Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-02-14

dcllclOns drinks which, under various
strange names. are go popular among the
Yankees?'
Once more q negative must be my an
swcr. But my dear young friend, if yoa
will only decide to lay out your capital in
accordance; with "A moment if you
please, said. Before going into any
further business details, what do YOU say
to change of tipplc ! l think we have
enough Of this stuff Let me try whether
can not brew you one Of those delight
ful American drinks of which spoke just
now. ! had the recipes for several Of them
from an uncle of mine! who is captain Of
a liner
Just as you like, cher ami-just as you
like. he said; though dent think much
Improvement on this delicious toddy is
possible.
We can come back.to it again, if the
other does not prove to our liking, /
said.
And not to he houted for our inconsta1-
cy, added Mr.. Tracy. with laugh. so
now for this Yankee nectar Of yours.
grow thirsty by anticipation.
Two large tnmblers and the various in
gradients required for my purpose were
quickly got together; last Of all, l went
into my study; aud after staying there
about couple Of minutes, went back,
carrying with me packet containing half
a dozen powders done up in differently
colorcd papers. The degree Of knowledge
| had laid claim to as concoctor of Amer
lean drinks was by no means fictitious and
proceeded to mix one after the most ap-
proved fashion, AMI ended by opening one
of the celored papers and pouring the con
tents of it into the tumbler, and then Of
fered the whole to Tracy.
But the pntting in of the powder had
evidently reused his suspicion, and with
a polite wave of the hand he refused the
proifercd tumber. After you. my dear
sir, he said. 4 must really insist on your
imbibing the first tumbler yourself. The
second ne will do cxcellently well for me.
AS you please, said with shrng.
With tina: proceeded to drain the first
tnmbler, expressing by pantomine, as
did so, appreciation of its excellence. At
ter this mixed a second tumbIer. into
which, as before, poured the contents OF
one of the colored papers. and then hand
ed the whole to Tracy. His lips having
once touched the glass, stuck there I'll it
was empty lie gave sigh of intense
satisfaction as he put down the glass;
Ambrosia, by Jupiter!' he exclaimed.
The man who invented that tpple ought
to be immortalized by statute of the
whtest marble. have no wish to be
thought prcsumptuous, bnt | can not re-
sist asking you to mix me one more po-
! tatiOn.
| 'One1 half dozen, if you likc.' I re
piled, and all of them different. Unless
your taste differs very much from mine,
you will find No. 2 an improvement on No
He rcfillod his pipe while was mixing
the second tumbler, but still kept watch
ful eye on my proceedings. not that he was
any longer suspicious of my good faith. !,
but because he was desrous of taking
lesson in the art of concoctin, such delici-
Gus drinks. When all the other inercdi. |
ents were properly combined opened one
of the packets, as before. and shook the con.
tents into the tumbler; and then having
we'll stirred the whole, handed the glass tn
Tracy. But the powder in this case, pos.
sessed properties very different from that
of the innocent alkali Of which l had
made use previously.
AS before, Tracy's lips seemed glued to
the tumbler, till he had drained the con
tents to the last drop.
How does that suit your taste , l said
is it equal to the first!
Such question is hard to answer he
replied. 'lhe beauties ofboth are so even
ly balanced that Bacchus himself would
find it dilfc1 to d c!e twto, the two
| have to thank you. my dear young friend i,
for having opened up new vista Of pleas
ure undreanl of by me before
i must give you one or two recipes, and
then you can mix for YOURSELF
Even whilcI was speaking the pipe ,
dropped from his lips. and his eyes began i
to wander. Slowly and deliberately. | F.
proceeded with my preparations for anoth- t
er tumbler' Tracy, attor glancing down {
at his pipe. took no further
heed Of it, but planting both his elbows on {
the table, and taking fast hold of his head
between his hands. he tried TO bring his
weak, wavering gaze to bear on my manip
uating fingers. But the effort was too
much ior him. HIS eyes closed. opened.
closed again; and then, with II few incoher
ent words of apology. his head dropped
forward on the table; his nerveless arms
lost all powers of tension and in twenty
seconds he was faster arleep than he had
ever been before.
1t was to this end that all my efforts had
been drec'ed The powder put by me in
to his second tumbler was a powerful Indian
narcotic, which had lately had occasion
to use in some of my chemical expert
ments. Although successful SO far. it was
not without q more unequal beating of the
heart than usual that proceeded to carry
out the remainder Of my design. llowev
er honest one s intentions may be, there is
something nefarious in the act of feeling II
mans pockets--sonething that goes utter
ly against the grain; yet that was precise
" what had now got to do. Before pro-
cecding any farther, however, thought it
adN isaie to have q third person by me to
act as witness Of what might follow
So went down stairs to my landiady's
room, with the intention of getting either
the worthy dame herself or her husband
to act the part of chorus in my forthcoming
little drama. Fortunately lound the old
lady's son, who is a strapping sergeant in
the Guards, and who made no difficulty
about going back with me.
We found Tracy still soundly asleep,
with his head on the table. From this
posture gently raised him, and laid linn
hack in an easy chair in which he was sit |
ting. Ny next proree lin, was to insi u
ate my hand into each OF his packet. IN
after the other. in search OF the missing
diamond found the young lady's purse
but the ring was not in it; also tounl a
number of pawnbroker's duplicates, but
none of them having reference 10 the object
of which was in search. Here. too was
my mcneil case, which, too ether with the