Beadle's New York Dime Library No. 11 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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| " Midshipman Easy. BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT, CHAPTER I, WHICH THE READER WILL FIND VERY EASY TO READ. easy circumstances. Most pice LB find it very easy to have afamily, but notalways uite so ‘4 to maintain >t Pere Mr. Easy was not at all uneasy on the latter score, as he had no children; but he was anxious have them, as most people covet what they cannot kang tain. After ten years oa, gave it up asa bad jot, Philosophy is said to console aman under disappointment, * although Shakspeare asserts that it is no remedy for tooth- ache, so Mr. Easy turned philoso her, the very best profession a man can take when he is fit for nothing pd he must be a very in- capable person indeed who cannot talk nonsense. For some time Mr. Easy could not decide upon what de- scription his nonsense should consist of; at last he fixed upon the hts of man, equality, and all that; how every person was born to in- herit his share of the earth, aright at present only ad- mi to a certain length; that is, about six feet, for we all inherit our graves, and are allowed to take posses- sion without dispute. But no one would listen to Mr. Easy’s philoso — The wo- men wale not acknowledge the rights of men, whom they declared always to be in the wrong; and as the gentlemen who visited Mr. Easy were all men of secperte they could not perceive the advan- of sharing with those who had none. However, they allowed him to discuss the question, while they dis- cussed his port wine. The wine was good, if the a ments were not, and we muse take things as we find them in this world. While Mr. Easy talked philosophy, Mrs. Easy played menage and they w on a very happy couple, riding side by side on their hobbies, and never interfering with each other. Mr. Easy knew his wife could not under- stand him, and therefore did not expect pam vi i very ttentively ; ‘s. Easy did not care cod paw. her husband talked, provided she was not put out in her game, Mutual forbearance will always insure domestic felicity. There was anpther cause poe a eing so well. He ee | question r Easy syeriebly gave it Complete In mae , 4 a YL yy <== 1 | ie 7 - | a | ——s = a - . Liss LLLLSAALLA ITT; umber. No. Vs lp: \ Y © 4 » Wb | Lam , a ‘SOPYRIGHTED —»» a i | i ‘ z lh i a 3 Sell LES aS me : 4 Si, Y/ yf TOG rt , 7, if! St. (47, oF 4 tM LH LHR a Ma i222), ay BEADLE — ADAMS. Beadle & eh aia BW Brat edtih 98 WILLIAM STRELT, NEW YORK. It was at the Mrs. Easy had her own suspicions, every- body else considered it — doubt, all excey yt Mr. Easy; he little ‘* thought, goc was ripening; easy man, that his greatness "he had decided that to have an heir was no easy task, “and it never oce urred to him that there Mr. Nicopexus Easy was a gentleman who lived | could down in Hampshire; he was a married man, and in very ' added to it, subtracted from it, divided it, or multiplied at a ma —_—— ait ; 7 nh) PN ns Ml hp tH LY i? i i ye r Teor y Hi hi 4 Mel hi MN WME | | A ¥ a 4 y wi i hi Mh i | i ii ? i | it i i i He i ih Hil 1. nh ; i i i bid i il elif il aT 0 1} Tl a change i in his wife's figure. RRR nonce rere 10 5 are mi esi ma es yenrreges oa i te You might have 1 Hi ie i NN | ay » \\ y ii GOSSETT COLTING VIGORS. IVER EG | i is SY A Hl ea hee N p \\y — o, > Pane No. 11 Ten Cents. agine that the domestic felicity of Mr. Easy was not ‘| one and the same time. The bear dances from pain, easily disturbed. But, as people have observed before, there is a mutability in human affairs. finale of the eleventh year of their marriage that Mrs. Easy at first complained that she could not enjoy her breakfast. Mr. Easy from pleasure; and again, when we are in- different, or do mot care for anything, we enap our fingers at it; and when we are overjoyed, and obtain what we most care for, we also snap our fingers. Twe months after Mr. Easy snapped his fingers, Mrs. Easy felt no inclination to snap hers, either from indifference or pleasure. The fact was, that Mrs. Easy’s time was come, to undergo what Shakspeare pronounces * the leasing punishment that women bear;” but Mrs. Like the rest of her sex Pega “that all men were liars,”’ and most particularly poe wears ut while Mrs. Easy was suffering, Mr. Easy was im i He laughed at pain, as all philosophers do when it is suffered y other people and not by them- selves. In due course of time, Mrs, Easy presented her husband with a fine boy, whom we resent to the public as our ero. CHAPTER II. IN WHICH MRS. EASY, AS UST AL, HAS HER OWN WAY. Ir was the fourth day after Mrs. Easy’s confinement that = oa who was sitting 2 er bedside in an easy- ones Thave been chinking ows: “‘Il have n my dear Mrs, about pe A pan I Shall ae * this ‘‘Name, Mr. Easy, what name should you =~ it but your own?” ‘“* Not so, my dear, = ed Mr. Easy; “they all names proper names, but I think that mine is not. It is the very worst name in the calendar.”’ ‘Why, what's the matter with it, Mr. Easy?” “The matter affects me as well as the boy. Nicodemus is a long name to write at full length, and Nick is vul- ar. Besides, as there will two — — will nat- urally call my boy yo Nick, and of course ra shall li, Mr. Easy, at all 1! events then let me choose Oye ib ot Tnat etree ay 4 ? you a te and it was. with this:si that I have mentioned the sub ect so early.” think Mr. Easy, I a | call the boy after m father — his name Robert.”’ ae Ve Na diy » | well, dear, if ou wish it, its all be Robert. ou have your own way. ButI think, my dear, upon a little considerati ther will acknowledge here is a decided objec- ee An objection, Mr. Easy?"’ “Yes, my dear; Robert may be very well, but you must reflect upon the con- sequences; he is certain to be called Bob.” “Well, my dear, and su pose they 0 call Bob?" “I cannot bear even the supposition, my dear. You forget the vee in which we are residing, the downs covered with sheep.” “Why, Mr. aay: what can sheep have to do with a as nam 29 “There it is; women never look to consequences. My dear they have a great deal to do with the name of Bob. I will a to any farmer in the county, if ninety-nine oan erds’ dogs out of one hundred are not called Bob. Now observe, your 2 is out of, doors Eg =comicbooks.eo ifferent _ y.adozen curs at least. who come rminning 1 Paes sy, telling her t she nan d have her 2wn way—and this apvensed his wife; but as Mr. | it, but as it was a zero, the result would be always the always ok care, when it came to the point, to ie same. Mrs. Easy also was not quite sure—she believed rad he was p as well. It is true that Mrs. _it might be the case, there was no saying ; it might be long found out that she did not have her own ae a mistake, like that of Mrs. Trunnion’s in the novel, and long; but she was of an easy disposition, and as, in therefore she said nothing to her et ay about the He cases out of ten, it was of very little consequence — matter, At last Mr. Easy Saeed 8 ag and when, Ww things were done, she was quite satisfied with his upon interrogating his wife, he found out t he astound- = Snission during the heat of the argument. Mr. Easy ing truth, he opened his eyes still wider, and then he 1 admitted that she was right; and if, like all men, , snapped his fingers and danced, like a bear upon hot ey, wld do wrong, why, what could a poor woman do? | pila ~ with lig ht thereby proving that