| Show from the new tork conj tle tite tie WORLD AS IT IS 19 1 A TALE colonel seimore selmore Nel nei more an elderly gentle manwell krown known in boci society ety with a line fine forehead a at st rew lewd d conte trip active eye and an entered the room to him bun nugent poured forth the long list of his grievances gri evinces and chel chei c hel nel aided ry begging him to convey conrey a ch challenge allenee to the best or of friends frienda captain bial fial four the colonel raised his eyebrows eye brows IB I B it my dear sir this thi B gentleman hil hit has Is certainly behaved ili ill to you I 1 allow it but for what specia offense offence do you mean to challenge hillive hin bin for hla hia conduct ia in gede gene general ral rai the colonel laughed for saying yeat yesterday erday then that I 1 waa was i grown a d d bore bores and he should cut me m in rul ful rulure ure II 11 toli selwyn ID to in the bow win dow at whites white 0 rhe fhe rhe co onel one took snuff my good young mend friend gaid said he 1 I see you dont know the ibe world come and dine with me to oday today o day a punctual yunc tuai seven well weil talk over these matters meanwhile you cant challenge a m nun n for calling you a bore N not nt t challenge himl him what should I 1 do then I 1 laugh hake shake your head heah atyim and say ay i I 1 ahl khi balbour bai Bal tour lour youre a sad fellows fell feil owl ja 1 I tie te tle coonel ulce tice succeeded in preventing the enal lenge but nugenta Nu senta indignation at the beat of freiuda remained rem aind an aa warm as ever he lie dt de the Col Co locea oriele invitation be hels hews wa a to bodine dine with the lennous meanwhile he went to i the shay abady part of kensington gardens to in bulge hitt hiet hi reflections i he sat sit himself down in sa abi arbour and look cd ad over the initials the dates and nd we the that hand hands long i in in I 1 have coi col consigned co signed to the admiration of pros 1 j I 1 Ip erity A gay party were strolling by this retreat buei augster and voices proceeded themi yet ald aid said a sharp dry v voice 0 i ce which nugent t recognized as be 0 ging to one of the wits ota of the dy day yee yes lyce lmarr I 1 earv nair you jou j ou lady lody lennox leaner talk ink ing iny ung a titi ment to buset nue nu e it 1 fiel hoey bovy could chuu you waste your tour tim so abl poor young ivarol man ho he ia is certainly bim him bete with bia hia une fine phrases and so ferth forth but b ut a good creature on the whole and exceed ingay useful 11 useful V 1 yes fills up a vacant alace at ones table I 1 a at t a days daya warning lends me bis his carriage i horses borses when mine have caught cold subscribes aubr I 1 r to my charities for me ine and nd supplies thi drazine r om oin with flowers in a word i i it be he wre more sensible he would be les lea agre abie able his bol sol sole bole le charm ia is his foibles pr b Jupi terl what a description from the of ohi oBi mothers of 0 the most tali tati talented anted len ien tei tel the most interesting of young men nugent was waa tb und and ra truck the party swept by he wati waa undiscovered ile he raved be swore he was wag furious ile he go to the d to daya no he would write uch such a letter to the la ay iy it should speak dag geral but the tae daughter charlotte was not of the ratty riv charotte charlotte ohl oh charlotte was wag quoc lull e a different creature from her mother 1 the mort moat bat datura uril 1 l the most simple simpie of human i beings antl anil evidently loyed loved him lie he could not be in shaken staken there yes for hr sake he ifould go to the dinner he would si smother nother his hia just jul 4 t j he went to L dy it waa was wae a large party the young of Austi Aug terly fly had just returned froin his travels traveis he ile tras littile I 1 next to the mst lovely of dau daughter aters nugent 1 I wa was for fon kott gott n after dinner however he found an opportunity t say a few words in a whisper to charlotte lie lift hilled a tender reproach and he be begged her to eing aing 11 we deriet deniet in a crowd lotte lolle was hoarse had caught cold charlotte could net not sin flin nugent left the room when he gos to the end et of the threet street he discovered that he ho had left his bis cane bonind H he went back for it for tor tor for he yas vas was waa rally really raily in love of an excuse for darting an angry glance at the most simple the most natural of human belnas beings that should prevent hor her sleeping the whole night he ascended the drawing room and charlotte was delighting the marquess mars Marq neat of Aua terly who leaned over her chair with 11 we jve met iwas lust in a crowd charlotte lennox L annot innot was youn yonn lovely and ana artful lord aist alst A sterly erly wab was yo young ung inexpert inexperienced 1 and vain la in less thana month he proposed and waa was accepted well well I 1 said poor nugent ons one on morning beagin be akin from a reverie in my lay friendship deceived io in my ray love the pleasure of pod boing poing good is still left loft for me ind friendship quits quita us at the first stage stage of lifes ilfe life love at the second benevolence laats till death poor gil pin I 1 how grateful hs he 11 I 1 must gee ee if I 1 can get him that pace place abroad fl f l to amuge amuse hig hie thoughts he took up a new magazine he opened the page jage at a violent attack on him seit gelt on his beautiful tale of the Kee keepsake 11 the satire was not confined to the work it ax x tended to the author he helas was afoa a fop a cdx coxcomb a nimy an intellectual dwarf a anatra histia ble creature an abortion these are pleasant studies tor for a man out ot of spirits especially especial fy before he h ia is used to them nugent had hadji flung the magazine to the other ether end of the boora when his bis lawyer came to arrange nat mat about a mortgage which the th generous nugent had bad already been forced to raise on his bis estates tle the lawyer wab wag a pleasant entertaining man og the world accustomed accustom ei to the rocie society ocl oel oci ety ty fer far he tie vr acu aca accustomed a tom d to the wants of f young men raea he perceived nugent tu A litts au r r of goha gohm hag hat dor doy jor ha TA abjured the th cabat bauge naturally enough to the mortgage 5 add aad to divert his bis thoughts he bb entered first OB on a general conversation what rogues there are in the world I 1 sal baid bald iid lid I 1 he be nugent groaned thia this morning for tor fo r I 1 ft stance before I 1 came to you I 1 wab waa engaged in 11 a 4 curious piece of business enough A gin gentleman gave hig hie son in law a qualification to j stand for a borough the gon goo in law kept tn deed and so cheated the good gentleman ait out of more than a year yesterday I 1 was employed against a fraudulent bankrupt bandru such an instance of long iong hearted hc arted deliberate rascality I 1 alad aad whan when 1 I leave you I 1 must see what la Is to be done with a literary swindler who on the strength of a consumptive cough and a guit euit of black hs baa been respectively respective iv living 0 n com parsio p tor for atta s last two year years ha 11 he has just committed the most nesario ne tanno fario fraia triad a forgery in short abort on his own une i who bad had twice seriously distressed himself w I 1 i bave save ve the rogue of a nephew and who must no ngy d submit to this loss logs or proclaim by a criminate crimi naT nai prosecution proe mroe cution tho tha disgrace of his own fa family m it the fhe nephew proceeded of cou cot course arse on lik lit h afa knowledg of 0 my clients cilen clien tt goodness ot of heart la 14 his bis name gil gil gilpan it stammered nugent th the samal O oho hol have haye you been hit top toy 0 mr nugent Nu nt before our hero could answer answers a letter was waa brought to him bia nugent tore the seal ceal it w wi wo o from the editor 0 of f the magazine in which ira lie h has just read his bib own condemnation it rin ria thus sir having been absent from the cit eit city eity 7 oa unavoidable business for the last month ahu ard the care ot of the magazine having hating thereby devolved on another who has very ill III dv dja dig charged ita its duties I 1 had bad the surprise and mortification of perceiving on my return this da day 1 that a most unwarrantable and persona personal af attack upon you has bag been admitted in the number nril ver ber for this month I 1 cannot sufficiently ti X press my iny regret the more especially by finding that the article in question was writ writt enVy teaDy a mere mercenary in letters Itt to convince you ot of my concern and my resolution to buarl against ganst such unworthy proceedings in future I 1 enclose yom yoa another and yet severer attaie which was wa sent to us for our next num Dum berand for which I 1 griege to say the unprincipled author has bag already succeeded lucce eded in obtaining frob the proprietors a remunerations etc eki oki ete etc etc tc nug nugents Nu gents gelts ants eyes fell on the enclosed paper it was waa in in the handwriting hand band writing of mr gregory GH dia pin the tb most grateful of distressed lite literary tan nan nheu tad THE tre imd IND |
