The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-02-19

est lhlng ever did see-but IL Was enough 10
make teller seem blind 10 look AZ IL, the h2-
ures on !, were so alfred gsudy. Every thing
~ the room was as costly and harnsone Us
could be but somehow il seemed rs II every
individual thing had cou,e there ON its own
hook, and was so proud OF itself that il wouldn'i
agree with its neighbors. The chairs looked
dreadfully out Of sorts with the seitees. aud
the great looking glasses made every thing
seem ten times more fiery and bright With their
glstening. The hull room seemed more like
garden planted with poppys, sun, flowers and
mary -golds than any Thing could think on.
There was a table sot out at one eend
Jisi aiore one Of the looking glasses, that made
Il seem as long agin as il ialy was. II WIS nll
covered over with silver batksis and knives and
forks and glasses. and every thing that could
be thought on TO eat aud drink. And both
eends were leeile meeting houses with steeples
TO them, all made out OF sugar candy, and hull
loaves OF CAKE with flowers and birds lying
down on the top of EN-; besides some had
leeile sugar lambs cufled up on 'em, as nal'ral
as ie.--l never did a table SO set of in my
born days-it was sgnt 10 look on. Cousin
Beebe's war;, touch TO il; but somehow
the things were all crowded on 20, aud there
was snch heaps on heaps of everything, that II
didn't seem half SO gen,eel as cousin Mary's
! did. IL must have cost an alfred heap ot mon
ey though!
was so struck up with tho room and the
table. that IT was more than a mint aoIe
found out thar there were any folks in the
premises, but bi'm-by discovered fat chunk.
ed woman sitting in a rocking chair, all cusb-
iontd with red shiny velvet. She sot close by
the fire. but when stepped back and put my
foot out 10 make bow, she got up and made
me cufchy-but such n curchy ] never did
see--it was about half way between The fuiier
Of hen and swacgcr Of a fat duck. IL was
as much as | could do To keep from snoring
right out to see her but choked in, and ser |.
bowing again. YOU see make myself at hum.
marm. Mr.. Slick. my pussy cousin, out there
wanted me TO come and make you New
Years call al.
I , wish you could seen how tho criuer
sirn,ied PIP when ] said this, but all TO once
she seemed to guess who Was, for she stuck
her head one side snd begun 10 smile aud
pucLcr up her mouth like all natur. Up she
cum 10 me with both hands out. and sez she.
Cousin. I'm delighted TO see you. Mr..
Slick was telling me about you yesterday, and
sez !. invite him by all means. II aint often
/; we can make free with a relation they are SO
y sn, TO presume upon iI--Raly some OF Mr.
Q Sticks family have been very annoying. the,
= don't seem to understand our position; bu
] you. cousin. you thai, have SO much mind
v can COfniNeTfHu lncsc
: Afore conId get a chance 10 stick in wore
ederwsys. she took my hand. yaler glove and
r ALL between both hsrn and led me along to the
fire. AFTER I'd sot down. she kept n lingering
lover one Of my hands as II IL belonged TO her.
Think. seq ]. what on arih can the old criiter
mean. III be dafned If she was fifteen years
younger. ] should think she had such notion
to the family. ihat she wasn't particular how
many on '~m she made love to. As soon ~ I
could get her to give mp my hand. she jist LEI
hern drop on my knee as aGectopate as q pus-
sey cat. nnd sez she. scrswint up her mouth
and sticking her face close up to mine.
! Cousin. yon cant think how delie hted wss
to read your letters in the Express. ] do like
to see such upstairs ~ these Bcebees taken off
only think Of the idee of her giving parties and
her husband not out Of business yit When
read thar lerer, seq to Mr.. Slick, bring the
youne gentleman here. wbero he can see
something Of real high life 1t would be pity
to have him throw away his talents in desert.
hing such l.w affairs as Mrs Beebec's must
be- With that she looked round her blazing
room rs proud as could be. as IL she wanted me
10 give her some soft solder back agin but |
felt sort of wrathy AT what she said about cou-
sin. and wouldn't take the hint but SEE ! |
beg pardon, marin. bot Mr.. Beebce is my friend
and relation, and chap tbatll set still and |
near IfNHn run uo"u uoH uestffo DIV, SC-
eordng TO my notion as for cousin Mary
"Oh," scz Mrs. Slick. n twisting ronpd hLe
an eel. "she i, a lovely womsn without any
donbt, ] sartinly should have called on her
long ago: but then one has many acquain-
ianoes Of that sort TO remember, thai really
have never found time" Think, ses !. IL YOU
won't call till Mary wants you. i don't think
you'll put yourself out in a hurry. bht did mt
say so for jisi that minute she seemed 10 re-
member something, and she sung Out "Jsmi
MA. my dear" ~.
With that the waller curtains by one OF the
windows were rusiled and nired out. and a
young gal, fue6ed off TO kill, came from wher"
she had been standing back on 'cm TO look at
the fellers as they went along The street ]
rather guess there was flirting Of ribsDd, and
u s!is,enng Of gold things when she made her
appearance. She came hopping and a dan
cling across the room. and when she come jist
sl"re me she stopped short aud le, of curehy
thai seemed more like one OF her molhcrs run
crazy than any thing | could think on. The
old woman .he spread oUi her hands and seq
she. . Jemima. my dear. this IS your cousin,
Mr.. Slick. the gentleman whose letters yon
were so delighted With"
With that the queer crifier gave me another
curchy and looked ~ II she'd been glad u
she'd known enough In say something bot the
old woman sot IN with stream OF talk about
her I'll any body on srh would have sot her
do~n for an angel jisi on, Of heaven, dressed
nm in pink satin and loaded OF with goId. II
th,y'd believed word her mother said. Think. ,
.iz 4 TO myself as ] stood looking at the old
woman and the gal. its enough TO make fellcr
.eL of life 10 see two sioh suck mp critters
The GALS furbclows didn't hOk so bad coDsid-
.ripe she vas so young, yet it always seems to
me as IL heaps Of jimerack, and fnery bssped
on to purity young criiier look kinder unoai-
raj. Women are good deal like flowers to
my notion. and the hsprsomest posies that grow
in the woods never have but one color besides
their leaves. I've seen galsin the country with
nothing but pink sun bonneis and calico irocks
on. that looked as fresh and sseei as full blown
roses.-raIs that could poll m even yoke with