The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-21

and lot water and he swelled up an
said, I'm not the waiter; Iii ave you I
know I'm not the waiter; I'm the land
lordr" a'
@.AIl the same, said I. 4 though
you was, and I want some whisky
"tBut you can 'svs no whisky ere
IN not b. called wsitor In ny owl
'ouse.i So 1 told him to 60 TO the dew!
and left the room;' and the ingenuou
creature appealed to me II It wss not
shame and An outrage and replied tha
II most assuredly was. .-...
II wonder If they know 'ow TO trea'
strangers ind better ere" he said, look
il e about the room.
Just then waiter appeared and thu
beloved " or Scotch" was soon before
him.
He was Ans specimen of Q young
Englishmsn, with round, fresh face
brieet eyes, full rosy lips, beard tina,
days, and withsl an expression singular.
ly boyish and ingenious. He was well
dressed in gay ebeviot clothes, and wore
the inevitable stove.pipe hat.
"It's the first time I've been up to Lon.
don, and / 'cpe It's the last" he contin-
ued. "Ive seen enough Of It."
Just here the German re appeard and
Wa! presently as interested as I was in
the new arrival upon the scene, whom
the Scotch whisky was making more
and more garrulous and confidential.
With the utmost naivete he went on
to complain how queerly he had been
treated IN London.
IL did not get through my business
till day before yesterday, when / thought
before | left town, and as my case in
court had come out so well that would
90 out and ave little jolification. Mr..
so and-so, our lawyer, made me give
MIN most of my money before l went
out; but kept back few bank notes
that he didn't know 1 'ad. As / was
walking on the Strand lady came rush.
ing up TO me and said:
".'OR hare you Mr.. Jones"
".Pretty near it, said /. MY nam :
is not Jones, but it's johnson. Ali tn
same; no harm done, Miss and was
going on, when she ssid:
is that the way you leave lady?
".Leave lsiy2' sGid l, a deal sur.
prised at her manner.
Eyes said she, leave lady; that is
not the way Mr.. Jones would DO
Pray, how wou d Mr.. Jones dor
said l.
"sWhy, he would have taken me in
and treated me TO bottle of wine
"'Oh; If that's all, you shall ave two
bottles, said /. Come on
80 we went into place there, and
blow me if she didn't drink nearly two
bottles of wine. l was amazed; l / ever
saw u lady drink so, and they charged
me outra seously for the wine,-a guinea
for the two bottles. Why, our
VINE at 'ome don't cost US half that.
"rhen she asked me to take her to
some rooms. l forget the name; it be.
gan with hs,-Hareyle Rooms; that's
it, and rs l didn't mind having little
fun and not to refuse lady, said l
Come or and away we went.
"Gentlemen," said the in oocent cres-
ture, ''your are strangers to me, but L
trust you'll never mention what am
now telling you; l wouldn't ave my SIS.
ter Mary know ii for a hundred pounds"
We assured him he need have no fear
of US, and urged him to proceed.
awhile at the Hsrgyie," resumed he,
"the girl (for l am convinced she was
not LADY, wanted me to dance with
her, but [ could not dance, so she danced
with two or three other gentlemen, and
then came to me and asked me to get her
a pair of gloves. thought this u little
hodd, but offered 'er u ALT u crown, and
told Ter 10 get them 'erself. This she re
fused; said she never paid less than a
crown for ner gloves; wouldn't be seen
with 4 pair that cost only 'alf a crown;
AID, as 1 did not like to appear mean, l
said, Come on. with me, you shall ave
the gloves l gave her sovereign,
and she told me to visit outside while she
went IN the shop and got the gloves. |
paced up and down in front of the place
for 'alf an hour, and then went into see
what lad become of her, and get my
change. The sbop-girl lsu ghed, and said
she'd been gone ALT an hour; so | see l
nd been sold, and went straight back TO
my 'otel."
Luckily" he continued, 81 got note
changed when paid tor the wine or L
should ave given her fve-poun note,
and SO lost it all"
The tone and manner IN which this
narrative WAS delivered were irreslstlbly
mirth. provoking, and we laughed I'M
moderately At the poor fellows green
ness
Here" said L to myself, sis speci-
men of my unsophisticated Eng'ishmsn
OF TIE very first water. He is rs fresh as
n new-blown rose, and never ought to let
20 the apron string OF his sister Mary"
NV German said something about the
danger of going about London with much
money in ones pocket.
"rm not afraid said the verisnt,
Il always carry my money right here,
too" taking out from the breast pocket
of his coat loose package OF Bank OF
England notes. "'Ow am l going to lose
tnat with my coat battoned sou
But my friend assured him he might
easily lose it; that he had better have
left it with his lawyer or his banker;
that he himself nevor carried but few
pounds abo It him, and no prudent trav-
eier ever did, and, on appealing to me, |
a ided my testimony to the same effect,
declaring that l seldom left my hotel
with rs much as fve-pcund note in my
pocket.
but ave enough more" said the
c,mplscent IDIOT, al lose this. You
see nv sister Mary have just come into a
little property about Eli 0Oo- that is
what brought. me up to London; IT'S an
un pleasant subject, n family quarrel, but
rlg ht Is right, and Whist the law gives
one, that he may call his own, mayn't he?
Well, the Jaw has just given me and me
sister Mary me iatner's estate which me
elder brother George had held since me
fathers and brothers death. This Is 'ow
it 'appeued. The old family nurse, when
sue came To die, let 1t ont that me brother
George WAS born cut OF wedlock-tnsi Is
before me latter and mother were mar
RED, and 50 WIS not the .egsl heir OF the
n-,,.r,y The old doctor WAS referred to