Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-08-15
ITO BE LET-EURNISHED." :"

"Anything over to-day?" asked. with
a significant and ironical emphasis, Young
aud briefess lawyer, named Kit Hammer
ton. OF another equally young and brief
less limb Bill Bellenden, rs he sauuter-
ed into the latter's room in Court street,
which rooms had very professional air
"A rusty CRATE filed with scraps of paper,
and cigar-ends. a table Uttered with law
books, sheets of foolscap, floor ditto, leath-
er-bo'tomed arm chairs, very crazy and
I truculent-looking, window panes that
looked like thick cobwcbs. all as i. should
be minus client. Anything over 2 he re-
peated
Over head and cars in love and debt
answered Bcllenden. that's all, O, [
forge. two dimes ard smooth quarter in
the wafer. box
.A,.I 49, tfoseIuuI ?.
Has departed for New York and Phil
adclphia to be gone for three days. lie
has let his town house. you know. and
was preparing to reside ut his country seat
at b. was looking round for servants
in fact. The grounds are taken care OF
hv his next-door ncighbor, n gardener.
He thinks now he shan't be back till Fall I"
OF course he came down handsomely
before he left remarked Kit, whiting
the table with his penknife.
.Hc gave me check for my quarter S
allowance in ADVANCE answered Bellen-
! den
Hare you drawn the money? ?
My dear fellow, require it all to con-
solidate my debts
What 4 stupid proceeding
a necessary sacrifice. My creditors
were pressing. had to compound with
them for the credit of the bar
And think you tcld me that no. dar-
ing to con6de the state of your affairs to
your father you had taken up your lodg-
ines on the sofa here and dincd at cheap
eating house
Exactly so. Kit
'Umph, n pleasant way Of passing the
next three months. certainly
Il shall live like n nabob for the next
three months. aad have little cash to
boot said Bellengcr triumphantly
AS howr
'You know just now everybody is NOV
ing out of town..
Yes, and you're obliged. thanks to
your want Of forcthought and exuava-
gance, to shelter here during tie hot
months
Listen, viii you 2 cried Bcllenden. =
Hear what I have written And taking
up sheet Of foolscap, he read as follows:
To BE Let-Furnished. A gerteel
country residence four miles from State
street, with fourteen rooms, furnished in
modern style. stable, granery. and large
garden stocked with the choicest kinds ol
fruit-near railroad and omnibus station
Part Of the rent will be taken on. in board
by the advertiser. Terms made known
Court street
.Zounds p cried Kit. his eyes starting
ont of his head. 'You aren't going to lei
your own fathers housef'
That's my plan.' replied Bellenden,
coolly. why should the house remain
empty for n whole quarter Z
'Bu, the new furniture will be spoiled.
Il shall only let j, to . respectable ten
ant
Kit demonstrated, but in vain. Bel
lendeu assured him that stern necessity
compelled him 10 act. and begged to in
form him that his resolution was so unal.
terably fixed that no power on earth could
shake il. That evening the advertise,
ment appeared in the Transcripts. TIL,
next morning a modest tap at Betenden'
Office door produced an invitation to Gu
ter. aud highly respectable old gentle
man availed himself of the permission
. lie was dressed in black, with a whit
neckcloth. wore a heavy gold chain an'
square. oli-fashioncd watch key. and pol
isaed shoes anG white stockings, and car
ried buff cane. with an ivory head. tn
very beau ideal Of an old Boston merchant
4 called, sir, in consequence OF you
advertisement. in the 7naascript last even
ing
Pray be seated. Ycu have IN idea q
moving 0u, Of ,cwnr.