Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10

| vIueFoo 70 DO whipped. yesterday, or TINS
| day. . commission was sealed, appointing
the Lord Chief Justice Jeftreyy-
| Chapter XY.
| In word. my master was q writer of
news letters. and in that capacity DOS
| sessed OF go excellent q style and so great
connection In the western counties that,
as ne was wont to boast, there was hardly
| squire or rector from Bristol to Dawllsh
tnat did not owe what he knew Of his ma
)esty's govt, or Mr.. Dryden's last play. to
his weekly epistles. The popish plot on
the one hand. which had cost the lives of
Lord Stafford and SO many Of his per-
| suasion. and the Rye house plot on the
| otner. which, by placing the wings at the
| mercy OF the government had at the same
Time Afforded those their revenge. and IL
had given her SO sharp q stimulus to the
appetite Tor news that Of late he had
| found himself unable to cope with It, In
o eMs unsettled condition and meditating
ana GUST print from the field, he fell in
| with me, and where another man would
| have selected a bachelor whose cassock
ana scarf might commend him at Wills
or Child's. his eccentric Kindness snatched
me from the gutter, and set me on a tall
stool, there to write all day for the de-
lectation Of country houses and mayors
| parlors.
remember that at first 1t seemed to me
so easy a trick dhis noting the news Of the
day In plain round hand) that I wondered
they paid him to do it, more than another.
But besides that then had knowledge Of
one side Of the business only, 1 mean the
framing the news, but none Of the man.
ner In which it was collected at Cara
and the gallery at Whitehall. / presently
learned that even Of the share that fell
to my lot I knew only as much as the
dog that turns the spit, Of the roasting
of meat. For when my employer, finding
me docile and industrious-as I know !
was. being thankful for such a haven. and
crushed in spirit not only by the dangers
through had passed. but also by my mis-
one day to my devices, merely skimming
through copy and leaving me to multiply
1T, with my guide, the list OF places to
which the letters We're to go. as Bridge
water, whig; Bath. tory; Bridport. tory;
Taunton, whig; Frome, whig; Lyme, WING.
and SO on, 1 came very far short of sue
cess. True, when he returned in the even
ing I had my packets neatly prepared for
the MAIL which then ran to the west thrice
a week and left next morning, and had
good hopes that he would send them un-
touched; but great was my dismay when he
fell into rage over the first he picked Up,
and asked me bluntly If l was quite fool
1 stamneled some answer, and asked in
confusion what was the matter.
Everything he said. Here, let me see.
Why. you dolt and dunderhead. you have
sent letters in identical terms to Frome and
Bridport."
Yes. said. family.
But the is whig and the other is
torry! he cried.
But the news, sir" made bold to an
swer, lis the same"
rs it!' he cried, in fine contempt. why.
you are a natural ] thought you had
learned something by this time. Here,
where is the Prone letter? The London
Gazette announces that his majesty has
been graciously pleased to reward my Lord
board by raising him to the dignity of
lord president of the council, an eleva-
ton which renders necessary his resigna-
ton of his seat at the board Tut. tut,
that is the court tone. Here. out with it
and write:
1.-The Earl of Rochester's removal from
the treasury board to the presidency OF
the council, which is announced in the
Gazette, is very well understood. His lord
ship made what resistance he could. but
the facts we're plain, and the king could do
no otherwise. Rumor has 1t that the sum
lost to the country in the manner already
limited at exceeds $1,000 guineas.'
There, what Genes next? Letters from
tie continent have it that strong recon-
mendations have been made to the court al
The Hague to dismiss the D. of NJ, and
1t is cor fidently expected that the next
packet will bring the news Of his depart
ure.' Pooh, out with 1t. Write this:
The D of M Is still at The Hague,
where he is being sumptuously entertained.
Much is made of his majesty's anger, but
the D. is well supplied with money from
an unknown source. which some take to
be significant At ball given by their
highnesses on the 18th he danced an En-
glish country dance with the Lady Mary.
wherein his grace and skill won all
hearts,
That is better. And now what next!
This day an ambassador from the King OF
Siam in the East Indies waited on MS
majesty with great marks Of respect.
Umph! Well. leave It, but add, An, sisie
propius.'
And then. There are rumors that his
majesty intends to call parliament
shortly. in which plan he Is hindered only
by the state Of his govt
out with that and write this: In the
city is much murmurlng that parliament
is not called. Though his majesty has not
played lately at tennis, he showed HIM
self ye sterday in Hyde Park, SO that some
who maintain his health to be the cause
deserve no weight In his company were
his highness the Duke Of York and the
French ambassador.
"There, you fool" my master continued,
fingng two-thirds Of the packets back to
me- You will have to amend these, and
another time you will know better"
Which showed me that had still some
thing to learn, and that, as there are
tricks in all trades, so Mr.. Timothy Bronze
did not enjoy the reputation Of the most
popular news vender in London without
reason. But as 1 addressed myself to the
business with zeal, / presently began to
acquire mastery over his methods. and.
with each days work, as in such an en-
ployment 1t could not fail to grow, 1 was
able before very long to take the compost
ton of the letters almost entirely off his
hands. leaving him free to walk Change
alley and the coffee houses, where his
snuff-colored suit and snappish wit were as
well known as his secret charity was little
suspected
He was, indeed, of so honest a DISPOSE
ton in private, his faults of temper not
withstanding, as to cause me at first some
surprise; since I fancied an incompatibility
between this and the laxity of his public
views. which he carried to such an ex-
IRENE that he was not only political
skeptic himself. but held all others to be
the same, maintaining that the best public
men were only of this or that color be-
cause 1t suited their pockets ambitions
and that, Of all. he respected most Lord
Halifax and his party. who at least trim
med openly, and never cried loudly for
either extreme.
But as his actions in other matters bet
tered his professions, SO 1 presently found
that in this, too, he belied himself as was
made clear when he came to the test. For,
the death Of King Charles II occurring
soon after 1 came to serve him-so soon
that 1 still WINGED when my former life
was probed, and hated a woman and trem-
hled at he sight of constable apd uoy,