The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
BY HORSLEY BROS. & FIGUERs...
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PRESENT.


their ledgers and slowed away thd
papers with far greater alacrity thd
they had shown in bringing them Ol
some six or seven hours before; an
as they put on their overcOats, hd
and gloves they began, to; chat vii
. each other, One had got an erder 1,
!, the theatre for two, and asked anothj
!. to have chop with him, somewhe1
and then go thither; others wei
members of volunteer corps, an
. were fn a hurry to get on their iii
guises and go and be half-right turnd
somewhere. All had some persOnj
object, pertaining to love, war, plea
ure, OF eeme dinnef in view; 10 shOf
the striking of the clock had a magt
power, and turned them from md
chanical cogs into men.
One young man went up to til
head of department, and from hip
received papers, which he put into til
breast pocket of his coat, and the
walked Off without speaking to Iii
fellow clerks, beyond bidding goo,
afternoon to one or another, and 81,
senting once or twice TO the fact of tA
weather being fine.
"a mean beggar, that Mason," salt
Jones, as he arranged the flower in Lii
Ibutt0n-hole. kE Errs.s-s-
"Ay," replied Brown. "He din E
for shilling"
"And inks the rim of his hat"
L. Perhaps he is poor" suggested th,
charitable Robinson.
"Poorm cried Jones. '"Wh0 isn't
MilliOnaires are not commonly fOunC
on clerks stools. He has salary
and he is not married and yet ht
stints, and never goes anywhere, aht
does anything" Il
Perhaps he has o vice. suggested
Robinson, who always fought the
battle of the absent.
i"Ah !" he may have, certainly
4 replied Jones the lust. q n ~
i q, "But it. isn't only his meannesS,' u
to Mapleson, which had been met
with more pOliteness than cOrdiality
'he is so confOundedly stuck up.
Now, of all pride, I hate mean pride
The UNCONSCIOUS subject of all this
ldisparagement walked down Cheap
side to st. Psul's church yard, where
he stopped before a bonnet shop.
1 Z .tStill there,p he muttered; ''thati is
! lucky. How well it will become her!"
He entered, bought the bonnet
which had taken his fancy, and with
a little cardboard box in his hand,
started off in the direction of Isling.
ton. In vain did Hanson cabbies
raise their whips, and omnibus calls
cried "'TOnI ZION ~ He walked
every step of theway home. .'l
Home was parlOr Oh the ground
fioor-a bright, cheerful parlor, the
ornaments and furniture of which,
though not costly, were in perfect
taste. There were flowers, there was
a piano, open; music books lay about
i'm comfortable, but not untidy way.
Home was girl of 10, who welcomed
him with a smile, called him Harry,
| and went into ecstasies over the bon
net. Home presented some tea, tea
| treated as a meal, not the meaningless
supplement late diners understand by
the term. ei d 'a- -lF7 .7- -
"What do you think, Harry!" ex-
claimed the young lady in the course
| Of the meal.
"Think ?" replied Henry Mapleson,
| with his mouth full, "why, / think
that if there were many men of fortune
who knew that I had sister no
could make such anchovy toast as this,
they would soon carry her off from
me. s:.fEs t-rrE. tfr.gs5.si. -
"Young men of fortune do not marry
their cooks; the new bonnet is much
more likely to rid you of me. But
| what L was going to say was, We have
got a goose" 'at''tA "9i@ i!>'ii@ ! .
at isn't you, pussy, and it is not
~ f,.r Il,
the cat. - 1Fs
"Oh, what grammar!n
"The verb ito get takes an accusa-
| tive Susan. But about the goose.
How did you steal it?" a-'il n
"Nohow; it came; together with its
giblets, and half-a.dozen of sherry"
"What! Mr.. Anonymous again ?'
"Yes.n tsas t.rtl'Etfr..ssi
"He is very good" said Harry, a
serious expression coming over his
face. "But there is one thing that
do wish he would send-his name. I
hate mystery" "a.
"But you like the goose,p added his
sister. e
,"Well, yes; frankly. 1 do-sherry
likewise. He says that he is an old
friend of our parents; but if he is
ashamed to acknowledge us now, l
had sooner be without his charity.
However, il is ungracious to say SO !:
and after swallowing a eco note it
| would be absurd to strain at a goose
and giblets. We will eat the bird on
the day set apart for that purpose by
the church. Shall we invite our fellow
| lOdgerm
"Mr. Nicholson Oh, certainly"
When the tea things were cleared
| away, and the lamp lit, Susan Maple
son sat to work Oh her brothers. but
tons and socks, and while she sewed
and darned, he read q novel aloud to
her; equitable division of labor!
Just as he had flushed chapter,
the hall door closed, and observing
that Mr.. Nicholson had come i'm, and
that it would be good plan to give
| him his invitation at once, Harry Ma
pleson rose and went out, returning
| presently, followed by the fellow
Iodger, an, elderly man with slight
stoOp, who placed his hat and UNI
brella on chair, and came forward
to greet Susan, who took off her Thin
| BILE to shake hands with him.,
"Have you. been to the British
Museum to-day?" she asked.
"Yes, my dear:, yes, as usual: am
a Ieech appliedby the publishers to
old books Ntlh;. L'tJ -sit'
"A leech? No; bee." 4
"Weli, that is perhaps aTprettier
way of putting it, and more compile
mentary both tomyself and the ven
cradle authors Idraw from; they are
fiowery enough sometimes, too. But
the bee skips from bud to blossom in
gay, cOquettish manner, which
would never draw the honey out of q
black-letteredJ volume, let alone a
medieval manuscript. L fear that
| leech is more LITERAL" ~ ..t r--
"But then, what term would have
been left to the publishers ?" asked
Harry. b. 10 ysh .. lc3 l'.F Pc ~
s'Nay, nay,r said the old man; 1
cannot complain. They pay ME very
we'll; there is not much competition
i'm my musty line. rTlC- -aa ~.
A tyro in physiOgnonly might have
pronounced Mr.. Nicholson to be in
tellectual and benevolent, but it would
have taken an adept in the art to
decipher the expression which habitu-
| ally spread over his features. There
was a weary, hopeless, hunted look
which told of great suffering, either
mental or physical, probably the for
mer, for the deep lines about his mouth
and eyes were of that character which
is worn by sustained rather than spas
mOdic action of the muscles. He was
a man with O terrible - because o