Part 8
LA COULEUR BRUNE et BLEU va RECEVOIR vos NOUVELLES; ils sont arriver hier, jour de mon absence de Londres. Je vous faire prévenir de ma réponse: je n’ai jamais d’autre souci.--19 Janvier.
676.--_Wednesday, January 23, 1856._
TOUJOURS en RAPPORT trouvera la musique à la même adresse qu’autre fois. Pas de nouvelles de Mama. Dois-je vendre les actions, et gardez jusqu’à quand la somme?--21 Janvier.
677.--_Friday, February 1, 1856._
BELFAST.--TRUTH.--He has, I expect, to receive a letter from her the early part of next week. Yours of the 19th came safe to hand. I was not so well pleased with the last entertainment.--B.
678.--_Saturday, February 2, 1856._
“Γνωθει Σεαυτογ.”
C.--If the advertiser is correct in assuming “C” to be the initial of the “author” of the poem sent to N., he would be glad to hear further from him, as he very much admires his style of satire, but can hardly approve of its biting causticity.
679.--_Tuesday, February 5, 1856._
N.----NO. Quite out of place.--T. S.
680.--_Friday, February 8, 1856._
A. H.--I am indeed pained and shocked, and can hardly believe it possible. WRITE all particulars to your broken-hearted father; also what has become of him, and who are cognizant of it.
681.--_Monday, February 18, 1856._
DE L’EAU CHAUDE.--39.
682.--_Tuesday, February 19, 1856._
CU. Y. TZ.--Votre associe est très inquiet; vos affaires s’arrangeront, mais vous ne devez pas vous absenter. Revenez ou écrire, à votre ami, compatriote de M. L.
683.--_Thursday, February 21, 1856._
LAVENDER.
684.--_Thursday, February 21, 1856._
HEALTH and HAPPINESS.--Guests numerous. Presents 40. Friends and pensioners received mementoes.--_Excelsior._
685.--_Thursday, February 28, 1856._
LAVENDER.--Cannot answer Anonymous Letters.
686.--_Saturday, March 1, 1856._
DE L’EAU CHAUDE. Happy Returns.--39.
687.--_Saturday, March 1, 1856._
Z.--I return the question to G. C. Street, as before. The three relieving rounds received safely. Many thanks. Remember.
688.--_Friday, March 14, 1856._
ISABELL IS IN THE SAME Lodgings.
689.--_Tuesday, April 1, 1856._
HAMPSTEAD HEATH ENCLOSURE.--Look out! The Weasel is not asleep!
690.--_Wednesday, April 2, 1856._
TO M. R. B.--H.
691.--_Thursday, April 3, 1856._
HAMPSTEAD HEATH ENCLOSURE.--I am glad to hear Weasel is not asleep, as traps are laid for him.
692.--_Saturday, April 5, 15, 19, 1856._
THAT promised on the 7th and dated 10th January reached your brother only on the 17th March. His suspense was great, but faith steadfast. All are safe to the 10th January. By the time you see this there will be something awaiting you as before. Now safer than ever. Be vigilant, and look well within, for the meshes are weaving around you.--Sibella.
693.--_Wednesday, April 9, 1856._
EDWARD.--I am nearly mad. Suspense is death to me. My inquiries have only increased my sufferings. For God’s sake let me know the worst. Two wretched dreams have caused desolation that scarcely death could realize. Do WRITE.--St. Pancras.
694.--_Saturday, April 12, 1856._
L’INDISPOSITION de la “Séra du poête divin” est la seule chose au monde qui puisse me causer du vrai chagrin. Rassurez moi.--Votre puisque.
695.--_Thursday, May 1, 1856._
AUSTRALIA.--EMY. WRITE.--TOBY.
696.--_Wednesday, May 7, 1856._
SUSAN (not lovely dear).--£100, not more. Quick work.
697.--_Tuesday, May 13, 1856._
DRIVE it from you as you would a pestilence. WRITE immediately, or apply at Mr. W. P.’s.
698.--_Wednesday, May 14, 1856._
TO AMY.--7 first and last. Success is not to be desired, or sought for. E. . . . . . . r, the watchword through life.
699.--_Thursday, May 29, 1856._
M. D.--I will arrange as well as I can, and with great pleasure. In such a limited space I cannot describe all I feel, but I do feel deeply all I have read.
700.--_Friday, May 30, 1856._
TO E.--Ten Thousand THANKS.--Three magnificent ones have come to hand.--Your “Old Man.”
701.--_Tuesday, June 3, 4, 5, 1856._
TREU, fast, und verschwiegen. Haben sie mein so gar vergessen? Werde ich sie am sechsten abends sehen, wenn ich gehe? Wenn nicht, darf ich schreiben?
702.--_Wednesday, June 4, 1856._
BELLE MODELE, SERA, de 1854.--Je ne cherche que l’occasion de vous assurer que vous m’êtes plus chère que jamais. Si vous m’aimez, soignez cette précieuse santé. Notre séparation, les distractions du monde, ne font qu’augmenter mon attachement. Ecrivez dix mots de confiance.--12 Septembre--VOTRE PUISQUE.
703.--_Tuesday, June 10, 1856._
TREU, Fast, Verschwiegen.--Ich kann niemals vergessen. Das Schreiben wird aus Licht die Vergungen heiten aus ihrer Ruhe hervor zu klar zu helle bringen; aber wenn Sie es wünschen, so schreiben Sie, und Ich werde Ihnen auf Ihren Brief antworten.
704.--_Thursday, June 12, 1856._
UNALTERABLE, also, if you are my *. If you are, pray give me my own sign. You cannot mistake it. Then I shall not offend if I write. This very day let me have it.
705.--_Thursday, June 12, 1856._
FRIDAY, May 30.--I have the most beautiful horse in England, but not the most beautiful lady. Your silence pains me deeply. I cannot forget you.--M.
706.--_Friday, June 13, 1856._
UNALTERABLE.--Watch with O O O. Do WRITE immediately, as before. Not received, but mistake discovered, and deeply regretted.--Z.
707.--_Saturday, June 14, 1856._
TO A. B. C.--Have noticed the “Impression,” cherish the deepest gratitude, think (not certain) I know the good Samaritans. Pray be on the look out, above all look “upwards.” Remember what is at stake.--A. M. C.
708.--_Monday, June 16, 1856._
CHEF d’ŒUVRE du PEINTRE DIVIN.--La lettre que vous m’avez conjuré de détruire, sur laquelle j’avais inscrit ces mots, “Non e per me più felità,” c’est brulée. Celà m’a beaucoup coûté, puisqu’elle nous liait mystérieusement ensemble, mais je vous obéis. Ma vie m’est sans intérêt. Mon attachement augmente. Avez vous observé l’annonce antécédente?--PUISQUE.
709.--_Saturday, June 21, 1856._
HAMPSTEAD-HEATH ENCLOSURE.--Wake up, and PETITION PARLIAMENT.
710.--_Saturday, June 21, 1856._
PUISQUE.--I wish to be assured my letter is destroyed. ADDRESS me by my initials, Yes or No, certainly.
711.--_Saturday, June 21-25-28, 1856._
NOTHING of later date than 21st March received, consequently much anxiety. Your brother is returned. For you three, since that sent you on the 7th April.--Sibella. June 18.
712.--_Tuesday, June 24, 1856._
A. to B.--1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, YES. 6, 13, 14, 16, 17, No.--June 21, 1856.
713.--_Tuesday, June 24, 1856._
SOIR de CLAUDE LORRAINE.--Je suis convaincu qu’une annonce portant mon nom adopté, et avec référence à un sujet qui nous régardait, ne provenait pas de vous. Je l’attribue, donc, ou à quelque désir de me tendre une piége, ou à une coincidence incroyable, et presqu’ impossible.--Sempré il stesso.
714.--_Tuesday, June 24, 1856._
MANCHESTER.--Only just before your letter reached my hotel in London I obtained fresh light from the public documents upon the great question in which we are both engaged. Prices do not fluctuate much (especially cotton), because the annexation question (which chiefly affects us), though complicated (look at Marcy’s note), may probably be finished, if a proper mediator can be found. And why not? Answer this. It is understood on both sides that the independence of the Parent State is to be maintained; and, if necessary, vindicated, notwithstanding internal cabal and unwarranted external intrigue and interference, which latter is, after all, the chief cause of the misunderstanding between the Powers. Your ’cuteness, I see, distances pretty considerably my slowness, distracted as I am with the States’ affairs; but Weasel is not caught twice in the same trap. Address as before.
715.--_Tuesday, June 24, 1856._
PUISQUE.--A reply so headed in this morning’s paper is not mine. I have not replied at all until now, and shall not do so again in this manner. Some mistake, or curiosity, or worse perhaps. WRITE to me, name in full, post-office, giving an address: I will reply, giving you one, then there can be no more mistakes. Do this at once. Grief and anxiety are rapidly doing their work. My idol is indeed a rare combination of tenderness, talent, and every virtue. Love and admiration still contend, represented now by two sweet cherubs.--Ever YOUR OWN; June 21, 1856.
716.--_Saturday, June 28, 1856._
TOM came ashore yesterday, in the bark Hope, and wrote directly. He is a shy, odd fellow, rather slow, but thoroughly honest, very like Parson Adams.--June 27, 1856.
717.--_Thursday, July 3, 1856._
TOM put out last week in a storm, but, as the glass is rising, hopes to find his way home soon, though he is alone in his slow boat, without a pilot.--July 2, 1856.
718.--_Thursday, July 3, 1856._
FEUILLE de HETRE.--Je suis désolé d’apprendre, que vous avez été souffrante, et je suis en proie à des anxiétés cruelles puisque vous avez tant à entreprendre. Vous perdre serait mon coup de mort. Que le Ciel vous protège. Ces lignes n’étaient que trop dévorés. Le tableau ne vous est plus rival.--Il triste é povero asilo.
719.--_Monday, July 7, 1856._
NICHT EINE MILLION.
720.--_Tuesday, July 8, 1856._
KEINE MILLION, gar nichts, ist erwartet.
721.--_Wednesday, July 9, 1856._
MONEYMARSH.--SINGLE.
722.--_Thursday, July 10, 1856._
GENUG FUR ALLES.
723.--_Monday, July 14, 1856._
GWENLLIAN.--Tuesday or Wednesday.
724.--_Monday, July 14, 1856._
YOU promised to let me know your wishes and views of the matter in full. You have not done so. I feel that I am unkindly treated. You think it right to keep me always in the dark, and consider one unworthy your confidence. London, 12th.
725.--_Monday, July 14, 1856._
MANCHESTER.--E.--Recent public documents have supplied me with the most satisfactory intelligence upon the annexation question. Dallas is to fix everything. But you must know that before I write again direct, I have to satisfy myself as to the views of the parent state, which I conclude to be all along pacific, though I am not cute in negotiation, having been so long a squatter on the sunny banks of the far west. I am
## particularly gratified to find that you cordially agree with me upon
this question.--Crampton has reached this.--V. M. F.--July 12.
726.--_Saturday, July 19, 1856._
MY COLOURS are NAILED, not tied to the MASTHEAD.--T.
727.--_Tuesday, July 22, 1856._
X. Y. Z.--In answer to yours of the 9th inst., Tom writes that his sisters misunderstand him--they living in society, he in retirement, never giving, and therefore too slowly taking a hint. How can he help feeling towards them sincere brotherly love, when he is so fully aware of their many valuable qualities, including an affectionate disposition, good sense, superior education, and accomplishments? I tell him to try and join them in a holiday trip before the winter.--Y. A. F.
728.--_Tuesday, July 22, 1856._
GROSSE FREUDE!--Aber warum hast du zweifel gehabt?--T.
729.--_Wednesday, July 23, 1856._
HEUTE in GEFANGNISS; morgen frei.--July 22.
730.--_Thursday, July 24, 1856._
MANCHESTER, E.--The discordance of my private despatches with the public documents suddenly and most unexpectedly arrests my progress. In retiring to the old Prairie settlement, I grieve to find myself obliged to record what you, I know, fully believe, the entire sincerity and disinterestedness of my long and anxious endeavours to arrange this question.--YOURS.--July 23, 1856.
731.--_Friday, July 25, 1856._
FAIRS.--Middlesex to wit.--These annual gatherings cannot be postponed, for a good deal of business is done by help of the gilt gingerbread, toys, and pan-pipes. The scaffolding for the shows at the last two broke down about three weeks ago, and could not be mended in time.
732.--_Saturday, July 26, 1856._
MISTIFIED, not Gratified, but Pacified. My colours have been rather roughly torn away; but I am trying to steady myself by keeping a sharp look out upon the windmills, and nailing an old head of Don Quixote at the prow.--Tom.
733.--_Monday, July 28, 1856._
MANCHESTER, E.--My favourite clipper does not sail yet; so it is just possible that I may get some private news, which, you must see, is quite indispensable to support the public documents.--YOURS.--July 26, 1856.
734.--_Thursday, July 31, 1856._
IMMER der Deinige, aber der zweifel erscheint in der Ferne.
735.--_Thursday, July 31, 1856._
FEUILLE de HETRE to ----.--Your friend B. will soon call upon you, as of old. He will not allude to the subject, and pray be careful that you do not. Tell me if you understand. Why may I not write?
736.--_Thursday, July 31, 1856._
MANCHESTER, E.--I am still without any private news to support the public documents. You know that I cannot act upon these. The Britishers withhold all confidence from the straightforward, singlestick settler. However, I shall not cross the water yet, being determined to spare no reasonable efforts to settle successfully the question which has so long and anxiously occupied my attention.--Yours, July 30, 1856.
737.--_Friday, August 1, 1856._
A VOW.--1855, December 5th.--J. N09014.
738.--_Friday, August 1, 1856._
DER ZWEIFEL VERSCHWINDET.
739.--_Friday, August 1, 1856._
Z. Y. X., E.--The news you sent me from the opposite shore is most gratifying and important. You must allow for my imperfect instructions in the foreign tongue; but I believe I understand your intentions now, and, of course, I shall follow them exactly. I wish I knew our mutual friend’s hotel, for I feel that I ought to anticipate his visit. What can your last inquiry mean?--Yours ever. T.
740.--_Saturday, August 2, 1856._
A VOW.--Dec. 5, 1855.--J. N09014.
741.--_Saturday, August 2, 1856._
EMILIE, on the 22nd, sent No. 3, to Rmgviozx; on the 28th, No. 4 to the city, directed to our friend there. Have they your address? Give me full directions. Why not poste-restante as before?--July 30.
742.--_Saturday, August 9, 1856._
FEUILLE de HETRE to ----.--I read your advertisement on the 3rd of July, headed as above; since that I have seen nothing from you, nor have I advertised until the 31st, headed also as above, to which you have not replied. I intend writing to you to the old address, unless you tell me to the contrary. There must be an explanation, or you may mistake ignorance for friendliness. At present you little dream who has been your Highland friend. Reply to this, or say if you understand that of the 31st.--Ever your own.
743.--_Monday, August 11, 1856._
MY colours, though torn, are still at the masthead. They would be very flimsy if they could not stand a stiff breeze.--TOM.
744.--_Tuesday, August 12, 1856._
CHANGE and BENEFIT.--EXCELSIOR.
745.--_Tuesday, August 19, 20, 25, 28, 1856._
STILL nothing of later date than the 21st of March. The three awaiting you as before (this announced in June last; so long neglected) must be withdrawn at the end of this month. Reflect on the 28th of August. I must know your present wishes, as a crisis is at hand; and, if other means now in operation fail to effect it, your brother will seek you.--SIBELLA.
746.--_Wednesday, August 20, 1856._
VANCLUSE.--The unintelligible (July 1) was reasonable; now solved License. Selten und unsterblich ist du wahre Liebe.--Yours.
747.--_Wednesday, August 20, 1856._
AT sea, becalmed; in a chilly fog; confused sounds of distant guns, betokening a sudden engagement with an enemy. My tattered colours still flying at the masthead. Send me a pilot, that I may clear the shoals and grapple with the foe.--Yours, TOM.
748.--_Wednesday, August 27, 1856._
MY DEAR BROTHER.--Your sisters, C. and M., have no words to express their gratitude. They only ask one line more, to show that it is not a delusion. Thank Tom for his invaluable log of the “Cor Caroli.” If I slip my lodgings, it will be to avoid the pressing kindness of my relations, who wish me to go to Hanwell. To you I shall be at 42. This difficulty explains my long delay.
749.--_Thursday, August 28, 1856._
SAFE through life’s dangers till near their end: then, a fall, a betrayal too cruel, a life wound. One who could not spare is implored to pity and forgive.--August 25, 1856.
750.--_Wednesday, September 3, 1856._
T. R. C.--I am now more than ever convinced there must be some mistake or strange coincidence, and in vain I try to solve this distressing mystery by advertising. This is my last attempt, and if still unsuccessful, shall avail myself of the only means I possess of communicating with you. I can endure this state of misery and suspense no longer. My promise must be forgotten. Circumstances alter cases. That of the 28th has given me a severe shock, and I grieve that you should not have spared me this by writing as I asked, and enabling me to do so. By the time you see this, a second letter will be waiting at the post-office, Brighton, addressed to you--name in full, &c., just as usual. Lose no time in getting your letters and replying.--Ever your own.--August 30, 1856.
751.--_Friday, September 5, 1856._
T. R. C.--The signature to mine, dated August 28, was a mistake, and must have puzzled you greatly. I am, contrary to my intention, advertising again, as a new light has broken in upon me. Tell me where to write, for I must now communicate with you. I think you have acted very strangely throughout, and unintelligibly. Failing a new address, I shall use the only one I am sure about. The time has arrived. Displeased.--Ever your own, E * *.--September 2, 1856. A third letter awaits you.
752.--_Wednesday, September 10, 1856._
JUNE the 8th.--Glorious associations. Mark Tapley in Eden never more jovial. Despatches may be sent to the Strand, en route for Claudet. All’s well.
753.--_Saturday, September 13, 1856._
THIRTEENTH.--Mhggs--Nuk--iclyy--suo suox--Gu--fhxd--guq--zbfl--jhguz--clyug--bmijzbug--qbes.
754.--_Thursday, September 18, 1856._
MANCHESTER.--Since my last, a few weeks since, the general central question has been well nigh settled. Ruatan is, I reckon, to be ceded by the Britishers. But none of the public documents on the left-central question can be depended on; and as there’s no applying just now to the Britishers’ Cabinet (the Court and all vacating), I fear nothing can be fixed right away. Facts on both sides of the water have, it seems, unluckily complicated and delayed quite beyond my comprehension the settlement of this question, and frustrated my own exertions. I guess you know how all this disturbs the simple notions of the quiet Prairie settler. Nevertheless, before I order my clipper, and sail away into distant waters, I mean to indulge my pertinacity of negotiation by waiting some space for the fixing by the Cabinet here, however this may eventuate. Guard the settlement, for I hear Kansas has risen. September 17, 1856.
755.--_Friday, September 26, 1856._
TO A. GARDIENNE.--Depuis Lundi déjà les nouvelles de Madrid sont très bonnes--soyez tranquille. O’Donnell n’est plus qu’un cadavre; son nom seul appartient à l’histoire.
756.--_Monday, September 29, 1856._
A. GARDIENNE.--J’oublié hier de vous dire que le Général est avec son aide-de-camp. Vos dépêches de Samedi passé ont été reçus, et nous vous remercions de cœur. Etes-vous tranquille? Que pourrions nous faire pour vous? Notre esprit se préoccupe de cette seule pensée.
757.--_Thursday, October 2, 1856._
EMILIE can INQUIRE, September 30.
758.--_Thursday, October 2, 1856._
J. S.--Un piége; en vain. Croyez, confiez vous.--Belette.
759.--_Wednesday, October 8, 1856._
FROM EMMELIE.--N L M W Z B. I can inquire. All is well.--October 3.
760.--_Thursday, October 9, 1856._
TO EMMELIE.--No 3 has arrived. Many thanks. Saturday it will reach its destination. Your little sister is quite well. Your news reaches always in safety. You need be in no anxiety about C. A.--October 8, 1856.
761.--_Thursday, October 9, 1856._
CALEB WILLIAMS.--1. Every other consideration will be held subsidiary to the fact of the documents clearing up what has been placed under doubt. 2. The plagiarisms of the lost manuscripts are of little consequence, except as they may be made to countenance a personation, or aid the wire-pulling of the S. M. confederacy. Mr. Thomas Piers Healey may be seen each day this week, from 9 o’clock to noon, at 27, Tottenham-place, Tottenham-court-road.
762.--_Thursday, October 16, 1856._
CALEB WILLIAMS.--When authority is Faganized here and Sadlierized there, till Government is becoming but a section of the “Jolly Beggars’ Clubs” British and foreign, what can happen but that the Crimea of society must follow that of War, and the Triumrogueate end in the reign of Bogus-tus?--T. P. H.
763.--_Friday, October 17, 1856._
MR. ARCHIBALD TRAIL (2 C.)--Mr. Corfield.
764.--_Saturday, October 18, 1856._
T.--Le nouveau conseil de Ministres est déjà formé sous Narvaez. Les nouvelles d’aujourd’hui sont plus favorables. L’incertitude seulement, l’ombrage point de tout, cause le delai sur la marche des forces il y a longtemps rassemblées.--B.
765.--_Saturday, October 18, 1856._
EMMILIE.--C. A. has RECEIVED No. 4, which will reach its destination on Sunday next. Your little sister is enjoying excellent health.
766.--_Thursday, October 23, 1856._
A. GARDIENNE.--C. A. is still in town; you need have no anxiety about him. He has received your message of Sunday last. The usual address is always the best. Madame la Maréchale se porte bien. Inquire after the 28th.
767.--_Friday, October 24, 1856._
T.--Urbistondo est le nouveau Ministre de la Guerre. Je suis détenu tout à contre-cœur dans un de mes chateaux en Espagne depuis la révolution du Juillet passé avec toutes ses vicissitudes desastreuses. Vous savez bien que je suis dévoué à votre cause. Conservez sur tout, je vous implore, votre précieuse santé. Pourquoi mèconnait on en moi la retenue pour l’orgueil, la fierté? Mais le monde juge toujours le pire des gens comme moi-même, parvenus, inconnus.--B.
768.--_Saturday, October 25, 1856._
LA TETE AFRICAINE est partie en bonne santé; elle est sur mer et vogue vers “son Soleil,” qu’elle atteindra sous peu de jours.
769.--_Tuesday, October 28, 1856._
T. Je marche que lentement, avec les nuages flottants sur les montagnes. Denué des armoiries modernes, je me trouve seulement avec deux pièces d’artillerie anciennes, un peu grotesques, avec les mots gravés sur leur fronts, la sincérité est la fidélité.--B.
770.--_Friday, October 31, 1856._
S. M. U.--You little rogue, did you keep me waiting so long on Friday night and then not come, to punish me for the previous evening? I waited an hour, and then returned to the Viper’s, but of course did not go in. Why, too, did you not come on Saturday? You know full well how I wanted to see you. Do write to S. M. J., and never doubt the continuance of affection and sweet remembrance of past happy days that still afford him happy reflection.
771.--_Saturday, November 1, 1856._
T.--L’Ambassadeur pour la Russie n’est pas nommé. Les nouvelles de la capital sont désolantes. Je suis dévoué à la même cause comme auparavant. Barcelona est encore une fois tranquille.--B.
772.--_Monday, November 3, 1856._
NO. 11.--Many thanks for the box: the effect is wonderful. What a splendid day for your trip. All but my heart was gay. L. has returned; sends love to A. Why does not she write?
773.--_Monday, November 3, 1856._
T.--Zarco delle Valle est mentionné pour l’Ambassade. On dit aussi du Baron del U., homme ferme, mais très lourd et retiré, et mal assorti pour la diplomatique. On me demande une dépêche générale, mais à présent je n’ai point de détails. Tandis que je pleurs le passé pour mon pays, je regarde devant moi avec l’espérance.--B.
774.--_Monday, November 3, 1856._
M. W. H.--Put an end to all this misery and suffering. It was useless to send W. G. to Brixton. Think of D. H., and drop the man, who, muffled up and disguised, put her into the railway for London, on the evening of Monday last, and returned to O. C. You cannot deceive or escape me.--London, November 1.
775.--_Tuesday, November 4, 1856._
M. W. H.--On the 1st of October a young widow and a little boy left Windsor, and were put down safely at No. 5, M. S. You see I know all. I knew it next day. You cannot deceive me. Abandon this course, and send M. to me, at E. H. H. London, then we will go to Scotland, for my health.--Brixton, Nov. 3.
776.--_Tuesday, November 4, 1856._