Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-11-12

morning, and peered out Of his bedroom window
he saw before him the fine old fashioned market
place of III Rtle aown, which, as aboy, he had
Itrodden many hundreds of times 1T was the old
narket-place that be remembered 80 vel, bat with
many changed features as wa only to be expected
after the wear and tear Of the ire years that
had elspsed' 'snce he last saw With the assist'
snce of his pocket.telecope, he conld make out
the names on Che signs over the different shops.
Nearly al Of them ware strange 10 him, but there
were two or three that he recolleeted rs old family
names in, the town and yes there was one that
he remembered as the name Of an, old sehool-fel'
low. 1t was the same name. that had struck 30
famifarly on his ear when mentioned last night BY
the landlord Nspr 1tasson read the agn again,
slowly, and carefully Thomas Crooke, Auction
eer and Valaer, House and Estate Agent"
''Poor Tom Grooke'' said the major as he, shut
up bis glass; and prepared to strop his rasors a
little .dark-eyed chap, always in a row; several
years younger than me in fact, was only at the
school one half sfter he came. recollect hun 30
we'll BY, reason Of his, great fght.with Sczoggns.
And now he's IN auctioueerl What queer changes
the whirhgig of time brings about! 1 must call
and see Tom after breakfast." @r.-rr.,.f
Accordingly, no sooner vas breakfast over than
the Major, taking his silver mounted malacca,
sauntered across tha marketplace as far as the Of
fee of Mr.. Thomas Crooke. In answer to his in
quiry, diugy-ofhce-boy informed him that MIR.
Crooke had not yet arrived, and that be wsspot
expected till towards noon. e. -. 4
'srll take turn round the town, and call again
later on, i'fsaid Major Gregson to his boy. 'Per-
haps I may be sble to hunt up one or two more old
friends" he added to himself:
BY the by, he fonnd himself on the banks Of the
pleasant, .clear.running Derwent. Fresh food tor
meditation here Recollections' Of happy boyish
days, when he and his companions used to come
bathing here; of boating excursions; Of Sunday
evening walks with his mother in yonder meadows,
along path that followed every bend and turn OF
the river, tIl one by one the stars came out, and
the tower of All Saints took the evening mists to
ITSELF and became part of them. How all these
things came back to him. At length he turned
away with sigh, and strolled back towards the
buster parts of the town. Over shop door, in
St. Peters street, he saw painted Sampson
Cloves, Tailor and Draper"
Major Gregson'c came to stand on the opposite
side Of the street, and had quiet laugh to him.
SELF: "What! old Sampson tailor! he said.
1.-THE biggest gutton in the school, and not far of
being the biggest Ounce the boy who made him
self III with smoking bits Of cane; the boy who
made such hullabaloo when be sat down on q
lump of oobbler's wax, and found himself stuck
fast to the form. Oh! Unjust goand see old Samp.
son !" ..a ,.rs.'s -. . T.a .r...'''. -
Major Gregson crossed the road, and entered the
shop. There was no one in it but stout, aabby-
faced man, who was busy casting up ledger. The
Majors hat came off with ceremonious sweep.
81 presume that have the pleasure Of addressing
Mr. Sampson Clowes2"
IT am Mr.. Cloves, said the habby man, look
ing up from his ledger with sort of dogin-the-
manger expression. ..s
"And am Major Gregson, Isaac dregSon's son
that used to be, Of this town. You and 1, Mr..
Cloves, were school-boys together" ...-e
heAabby man, chewing bis quill vicieusg, took
a moment or two to digest this information then
he spoke. ''Well, what of thar he said, ,.,..
'.Merely this," said the Major, with his siriest
manner that having just returned to my native
town, after an absence Of fve-and thirty years. and
seeing your name over the door, L suddenly re-
memberea it as the name of one of my old school
fellows, and could not resist the impulse felt TO
come in and see yea. " -. -. .''-,,' >.
The aahby man seemed to grasp for breath. 1T
may be as you say, sir, he returned. "ldare say
it is" "But schooldays are too far gone past for
a plain business man like me to recollect much a.
bout 'em. Just got our stock Of winter-goods in ;
and here's my young man, who will be happy to
show you the latest novelties" ....r=v
Ten minutes later "Forlorn" Gregson emerged
into the street. looking very forlorn indeed, leav-
ing in the measurementbook of Mr.. Cloves sun
dry cabalstic figures written under his name, hav-
ing relation to ''one pair of super6ue black ker-
seymere smalls." So the Major went on his trav-
els about the town rather more disconsoate than
heretofore. He was somewhat cheered, however,
Iby the sight of another name. that he recognized,
on brass-plats on the door of house in one Of
the most intensely respectable streets of the town
"Dr. Rufus Chopper"
DR.. Chopper was a very little man, pert and
voluble. He recolected the Major in moment,
and shook him cordially by thehand. "Old Isaac
Gregson's son. to be sure. School-lads together,
and all that. remember you well, sir. You have
risen to eminence, while we beggars have been
yegetating here. We have seen your name in the
newspapers sir, and the old town is proud of he1
son. Glad to find you think of settling in the
neighborhood. sOtisns cum digntate, and all that
YOU know. Recollections of ones boyhood, as 8
rule are all humbug. Life is full of humbug. Il
YOU can't eontrive to do the world, the world
will "do" you. That's my motto. Also, take
care of number one That's another. Two-thirds
of humbug to one of utility-thats the rule in eve
~ profession. Look at me. I'm humbug Ha
ha But the world believes in me, and poke
nv fees, dare.say if the truth was known, Major
(no offence you know) you yourself are not fa'
from humbug-eh?'
VERY probable not, " said the Major grimly.
"Such being the case, what is the end that al
philosophy teaches US? To deck the brows o
Plutus with flowers; o;mix business and pleasure
in Just proportions; to scrape together as many
guineas as we possibly can, and enjoy to the fal
the goods which the gods provide us. And thi'
brings to MY mind the fact that have prime
haunch of Welsh mutton for dinner to-day, and i
you will take knife and fork with me Major,
| shall be most happy"
Major Gregson, in slow courteous accents, ex
planned the reason of his visit, which ne hopee
Mr.. Crooke would consider neither untimely no