IT was early evening when the major came exultingly1 into his parlor2 at the Saint Nicholas, and after quenching3 his thirst in a nicely mixed beverage4, for the day was excessively warm, said: "And now, young man, I own I have not done much for you yet; but you must not be discomfited5, for there is a good time ahead, and I begin to esteem6 myself no small diplomatist. Indeed, if you had seen how I accommodated myself to that affair with the Astor, which threatened to overthrow7 all my prospects9 to-day, you would have seen, sir, that I am not a man to build castles in the air. No, sir, I hold the advantage gained over the host of the Astor in the light of a victory gained over my enemies. And though my private affairs are somewhat loose in the joints10, what matters it, so long as I stand square in the public eye? Private affairs are private affairs, and I hold it good philosophy that they have nothing to do with a public man and his usefulness."
The major here commenced to recount, taking considerable credit to himself as a diplomatist, how he got the advantage of the landlord.
"I pleaded my poverty while keeping my prospective11 riches before his eyes," said he; "and as he was as scrupulous12 of his character for generosity13 as he was of the reputation of his house, I was careful to enhance the opportunity of flattering both those weaknesses. I also said, by way of perfecting the thing, that when in the capacity of foreign minister, I had agreed to correspond with the Courier and Enquirer14, which, notwithstanding it was an almost pious15 newspaper, and edited by not less than two famous generals, and the grandson of a most worthy16 bishop17, who was a poetaster, as well as a man of so much fashion that he had gained an enviable celerity for writing sonnets18 and eulogistic19 essays in admiration20 of fair but very faulty actresses; being the prospective correspondent of this almost pious newspaper, I consoled the landlord with a promise to write numerous puffs21 of his house. My point is carried, and if they like not my articles, as the critics say, they will at least give me credit for astuteness22, for the man who succeeds is the man in these days!"
"And now, sir," said I, "remember that you promised, as we were journeying over the road to Barnstable, to renew the history of your first adventure in New York, in which you were interrupted by the mischievous23 boys." And as nothing so much pleased him as to relate his misfortunes at that time, he went straight into a rhapsody of joy, fretted24 his beard, looked quizzically out of his eyes, and said:
"I have it, sir! I have the exact place. I was, as I am now, on my way to Washington, in the hope of getting a reward for the services I had rendered the party; but having lost all my money by one of these pranks25 which the gentry26 of New York practice, and which Mr. Councilman Finnigan, (I honor him in his present position,) is, no doubt, skilled in, I had no means either to pay my landlord, or what certainly was much more, to leave his premises27.
"Days and weeks I was a martyr28 to my doubts and fears, and ate the good man's meat as if his finger was on my shoulder, and his eye on my plate. Several times he suggested, in the most gentlemanly manner, that it would be consulting economy for me to seek private board. But I should like to see the man who could look a widow landlady30 in the face, (unless he intended marrying one of her daughters,) without a dollar in his pocket. I told the landlord as much, but he only laughed, and said it was a thing very common at this day.
"I got up one morning, eat what little my anxiety would admit, went and sat down upon a seat in the Park, and contemplated31 the inclinations32 of the passers as they rushed by; fixed33 my eyes upon the city hall clock, as it struck ten, and thought the policemen cast an unusually sharp eye at me, as they sauntered by, and puzzled my brain to find some means of relief, for I had just received a letter from my wife, Polly, who was in a sad strait at home, which added to the amount of my own misfortunes. And while I was musing34 in this way, a street beggar appeared, and notwithstanding he was well dressed, demanded alms; and when I told him I had none to give, he set to cursing me right manfully, which was a custom with such knaves36, who imitated the city fathers in more ways than one. And as if to show his contempt for one who had no alms to give, the knave35 threw me a shilling, which he advised me to spend for the washing of my linen37, which he saw stood in much need of it. Remembering that I was a politician, I felt mortified38 enough, and summoning what little stock of courage I had left, I repaired to the hotel, resolved to be manly29, and ask the loan of twenty dollars or so, just to get me over my difficulties-that is, to get out of the Astor and into humble39 lodgings40. Being at that time skilled in the art of making calf41 brogans, necessity seemed pointing me to that as the only means of retrieving42 my fortunes.
"On entering the hotel, the landlord kindly43 pointed44 me to my baggage, which he had brought down, having much need of his rooms, and carefully set in the office. This put an end to our acquaintance, as well as left me without courage enough to request the loan I had contemplated. I own the whole thing was done with much shrewdness, and was a decided45 improvement on being kicked into the street. But though I was neither a rogue46 nor a highwayman, I took up my valise and proceeded into the street, feeling like one whose dignity was never to be restored to him. After wandering about for some time, like one crazed with some religious phantasy, I found myself in front of a little house on Greene Street, with a paper on the walls, setting forth47 that lodgings were to be had within. I was in a mood to find comfort any where, so knocked at the shabby little door, and was admitted by a negro wench of great fatness, into a greasy48 little entry, from whence I was shown into a dingy49 parlor, crowded with well worn furniture. The mistress of the house, the negress said, would soon be home; and pointing me to some books that stood upon a dusty table, and interposed between a dilapidated sofa and an old fashioned tête-à-tête, bid me amuse myself. Then she gave me a broken fan, and seemed very generally anxious to make me comfortable. I took a seat in a dyspeptic arm chair, that kept up a curious clicking, and after waiting for some time, perplexed50 a little at first, consoled myself that others had troubles, perhaps worse than mine. Then I dropped into a nap, and forgot all my cares until the door bell tinkled51, and I awoke, feeling sure the mistress of the house was arrived; but it turned out to be the boy with the Evening Post, a journal I always admired for its admirable morals. Indeed I may say I regard it an excellent journal to read in an hour of distress52, its philosophy being soothingly53 profound. I seized the paper, and read from outside to inside, until my courage was quite restored, and I began humming an air which sent me into the happiest of moods.
"Presently my eye caught a portrait I fancied to be a likeness54 of the landlady, hung with dusty crape upon the wall, and having the appearance of a specter peering through the mist. I was curious to see the quality of her beauty, and advancing toward it, parted the crape in the center, and there beheld55 a face and bust56 of such exquisite57 loveliness that I felt sure the rogue of a painter must, in the outpouring of his love for the beautiful, have been trying his skill at flattering the vanity of some damsel with a likeness of Haidee. She had the bust of a Venus, and was dressed low enough in the neck to admit full scope to the devil's fancies. Her face, too, was so oval that nature could not have added one line more to its perfection; while her complexion58 was of deep olive, made ravishing by the carnatic flush of her cheeks. And she had what poets and lady novelists call great Italian eyes, beaming lustrous59 of soul and energy; and hair that floated in raven60 blackness over shoulders that seemed chiseled61. I began to think myself the happiest of men, for my system had always a bit of poetic62 fire in it. And then these charms, which had already begun to rob my heart of its peace, were made more seductive by a calmly resolved and yet pensive63 expression of countenance64. Indeed, at a second glance, it seemed to approach melancholy65, and bespoke66 that frame of mind when sorrow feeds most upon the heart.
"I touched the frame, and instantly it fell to the floor, with a great noise. And while in the midst of my confusion, a key clicked in the door, and a lady of stately figure, dressed in deep mourning, advanced into the parlor, and, being deeply veiled, took a seat upon the sofa, quite like a stranger. I bowed and said, 'Madam, I am waiting for the mistress of the house. You are on a similar errand, I take it?' To which she replied in a voice of peculiar67 sweetness, that she was the person, and would have me make known my business. She then threw back one veil, and then another, until she discovered a face even more beautiful than that of the portrait I had just replaced on the wall. I must also mention that she seemed conscious of her charms, for with an air of much grace and dignity, she raised her jeweled fingers, so tapering68, and smoothed the glossy69 black hair over her polished brow, while the diamonds of her bracelets70 sparkled through the white ruffles71 that hung from her wrists.
"'My name, madam,' said I, 'is Major Roger Sherman Potter, commonly called Major Roger Potter. I make no doubt you have heard of me, for enough has been said of me in the newspapers. But I will say no more of that just now, for it does not become a military man to speak of himself."
"'Your name, sir,' said she, condescending72 a bow and a smile, 'is quite familiar. Indeed, if you will pardon it in me, I may say that I have had great curiosity to see a gentleman so popular, for I was raised and educated among distinguished73 people, and am fond of their society, which I cannot now enjoy, since fortune has treated me unkindly, and I am not what I was, as you may see by my humble calling.'
"I begged she would take the most favorable view of her prospects, and at the same time not feel embarrassed.
"'But tell me, sir,' she resumed, with a look of great earnestness, 'did you come on business for my first husband, Mr. Primrose74?'
"Not wishing to make her anxiety painful, (for I am not a man of evil inclinations,) I discovered my business to her, but said nothing of the state of my finances.
"'You have my thanks for the condescension75 you have vouchsafed76, sir,' she replied, evidently much pleased at the prospect8 of so famous a lodger77; 'but I fear my lodgings are far too humble for one of your position. They are small, and furnished according to my scanty78 means.'
"I at once told her that obscurity was my object, and that it was enough that there was peace in the house, for I was engaged over a mighty79 project, which I could not perfect with so many striving to do me honor. If she was before pleased, she now became exultant80, and nimbly led the way up two pair of narrow stairs, entering more freely into conversation, and saying the parlor was at my service when company called. 'Now these are not large, but comfortable rooms,' she continued, showing me into a little ten by twelve nook; 'I have six lodgers81 similarly situated82, and they are all genteel men, doing a large business.' She then began giving me an account of their various business pursuits, which was so confused and indefinite as to render it impossible clearly to understand whether they were bankers, doctors, clergymen, or stock brokers83. In truth, by her own showing, they conversed84 of stocks, chips, sermons, and splits, with equal facility. But there was something I could not exactly understand, in the manner of her thanking God, that though reduced to this humble style of living she was comfortable, and expected soon to see the day when she would be restored to the rank in society from which she had fallen. 'There was, as I am a lady,' she added, with a look of sorrow shadowing her face, 'a time when every button on my father's coat cost a dollar, and our family servants all wore as nice liveries as could be seen in Fifth Avenue, for we had them changed a number of times, until we got them unlike any one else's.' She was evidently distressed85 with some past trouble; and when I said, 'Madam, I will do myself the honor to become an inmate86 of your house,' she seemed so overjoyed that it was with difficulty she could withhold87 her tears. On inquiring her name and what business her husband followed, she replied that her name was Mrs. Pickle88, (she having dropped Primrose for sufficient cause,) and that of her husband, Mr. Stephen Pickle, of the young American Banking89 House of Pickle, Prig, & Flutter, doing business near Wall Street. We returned to the parlor, and when the valise bearing my name, which I took good care to keep in sight, was sent up stairs, and I had told her how the accident to her portrait was caused, she blushed and was so ready to unbosom her griefs, that she immediately proceeded to give me an account of herself, and how it was that she was Mrs. Pickle and Mr. Primrose still living.
"'Pardon me, sir,' said she, 'but as I know you think it strange that I have adopted this humble calling, I will tell you in brief how it happened. A change came over my father's fortunes, and from being a rich and influential90 merchant, he was, by what is called endorsing91 for others, reduced to a state of poverty, and so harassed92 by his creditors93, who in their grasping for what he had would give him no chance to retrieve94 his fortunes, that he put an end to a miserable95 existence by hanging himself. My father was a man of simple tastes, and set a higher value upon his good name than upon the worldly show which was coming into fashion at that time. With my mother, it was quite different, for although she was much given to the church, and subscribed96 largely for the support of an expensive clergyman, she had a love of worldly show and ostentation97, that not only reduced my father's means, but grievously distressed him. The sudden turn in our circumstances produced but little change in my mother, who set great value upon the good looks she imagined me possessing; and having some money of her own, we took board with Mrs. Marmaduke, who kept a boarding house for people of distinction, in Fifth Avenue, and was famous for the style and luxury of her establishment, which had been the scene of several rich matrimonial alliances.
"'Having previously98 formed the acquaintance of a poor but respectable young artist and poet, whose kindness and sincerity99, as well as the great love he bore his art, in which he had already gained celebrity100, so won my affections, that it seemed as if I could be happy with none other. And when my mother discovered how our inclinations were bent101, she forbid him coming to the house. He had no money, she said, and painters were, in addition to being very generally fools, a shabby class of men, who were thought little of among rich merchants, and never took rank in the aristocracy-at least, not in this country. Putting these things together, she could not think of giving her consent to an alliance with such a person. In truth, sir, though my narrative102 may not interest you, I may mention that she more than once declared that painters and poets were such a shiftless set that they ought to be bundled into the sea together. 'Think! Maria,' she would say, 'of a thing with a weasel of dirty paints in his hands, and a bit of canvas, cut, may be, from some old ship's sail, before him, and he trying to get some curious notion upon it! A pretty person to go into society with, indeed!' This did not deter103 me from my purpose, so we would meet in saloons on Broadway, and exchange our affections, and concert measures for our mutual104 relief.
"'Matters proceeded in this way until Mr. Primrose and his friend, Mr. Sparks, came to the house. They professed105 to be Englishmen of wealth and station, educated at Oxford106, and acquainted with enough of the nobility to enable them to mix with our best society. According to Mr. Sparks, his friend Mr. Primrose, to whom he paid great deference107, had riches enough to purchase a kingdom or two. Mr. Primrose had a servant in livery, and arms painted on his carriage door, and the fleetest of horses. My mother was much taken with him, and Mrs. Marmaduke declared that a more perfect gentleman had never graced her drawing rooms. He took them both to operas, and balls, and sleigh rides. And he paid them such court as completely won their confidence. In truth, they were both so enamored of him, that they were singing his praises from morning till night. And when he had sufficiently109 won them over to him, he commenced paying his addresses to me, and so earnestly did he press his suit, that my mother declared it would not do to protract110 so excellent a chance. And notwithstanding my hand had been pledged to Milando, which was the name of the young painter, my mother insisted, and our nuptials111 were celebrated112, though much against my will. It seems a report, which my mother did not see fit to contradict, had got out that I was the only heir to a large estate, which was the prize Mr. Primrose sought to secure. In two short months the truth was revealed. I had no dowry, which so disappointed him, that he began to cast reflections on my poverty, adding that he had been deceived by the false representations of my artful mother. This gave me so much pain, that I sought relief for my distress in frequenter interviews with Milando, who, seeing himself ill treated for his poverty, resolved to quit a profession in which neglect and distrust too often repay its votaries113, and take to one that would at least afford him money; which, according to the fashion of the day, was the only passport into what was called good society.
"'Mr. Sparks quarreled with Mr. Primrose, who was in arrears114 for board with Mrs. Marmaduke, and let it out that he was only a knight115 of the needle, who had formerly116 resided in Bermuda, which he left for a cause it is not worth while to mention here, though he was skillful enough at making breeches, and getting up odd liveries for ambitious families. He was missing one morning, and as his friend Sparks had taken the precaution to precede him, there were so many inquiries117 for him at Mrs. Marmaduke's, that it soon became clear he had left to escape the importunities of his creditors. In truth, he was declared an impostor, and the whole affair got into the newspapers, the editors of which set about ferreting out a few of his exploits, when it was found that the deception118 practiced upon me was only one among many, for he had gained a victory over the affections of several widows, and left no less than three wives to sorrow. And so skillfully were his exploits performed, that each victim imagined him the most sincere and devoted119 of lovers.
"'This sad occurrence, and its publicity120, so mortified my mother, who was harassed with debts she had contracted to keep up appearances, that she survived it but a month. I was then left like a hapless mariner121 tossed on a troubled sea, and with no friend near. Mrs. Marmaduke made me a mere122 vassal123 in her house, and the inmates124 treated me as if I were born to be scorned. Milando was my only hope, my only true friend-the only one to whom I could confide108 my heart achings, to whom I could look to save me from a life of shame, to which remorse125 had almost driven me. And will you believe that he invoked126 a curse, and resolved to leave his profession, (for he could not live like those shabby men of the newspapers,) to seek means whereby he could live without struggling in poverty and want. True, the wealthy gave him orders for paintings, affected127 great love for his art, of which they held themselves great patrons when they had bought two pictures. But, as a general thing, they had most excuses when he called, and were least ready to pay, which so tried his proud spirit, that he more than once resigned the pictures to them rather than be a supplicant128 for his pay.
"'Necessity at last drove him to painting Venuses for keepers of bar rooms, who regarded art only as a means to excite the baser passions of the vulgar. And though he was by this enabled to meet the demands on his purse, the thought of degrading an art to which he had given the devotions of his life, grieved him to the heart. He therefore resolved that, as he could not make it serve the high purpose for which it was intended, he would abandon it. And when he changed his profession, he changed his name. He is now Mr. Pickle of the firm I have before mentioned. We were privately129 married under that name, and have since lived as humble as you see us. When we have got money enough, my husband will return to his profession. And now, sir, pray adapt yourself to our humble mode of living, and remember that our home is your home while you remain with us.'"
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