The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-24
SELECTED STORY.
An Hour of Agony.

Has tbe reader ever had tussle WIN
Bengal tiger in full vigor and appe.riS. IT. nor.
II CHANGED him to be in Dah00h '. mnon -,
t - Inv Prussian bullets? Has IL occurred
to him to have been INDUCING coinihenoa,
ble curiosity in the remote fecesses Vi co'l,
VI; han an explosion suddenly severed
NM! I'M o,omnection between himself and the
vsorld without? These are forms OF uneasl-
ness not to be lightly treated OF. They
shrink into nothing beside that supreme COM
mingling of grief, establishment, and horror IL
was my lot to experience on certain never
to-be-forgotten evening OF January, 'lorty-
nine. ,,. &c
Times soothing influences has wrought us
accustomed effect. Allbitterness, an seh-ie
proach, have died gradually away. IL pei, ar;1
IF that mental tumult which, for long peri
cd attended the remembrance OF the nei
dent in question, now find myself aoie u
narrate with indifference, nay, even VIII "
smiia tbe circumstance to which, but recently,
INV most intimate friends burst hafuiy haZai"
an allusion. o.,o of
The Guild of Lumpeters represents one Oh
the most ancient and honored Vi Loru thaS
civic institutions. What they are, why they
are. l have not the remotest iaea. Enou 81
that ON a certain day in November, they are
seen in ~+heir glory, their mannars priShter,
tbe;r hands bpassier, their knights more,
onrnrIent themselves sleeker and more redo
lent of wealth than any OF their prosperous r.
walls. They have hall solely, 1t would seem,
for the purpose of hospitality. They give
dinners Of inconceivable succulency andtoo
someness. They invite Mayors, nay Kings,
who don't always come, and princes, who
generally do, and they also invite me. 60,
for like them. All the Lumpeters OF my &C
auaintance are noble, large-hearted men, eltl.
zen gentlemen, on whom London, In need OF
arm and purse, might confidently rely.
think if were other than what am, would
be a Lumpeter.
Pretexts were nver wanting for a Lumpe-
ter feed The recovery of the chief city mag
istrate from bilious attack the breaking up OF
the frost. the birth of ason and heir to the Ban
of Croatia, arrival of piebald elephant at the
ga dens of the Geological Society, such were
among the events could recall as having sug-
gested faastfll rejoicings. But that to which
have now to refer was to be regarded as a
private and peculiar gathering, almost IN
point of fact, a corporate family feed, COM
prising no more than ninety-fiye guests, Sc
iected with discrimination, for the purpose of
testing the merit of new head-cook. Thus
it had rather the nature of grave and dis
passionate deliberation than OF dinner, a
certain sense of responsibility toning down
the exurberant mirth that usually waited on
these pleasant assemblies.
There we're to be no speeches, no music.
Tho nsuaI loval toasts. no more Above ali.
no ladies. The presence of beauty, chatting
in tLe Gallery might haply distract the at
tention Of the weaker sex from the great OBJ
ject of the meeting.
The Lumpeters were parteular-and
thought conservative-in matters of attire.
fashion moribund Int not defunct. of ankle
hnttoned nantaloons. figured silk stockings.
1919 sboas ovnars;ye white wa;stcoafs
and Tho ,niohty cravat natronized Inv his late
,,n;os,,, the f3urtt Georga II was we'll nm
darStoo9 that the adontion Of a similar COS
tnms an tba mart of iheir ouests world he in.
tarnrotad hv fmmnat .rs as the mos deIicate
soti,r,' that could he offared f,r their hoSn;.
lit, '1" ,nvsef;rv.r;ablv snortad tbe fsncy
Snass :, l,,ast;on - 'rO
~, tLa ayantf;,l dow T h,,a mentioned II
,..,,1o, va ttotTL.J Iaar Jota,naJ a. ohoor,
-. Ia ,,a,'oi ~ ~ raoah;,s,, -
bod he ro,,, s t;,ra 20 d,osS Wbia dnipn ,o so
"aad 'e ; w. ,noss.ro for, 'o fr eU
,e bo os I W hana oncomna~sd me- 70 Tho han'
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quet, pu. Mho, peihs Ia.e' anu himself ais"s =
s;,,, aa ~ INC suru, urso' NV W 'oooh0 ioi
viii ;ncreaSed svnaJ;t;op tin;Sbad r,y
+o;,ot and tba J;ninafhaII ha;,a hnt f;ro min,
,'tns, ,paii. frnn, nv, ras;Janoa n,,;nL,, h,,t
tonod o no;r Of ro,,ah nvoralls thrs,r Do on
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my ~ oi ,'a. 'aston;shrnen+ crn,vJ donsa and
~ my ae0oiiienioii', Iio"a' uIhoo Gnu on
sun ausnion'S, maS ~ ~, O. So. .id1
uoor, l. was plly spI siu vi ilenu
pohc s una. Mas enaoe ~, " NAM rS
way; nas was .c MAUI, imquI =.
VI Nunnpel N III D. nno ahsMei! nan
uIowhea IN sne sla''1 IN, VI Sewing Garages
s ssn ~, W,h S;a Me f,,had Swell w t..
"nos Nuiloei Niue.oen H. ,9.o ', W lust
ms liS ips Mi.n one n.' A. Vs.;iD meiG nln ~
more in'enisen' pol.1i VIM plesehI,y an
mouheeu 10 me tilat ene re.owh9a FRENCH
non Slayer, Tue Daroll Dooat' ue De.e 1auve
nlc, az .he h's1 Iionien., aIIeP'eo al
mv VII 10 alne az Luiiipeteis aaii'
Inc character Oh .he assembly haa under
gone cnange. Not o1ly haa q ll.tie relll-
iorcement OF hnndred ana twenty guests
peen hastily invited, put a uense mass OF spec
tators ilneu tne nan, tae passages ana the
alte chalnoer, anu even iIotheu over hla1 tne
panquetlhS room ltsen, !he spacious gallery
oL WHEN was alreauf iiiieo WIN iauies, wn4Il
tne cnivairous guaa had lound IL Impossible
10 dream 1 OF eA Gu. No., ... ,.e,,
was iate, out Gunner nau oeei' deferred
nan an no"i, ine, .', "ouiu NC JusI .il i,e
TO rush into the room, secure my Irlends
seat, ana then deposit my CLOAK aud oVerails
III Ihe room oevoteu 10 suci purposes.
Inc FORMER nlae'er was quickly arranged,
and was dartlng PACK, when was met by
rush ana pressure that Almost forced me
DenlhG an adlaceht screen. Inc baron de
De.e fause hau alriVeu' anu MAS peiiiS III
uiiIpnantty hiaIcneu ih.o IIe nan.
Inc Inc baron bopaall ue bete Fauve, when
visible, proved 70 De remarkably small gen.
tleman, Win intensely Diack eyes ana NOUS
!aches, tne latter curing nerceiy up almost
lleo 5ne FORMER, oue my own Wi slIuatlqn oe,
nlaiioe "a al! my atteltioh. MllhuraW coula
not los SIT uowm III tnaI nignay ae'lrea sotl-
ety III hght prown o'erahS, sucn as might De
Mofh py s';9eih"1, was ~. ~ pe thought
a. ali am uea oras mit =. .ne uooi iear
s sne "+ t o ,or VIII epa'o w. EsIu ~,
l" .mo ns s.ua AGAINST WHICH , nau
b bton ptI9oeo oap. "t "aL.S urc"
mn ssU VIII III, ,n'o S,i"e ihonoiy s,eitel
I,,,t re l nop, NY anah IAN Set pack'
Du1e ie' c1P om LIS ~ 4au tho
now i'll III gaspeu, anu TORE the buttons
ioV "a n, m, n;,h r a;n y 'peeu'
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,ona ,,,o 49, W. 5soos,n a. anu soaioety
81 ha oa,,,r,t W 4a mo III
nr - ,,' Tar;sloj =; on tI ann,,.a anu o"iiu-
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