The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-03-01
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GREEN MANTLE.
ATal~ Of O,d Ms nchesier.

A Tale Of Obo A@nSk~UstD''
There was good many Of us at home
mn lick of mouths TO feed, and not too muci
~ mn into them 30 when finished ~.
.cboolaavs-an event which occurred toler
ahIv carly was packed off to Mancheste
30 serve an apprenticeship in Mancheste
warehouse.
Nv ho,ne was too far distant to admit Z
INV waiting it oftener than once year
,vSen / oh,.; ued a brief holiday for tho pun
moss and / was terribly lonely III the busy
populous town. i kne" nooooy' anu
shy of making acqual chances; NY Sop D,
ions in the warehouse were On HAM, 80
fling fellows, little suited To IN ta7'o ~ !
subsidized into my quiet lodgings
rather deyoured, all the books could .
my hands on, and grew up a soiitSry in TIL
midst vi thousands. Que passion Lad,ant
that as to hunt up every relic OF antiquity
] could possibly manage to travel to anu
there was not an old hall nor an old church
within a circuit Of twelve or fourteen miles
that | did not make a pilgrimage to.
The vestiges Of old Manchester claimed
particular attentions and hunted the neigh
borhOod of 'the college and the Ola
church," looking at the outside OF tue oid
houses Q Was to Shy too think of asking per
missiou TO enter any Of thenI) until knes
every chluk and Granny III their weather
beaten facrs, and came to look upon them
as my most intimate friends Some OF
them we're public houses, and venture
tinidly. and at Intervals, INTO these, calling
modesty tor glass OF ale, and peerlng int''
the odd noohs aud corners duvking under
the heavy beams, and trying often valnly
to look through the ord green glass Which.
obscured Il { long low ~ihdows.
Well do remember my first visit to the
sold Sun" The Poets Corner" az it was
then, and is sometimes yet caIled-the rev
srence With which entered it's tine. hon
ored waiis-aud the disappointment | ft.i'
at not tinding within it Anyone III the least
like " hat poet ought TO be. went at
terwaI Us at various times, with the ike i'll
SUCCESS and at last | contented myself
with the outside AMI most picturesque view
of il. aud left tue poets ID keep up thei
reveis by themselves.
Thus lt Was that [ grew up, working
hard duling WORKING hours, and enjoying
tine BOOKS und the pipe which formed the
occupation IT my leisure. taking long rar'.-
bles ON foot upon the Sundays, aud ali oc-
casional walk through the oldest. narrow esr
and most tortuuls streets l could tind dn'
ing the evenings It the week.
Long before my apprenticeship had con
cluded found myself permanently Installt u
in the off, 70 or counting house as it "as
more grAudlloqueDtlJ called, and that, no
doubt, " AZ the httest place f.,rme as yeaIs
passed on, | become by translation from
stool To stool, packing clerk, Invoice clerk,
aud book keeper, obtaining All advance OF
wages with each change Ut position. untI
al book. keeper, was nuniticenty paid a.
the Fate Of Que hundred and htty pounds u
year, and had reached the suniaIIE of my
ambition
AS got more money to spend, pun
chased stjre books and made longer excur-
sions !; aud at length, from my retiring
habits aud scruputous punctuailty. l WAS
conplirueDted i'll the office by the title Of
''rhe Old Bachelor" which sat very lightly
upon me. | made and attempted to make
no friendships During my brief visits to
the library. at the old college, indeed, !
picked up SORT OF au acquaintance with
one OF It's constant frequenters, the mustiest
old book worm i'll the lot, whom found
there when | went in, and left there when |
came out, and should have believed to live
there but THAT l knew no candies were ad-
United, aud that at night the books would
be useless to him without them. He Wis a
strange figure, dressed iii suit OF rusty
black with neckerchief twisted around
his throat i'll a sort OF wisp, pair of great
google spectacles upon his boss, and with
two, three, or four tolios usually ranged
round him, one for reading, the others for
comparison and reference had the good
fortune once to hand him a ponderous tome
which had slipped from his knees whilst he
was int upon another placed upor the
stand before him and after that time, il by
chance he glanced up, which might happel'
once a month PERHAPS, whilst was iii the
reading room was sure Of d kindly nod al
least, before he lanced down again.
Once. i'll a difficulty, ventured to refer
to him, ana Was no little astonished 10y
the food OF erudltlo,i poured in consequence
upon Inc. lie knew every tning that had
been written upon The subject, and gave
me the key To my puzzle immediately, to-
getller Ith half a hundred references where
with still further To eluridate 1t. After
wards our relationship became almost that
ct master aud pupil; and | may say that
We became III some sort friends, though
our only place Of meeting VAS the library
The rule Ia our office was. that everyone
employed should he there and at work AT
nine clock III the mornlug; aud according
ly, at twenty minutes before zine precisely,
passed the clock i'll the old church tower
on niy way to it. believe that every
clock In the back street i'll Strangeways III
wi icii lived Was tuned by my movements,
much III tie same way III Which my watch
was timed by the church clock as passed
From ioug habit this comparison had be
CONT necessity, aud the only Temptations
l ever had to omit II Was occdsluued 10y the
passing tht same spot, at my precise mo
meut, If a young lady dressed i'll greeL
mantle whom met morning after mora
ing, and wlose fresh. pleasant face got
TO look for nutil ! faucied that missing il
would almost cast gloom upon the day
/ was Icing before | dbl HISS II month af
ter month, through the long winter, wet or
dry. hail rain or SHOW. nj twenty minute {
to nine met Greenlnaulle as called her
III my own Thought, opposite tine old church
tower Very Soon knew tier as we'll as
any old house it, tue city, or out Of it. d, q
could have desciiOed every told in her dress
aId every feature III her sweet face. hut |
had M one 10 describe them to at that tuno.
and ain not gong to begin now
was young liIau OF Internationally
then buI DIS suanefaced as a girl il fan
cIed GreennItiitIe lopked in my direction,
colored up to tue top ofmy head, believe,
and hasteued onward If size passed without
appearing to notice me, | was miserable tor
the day.
Gradually, put together little history
for her, but as it was incorrect except in
two Of It's most insignificant particulars, it
need not be detailed here. She had usually
roll of music with her. SO knew she was
q governess somewhere and that was all
could make out with certainty. wanted
to know all about her, who she was, where
she lived, what relatives she had. and, abov,
all, wanted to know he. | had got tc
love her before had exchanged a word, OIL
even nod, with her. Her face was The
index to all ooodness and felt that | must