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That afternoon, the “on, st-nsible too late wuiN-cl in a body on I seeping my secret, old heart of oak. And now, gentlemen, continued Lord Aâ€"Bâ€", il'yon are not satisfied that the letter belongs to me, here are,I The postmaster immediately handed him the letter and began a string of elabmato apologies, which his Lordship did not stay to listen to, but Walkt'll back to the Golden. Lion, leaving the Issmuhled population of T. mute with consternation. Aâ€"Bâ€", ifyou are not the letter belongs to m trmt, sufficient proofs. he produced from his I bundle of letters, bearing .rscription. :Iack, you are an honest fellow: here’s a sovereign to drink my he for we have weathered many a gale together, and here’s another keeping my secret, old heart. of And now, gentlemen, continued J Forgotten your Honor ! No no _ Lord, exclaimed Jack, spr' ° ’ the midst of the circle. noble Lordship the moment I neon you ; but I remembered your Honor’s humor too well to spoil your a when you thought fi colors. port by saluting, t to hoist foreign ‘ I see you don't think that Duke can wear such a con his OWn bundle on occasion. I= see one within hail who to my identity. Here youd yard, have you forgotten commander 'l I am he, gentlemen. said t1 making n. sarcastic obeisance To you ! exclaimed the whole town and corporation in a breath, this letter which is franknd by the Duke of Aâ€", and addressed to Admiral Aâ€"Bâ€"2 '_vy-..-.u ulll'v “lat day with his suite. It would be the saIVation of the town zm- the smmm, hbe able to announce such an :nrrn‘nl ii}. Ihe papers. The presence ‘1' my lord was perhaps a prognostic m' a Iisit from the Duke and Duchess. During the discussion, in which by this time the whole town engaged, here were some- whose curiosity to know the eontents- of this important epistle was so great as to betray them i'nto the endeavor of forestalliug Lord Aâ€"Bâ€" in reading all that was comev- ‘ stable in the letter ; but the envelope was folded so as to haflie the most ex-. f port in the worthy art of roundureading. ' The stranger, who had remained unâ€" , noticed in the crowd, and had quietly ‘ seen the letter pas$ing from hand to hand, now stepped into their midst, sod, making a bow, said. Gentlemen, when you have amused yourselves sufficiently with I will thank the owner. that letter you to hand it over to me, The unclaimed letter was of tempt. ing appearance; surmounted with a coro- net, addressed‘to the Right Honorable Admiral Lord Aâ€"â€"-Bâ€"â€"5 and tranlp ed1 by the Duke A. Many surmieee were offered on the subject. Could it be possible a man of his rank meant to honor them with. his presence for the season? But he had not engaged lodg- ihge No matter ;. there were plenty disengaged. He would doubtless arrive According to the i all the people who h: were assembled in or olfice~hl§ose who ex looeive-them,.and the to take note of the or Ihoir neighbors. [eox'rmunn FROM was? PAGE] week without findingasingle exception. The habitual good temper and lightn hearted guyety of the stranger Was rufiled ; and there was a compression on his brow, and an angry glow on him cheek as he entered that notorious gossipmhop, the pcat-ulficc. The mail had just arrived, and theletters. having been assorted, were given to their res- pective claimants. But there was one letter which had not been claimed, which excited curiosity. man 118 CW BUNDLE. on Lord Here you Jack Bruce- forgotten your old red many a hard here’s another for whole corpora- of their error, drink my health said the stranger1 his Lordship but walkwl leaving the- ‘. mute with Lance all around. that. the son of coat, and carry ion. 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[2 had m-igmsnnd was used nu u "po-ziuei cine“ " 'l‘he .em‘liest. known us:- of the inn-turn mime Ioceuru in [no l'c'mol‘d ol 1.350, which inventions thri lilwnrd VI. hml ‘° one flnium or Wnlch (of iron, the case. Ineing likewise, ofi ‘ongilt, with two plummets of lead.” The first watch nmy w-rulily .be supposed to have been of rude ex- ‘Iecution. The first. great improvmnents 'â€"lhe substitution: of Splingn for 'weightsflwns in 1560. The earliest .‘springs Wele not. coiled, but only ~straight. pieces of steel. Early watches .lmd only one hand, and being wound up twice a day they could not be ex- pected to keep Lime nearer than fifteen or twenty minutes in twelve hours. The dials were of silver and [”1113“, ‘c'isuslnul no (HY-Still“, but opened at l the hack and train, were four or live 'inehes in diameter. A plain wntcli UUHL mum Linn 81.500, and after one mu unimmi it took it y(.'lll' to make it. (ml ' Ashis Luulship concludul, lm at. Imched his rued IIIIIIIllu to the I ml - -f his IIIIIdgemI, and slmnlqlmiug it with a .droll lnuk at. the discmntibed corpOI'nv- ition, he urudged out, of the tcmu with «the same aIr of sturdy imiwlwmlenca “but. he haul trudged iII.â€"â€"Be’yravia. IM- 3: Sal! llt' buy h-l Gentlemen. I entered your town with every intention of thinking wull ofi inlntbitunts. But I came in u elm coat, carrying my own bundle, and to up my quarters at a paltry nlehouse, the only place where you would give me admittance. Your reception of me would have been very dill‘vreut lntd I. arrived in my carriage. .liut, gentle- men I am an odd ficllow, us you see, and sometimea try whetherl can obtain it without these adventitious destineâ€" tione;aud that manner in which you ltreatod me, while I appeared among iyou in the light of a poor and inutfen- sive stranger, has convinced me of my error in looking for libel-ulity here. And I must iu'onn you that I estimate your polite nttention at the 82mm value that I dik your contempt, and that: I would not spend another night in your town if you would git‘e it to me ; and so goodvmorning. HIIUIH concluded having tightened the kno , he replied as follows : GOJ‘LIL m...“ o ‘4 JAMIE. the «m. \vc'l Mu'h mm max mug; \HIHL'P ll very ‘II . Aim set. his ‘ ,. Hm mother nu! the thought of m mar exceedingly m: allxit-ty to go munuies he had li-mlly consented. fl woman he had la: