The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-14

for thatI Butts it not cruel, neverthe-
less, that you should be- confined
here for three days? Is not disgrace
Ilul?"
cit Is, rather," replied Twee ze; 'but
II DON'T mind it,, Three days will pass,
sooner than a,weeks 1ttmigut have been,
worse"
And with this small grain of COMFORT
that his punishment might have been
more seFerei Tweezle passed the term oil
his imprisOnnent in cheeriulness!
Happy Tweeziel
This was one Of the troubles Of his
early life; and in manhood he has not
been more fortunate.s III luck has al.
ways followed him He has been in
love, and been Jllted; he has played and
been plucked; ne has cunfded, undbeen
deceived; but still, the more that For
tune has froWned, the more stubborn
has he been in defiance OF her., and the
more eager to console himself, even in
Fate's darkest day, by rejecting "lhat
it might have been Worse."
Another adventure in which he was
concerned will show his turn OF mind.
The Hon. Major Fitziggins, a gentleman
Aho rejOiced IN great stock of assuf-
ance, a. tolerabIy handsome person and
very accommodating conscience, took
~ luLO ulo ncdu w bUlilc
attentions W Miss Julietia Blossom, a
young lady to whom Tweezle was en-
gageu. These gallantries Of the Major
toward the tair Julietta were, Of course,
not very pleasing to my friend
Peregrine: and it may be in
lerred that no great portion Of good
VIII subsisted between him and the Ma
jor. Peregrine, being an easy. good.
natureG man, would never have insulted
Major Filzdggins; but the latter, being
an oVerbearing puppy, thought fit to ap-
ply an epithet toward Mr.. Peregrine
l"eeZle which, as a gentleman, MI.
Peregrine TweeZle could not do other
wise than resent. | was in c0nse euence
commissioned to bear AN invitation to
the Hon. Major Fitzfggins to lake a
walk to Chalk Farm on the following
morning, where he would find certain
person who would be most happy to ex-
change the politeness OF a shot with HIM.
Major FilzhgginS was too much of a gen.
tleman TO reject so courteous an offer,
and next morning, accordingly, The
meeting took place.
"Sad rascal, that Fitzfgg gginsl" said
TWeeZle to me, as we arrived upon the
ground.
"And a good shotw said 1, like jobs
comforter as was.
''Im glad OF itp' said Tweezle.
l was about to ask him why, when the
Hon. Major Fl higgins arrived on the
field, accompanied by his second. The
customary cold and formal civilities
passed between the belligerents; the
ground was measured by the seconds,
and the principals took their places.
There was an awful pause. Each man
fired and each man telll My friend
TweeZle was severely wounded in the
right arm. l kAelt down and began to
bandage UP his wound as we'll as was
able, when the second of Major FIlzig-
gins came up to me. Alarm and anxiety
were imprinted on his countenance.
"For GODS sakew said he, in IA hurried
tone, gentlemen, lose no time-hy--fy!
Major Fitzhggins is, fear, mortally
wounded"
'Good God" said l., 81 hope not"
'E fear So" answered the second,
shaking his head dolefully, as he turned
to render that assistance which his
friend SO imperatiyely needed. To nv
unsophisticaLed mind the. aspect Of al
fairs was disagreeable enough. Tweezle
saw that | thought so; and, looking
earnestly in my face, whispered in q
confding tone-"It might have been
WorseP'
"Howp replied l, mechanically, for
l was thinking whittier we should pro.
ceed Till the disagreeable business had
blown over.
~ might have missed himw said
Tweezle; and he tainted from loss oil
blood.
carried him in my arms to hackney.
coach that Was in waiting, aud we drove
away rapidly. Three weeks atterward
we heard that Major FItzfggius was
c nj Il
that no further tears were entertained
for his safety. Not SO, however, with
poor Tweezle. His wound had proved
extremely difficult of cure; and at the
end Of month lay in very precarious
state. To add TO this Yexation. news
also reached us that the heart Of the in
teresting and romantic Miss JulietCa
Blossom had heen touched by the dan
gers which the gallant major had under
gone Tor her sake. Rumor added-and
rumor for once spoke the whole truth
that the gentle lar one had, after a
short siege, yielded her heart, and fixed
on day when she would yield her
hand to the captivating soldier, This
news thought would prove rather too
much even for the comfortable philoso-
ply Of my friend, and hesiTated about
it to him. BY some
means, however, it came to his knoWl-
edge.
WHATS your opinion of my wound.
sir ?" said he TO me one day, alter l had
returned from solitary saunter through
Boulogne.,
"Bad enough" said I; "but you will
recover in three or four months.n
81 doubt it, replied Tweezle; "but
still it might have been worse"
''If he had Killed you outright.n said
[, guessing his meaning.
Precisely So" replied TweezIe, smil- |
ing and looking quite happy to think he
lad escaped with life, and had only re- |
ceived a wound which would contineI
aim for six months to his bed. |
''And what do you think of woman.
Kind in general," SAID Tweezle again. |
'and of Miss Julietta Blossom in partic.
llarr
''Ihey are false in general" said I. |
'and Miss Julietta Blossom is false In |
Particular"
"AhW said Tweezle, chuckling, "I am
! happy manW
81 wish you long continuance of
Four happiness" replied 1.
TWeezle looked serious for a moment, [
md then heayed deep sigh. 81 have |,
ost her." said'he.
"Miss BlossomP" inquired T..
"Yes; and sweet creature she wasllo
ich, beautiful and WeIl-born and l.
I'VE lost herP' TWeezle made an effort |