The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05

sense Is most admired. Though, TO
be candid, there are some who have
too much good taste TO esteem such
monkey-like animals as these In
whose formation, as the saying is,
the tailors and BARRIERS go shares
with God Almighty"
Calamities came thick and fast.
A voracious rat chews his pocket
book and destroys his best pair of
blue silk garters. Harder to bear
than either OF these mishaps,, the
roof leaks directly over his watch
and the water soaks in, hopelessly
wettlng his precious watch-paper. In
his endeavor TO rescue the cutting,
his hand gives it wrench. Relating
the melancholy incident to John
Page, he writes: This, Ccied /, was
the last stroke Satan had in reserve
for me; he knew | cared not for
anything else he could do to me and
was determined to try this last most
fatal eXpedient. | would fain ask
the favor OF Miss Rebecca Burwell to
give me another" And he adds:
However, | am afraid she would
think this presumption after my suf-
ferlng the other to get spoiled. II
YOU think YOU can excuse me- to her
for this | would be glad If you would
ask her" AS the letter continues, he
writes: You cannot conceive the
satisfaction il would give me to have
letter from YOU. Write me very
circumstantially everything which
happened at the wedding Was she
there? Because If she was, ought
to have been at the devil for not
being there. too" He closes with
numerous messages TO his friends
in Williamsburg and with the re-
quest that Page "tell-tcll--in short,
tell them all the thousand things
more than either YOU or | can now
or ever shall think OF as long as We
live"
Just year from the destruction
OF his much priced watch. paper mis-
love affair assumes very serious pro-
portions, insomuch that on January
20, 1868, he writes from Shadw eli
TO his bosom friend. John PAGE, In
this wise: "How does r. b. do? Had
| better stay here and DO nothing or
so down and do less, or in other
words, had | better stay here whjlu
! | am here, or go down that | may
| have the pleasure OF sailing up the
! river again IN tull-rgged rst? In
! clination tells me TO &C, receive my
! sentence and be no longer in sus-
/ pense; but reason says, IL YOU 20
and your attemrt proves unsuccess-
! iul YOU will be ten times more
wretchcd than ever. Have you any
! inclination TO travel. Page? Becaul
IL YOU have, shall be glad OF you
company. For YOU must know that
as soon as the Rebecca (the name |
intended 10 give the vessel above
mentioned is completely finished, !
intend to hoist sail and away.
shall visit particularly England,
Holland, France, Spain, Italy twhera
would buy me good fiddle) and
Egypt. and return through the Brit.
ish province TO the Northward home.
This. TO be sure, would take us two
or three years, and IL We should MT
both be cured of love in that tiue
| think the devil would be in Il 4"
BY July OF the same year very
formidable rival. in the shape oi
young Iacqueline Amber. OF James.
town, lays siege TO the heart of the
lovely enchantress. The fact is com.
municated 20 Thomas Jefferson, who
writes from Shadwell I'm reply: "The
rival you mentioned ! know not
whether TO think formidable or not
as there has been so great an open.
ing for him during my absence.