The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-14

thoueh at the same time his very heart
was nearly melting within him, as melts
an exposed rushlight on q sunshiny
summers day. =.
tAnd sac. sir, veil be sure yea brought
the tottle of the forty-0ne tons. A huge
Gus quantity, eh sirf And did You ever
ken any one mon hae sac mlcEIe be
forei
"Never, Mr.. MGrie, never" Why,
sir, do you know that the difficulty Of
getting all the indigo together had an
effect on the market. 1t was full three
farthings the pourd Gearer on Change
the very day left London"
30, ay-purely. 1t waS-was il!
Now I'll just put aue case-not that its
o. the slightest consequence, bur merely
to satisfy my conjectures-supposiug,
mon, We had all this indigo, what would
We Just do VII il T.
"Why," said the skipper, Il should
not have bought it unless ! wanted IT.;
and if had wanted it | should have
known what TO do withit. That is, Mr.
MGrie, precisely your case"
"Ah, weel, my mon, but you're an un-
co cannie chiel. Doyou ma ken whcth-
er his gracious Majesty, may God bless
him, amt guam 10 make the volunteer
laddies wear blue rcgmentlls-blue is
pure standing color
"Why, don't know, but some report
of that sort may be stirring, for what
with your large demand, and other mat
tiers, indigo is certainly getting up. But
my time is precious. Here's your bill
of lading, SO just sign my paperS-ah,
all right-whcn and where shall dis
charge the cargo
Don't fash yourself, there's nae hur-
~. I'll just speak to two or three of my
worshipfu' correspondents, and let
you know in The morning, or aiblins
the next day after. may hae TO send
to EdinbrO' anent the matter"
"Ah, yes, understand, a joint con-
signment. 1t won't prove u bad specu-
lation, I'm thinking. Good morning,
Mr.. MGrie."
So away trudged the skipper, leaving
the owner Of much indigo i'll a state OF
doleful perplexity, sI.ch as ought not TO
hefall any honest man. All that night
he kept exclaiming, "Gude Lord, guide
Lord, what shall do with all this in
digof Ma, ma, Donald will not commit
himself. But it's mickle heap
Very early was Donald abroad the next
morning, inquiring of everybody all the
possible uses to which indigo could be
put. He got but very little satisfaction
on this point. He began himself 10 look
dark blue. He had almost resolved
upon n journey to London, awful as it
appeared to him, to have this mistake
explained, but he still resolved to wait
a little, and to do nothing in hurry.
The next thing that happened to Don
aid, with his forty-one tons OF dye, was
his sad reflections when an old woman
came and bought of him one farthing's
worth of stone blue.
"Had We ma better try indigo, my guide
frein9" says Donald to the old washer
woman.
"Aud whot think yc, guide mon MGrie,
I'll he doing with indigo i'll the sgds :
Ont ava, mon, but yer CALLING puir
old body" So off the old lady trudgcd
with a damaged temper.
Had sold farthing's worth of this
domned indigo, 'twOuld have been a be-
ginning. Had the auld washer bodies
hac taken to it and every little helps.
About this time, the skipper who had
brought the indigo was just passing the
principal inn of Aberdeen. he observed
a post chase and four, with the horses
all foam, stop with n most imposing
jerk ut the door. and the managing aud
confidential clerk of Hubbcns, liObbins
Il Robbins, the eminent drysalters.
The clerk almost flew into the arms of
the skipper, and with brcathlesS eager
ness asked him if he had delivered the
indigo to MGrie
mo; it is still in the vessel, but he
has the manifest and the bill of sale"
Then the property is now vested i'll
him ~
"As securely as the hair upon your
head is your own property. He seems
cautious, ever for ScOtchman.'
as he in large line of business p
~ can't really say that. We should
call his place of trade nothing better
than Il chambers shop in London. But
they manage things in another way
here"
"What can he possibly want with all
this indigo' He has actually drained
the market, and we have just received
advices that all the crops of indigo have
failed in the West Indies. There is also
a large demand for il from the govern
mcnt, and ii is nov actually worth its
weight in gold
"You don't say 50. Why he was say.
ing something like it. No doubt but
that some West Indiaman has brought
the news here of the failure of the
crops Besides he talked largely of his
correspondents
"And am losing all this precious
time. Where does he live! | know
nothing about the place
II will 20 with you. if You choose. /
should like to see how the deuce Scot
manages it,.
"No, good captain. just show me the
door. If prosper, you will just have
to take the stuff back to London"
$50 thonght. But mind your bear
ings and distances with MGrie. He is
an over-cautious tradesman."
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