Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-06

that he had tho stroke.oar, and he
pulled away manfully. As Pop
worth lifted up hia loud, nasal voice,
the Doctor raised his voice IN tho vain
hope. Isupposc, Of making himself
heard by his iusty competitor. II you
had never had two blessings ruuniu4
opposition at yonr table In The pres
encc Of invited guests. you can never
imagine how astounding, how kill
ingly ludiGrous 1t was! l felt that
both Linton and Gregg were ready
to tumble over, each In an an.
oplexy of suppressed emotions;
while I had recourse to my hand.
kerchief to hide my tears. Att
length, poor Wortleby yielded 10 his
fate,-withdrew from the unequal
contest,-handed off-ior repairs; and
the old seventy-two gun-ship tiiun-
dcred away in triumph.
At last las there must be an end
TO everything under the sun) my
uncle came TO n close; and q mo-
ment of awful silence cnsucd, dur
ing which no man burst look at
another. But In my weak and jelly
like condition l vemturcd a glance at
him, and noticed Tint he looked up
and around with an air of satisfac-
tion at having performed a solemn
duty In q becoming manner, blissful-
ly unconscious of having run poor
brother of the track. Seeing us all
with moist eyes and much affected
two or three handkercl,icfs still
going,-he no doubt fiattercd him
self that the pathetic touches I'm his
prayer had told.
This will give you some idea OF the
kind Of man we had OH our hands :
and won't risk making myself as
great bore as he is, by attempting
u history Of lis stay with us; for l
remember set out to tell about my
little lron-Clad. Pm coming TO that.
Suffice it to say, he staid-he staid
he sTAID!-five mortal weeks; refus-
ing to take hints when they almost
became kicks; driving our friends
from us, and ourselves almost to dis
traction; his misfortuncs alone pro-
tcctihg him from prompt md Wig
orous examinations; when a happy
chance helped me to a solution of this
awful problem of destiny.
More than once l had recalled IIar-
ry's YivaciOus suggestion of the
scarccrOw-if one could only have
been invented that would sit conf
poscdly in a chair and nod when
spoken to! ! was wishing for some
such automaton, to bear the bruni of
the boring with which we were afliic-
ted, when one day there came q lille
man in the garden where had taken
refuge.
lie was n short, swarthy, foreign
looking diminutive, stiff, rather COM
iral reilow,-litile figure mostly head
little head mostly face, little face
mostly nose, which was by 10 means
little-sort of human vegetable Ito
my horticuliunl eyc) running marvel
ousIy 10 seed in that organ. The first
thing that saw on looking up ut the
sound of footsteps, was the said nose
coming toward me, among the sweet
corn tasscls. Nose of u decidedly
Ilebraic ast,-the bearer respect full
iy dressed, though his linen had all
unwholcsomc sallowness, and his
cloth shiny, much-brushed, second
hand appearance.
Without n word he walks up to me,
bows solemnly, and pulls from his
pocket { | thought he was laying his
hand OH his hearty the familiar, much
worn weapon of his class,-the
folded. torn yellow paper, ready
to fall to pieces as you open
| it, in short, the respectable
beggar's certificate of character.
With another bow (Which gave his
nose the aspect Of the beak of bird
of prey making q pick at me) he
handed the document. found that
it was dated in Milwaukee,, and sign.
ed by the mayor of that city, two
physicians, three clergymeu, and an
editor who bore united testimony 10
the fact that Jacob Mcnzel--I think
that vas his name-thc bcarer,any way,
was a deaf mute, and considering
that fact, "a prodigy of learning, being
master of no less than five different
languages "a pathetic circumstance,
considering that he was unable to
speak one); moreover, that he was a
converted jew; and furthermore, a
native of Germany, who had come
| to this country in company with two
brothers, both of whom lad died of
cholera in ST. Louis III one day; in
consequence Of which affliction, and
his recent conversion, lie was now
anxious t, return TO Fatherland,
where he proposed to devote his life
to the conversion of his brctllren;-
the upshot of all which was that good
Christian and charitable souls every
where were earnestly recommended
to aid the said Jacob Menzel in his
piOus undertaking.
Twas fumbling i'm INV pocket for a
little change wRercwitb TO dismiss
nim.-for that is usually tho easiest
way of getting offyour premises and
yonr conscience jhe applicant for
laid" who is probably an impostor.
vet possibly not. when NV eve
can ght the words (for | still held the
documenN, "would be glad of any
oinploymemt Which NAV helm to nav
his war." The idea of finding EN-.
lplovment for a man of such a large
nose aud little body, such extensive
knowledge and dIminutive lcrs-who
had mastered live languages vet
could not sneak or understand .,
word of any one of them,-struck me
as rather pleasant, to say the least !;
yet after moments rcflcction,-
wasn't he the very thing wanted.
Meanwhile he was seribIiins | rap
idly on Il small slate he had taken
from his pocket. With another bow
Jas if he had written something
wrong and WAS going to wipe it out