New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

snf,cred much fear from want Oh nie' ny u. P" P
Tor re was eI,ctantly to burn up when the clerks
affirmed from their Offices In ms owl, roo ,ara
| the s,ates il was cold; ncvertheiess "o . o ,nnn
wheh 'nP Resore J That he remained in the parlor,
watching the expiring of the itle nie ' t tho coIJ
moi warmth during breakfast. Only ~ ,ic 80 80
EST weather would he descend 10 the Kitchen ioL "a u
few moments stand by the stove ann va hid j.,
hands. whilst Miss Jones, "dlsl-shoscicaii ont
the pantry If the dav were frosty ne wahon n ~,
to mt his blood IN circulation, and then ms cnenfs
warmed into coor-a bright color III nis I'll I'll tbn
like the in child lhat oa CAV o,lar rented
the first floor and had her own sttlne-roo'a h onh
fire there: but from motives OF delcacy no ~,
and for fear of establishing pTecedeh'' ho' ~
lie was SO modest that it was only casually we
learned that he had once moved IN tnc oes,
and had acquaiutances high IN min'aif P nf
and titled II. visited and was vislteh Nv Iomo u
them Since that affair of his brother Nc nay rror
drawn himself from his fellows; ne @ sht'"n d hn
meeting those who knew the circumstances, anu II ~
smsnected more of beine aware of them than really
did know. He was very proud-iiot nfnsHN Lad I'd
dersandbut with sense OF ms nonpr nc r Inxnry he
ing which made him reserved one, one atn,t,es
would not give mp the luxury of giving era''in.aIf nIf
to all who served him believe thas , ano Took his
crcatcoat hat and gloves had much To- 90 wiz. ,J ,'a
refusing the invitations he at one lilnc tI
weekly from old broi her officers an" lld 70 his
coud not he mean, and 10 avoid the Wouuu W ~
sef-respcct of seeming mean he wonid ho' 70 Ill ~ IL
fellows. At last invitations, always ue0""''
ceased 10 come IN. =, a. Nro,,her Is
the Dnke of Wellington was buried IN ~. ., lau, .
Cathedral with great display OF ni',im5 nn5 5upoiI,rI piII
our old friend was one o tne sy the fail of the
Conservative Ministry under Lord DelpN u"a Iaast
| fall of something much more ihipor,in' fIi;n" IN
to Ms i'm Miss Joness establiShmcnt-thc iaI,,lia ,J "
,'o =" o, Of the Majors creatcuat We had followed
| the progress of decay in that venerapie a'a la
clothing for some time with lntcIesl ST. a, nii" il WAS
! wondered what the Major wonld 40 wheh !, "" w.,
worn completely out We hoped It would hoid onl m
the winter II iid not; 1t fell to pieces wi'h 'no
| Derby Ministry. ;,
preston Joke stirred him; no news ihtercS,ru o,
him. Ii was obvious to all that his mind was en-
| crossed with one absorbing question, now 10 pro-
| vide himself with another greatcoat ro.
| Then we residents under the roof of Miss Jones
took counsel together and discussed the possimiiy
of providing him with one. should we We
were none of well of, but we were reauy ~
make sacrifice TO help the old man to new % coa,'
As for that woman the first floor with tae teeln,
we did not consult her-seliish beast she ate lief
two kidneys herself and never offered ol'c 10 'he
Major ,,.,o,.
vet we felt that the plan was not be feasible. The
Major sensitive on the subject OF his EoVery,
and the offer would offend his pride. we ius, nus,
the Major should be induced to write his rcmi,,s-
cences of Waterloo and that his Ms: ht sh"n,o o bo
sent to a magazine Thus the money might DC
made by himself. He was far too humble man TO
think Of TINS expedient unprompted. We formed
deputaton and waited on him, and entreated nun,
as favor to ourselves. that he would put on paper
| his recollections of the Great Duke, and of Lord
Uxbridge. of Picton. and of the battle, ana men
that he would give his prolnc'on 3 10 Ide eNnrrcd w
| to il. He had never written line that hio peeu
printed. he knew nothing of literary form, he re-
| membered nothing of real Importance. we over
ruled his objections; we recalled one incident
and anecdote after another with which we had
been favored. We told him that We could not eN-
| pect 10 be all our lives In Miss Joness boerd,hg-
| house. and that in after-lsc we wished TO
| possess a memorial of whom we valued, and
loved. and reverenced as father: ,,;a +,i, be
| conld not answer us; his mouth twitched he hel'i
out hls hand, and it shook as ne squeezed each OF
Besides l said ! am an engrossing clerk, so
shall be able to give literary character 70 the Re-
collections, and write them IN legbe hand'
| which goes / understand, long way WIN the
reader to a publisher
Now whilst the composition Of this literary
sG snS Tni he in 5r cang G a
much. 1t was high ume Tor him to provide hlm,
se W o on h back IKE between @ a the
numbng him-in fact, the gIeatcoat had parted al
| the seam in the rear.
woul be possible for him TO reparlt himself, lie
! tried the parted seam, but the threads you'd not
hold, thcv frayed the edges; NO only pro
fessonal could. to speak set the greatcoa on It's
| legs again. Then he took II 70 Alr Dawklns,
a small working tailor, who lived IN sde
iane; a man much given to brandy, Who
! Monday he was dismal his head achcd, his hand
shook his views of life sOciaiIstlc. On Mon
! DAYS he was accommodating to his customers,
whether in the matter of price or OF repairs; me
Major was not q man OF the world or he would not
have gone TO MIR. Dawkns on Monday. On sunday
he had come to the conc uson that something must
be done TO his Greatcoa or he would not be able 1"
| 60 to church agun. and on Monday morning, ac-
coidiugly, he turned into Little Back ST., and INTO
| the taors shop. He was at once almost stified
with the closehess Of the Tooln the smell OF damp
! cloth hot irons and stale smoke. Mr.. Dawkins sat
I,tc fal,o bte lar pSsaI ND
hs feet encaSed III not OveT-clcan whte st0cklngs
WITH his toes he grlspcd the leg OF par OF trouS
ers which he was rcscatng. MIR. DawkinS was
| pasty-faced smal-poX-marked man, with thick
/ black hair and black, frowsy chin. His thumb
nail rcsembed the back of tortoise. Hound ms
neck over his dirty gray walstcoat, hung Il skeln
! of black thread. He had been engaged for some
minutes in trying to thread his need whei. the
! Major entered lie had cursed the bad light. the
needles eve. the thread and his wife in the back
room because his hand shook 50 that he could not
thread the needle.
Major Cornelius soon saw that the time he had
chosen was injudcious. but il was too late for nm
10 withdraw. He knew the tailor. and the tailor
knew hun. Indeed the man did many little jobs
for the ccntlencn at Miss Jones's. Mr.. Dawkinss
eve at once recognized the customer and then trav
ellcd down to his arm to see what hung over II for
him 10 operate upon.
Not at all well Ont of sorts all over How
can man be well when he slaves all day and is
worried all night by teethng baby Sq1all
| am unncrvcd by that odous brat. wish il were
not against the law to drown babies. Mine would
soon 20 over Waterloo Bridge"
How cal You, RobcItV exclaimed his wife
| looking into the room.
go back to your work. | not speaking to
you" ordered the tailor Il don't know what sort
of work YOU have for to do, Major, but tell YOU
beforehand | can only bogge it with this shaking
hand. Till the baby's teeth are cnt no work worth
looking at comes out of this shop. Well, Major
what is ii 7"
"Fve come o--to-just-indeed-r ly-with
-" When the Ma OF was nervous his elOquence
forsook him. he expressed himself in adverbs ard
propositions and left the imagination 10 supply the
verbs and subsantives He stood still. suffering,
thinking he had said his say. or forgetting what
his purpose was. go
"Weil, sir! what do you want with mei' asked