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


Nectar.
Few of the habitual dwellers in Lon
don have occasion to visit the city less fire.
quently than l have. have never sci
foot inside the mansion of the Old Lady o
rhrcadneedle Street in my life. TO me
the Stock Exchange is complete terra in
cogaita, OF the thousand -and-o differ
ent methods of coming money.as practiced
by merchants, bankers, brokers, and that
countless army which hocks city-wart
every week day morning from nine until
eleven, l know absolutely nothing. Nei
ther, to the best of my belief, has the
Money Article of the Times ever been rcat
by me fiom beginning to end. Yet, not
withstanding all this. it has SO happened
that, on certain rare occasions, l have beer
compelled by urgent private affairs tt
join the throng of C ty bees fora few hours
and wing my way eastward with tho
swarm. At such times have generally
chosen to survey mankind from the box
seat of an omnibus, us from the 'cogn q
vantage not to he surpassed. and hardly
cqualcd. for any one who loves to watcl
the wonderful, ever shifting panorama OF
London life.
On one sneh occasion-aow severa
years ago-the morning was so intolera' u,
rainy that Twas Obliged to gveup all thai
Of my tavorite perch a,oft with the driver
aud content myself with the humber po
sition of an in side At that time | was
only three nnd-twenty years old, and hat
been in London about a couple OF Years
having been sent up from my far off homs
in one of the northern counties to attcnt
the classes of, and to study under, a Ger
tain then famous analytical chemist. Oi
the morning to which have just referred.
after waiting twenty minutes in the ram,
was glad to find vacant place inside ono
of the numerous city buses that passed
the end of the street in which my rooms
were situated. After having squeezed into
my place. and been well scowlcd at for my
paius, | proceeded to take stock of my
companions in misery. We were eleven
men and one woman. All OF us men
were more or less moist, and each of us
had very damp umbrella. We had all
put ON our severe business air, and we were
ali more or less suspicious of the company
in which we found ourselves; and-in
consequence, perhaps, of the badness OF
the weathcr-we were all more than usu
ally inclined to bully the conductor, and
to poko him vciously in the ribs with the
ferrules of our umbrellas.
But the twelfth inside Well she was
a lady, young and nice looking into the
bargain; and enveloped with the prettiest
air of unconsciousness that was in the
company Of eleven blocks of wood, rather
than in that of as many beings of flesh and
blood, not quite unacceptable, let us hope,
to the charms Of female loveliness.
have no doubt, in my own mind, that il shV
had travelled any length Of time in our
company the mere fact OF her presence
would have softened our manners, aud
have weaned US in some measure from
that toucll-me not boorsbness, with which,
as arule. all passengers by omnibus love to
cloak themselves. But. fortunately, OF
unfortunately, as the case may he. jour.
news by omnibus are Of short duration. and
our young lady asked to be set down at the
corner of Cheapside. Previously to this
however, we had stopped some half-dozen
times to let down and take up other pas
sengers all of them of the masculine gen.
der, so that | was beginning to look upon
myself quite in the light Of an old nc
quaintance, when our young lady got up to
leave us. Twas sitting next the door a
she alis shted, and could not help noticing
how pale she seemed all at once to hay,
become. Without needing the rain tha
still kept falling. she began to feel for hel
purse in trembling. nervous sort OF way
first in one pocket. and then in another.
Il have either lost my purse, or else m,
pocket has been picked she said at last
with sort OF a gasp.
The conductor expressed no surprise, ,bu
merely put fresh straw in his mouth,an.
then asked US gents to move while b,
looked for the purse, which If young la
dies was bus conductors he murmure,
softly to himself, they would learn to TAX,
better care Of their money
But the purse was not to he found i
it really amt any where about you. Miss,
said the conductor, as he emerged from
among the straw, then your pocket ha
been picked. How much was there in it
Half a sovereign and five and six penc,
in silver answered the young lady, will
tears trembling on her eye-lids. but tina
diamond ring, the property of the lad.
with whom am living, and which l wa
taking to jewelers. not far from here t.
be repaired
The conductor turned an eye Of com
passion on her. We'll, I'm blowed h,
muttered; ito think of anybody in the
senses being so green!' Then quickly OF
the remaining insides, he scanned us owe
one by one, ending with solemn shak,
of head. Con do nothing for you, Miss
he said. You had better go to the police
and give them absorption of your prop
erty. l know most of morning passengers
for respectable city gents; but there wa'
one fishy-lOoking cove-him as got in al
Edgeware koad, and sat next you. Miss, al
the way to Farringdon Street-what
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