The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-01-11
BEL AIR. MD. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY H. 1867

muchly, part'e'ly the trows'rs (Which is
blue, with large red and white checks),
he had said, "My dear Teller, make me
some more, only mind-le sure you sell
these to some genteel old feller."
I like to saunter thro' Regent street
The shops are pretty, and it does the old
mans heart good to see the troops of fine
healthy girls which one may always see
there at certain hours in the afternoon,
who don't Spite their beauty by devourin
cakes aud sugar things, as too many of the
American and French lassies do It's a
mistake about every body being out Of
town, | guess. Regent street is FULL
I'n here; and, as | said before, come of
a very clever family.
AS l was walkin along, amoosin my.
self by st,ckin my penknife into the calves
of the footmen who stood waitin by tho
swell coaches (not one of whom howled
with auguish,) | was accostad by man
of about thrrty-ive summers, who said {:
II have seen that face somewheres
ufore p
He was little shabby in his wearin
spparil. His coat was one of these black,
shiny garments, which you can always
tell have been FURNISHED by adversely !;
but he was very gentlemanly.
"Was it in tho Crimea, comrade p
Yes, it was. 1t was at the stormin of
Sebastopool, where had narrow escape
from death, that we met ~
1 said, "No, | wasn't at Sebastopool.-
l escaped fatal wound by not bein there.
1t was healthy old fortress" l added.
at was. But it fell 1t came down
with crash"
"And plucky boys they was who
brought her down, and hurrah for them"
The man graspt me warmly by the hand,
and said he had been in America, Upper
Canada, Africa, Asia Minor, and other
towns, and he'd never met man he liked
as much as he did me. "Let U.S." he adj
ded, "to the shrine of Bachus !" and he
dragged me into public house l was
determined to pay, so | said, "Mr. Bach
US, give this genl'man what he calls
for"
W. cpnversed there in a very pleasant
manner ill my dinner time arrove, when
the agree'ble gentleman insisted that I
should dine with him. "We'll have a
banquet, sir, &c for the gods y
told him good plain vittles would SCOT
me. If the gods wanted to have the dys.
pepsy, they was welcome to it.
We had soup and fish and hot jint,
and growses, and wines of rare and costly
vintage. W. h.A. :o"~ ""A 80 H. ! r.;
non oreenand's 10y mouDtins and lDjy g
coral strands; and when the surp,oous
repast was over, the agree'ble man sail
he'd unfortnitly left hi, pocket book at
home on the marble center table. "But,
by Jove" he said, "t was feast for the
gods ~
l said "Oh, never mind" and drew
out my Iuss; tho l innardly wished the
gods, as the dinner was fit for 'em, was
there to pay for it.
l come of a very clever family.
The agree'ble gentleman then said
"Now will show you our Club. 1t dates
back to The time of William the Conquer.
Or"
"Did Bill belong to it ?" inquired.
Gle did"
"Wall' [ said, "if Billy was one Of
'em, need no other Endorsement as to its
respectiulness, and I'll 60 with you my
gay trooper boyE' And we went of arm
IN arm
On the way the agree BILE man told me
that the Club was called the Sloshsrs. -
He said would notice that none of 'em
appeared in evenin dress. He said it was
agin the roofs of the Club. In fack, eff
any member appeared there in eveuin'
dress, he be instantly expeld. "And
yit," he added, "there's geneyus there,
and lofty emotions, and intelleck. You'll
be surprised at the quantities of intelleok
you'll see there e.
We reached the Sloshers in due time,
and must say there was shaky-lookin
lot, and the public house where they on
vened was certainly none of the best.
The Soshers crowded around me, and
said | was welcome. "What a beautiful
brestpin you've got,' said one OF EN-
"Permit me-" and he took it out of my
nsckercher. "lsn't it luvly Z" he said
parsin it to another, who parsed it to
another. 1t was given me by Aunt, on
my promisin her I'd never swear pro-
fanely and never have, except of very
special occasions. | see that beautiful
boosum pin parsin from one Slosher to
another, and I'm minded of them sad
words OF the poit, "parsin away parsin
away" | never saw it no more. Then
in comes athletic female, who no sooner
sees me that she utters wild yell, and
cries:
CAT larst at larst My Wilyim from
the seas p
l said, "Not at all, marin. Not on nc
account, | have heard the boatswain pipe
to quarters-but voice in my bear,
didn't whisper Seu-zan I've Delayed
the mariinspikes on the upper jibpoop,
but Seu-zan's eyes wasn't on me. Young
woman, | am not you're Saler boy. Fan
different"
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