curiousnesses

I had heard of rich people having strange ways of throwing away their money, and taking a liking for poor people like myself; and then, there was a serious earnest about the strange gentleman, in spite of all his curiousnesses, that made me a little apprehensive, whenever the recollection of him came into my head.

The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845