The sun., 1872-12-24

Is impossible to say but he did rouse, and, as il
diyinlng the thoughts Of his guest, said "Yes
name spinning down the abysm of time, rail-
road tine 1t for npe S. hundred and and 5
the qualls done TO turn, Fergus? bring
couple bottles Of Chancellor Greene's az port.
Port sir, Is the only wine Chancellor should
late, but then he Is getting old. The old stock
always stuck to port sir-always stuck 10 port"
THE vICE-CHANCRLLoRs SUPPER.
with INFINITE grace he waved me to the table
opposite him. Beyond the quails, the port, and
the delicate Favored marasohino which came
on, after the frcnch coffee. and with the cigars,
II would be an inenable breach OF polltoness to
further reveal the beauties and the mysteries of
the Chancellor's cuisine. IL memory must
Each OF US had got well down toward the end
OF his second bottle, and the mellowing lnnu-
ence OF the generous vine began to show itself
In the face OF the Chancellor. He looked like a
man who would tell YOU ANYTHING for dollar.
"ChancelIor." said /, I" you we're speaking about
your decision in the great railroad case which
has lust been tried before you at Trenton Now,
Excuse me-" said he, "but that Is what 1
don't see This lie not the hour for that lumi-
looks more like the moon" And rising, he went
70 one OF the windows, drew the curtains back,
ana there indeed was iull Jersey moon' as II
Excuse me- said I, but THE sUN-thst is,
the diurnal periodical OF that name which have
the honor TO represent.desires to anticipate the
world, the Flesh, the Devil, and the other New
York journals in making known the results OF
that great case. Let Tue SUN but have the
making known Of your decision, and half mil
lion OF men will have read II before noon on
Monday. AMI" said |. growing warm, for the
port had begun to mellow the other fellow,
THE DECISION.
"Don't call me Amzl," said he, "call me Tom
my: There Is the Decision that small package
Have patience. What wouldn't some men that
al ~ NaA
and seventy follos"' "'"' VI '"''' '"' "'"N'''
tom Scott Tor Instance" said I.
ton, said d he. % You % may make up a"; your % mind
that II will Kill one or the other OF them, Ii
oision should be, for knew that before those
LAWYERS began 70 pile their legal chan around az
Trenton but which Of the two % men an S, should
There's Hamilton, now. He's used TO dsap-
pointments. II either. OF them stands a chance
scott, you know, has never vet met with dis
| appointment, and It would break his heart"
$50 you have decided to kill Hamlltonr said /.
A STARTLING PROPOSITION.
| He turned slowly round wlnked with his OF
| eye at fergus-I knew he did, for Fergus smiled,
| doubtless at the look of surprise which covered
sad we pay for X "a Sn st me Snn ne
dred on this corner. III call 1t Tom Scott. You
put a hundred on that corner. Call IL Hamil-
ton. II you win, up goes Tom. II You lose,
| down, goes Hamilton, and throw my decision
| Into the fre. What do you say 2"
The state at which your correspondent's p'ous
mind had by this time arrived can be better
ess ass nsh bssEs a
yes. see; Well" recurring TO me, what do
Scott. iil change and cali my corner Hamilton
began to suspect that something must be
wrong, either with the Chancellor, OF else with
| the Sun reporter, and that eitaer all hands had
too much ballast aboard, or else the Sun re-
hoers sands SaS . q ie were % running out faster
tusse with Yellow Jack.
| A SINGULAR REVELATION.
ut seems to me-" said |, rather slowly, "that
| -there-must-be-some great tnistak e-here.
public-citizen-of- New Jersey-known-as--
| Vice 2"
who the aeT told Il Hn f0Raf' nV'
| III you please" said |, the man who brought
me from the depot. said wanted 70 SEQ the
Chancellor. and he told me that no knew you
long before you wen. Chancelor!"
| "Of course he did You see this Is the wny
| II was had a case In Chancery myself; about
four years ago; before that old rooster Zabris-
| kie; gained it, been beaten before In every
| court in jersey; Benny Williamson was my
| lawyer; Shpman was on the other side call my
good liquors after Benny second class after
an Index OF ali the Chancery reports /; painted
| 'em on the walls fac-slmlles Of the backs no
inside 70 one OF them It's the thinnest colleo-,
| tiun OF law books In Jersey; portraits are all
| good copies; originals in tho State House
at Trenton New York friends come here some
way once got 10 calling me 'Chanceiior: eI.
pected one OF 'em tonight; fond OF qmails;
ton: have some stock in Pennsyivania Central
and bet on Tom friends been chafing me about
| IL; kept asking me when my Decision would
be out there It is: Just as good and likely TO be
| true as Amzis is bought that copy of 3Greene,
decision out of Ht It's ali % the same same 'sf 2nSrsHs
| coples all his out Of the books, and Ami Dor
rows his from old zabriskie's' Here he came
| to fun stop. Cut for deal, III you please J.
WORSE AND WORSE.
Excuse me-" said I. "but, II you please, my
| mind-my head, like, now-is not quite clear
the cabman come TO tell me that your name was
| Doddr
two that would have excited Laughing Bnrs
envy. After wiping his eyes and eombins out
msns ns wSS' BID he have bay S Sorso rSs '"e ''O
J. acknowledged that he had particularly
with red neck tie on hlmi"
| 7 admitted the red neck tie. Hero he laughed
again, throwing In another new variation or two,
my New YORK friends know him by that, and
ever since | had that case OF mine down in
when there isn't more than three OF EN- coming
out here at a time they come in.the.cab with q
won't Harry Hin and the other fellows say when
they hear that Srs exporter took me for w,sw rnSp
should have been nigh, to take his third lesson.
The " Chancellor " went on: "To-night ex-
GsSteS my friend ds JSs from New YOrH x
RSoRRfT' RoORns' arTay a%S % papsT @ but the
You've had his share Of the Quails and II you will
honor H. you can have his room, and tomorrow
morning my man shall drive you into Newark
and set you down at Amzrs own house door
but Anal won tell you anything. II he did he
would tell YOU just what I'll bet all my railroad
stock against a clam shell Tom Scott is king OF
jersey, and the National may Just as well get
out OF the way. Let's go 10 bedV
GONE.
The Sun reporter declined, with thanks, any
further hospitality but, concluding that four
mile walk In the night air and the moonlight
would do him good said GOOD night" 10 the
knight Of the Green Cloth, and before another
hour had chartered hotel char until the early
south-bound train should start.
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