think
ing, eminently well qualified for the digni7
tyr That he should have brought 'tuese
Worthless with him excited our shfpfise:l
butlthat he explained by informipgl us of
their devoted attachment to- himself for
some Vital service rendered to them in 1n-
dia. I think it was the saving of Gholab's
life; but whether fromatlger, bullet, or
the gallows II will otuudertake te'say.p
siBoth Gholab and his master were mach
Occupied about the museum OF cuEfosltles'
before mentioned, In truth, l think new
Or came upon the former but thai he was
rubbing, polishing or ihsome way working
qpol some queer notwithstanding Object
Or other,r Onee / came suddenly, upon him
in plantation, at, some distance from the
house, and, as my curiosity had always
been somewhat eHlted on his account Il
u q, mn nm fa nh-aruinn his la