The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-21

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darcI ItisH historical chcss-board,
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aus il ones
Ya know tbas ihoravn is iusepara.
tly connected vi,a tie game, sup
pose
have heard something OF the kind,
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Completely in Your inc ot business.
you see
DIR Low started The oke was com
plc.oiy lost upon him Il was very
mild joke. certainly, bat then, eoall
better have been expected from man
wbo was begging lol Gye dollars?
ana sorry you don't play, ] hasten
ca to continue, covering my jocular
failure with some other remark i
should ike TO have "a game with you.-
That cbess-boarl assure YOU, is
worth thirty dollars, 4 it is worth a
penny.
Heaven forgive me, but the Rajah
was a creation Of the moment / had
been made present Of the chess-board
by d sailor who had yoyaged to Cal
cutth; but one must be little deceit
fal roW and then IN this wicked world.
Mel, III let you have the money,
sind SIR Leyi,th5ugh we're rather short
to-day i greal Of business doing Just
now AIr PapiIlotto; and laying the
l.aIall's property on table, he disap-
peor.d into the office to make out the
duplicate.
A grcst deal Of business doing. That
meant, when translated, great deal
Of misery wandering about the streets;
"A great many homes gloomy for want
OF petty Sums Of money; great many
mechanics without Sunday clothes; a
great many students moaning over
valuable books, sacrificed to keep life
enough in them to read those that were
left; a great many drunkards craving
for their accustomed poison, and get
ting itat the cost Of necessities great
many mothers shiyering in blanketlcss
beds that the little ones might not
starye. This was the kind Of business
that was doing.
was rejecting ON all this when
heard the parlor door open, and light
step fall softly npon tia carpot Think
ing that it was Mr. Levi returning with
the money, ! did not raiso my head. -
Presently low yoice--ah how unlike
Lewis buttery Jewish accents startled
me from my reyerie
! can play chess, it said softly.
| looked up suddenly A little fairy
creature, about sixteen years old, with
long, far hair, and large, beautiful blue
eyes, stood just within the door, star
ing at me like some timid bird at him
who wanders in the lonely woods, half
fearing to approach, yet longing to
come nearer.
And who on earth are you | asked,
abruptly; and as spoke saw at a
/ glance that the blood Of the children OF
Israel did not run in her clear, blue
veins
an Nellie Lee, sir, replied the ap-
partition, and I'm in pawn.
Ia what? exclaimed, under the i'm.
preston that | mnst have been deceiy
ed Ia the absurd statement had just
heard
In pawn, sir, she repeated, as simply
as II she was saying she was IN bed.
Aud who put you 10 pawn, in th,
name Of oil the Medicis, may ask
said, scarcely able to keep my counter
auce
Father pawncd me for money to bu!
paints. answered this most extraordin
airy deposit; aud I'm so lonesome-oh
you cant think
What is your respectable parent, ma.
/ inquire?
He's an artist, sir, and he has jus
got an order, Sir and be wantod none.
for the canvass aud the paints TO finisl
the picture. He paints beautiful pic
turesi indeed he does.
She seemed so very anxious abou
3 my not doubling her fathers abiIit
that ] miied sort Of assent, as il
we're perfectly convinced Of bis rar
Z talent. aud was intimately acquainte
, with Tie mort % every one Of b 8 pro
! ducuoHs.
. Where 10 they keep you' askeC
hali jestingly for The whole affair seen
!, "a 50 ike a ,anderyiIle, that | cxpecte
2 every moment to hear some unsee
. audience appiauding the Performance,
DO they put you in the safe With th
: jcwclry, or lay you on the shelves wit
Z gowns and coats
No. slr.I lire up stairs with Mr. Lev
Z Father viii come, though,i in few day
d with the money 10 redeem me