New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-21
LITTLE POLLY PILKERTON.

Old Pilkerton-old by virtue of his bein
POlly's father-kept a saddler's shop /
Long Acre. He was the third generatio
which had dealt in pig-skin, and had bee
duly apprenticed to his father, who, in hi
turn, had served his own father, and ha
been dutifully instructed in the art an
mystery OF making saddles. The Pilkerto
saddle had good name, and the artist
who built them knew their own work. TIL
shop was excellently kept-a pleasant
large room, smelling of new leather, gilt
tering with new bits, curbs and snafles
and Ornamented with a finely curved head
of horse, upon which the PilkertOn head
stall, worked curiously and with a multi
pllcity of stitches, was exhibited to perfec
ton. Herein old Pilkerton received his
customers, gentlemen Of large estates, mas
ters of hounds, young heirs who took an
interest in hunting and in horses, and fair
ladies, who would step from their carriages
10 see their side saddles built.
PilkertOn was a handsome, dark man. on
the right side Of fOrty-fve, bald-headed,
well-shaven, and with a neat black whisker.
His manner was that of a sound, honest
English tradesman. Quickly deferential in
taking orders, firm and manly in pointing
out what could and should be done, and Of
that kind which generally won its own way.
leave that to me, SIR he would saw Il
have worked in leather more than five and
with it,
The saddler was a widower; his onlv
daughter, Polly, rising twenty, had been
well educated at the Misses Blum berry's es-
tablishment, near Bedford square, was an
adept at music, and had carried off two or
three prizes in French. On the whole, she
was superior in accomplishments to the
general tradesmen'5 daughters, and was
sOberly religious, being Wesleyan, and a
Sunday school teacher.
A. L, 4 L.
find that their shop minds them, and have
at their bankers plenty of money to fall
back upon in the rainy day. But there are
exceptions PilkertOn was one. He was.
Just as the story opens, subject to a run of
ill-luck. His banker had "brOken" and, in
breaking, broke some hundreds Of smaller
men into little pieces. The old saddler how
ever, weathered the storm. The shop did
not look less bright and wOrkmanlike, but
it had less stock in it; Pilkerton was in
debt to his leather seller, had to send in his
own bills at an earlier date, and, instead of
clerk, Polly, who never saw her fathers
customers before, came into and orna-
mented the little glass case which served
for counting-hOuse, and kept his books.
When sorrOWs come, they come not single
spies. Fullerton the 5addler tried to hold
his own; and seeing a contract from a great
house for saddlery, sent inland blessed his
luck when he got it!
nobleman, who devoted himself to his regi- |
ment-the Redlegs, dashing light cavalry |
corps-determiLed to astOnish the world |
de had invented new demipiuue saddle: |
and, as the government looked cOldlv on If. |
had obtained from his royal highness the |
commander-in-chief the great favor of pre- /
5entlng the whole regiment with new sad |
dies. His royal highness looked upon this
craze with kindly pity; but the earl had
proved himself a household soldier TO the |
backbone, and had once added twenty
pounds per man to the regulation price Of
the horses of the regiment. Sangpur was
beloved by the men, but hated by his off
GERS, whom he put to all manner Of expense.
''What does fellah," he once said, 5'dO in
my regiment with less than three thousand
q year," And the question was unanswer-
able.
Messrs. Moses Macbeth & Co, the we'll
Known army ClOthiers of st. James street. /
joOk the contract. English society will not |
allow the real workers to do such large
obs without a middle-man. Moses, Mac
'eth d Co. thereon sent round to various
addlers, and Plnkerton-whOse name stood
cry high--was selected to carry out the
rder OF $50 saddles, as per sample"
We've got the best man in the orld mi I
Id, said little Moses Ia red-headed Israel :
e, with roman nose and a heavy nous
ache, dressed in the most perfect civil-mil-
airy costuIhel. He had originally been a L
lllor at Chatham, but had prosUered-in .
)ite of two bankruptcies which iil-natured Il
ersOns said made his fortune.
"Who is he ?" al
" Pilkerton, of Long Acre" al
g He'll do" said the earl, who knew the m
.ddler's fame in the huntiHg-field. WHY 81
en- he did not give the order to PilkertOn! ~
his is one of the mysteries of trade. I'll
. We've got to find him the money" said pi
r. Moses, with jeer. These good work
en- are SO poor" yC
50 You can draw, Mr.. Moses. when part of th
order is executed" said the nobleman ="
ndly.
Moses, Macbeth & Co. did draw; DOOR nj
lkerton did not. Like an old-fashiOned
adesman, he liked to have his money in a
mp, and had pious horror of prepay trs
ent. ms spirits rose with his luck, and he trt
ds6rayely at his contract. mis-
Ire wesleyan minister, under whom | An
tie Polly Pinkerton sat. was the Rev an
muel Stoker, pious man. who did NOT he
sdaln 70 sport an American degree of d
Dr. sucker nau prospered, lived in Bed hin
rd square, had son who was in a GOOD NO
sIIoh Ia the metropolitan and Provincial an
INK, and daughter who. when moor pii So So
rton lost his money, tried to helm paIIL ~ - d
taxing music lessons from her Miss Iii
oker was very stupid, but very good na. NJ nj
red, and Polly was delighted: s0 vas W. wv
ung Samuel StOker, who delighted in his ron
'OAu udulo OF h6acl-heach StOkar rio,
q. He was named after a celebrated s ~,
2lne' who had expOunded the prophecies Az
Aeach Stoker was fond of music: went coz c.,S
cry saturday to the Crystal Palace CON. III
US, ana returned so late that he was nan
yer seen at his fathers chanel. It.is % r La
y with oIergymens sons, as well as with ~ p,O
Dse OF plous non-contOrmists. Sally StoI,ar r.
med Sarah after the wife of the TafTia-ob -
d born in days before DID. orbaDantaj VIZ WIZ
: fathers name, mourned over tbis, onS go =, az
preacher himself improved the onc9sioU of
bis celebrated Lectures to Young Men = 8
what Reach called prOfanely the D0nhja va
emit" that is, on Making a Bank in :. p.
tn Worlds" But Reach dressed fashion Rer
~, rose in his bank, shook his head when viii
= one talked about marrying, said he his
$ beggar on five hundred year-and the
he was beggar, in slate-colored kid pial
YES, splendidly-Cut trousers, a glossy hat who
uneXceptiOnable boots. fore
his did not-this miserable state of nov. prai
y, / mean-hinder him from making II
'ert love to Polly. When Polly gave her bv
ming lessons, Reach, who was more than beer
pected of having been seen at theatres | Hon
promenade concerts, managed to stav said
home, to the great delight Of Sally and | dies