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_GERVAIS & ASSEMBLY STREETS
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Our Little People.
A dreary place would be this earth
Were there no little people in it;
The song of life would"lose lie n\!r(n?'j
Were there no children to begin it. l
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No little forms like buds to grow,
And make the admiring heart surrender ;
No little hands on breast and brow
To keep tho thrilling lore-chords 'ender.
The sterner soul would grow more stern, !
- Unfeeling nature more inhuman;
And man to stoic ooldoess turn,
And woman would bo lea* t ban wot
A r ? ' ' ? 5 ?' \ j * t ? t' a
Life's song, indeed, would lone thi
Were there no babies to begin it;
A doleful place this world would be.
Wero ibcrc no little people in it.
john a. wniTTir.n.
A Night in a Dispensary
The snow lay thickly over the ground
and upon the house-tops?tmuhf be n
fVfy iitv ; wuy'io cwnuieuce uiy i'hriBC
inns story. . 13Ut *s fiction must have a
coloriug of truth, it would be absurd oi
me to utter so false a statement as the
above?at least as far as our town' is
concerned. We have seen very little- of
tho urticle for some time past, and then
only in diluted form, which would not
be pleasant to introduce into a story, jit
would seem as if old King Christinas
had Fold u large quantity tu theater
iu:'lingers, and hud-but a small pile lott,
which he must use economically liow
ever," this subject of the s.iow is open to
discussion. Meanwhile, I bhall go|on
tti state that ou iast Christmas rjay it
fell to tny lot to be on dutj%t the North
east Dispebsary, in theigood did town of
L-. 1 was then sui-eou to that
institution, bavin:; two Lioftf'; agreeable
gentlemen as my coltbngueaSLft Ihristmns
tuuruingl The sky was blue, the sun was
bright, air was keen, Jthe gound was
hard?in fact, I he "weather was beauti
ful for the time of year.
'Just tbe rooming,' cried Dob'os, 'for
a'nice long walk, which wilt brace',
up, and gireus'su appetite for the goose
on Jack Dooso's table V -y
'Yes,' said Buryharr,: throwing him
self into a military aftfy^fle^ brr.wJ|Iqh ho
wps .partial, and pulling up his rimless
eyeglass to look afj^f *$i?dvl $SQAlf
Adams won't have too much work while
we are away.' I W3I? ?
A If Adams, tbe, reader's humble ser
vant, smiled a smile seldom to be observ
ed. Silently he watched his compan
ions muffle themselves in overcoats ; of |
alarming dimensions, and being ready,
disappear for the remainder of the day
and evening. I stood at the--window,
watching the stream, of human beings
gaily trooping along. The bells of tho
J various churches pealed forth: but their
merry music, insteadof making my he rt
full of joy, only drove mo half witd to
think I was fastened np in that gloomy
placo, while my own family were living
n\jg) making merry not quite half a mile
from me, aud I dare not go to soo them
No surgeon could bo got for love or mon
ey to take my place for half >>n hour.
Ono thing might have enlivened the
hours: I had a present of a turkey, sent
me from the Green Isle, which, with a
small plum pudding, was to be my dinner.
So I had invited Jack Byrden {?^"help
me to eat it. But. alas! my bosom friend
and school-fellow could not muster cqur
n<:e to enter my den on such a day. 'St
I sat down to my solitary meal, raiting
at the whole world, and particularly at
that smart young man, Juck Hayden,
bnlieve I wn? r?r? il}.?/>??.-"?-?'' ovnr
dinner. The turkey was pretty good,
but the servant had a look ou her tace
of pity for me and satisfaction fur her
self as to the good things in the kitchen
r .i.-.i_ _-i.-j.j , l , l j i
i iuoiciuic vuuviuucu puu uuu ueeu
drinking.
Tho pudding was brought in, jbut
what was my horror to find it smelt of
brandy ! Fully half a gloss of brubdy
itad becu put upon it! Now, L ask any
one, had that girl any right to net thus
to me, when she knew very WelPthat I
was a perfect teetotaller '( Her reason
was fouod out afterwards?1 blamed the
poor girl for half a glass?when' in
three da}s a bill lor si' glasses was* pre
sented from a neigh boring.public house!
Of Course the servant declared niio bad
put all tho brandy on tho pudding,
which was about the size of my t wo
fists; and I assure you, l.iiltes. tb>y 'are
but small. After tuj ! uiety dinner I
drew the lar^e arm chair to the lire,
which 1 stirred iuto ? blase, and ttf ht
ing my pipo (for I stnoke, if L don't
drink) I began gating abstractedly at
a 3 i 9
the'picture of the grandfather of a lute
surgeon to the institution, which had
Bot been removed from over ther chim
ney-board. But the grim old patriarch
seemed to ISo^n^Ssoomfort so much
that I starten upTa aisgast, and once
more sought the window. Here tbey go,'
the merry crowd, laughing and chatter
ing, although every nose was in danger
of frostbite.
Four wedding coaches d aimed past,
lest they be late for the church, but I
also saw one which went slowly along,
and it recalled the lines of a very scuti
mental friend, who or.ee wrote an "Ode.
to Christmas:" ?
? ? "Tho wedding coach was busy.
And tho hcarco was busy, too." | ?
I was about to moralize on this point,
wh^sa^Bheiparterf^esf^ Sunday
suit, gnrekedJtcidk&h|rfi ms a case in
thefurs^yTJj #IMfdj,7| to fiud a
niow*ydUng TBan m 'fJ^lirii'ni tremens,?
who requested a draught, and glad I
was to get him out, lest he might do ma
an injury ; for persons in his state have
a peculiar way of polishing one off if
the chance presents itself.
There is never more drunkenness iu
L-than on Christmas day; not only
because it b a day of rejoicing, but
because so many take pledges not to
drink from a given time 'till Christ ma?
day.' So I expected to have ple?ty of
eases about twelve o'clock that night,
when friendship would have had time
heads ??s the
1 hiring the afternoon I had cases
dropping in of various sorts. Hut I
wits culled out to visit one person,
whose state was most pitiable. A female
lying on an old, dirty sack, weak and
ill; twt, children playing about the floor
of the squalid room. Where was your
'merry Christmas' for that poor mother?
Her husband dead; sho too ill to work ;
phthisis hurrying her away ere the year
went out. Two shillings a week, for
sooth, from the parish, and ilT? a 'merry
raafcear,- the*hildrbif"
ial schools',1'
reposing in
to merge iytjo^ljostility, with broken
ifl^hhvo 'a happy
lUsorrow more.
Once more in my sitting-room. The !
shades of evening have deepened; thp']
w>ud begiua to sigh round the house,
down the chimney, and through tho
Keyholes; so I have the gas lit, the fire
stirred np again, and order tea.
Just as I was beginning my evening
meal the door opened soltly. then there
was a pause, as if some one was exauiiu
ing me through the space formed by the |
hinges.
'Come in!' I cried. .
A fare H?PA?j;ec\ at the door, and the
eyes having examined the room general
ly, snd me particularly, the remainder
of the body followed, and then 1 saw
the form of a man I hud twice met bo
fore.
Staring at me in a wild in aimer ho said,
'How do? Don't you know nie? Don't
you remember me telling you that I
should come to tea some evening? your
man down stairs wasn't going to let lue
in; but I gave him a farthing rolled up
in paper, and said I wo.? ?? most particu
lar friend of yours, tie will think I
gave him a sovereign.'
At this the being uttered a series of
aboutTtj*a fuosTafaruiiffgmanffer.
The first time I met this person was
at au hotel, where he was capering about,
singing aud reciting, and then going
round the room with his hat for coppers.
x ?*ao u>ia oy a gentleman that he was a
harmless lunatic.
The second time I met hitn I was hur
rying along on business. With the most
unfortunate want of forethought I uod
i ed to him and passed on. In a second j
he was by my side ,nnd, tapping mo
smartlv with his forefinger^cried :
oJo/k>w m4Ji(f) [
'Yes,' I answered, smiling, aud at
tempting to Walk away : but preventing
me, he mid :
'What's my name?'
'ltiehey,' I said, with a hulf frown ;
but his antics made me smile, for I he
kopt skipping about from ouo side ot me
to the other.
'You're a medicul man, I think,' then
id hp; ^jJid I have seen vou go in?o
Lhfe ffirtfelt WispierJjinV I am a
m
m|di(fil
flhfc 1 kieJr fcwjjjultti&w&nd upon
giving him a look which conveyed my
doubt, he qnickly added. 'That is, I
am a bheuiist; lam at present in tho
literary line, and I assuro I am heartily
sick of it.' These last words given With
an entasis. |)^0^-^^^^^?^^, 4'
literary line vrns. ' If r^ofbg abou
what his
literary line vras. 'If going about the
hotels Wiiii ?IX Oi??very qju-r-mau
shaw'a Railway Guides, fa'no^ offering
rhem for sale, as bblbugiqff to" tho pre-:
sent month,'is* any thing '.".the 'literary.]
lino,' then ho was iti thai '^USrhcss. "'
1 ?I must go now,' sriitf'/E^oeliag that
the eyes of the paseerS-bjfjUrere i?fc mo ;
'I have n most important >sbo to attend.' |
'Very well,' he answer**/* "Then tak
ing off his bat, and hoHu?g it ^toward
me, said, 'Will you 1 toss rf-o/to boo if I
shall give you a penny,' dtf'ydu give mo
oue, for I waui a gifted of 4f ' - H T
'Ob, h?ro's a. penny fo*y?*?J\.I oriod;
*good-bye., - i>m b>firjn;
'Will you take mo home to ten with
you V hoporVrstcd, i li a ?? :r >r ! ,
'No,' I cried. 'Perhail iVIl sco ycu
to-morrow.' Fori Wiihei.to leavje biro,
as quite a crowd of -igglb" persons bad
collected. , , J , . ,.. . j,
'No,' ho murmured^mT^t?^110^0^!
manne.-, as if ho had hcAa deceived in
that way boforc; 'no, not ip-morrow; do
nob eay.'tomorrow,' but T. alin.ll come to
tea some evcuing?to teatptne evening.'
And now. this CbristW^evening, he 1
camo to i'ulGll bis prorate, winch had
'?JltOttW oj Pr,
never bepu oxacted from lim,by me. t
'Richey'?for this was; the name be 1
went by?was below thje^tddle Le^ht,
but evidently very , strojr and active ;
indeed, it struck me tho I should not
like to have a tussle with im. He bad
the most extraordinary laent for imita
tion; iudeed he appc'ardtl* f?; bb constant
ly imitatiug sonicbodj^'His' general
accent was that of a 'heavy swoll' to be
seen on a concert-room stage. I5ut it
1 would change, as thbjfcideAg^ passed
through bis mind, to 'Uj^?^^ oVTonl-\
Ruckstone, and local .Jh^, ? 'As he
spoke he threw himsetraB^wt'straugo
and ludicrous attitudeayjEEPl*
As he stood befoKn^fK^stecd u
'parcel' ^If'sWI could not
understand a what it /WN'??r%fei
[taking it from under bistro
PPMNtita hat.-Th^n-faTjfSg'it from that
and returning it to iiS original pcei?on^.
After capering about the robu4flook
tug at the pictures, ho snJdenly stopped
short to ask me iu a whisper, with mock
alarm," if ?tho gentlemen over the chim
ney-board was my father.'
Then taking off his bat. in an assumed
attitude of humility! t?; held out his
clasped hands, muttering his awe and.
respect fqr 'such a noble person?-auch a
forehead?mouth?nose?such eyes, &o.'
- 'Well,' thought T, 'this fellow begins
to amuse me;' I felt nthor glad he
came: - -1-?
So I pulled the bell ro)e for another
cup, and when it came I asked him,
rusher pleasantly, to draw over his chair.
I may here remark tr.tt while tho
servant was in the room he sat down
very quietly', his > large, >staring eyes,
lt.vud on her faco with a look of intense
admiration for her beauty, always keep
ing the mysterious package, however,
vacillating between his urupit and hat.'
As soon as sho left the room, he begad
imitating the 'Artful Dodger,' when be
gives his dislocating twist of the bead,
and glanced at the door.
'Do you know, I liko girls. No matter
what their station be. 1 fell in love
with a nice young lady onco. We mot,
jtwan in a bar; but tho manager's eye
was upon me. He d hoove red that I
was tryiug to 'toss her' for a glass of ale,
so?he 1 he ! kicked me out! lie did !'
He changed his subject so quickly,
that I soon was obliged to bceotuu dumb,
with t.h#* PTPPnti?n nf o mnr.r>o..1
now and then.
Thus some hours pasted aicriily. At
length he jumped up aud skipped round
tho room. Suddenly stopping at the
sideboard, ho opened it quickly to see if
anything was inside. Immediately be
dived his baud in and skipped round
the room with a bottle of Dubby'.whisky
in his band. This bad been a Christ
mas present to DobW. What would
Dobbs say '( Ol course, be would nay
that I haJ broken the pledge with it!
Oh, it must be rescued! Rut. no, I
could uot persuade my golutiie visitor to
put it down?force would bo dangerous..
So 1 leaned back helplessly io the chair.
'Now, bir,' cried ho; kuockii.g o(l the
head of the boitlo, and pouring out a
quantity into a tumbler taking Irom the
sideboard, UI shall drink your health!
A toast to my most noble ft ienls, which
are yourself aud our noble gnudfather
ovor tho ohimney board 1 11 ore's t him,
us the old year goiug out; aud here's to
you, the New Year ooming in.' Hero
he rambled pff into a lot of nonsense.
! The whisky soon began to tiro bis brain.
a'wise, nitn TJmentio t'had
h' quoeT -feiiow;4rp stairs, and that it I
pulled the bell ropo ho was to oome up
.at one-?not that ,1 feared danger, but
there- was uo knowing what might hap
pen. I came up tho stairs to my room
with a full determination to got rid of |
my strange friend as qttictiy and quietly
ns possible.' When 1 entered I found
- hiui dressed' with tho table-cloth round
lufi bhouldsis, hanging l>ko a toga. His
eyes were like blazing coals ns he stole
toward the door, turned the key, nnd
removed it from the lock. 'Now,' cricd-l
he, 'I shall tell yen who I "really am. I
am the Evil Spirit of Oh riamas; Loug
ihtve I roamed the earth, nud until now
1 have not had one victim. Tho time
has at length arrived. This shall indeed
be a 'merry Christmas' to me/
T laughed, and saidpYory well acted,
indeed.' on w
?Acted ?.. I am in earnest V
Her* he product tc s=v pJr.roi.a
long dissectiqg-knife, which,ho had tak
en from a case (for wc kept those in
struments up stairs.) I saw that the
drink had carried away what Hale sense
: the ? Wretched man over had, but I
'thought n bold front would quiet him.
SoI .laughed.* ?ud 6aidr'Now,.roy dear
sir, do sit down, and??' _
_ 'Never ! BJood I mast have !'
'The bell,' I thought, arid" turning
quickly. OoOtT 'henvens !?thi bell-rope !
waJ citi high vp i I-felt faint ; but with
'jMi effort 1 rallied; and soatuhing up
the poker, I cried,'Look here! if you
doii't stop this nousense instantly I &haU
smash you. with'this !'
The maniac roared with flendih
laughter as he cried, 'I Am a' spirit h|
your weapon will go through - me as
through air!'
There he stood, glarjD^pUjme, a re
morseless maniac.
Oh ! how I'prayed 'th^fte'do4^
ighi'rlngf aWtnafr UWtteftr'^jghi
?*amtrTBni?^Wf3 M
, -melody to my
fcojrrtV ,J0u(!uo.;' cases .wfeie but fewj st
present. Oh, thai I had told John ,to
follow after mo !
'Prepare ! Thy doom is come 1' cried
the madman, -tr, be drew toward me.
stood behind a chair, with the poker
?vjnly clutched in m}' left. hand.
Suddenly he fgshed at iue. catching
my blow upon his arm, and seiz
ing me by tho throat. ' Fortunate*
ly 1 caught the wrist of the arm
that held tho knife?that long, sharp
instrument glittering in,thc gaslight. I
raised my voice, aud cried, 'Help!
Help '.' But the wind, which had now
rison to a storm, drowned fay voice;
besides, in that long, rambling house I
could only be heard outside the door.
The niauiac ut length got u firm hold of
my throat; but just before he did so I
gave one loud, piercing shriek of 'Mur
der !' Thon my eyes seemed'forced out
of my head; my brain was on lire ; the
membranes of my ears soemed bursting;
and?I remembered uo more I
* * * * * ??
When I revived 1 found myself in
bed, with IJuryhan and l^ubb.s standing
by me.
'All right, old boy!' cried Dobba;
'you arc better nt?w.'
At first I thought I had been dream
ing; but as the reme nbrancc came back
in all its horrors, I shudderingly asked,
? How did I escape V
?Dohbs and I came home earlier than
usnal,' Uuryhan replied. 'Whon we
queer follow with yon, and mentioned
what you had said to him. We hurried
up stairs, triod the door, but fouud it
fastened. Wo then heard your cry of
'murder!' So, without nioro ado, we
burst open the door?and, by Jove ! we
were only just in time, as the madman
was turning you rouud to drire tho knife
into your heart ! However, he is safe
enough now. By this time ho is lying
in the padded chamber of the ltork
honso."
1 pressed both their hands, aud the
tears silently rolled down my nheoks.
?Since thou I have boon vory select iu
my company y and-wbuuavor I see a man
of eccotitric character I feel a cold shud
der creeping through my anatomy es I
romoniber tho horrors of that '?Christ
mas in a Dispousary.'?Dr. Snlucus in
I Minion Society.
?
A tourist, who did the Colorado
mountains last fall, says ho got as raven
ous as a raven among tho ravines, and
sat down in ouc of tho gorgeous gorges
1 and gorged himself.
Amern?,
In individul lifo, it Is patent to
ordinary observation, that a bellicose
disposition is usually the accompaniment
of a raw and untrained youth. A boy,
with: lai^o?'JniueerjlaT:?Jr^elepmerj?!tend
small brain, cnnnot holp being a bully
unless restrained by education. He will
bo tyrannical to bis inferiors, insolent to
his superiors, and bis chief delight will
consist in Standing at corners, hurling
offensive epithel?! at hia fellow, and, if
they retort," punishing them with his
fists Y?t their temerity. "
In journalism wo think we discern
traces of tho same universal law- Edju.
cation, with.' all its- chastening and re
fining tendencies, often fails to repress
natural ferocity. A tyro, when he as
cends tho editorial tripod, feels an
irresistible itching and inclination to
"pitch into somebody," especially into
his rival contemporary. When we find
that ono newspaper writer has published
hia neighbor oh n "sneak," a "skunk",''
a "toad," a "pot-bellied bloat/' we.know
that journair^ia. .yet^JLa.its adolescent
period. We know that writer, though
he may thrust with n rusty bodkin, can
not wield a flashing scimetar of Damas
cus steel. We know the sooietT that
applauds such utterances is raw and
primitive. We smell the prairie flowers,
or rather we! *eo prismatically, a phantas
magoria ?i miaflnifttio swamps, slimy
alligators, and coatlesv men sitting on
barrels Id corder groceries shaking with
the chills. j q!
ilut notwithstanding the difficulties
incident 'to1 the pursuit, men must not
turn bees, and wound themselves or
their fellows with their stings; Solomon?
says iu~ Substance that he who over
comelh bis own spirit is greater than a
conqueror of walled-eities. 'Moreov^rJ
editors- who value'' reputation should
remember' that often a singlo utterance ,
rrveils L a man's antecedents' and gives,;,
vU- C;-C>* *fi mud lA oi.ti^J
organization! Dr. Holmes contends tUn^
even s?oJI innocent ' expressions \m r
"prime." "fust-rate," I laftiMtkssstfjVft I
of goods," a f;geut in a IfoTOre^-teif/^
are final. They blast the^heag? ?f hin^ ,
?r bor who uttcia thctn, for gehetutionij,,
up and down. Editors should netef
forget they are the oracles of the people,
and it will never So to let the people- see
that thoir Delphic Apollo is made of
common clay. I'l* ' 1
??' ?! > boicloiv. si...-iv. -H; L
Many of the abusive peraunalitie?
that -disgrace American journalism
doubtless spring from a mistaken notion
as to what constitutes wit and humor.
All Americans appreciate hotnor, but
unfortunately all American writers are
not humorous. Wit is a delicate light
? that plays around the moors of thought
and surprises by unexpected flashes.
Humor is wit, with kerosene thrown up
on it to make a brighter light, that may
be seen and comprehended by common
?understandings. Both contribute to
pleasure, and through mirth lighten toil.
Humor, however, in America, is more
than an amusement, it Is an effective
political agent. A late writer In tho
London Spectator admits that he knows
of no more striking difference between
English aod American society than tho
political power which, on our side of the
Atlantic, Humor appears to exercise over
the masses of the people
Probably the most witty newspaper
editor who ever wrote io*the United,
States, was George D. Prentiee, of the
J "???'-rr?'- .':-::/.._TJ 1-?- mika? ue orten
worried his contemporaries, ho never,
we believe, iudulgcd in vulgar abuse.
He fenced with a sharp rapier, but it
was fencing, not stabbing. Taglioni
pirouttcning on the stage is a picture of
oc.iuty, but an awkward lout danciug on
his partner's corns, ia quite another
thing.
We notice with gratification a grow
ing disposition among the reputable
members of tho American Press to
abandon personal vituperation, and we
trust they will not forget it during tho
fover of the coming Presidential cam
paign. Tho editor of tho N'u-?U Times
some time sinou proclaimed, "It ie fur
more noble and becoming to try to
build up tho interests of our new and
beautiful country, than to pick flaws
with our ooutemporaries. Hence we
bury tho hatchet, and shall engage in
no iuofo newspaper controversies?our
space can bo used for a Detter purpose."
At tho receul Franklin statue, banquet
m Now York, one ?f tne toasts was,
"Tho Press?while its conductors own,
to each other the eourttty ami charity of
frite gen?emeh, they *owd?(o'laet}8!l>He
the dift^lon bf t\i(^M^f>n^fd up
on truth. It it not tifflfflgh tbat1 men
mean well, it becomes
The President of th* P?ntt*ylrtPafl> State
Editoriul Convention congratatoSotfhis
brethren on the marked impr??e?et* ia
their manners 'of lateUYears, tai&says:
"There' ia no reason why editor!ahauld
engage in porsoual abuse of eahhissfter
because , they differ') in polities-eerOhey
ought rather to cultivate Xha, kjodliest
relations with each other,!', Th^ftaro
golden, son timenta, worthy to be yiscf-gjed
on every publisher's s^audard, andre?
"Thus drifting ofar to the dim vaulted^caves,
Where life and its ventures are laid,
The dreamers who gate wt the
waves ?Uauuaui ?dl f?
May see us in sunshine or Shadet V- ?*
Ife*. traa. te our <?our6Q though egjSlpiadow
-?. *r*?W;<h>rk, ,./. oi -ba( .auu.a
We'll trim our broad sail as before,
And stand by the rudder thatlgovexM the
bark,"'* " "" ^3T~
aal ii I jg lianas
. Ii ? iam ol -re if bf?t 1 : 11h odi Jat^ia
I WB- picking my teeth on ?he^Bifth
SfWS fS0?iBMirVfWiiflceMi Isf
There e&me, b/.a irakjab flrajt^he
scuded along under a* closely* fffgfed
bustle and .tolerably , bare poles., Tha
Jfind' was a1 por -nor'-wester, anaWuck
per aft, making fearful ^stm wu^ier
canvas. ' She wore 'the ,new eiyla of
metal garters' withV^t^ela^ps^T^iU
take my oath, you'ofikrve, of thjrthe
signaled W with'her eyejaniY""lore
floWn ^fi'herl'",F m^rowVabout
seven words when* ffie interripMftme
by^rfnkWg a brglWk'ottftif Her rJWUo,
orJ?bfceWh?te. 0,4IeTraTU JoftWth^llg,,
?H61rmiW| ?wMcfi^d iil^?&r*you.
It is called the histoT^dT^rS^Rrnity
in tha ?*}fe^IM?ida(irjiiibar staW^Peter
Poitaifikjeist IfcaelTtsataatfaa^;jjjjaj^
mn -mo^tjrs,'au*? bound./
It is the ^gYpates*?w*j*J*Ve*i?
You.caa'Vaffoed'to .be._.
dien cry for it. The price is
dollars. I will p^-jaw
andl-nsdw ^atniout aid* ?ot_ blot I cat
'False, jaomoj^q ?a^a&titsfaeJtj rtaatay!
?qi saAT? d^omr?daV |??oi^^k(Mstist
ing man./-, ?01* arert hnefc Agenav>i tBe
ware, . woman, ! although*. ftptoarfteii, I
Will defend mya^^^ae^h^t (la
t'lfflfPiMr..., m<? doiwiorl eV
ic^turo?:AouI J^WS&f11*'
was like, the itch, or, a bad conj^enoo,
of a washe'r-Wonoan's bulppot40^? so
easily gp^ rid of. &ho ^^aed jnjrjjbot
ateps likV a . divore.9
hovered over me like ao^yeogin^s^rtt.
She laid for me when I went to my
meals, interviewed me at m^ o'flrfce, and
bored mo at every point. Lifc'seemed a
burdfenf ltJfl> a<*l ri *'?* nt ***** ?*
I disguised- myself as'a hacknran, as
an organ* grinder, as a mihker'^put
myself in tho most humirhttiug1 ?o&H!bna,
you observe?but it Wasn't any" nie*? Be
sure that female wickedness0&m-ft? mo
out. At last. I .meandered down by tho
sad sea wares, add. was happy fqr a tjnio.
Days sped by?at fifteen pr tweultfhdol
iare e4flh?and I was beginning to for
get the book agent. ' .. ....,
One evening I wandered on the sand
ed beach in the mellow mc?nl|ghi^ I
suppose that is the correct Long Branch
thing to do. I wet a lovely oreal&ie in
white tulle, or cotton sheeting, or some
thing. I tOOk hor lor a B?inr>U
ur^ , you comprehend,' and ^^"jEeart
bounded With admiration. 1 flirted5 with
the ethereal apparition, and we sa??n a
damp rock very olose together. - My. arm
got arouud hfr waist, and (SMTOMbar
ing a uico, comfortable time^^.^Tou
possible know how it is yourself, '
'Fair stranger/ L muTn*?ra^f"*c?o54.
love thus to squat on tha prinMrrlil'sook,
-?nd conv?-"""* wi?h nature?'
8g c ' ; m i t*?*
?Couuht thou leiive th? aV.nrefcHts of
art, and live always hiuidstikkaxfloivers
and trees of the moonbeams if',., t, ^
She said she could. .[J,r.?
'Why so silent ?' I asked, softly
pressing ner' htfhd, ?I>c4taag1ic,a1rturb
tho lrarisony-of thy' soul?^S!aby%hiog
but admiration for this scenb tpthy
hoart?' , ,; ,d oinom
She said thorc was.
*-HetC; 'is somothln??,'' she *hrb1co out,
pullinrj out a ten-pound v> du mo from
somewhere, 'that I'd like to ^how you.
It is called the History oTOhjfiaj^pitj
in the-?'
I reoogntsod her. She was that in
fernal book agent. With a wiW slviek,
1 tore myself away.. \ s?dd^3sdrror
overwhelmed my soul, aud an>eoaan of
disgust drowned out j'orcygc.alTaJJmir?,,
tion of female divinities, who alt soemedi
but ? demoaa in dtegaiafc .. I aAt jet a
'bachelor i . adw
?> IT sliti ?h3 ?* - W.r'.L