The Story Of A Snob

A romwkttblo instttoce of pride of desiciit is furnisliLíl liy itr. Beriah Bottiold, fonnerly an English member of Parliauient. This gentleman inhetited from bis f athcr an immense fortune, and lying a few yeftrs ago, loft his wife thir;y-fivo thonsand dollars a year, to lo reíuced to flfieen thousand a yoar should he marry igaiii. The lady Las, meaninie, made a. socret marxiage. All his 01 tuno, except tliat. enjojed by his wifo, A r. Botfiold left to acoumulate until the f-cond son, thon unboru, of the Marquis f Batli shall attain i given age, wKên he should inhciit it. The jointure of Mrs. Jotfield will, also, at. ker death, form part of tlie said residue. The cause of this bequest was fchsrf Mr. ictfii'ld claimed to be descended from the ■same stock as thi: UorqUÍS. Lord Bath's name is Thynno, but the lame of his family w'as oriinally Botevilli.'. An ancestor is said to have gained he gobriqet of "John o' th'inno" from livng íh onu the ancient inns ofcouit; and heuco came the name Thynne. Mr. Botield claimed to lw descended from a i'oungcr branch of tlie family who kept he name of Botoville. Xav, Lord Bath happens to be notori)us amongst his order for the assumption of supuriority. He considere that only íalf a dozen families in the country are good enough to mate with him, and ho is laid to have said that it would tako a zanerutioii to wine out from his esontoheon the stain of the Baring (his mother was of tliis famous faiuily) blood. He therefore is roported to have " snubbed " Mr. Botfic-ld, and lookcd coldly on his claims of conneotion with a being so august as himself. Mr. Botfield, however, was probably like the gentleman who assisted a.t that tuenioraolo entertainment in " David Copperíield," and covered himsrlf with glory by averring with an intensive oath that he " would rathcr be knocked down by a man who had blood than be picked up by ono who hadu't. " Young Lord Somebody Thynne who will succecd to his liftieth cousin's $100,000 a year will eertainly'have substantial reasons to rejoico Ui Mr. Botfield's lovo for blood. i m ii ■