Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-10-12
FFrom Chambers Edinburgh journal ]
LOT 217.


aM forty shangs l-going at forty shangsl
Did hear two guinness ohefed Lnshh .l
Won. dr. Two guin mess is In time. For the
frst fme. at two guinness For the second
time Any advance on two guinness For
the tlird and last iime-going at Two gum
ness
uN,me, If you please, sir ~
uJfhn Trumway," l eeid, ior the lot was
mine-Lot 217. Whatever made me buy the
lot F? am sure l didn't want 1t. l am
afraid am one of those great growh-up
cbildnn who are not safe to be trusted out
with money in their pockets, unless coppers
The coins in my purse always leap up WIN
franti. desire 10 buy everything see, anu
| tbe result is, that no matter what sum go
out with, always come home pennlless.,
What on earth could want now with
secondhand, patent fire-proof, powder
proof, bomb-proof, thief-prool iron sale, con
struct,d to resist fifty -burglar..power (noml-
nal), ase.hardened, undrillabie, unplcsaole,
to be sold n bargain, owing TO tue Key peing
Lost nd the only man who knew how to
male another having gone 10 sleep with his
fathers When l reflected about my .pur-
chase. | began to feel quite hot. There is no
douht il was a bargain, or might have Deeni
IN somebody: but then, patent, unpicRaple
iron safes with the key lost, and owner
proof as we'll as thief-proof, are not every,
body's money, however cheap had ,t,' cog ,,
creeping doubt if they were mine WINE
the auciioneer was describing II, auu th'
people all round the room were yeaInlng 10, 10,
| il in bids, seemed to see many remarkapl'
Qualities emanating from the safe, IKE per
sniration. so that lis acquisition appeared L
me- then peculiarly desirable. Other ,peopl
seemed similarly affected, for Its value In
- creased momently. Some ten or oozei
nersons had all in turn desired to De lts loi
innate possessor, and all at increased fates
The man who bid "forty shangs" certain
must have seen his way to turn tne saie , :
ouS And If so. of course II was plain ther
,nnst he way 10 turn it TO account, anu on
,,,i'iot a few moments quiet reflection, apa
from tho excitement oil the saleToom, woul
aonh,laos reveal. 1t was something OF IN
saoIing made me bid the 1.-TWO gum ness
or ~ NAV NAV, the vaguer conviction IN
here was an object suddenly become
tremely desirable 10 number oil my lelloN
creatures, which evoked coIresPohupt' ~
and envious desire in my own vi, prenso' ,I 10
now that the thing was mine, all Inc ia'e
valve which had before perspired from II u
a. ,ha auciioneer's hands, seemed absorb
", AGAIN into its shamefully rusty iron sldes
II had become a miserable hundredWelgnl
,,.aIaaa nld iron-and loathedIhe very slg
of IL especially when thought oil M
Trumway. -, - MANY ,yor,
r,s. bv no means the kind OF woman FeLpniiy
su. upbraid me for buying inconVeInple
ant ssins. and she has had previous opportu
'eor Sor so doing. il so disposed. Mrs. Iru
wa: ,,'o,, never snvs anything. She didn't WI
.ded once bouphI two hundred weight oil pul
that blooted cheese, at two pence per pouhu,
'"OP soid nortions afterwards 10 some poor peo
' y 7 Lnew-as a kindness-at trlhing PFC
and made them all very poorly, ana
tuaI s,mmoned before the magistrates, ahu III
Rfp' far selling cheese unfit Tor human Ioou'
.se- lost cheese, temper, repniauon, anu 10 r.
sver. M. at such times Mrs. RUNWAY MAKES
rarm,arls. She only sniffs. But the amour
0N'S meaning conveyed by one OF Mrs. rs 81
,.. ia volnminous-nay, encyclopedia II me
! our mOh. dear, yes; knew how tWouIa y
-day yon've been at it again, have you
cir ont with money in your pocket, ana G
home with nothing but your pocKeI
IsS1g Gpr lust like water in colander; me coIal
eater don't run away-mofe's the ply. W.
the always ready for more. anu neIe 81 a.
A. ninching and screwing, and saving mo
Of 81. and advancing the house down 10 one
Of .Tandslickors' week, ana you
toolinr money away like this hei
-, strance, John, is perfectly useless.
y ", on,akened TO the conclusion that I've ma
, sure an incorIigible idiot; but don't comp
d the No: a noodle you may be, but am you
= ,s' u fecliopate wife, Martha TrumWaay.
L the means far more than this; it means lever
.ys in o.;s,i,,atorv enithet which naturally {
ousy, cilmlna.oIy IT, r,a con pnnlv TO hin
after making the pleasing discovery TIL
money has taken himself in.
went home to dinner, which had
vs. waiting an hour. / said nothing apou
purchase. There was small snih-a
3, small one expressive OF, "lts not al
DEL likely, John, though, mind, don't a
.Oouuis vou OF it without evidencei but, now
10 consider, it's rather more hGely tha
=. that you've something on your mlh'
lrk. nothing in your purse" After dinner
caned m stairs TO my study. In the ey
A / saw il coming up my garden-palIA
E1As nair of trucks. should 60 down : NO
flected: l would not go down. How
III. ed the thing now 1t didn't lock wort
larry, "Yes," heard the servant say in
TO the man with the trucks; "thls
, Plated Trumway's." 49,,
f'Aso "So's this" said the man; "and
D ltly him 10y OF il, and L shouldn't mind
sao ~, " of beer 10 wish it him in"
'o"|' Which conversation had the ell
bringing out Mrs. 4. Her comprel
.. mind must have taken in the sltuallt
'' glance. ,o,, -. -.
sss man.
ID a full "From the salero0m, m"
variety "John ~ II was the voice OF my at
nd fitting ate wife, addressed to her husband .,
apI2-,f you been buying anything at sale r
av "Oh. dear, yes,n said |, calling
stairs. "Didn'l tell you It's a. a.
,DY. Although two rairs OF stairs separi
from the partner OF my bosom, wa:
lada of the sniff which succeeded, and il