The Lancaster Ledger, 1852-04-21

afterwards, a little uneasily. "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed" remarked his wife. "Barker is a man of his word. The boots will l>e along, I am certain. In the mean time I'll go for a carriage." So oil lie started for the stable of a man who lived close by. But the man, in no expectation of such a visit, had left for his stand in Seventh street half an hour hefore. "Ilow annoying!" ejaculated Mr.Dontbe-in-a-hurrv, now considerably fretted in his mind. There was no remedy but to walk over a mile to one of the regular carriage stands. So, off he started?going rapidly. In due time the stand was gained, ami a carriage engaged. In this our friend drove back to his dwelling, feeling, still, a good deal disturlied. He began to have pretty j serious fears in regard to his boots. Not that ho was so over anxious to get away on his own account, lie thought more of Mr. Havn't-tiine who had delayed since Monday, in order that they might go in 1 company. To fail meeting him at the j boat as he bad promised, was by no means pleasant to think about. His fears were not idle. On arriving w ith th" carriage, the boots were still absent. "It's not half-past eight. "rffc'll l?c aloni; yet, 1 am sure," said Mr. lJemt-be-ina hurry, as lie walked restlesslyifcont his , parlor. lie was disturbed for'oneo" in hia life. "If it wasn't for Mr. Havn't-time, , I would not care a tig. But, he'll be so , disappointed." N o mat ter as to e< nsoquenccs. The boots did not come. And, as his old pair were broken out at thesidos, they woru unfit for genteel service. So, at a quarter to nine i the driver was paid and dismiss*!. .Mr. K I )ont-!a?-in-a-hiirrv was compelled to wait Itnntlmr It.'o M- ?I

aie 01 suiy. * 44 Toosoon by several week*, my friend," objected Mr..^Jjon't-bo-in-a-hurry. * I would'nt'think of going before the second j l week in August." J' ' y second week in August!" exclaim- j ed Mr. Ilnvn't-limc. 44 Oh dear! 1 must ( \ be home ere that. And, besides, the ear- ' licr we go tlie bettor. latter in the season j everybody is crowding the fashionable pin- 1 ces of resort, destroying, to quiet bodies ! like you and I, all comfort. Let us Ih> ! wise, and take our pleasures when most is ' to be obtiined." ? But Mr. Dont - be - in-iwhurrv could I' tlOt be fiemiadcd to start no early a* the 1 t middleof July. lie had quite as many I' - s against, a* his friend had in 1 fr"tiiat tiuT"' aftf '"""yeon; t on the subject, u wa? hiially ngrecd the parties, that they *',ou|d start r on the first of August, they start together?" a*ks a young reader, "You said nothing of Mr. don't- 4 be-inrft-burry as the companion of Mr. ^avnVUmR" Wait a HtUa while, and you shall *ec. J Well, sundfi^progresecd U> the middle ^ of July, and still ltw was understood that the two gentlmen should leave home, in ' company, for the contemplated tour, on ? t the first of August. 1 The last week ix July was at length at * band. In six or seven days more, the 1 looked-for period would arrive. "?Gkk^nwct Monday we are to start," said r. HttVli't-tim.? on mmiiiiin Mr t 1aii1.1>a.

ni? u?r pleasure. L<et us start fairly, calmly ami wisely. If wo do not, wo had better remain nt home?for, no pleasure will we find abroad. If we start on Monday, it will be at the expense of household comfort. Friday and Saturday have their appropriate duties for our wives and domestics; if, to these, we add the extra burdens of washing and ironing in order to have our clothes ready by Monday morning, we shall produce a state of disorder that will mar the parting hour. I know it; I've seen it, Mr. Havn't-timc." " All very good talk," was rejoined.? " Hut, I don't sco any great hardship in what you mention. It Isn't often that I take a week's relaxation from business, and it would be a pity if my wife and domestics were to regard a littlo extra trouble. once a year, in order that I might get i away at an ap}K>inted time, as a heavy burden?a great tux upon their comfort." i " All deviations from the usual order in famines, or in business, produce greater or 1 loss disturbance?and these rarely como ] without creating discomfort. As for me, I would a thousand times rather wait un- i til Wednesday, when all tilings necessary for my journey will, in the uatural course < of tilings, be ready, and when I can start from home without leaving my wife excited and overwearied by extra exertions." " Ttinn I -I ? " '

>iv VI ? V? J'luvvn jli ill 111(lie .Ult/I UOOll (>1 ! of the previous day. Nor did tie; pres- j t enco of all this in his mind add to his pres- , ont ability t?> enjoy what was around him. Like Mr. Havcn't-timc, lie had a par- , ticulai friend in New York, from whose ( good otlieos in showing him about the ^ fittV he had expected much. He could not . Call upon this friend without accepting an , invitation to dine with him ; and so, as from the absence of his trunk he was not . a!;!? to change his clothing, some portions of which were considerrtb!0 soiled, he felt J ( com pel lor I to wait until the next day, i ( before giving himself this pleasure. So he w ent back to his hotel, and taking ! , a seat in the reading-room, set to thinking I ( about what he should do with himself , for the day. A glance in a mirror oppo- t site did not show him a man who looked : us if just out ot a baud-box. By no means | flattered by his personal apjieaninee, Mr. ' , 1 ton't-he-in-a-hurry at once decided not to I j show himself for that day, in places of such | (| fashionable resort asthc Art (ialleries. One j e of th 'se, in particular, he had promised j | himself great pleasure i:? visiting. So, , s after awhile, lie strayed down Bioadway as far as tin- Buttery, where he remained j looking at the shipping in the hav until i; i.i? -i i i ? -

>r{ers." After some pen-nation on the part of! dr. I >onfc-be-in-a-hurry, the boot-maker \ igreed to use his best exertions in behalf I >f his customers. Satisfied with this I ?roini.se, our frieiul gave himself no fur* j her trouble on the subject. On Tuesday, it was discovered that Mr.' )on't-be-in-a-llurry's overcoat?it Ls not! irudent to leave home even in summer 1 irae without an overcoat?had in it a scions rent that must l?e repaired. "I will direct my tailor to send for it," ' aid he, as his wife called his attention to [ t at dinner time. ' Your tailor has forgotten to send for ! hat coat." These were the wife's first ! rords on his entrance at tea time. "iu v'are!" Mr. Don't-be-in-adi urry : tnn k \ is hands together, looking at the j ainc time rather blank. "You forgot to see him, I suppose?", "It's a fact. IIow eoultf I have been o absent minded!" "You can't take the coat with you jus t is," said the wife. A bright thought struck Mr. Don't-be* n-a-hury nt the moment. Ho w an good ! it expedients. "As I shall remain in New York two or j hree days," he replied; "I can got the oat mended while there. I wont need t on the way." To this his wife saw fit to make no oh -

Dont-be-in-a-huny pursued his way to i New York. He tried not to think al>out j the trunk; hut his thoughts would turn,! every little while, to the scene on the I \ wharf at the time the steam'noit started; i and, iu spite of all his philosophy, he j felt troubled. Wh?* wasthcro, ho asked himself; t? prevent tlio porter, who had j possession of his trunk, from stealing it i | This was our friend's state of mind when ho arrived in New York. After he had taken dinner, he thought he would go to the telegraph office and ask some acquaintance in Philadelphia to innkc cnquiiy for his trunk, and, if %\tnd, to send it on by the live o'clock train of ears, lie deferred this, however, on the ground that, as the steamboat Captain would attend to the matter for uilS- there would no use in troubling a third person. During the afternoon of this day in New York, it had been the purpose of Mr. Don't-be-iri-a-hurry io visit one o? |*ro places of note. But, the uncertainly in regard to his trunk, so disturbed hi mind that all interest therein was for the time, destroyed, sio he moved a boat the reading r<x>ni and parlors of the fcotel until supper time. After sup]>er, he thought of going to some place of amusement, or 4ho*i exhibition; out the trouble about his trunk still oppressed him.

< i'ui, .<11. ii<niii-wnic" weni on his wav nlouo, as the reader Ik aware. * ill ? .% 3 < CHAPTER IX. . During the day the new boots came ' home, and on the next morning Nfift Don't-' hc-in-a-hurrv stated for New York; net, 1 however, without a narrow risk of being i left behind by tho steamliont in consequence of his failing to be roady to start when the hack driver called for hitu.? ' 'l he gangway plank had been withdrawn I when they reached the wharf. A vigor-; ous spring enabled hitn to reach the deck ! of the boat, lt .it, his trunk remained in the hands of the j>ortcr who had taken t ' it from behind the carriage. i ' "Throw the trunk on hoard !" he cried, | eagerly, to the porter. Hut, tho man stood immovable, while j 1 the boat, the engine having been set in motion, started quickly a-head. It was all in vain. Mr. Don't-be-in-ahurry was on bis way to New York?but, I his wardrobe was behind him. On giv- ! ing information to the Captain, that per- , nonage very politely offered to look after ! 1 tho trunk when the boat returned, and >ee j ' that it w as forwarded to New York by the ' afternoon train. About as ca;y in mind as a man well 1 1 Could he under the cirennwOineos Mr I

. UIVKIOUHIU, NIIU ill r. Iiavn ltinio, 44 that you will not go on Monday ?" "Certainly rot." 44 When will you l?c ready to start f" ( 44 On Wednesday." 44 I've made up my mind to go on Mon- f [lay. and when my mind is once made up > to do a thing, I never like to be balked, j 44 Come, coino, my good friend Ilavn't- 1 time," said Mr. Doji't-bo-in-a-hlurry, good y liuinorcdly?44 this is Wing over-particular ; ?more nice than wise, as the proverb t says. Even for you Wednesday will W far the best time for leaving home. Ask \ Mr*. TTavn't-timo her opiuion of the ter, au?l see if she doosn t agree with me j. entirely." 1 44 No doubt of that?no doubt of that; > women are always?" ( Mr. llnvn't-time checked himself, loavIrtff the sentence unfinished. ) 44 You'll wait until Wednesday, of ? ourse," was replied by Mr. I)on't-be-in-a- c fiurry. ^ r 441 dont know. I'll think about it, was t eplied in a moody tone. And so tlm two mou parted. m J On the day Allowing they met and again j alked the matter ober. As Mr. Don't-bc-in- t i-lmrry would'nthcar to starting on Mon- r lay, the other reluet mtly consented to rait for his good company until Wednes- * l nu V -