The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-01-29
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10 drop in.'
win you excuse me one mint. Mr.. Slick 7
sez she, mint srier Id said this. and look
lug down on her awk'ard dress, as if she could''
but feel streaked yit.
Sarinly,' sez /, don't make no stranger oi
me. $50 H
With that, she opened door and went
into room close by. ja got good Peak
into il as she went through the door. and nn
ALFRED handsome room 1t was. There was
u great mnhoeany beadstead ,innJiDg in
the middle, with high goose feather bed
an n, kiyered all over with white quilt aud
prr.d square pillows all rufflrd off, and the
winder curtains were part white and pnr
sort of indigo blue. l c"uld't get n chancr
10 see what else there was she shot the door
so quick. BY gracious, sez to myself,
ari.r she went oui, who ON arih would ever
have thought that Miss Miles was SO old
When ] saw her yesterday Id a took my
bible oath that she warnt more than eight
zen, but now III he ch0ked II she don't look
rs old ns the hills. Ii ever she sees thirty
agin she'll have ter tara like n crab aud
walk backwards five or six yrars.' What
puzzled the most was how ia natur she made
oni in look So young-but it warut n great
while afore made it out MS clear as one Of
Deacon Sykes exortaiions.
Arrr she'd gone out list go, 40 and
t.,k n ,or Of survey of the room; every
,h;n, WA. ,o,ber eened no, heller sketrr in
il. ,b.r, was mo eend to the finery and the
L,rn.,we furniture, but II don't mike
uu 4, odds how rxirevagant one is laying
"ni money if things Mint kept neat aud snug
IN their places. The more things cost, The
more il seems To hurt n frlIers feelings 10
rec them fluns about topsy turvy M they
were IN that room. rather think she did'nt
have her company up there very oiien,-I
bu, a raI that's 90, n good bringing up will
he list ns particular about The place she
k.,ns for herself which compauy never
SEES. as if il was likely To be seen every d,y
.f her life. begun To be alfred glad thai
1 Jidn't nsk her to have me Yesterday, for
# she'd been as youns as she seemed 10 be
md -. b,rnsope .s an angel. | wouldn't
had her nr,cr seeing lh,, leelle room of
h-rn. A pocke, Handkerchief. worked and
,,,,yr,d. md rufIlrd off with lace. wn. n
k,ny ON the the set,ec, bat it wns all prin-
ned over with dir. and looked as if il would
,yio ANYTHING for "A si,h of the ". sh tub.
The carpe, was as soft aud thick nv could
be-. and n was kiyered over with lunches of
noses as nal'ral as life but there was ~
great grease spot close by the fire, where
somebody had upset u hmp, aud nll around
the edpes and in the corners il looked rs il
il bndn't been swept Cor eyer-so Ioup. A
chest of drawers, solid sbinpy mahogany.
with n uren, lnokinr glass .wupp br,w.rn
Two pieces of mahupnny on the top,-siood
az, one side of the room, and there, lnnp-
in, over the edge on EN-, ns sure ns live,
were the long baindsome curls that I'd seen
on Miss Miles when she was to Cousin
M,ry's party! Wal, thinks seq /, if tbi.
a,,i,'i take ,he rag oGf the bu.hi What do
y,n think I saw nexti A glass tumble a.
..ou, half fall of water, with three nice,
Lr,l, white teeth u laying IN the bottom, on
itt cnnlslni hrip but give Ier,ir whistle
when I saw ihem. Thinks sez I, i,s list ,s
hk. as not that Miss Miles wont pucker mp
her mouth and smile, guite 50 much this
u,rning as she did Yesterday nny how.
There was ,wo eetlo china cups with III.
k,y.rs lyinr dawn by them one was
t;lcd wirb stuff kinder like fnur, unly |
ru,brr mare gritty, aud iolher full of somr- |
,h,ny that looked like rose leaves ground
doun 10 puwdrr-a ler,le chunk of cotlou I
wo,l wns stuck into il, but " hat on nrh il
was for, | couldn't make ou,. There were
,u, or three silk cushions, chuck full of
,i,. IN The drawers. mud ther. was no
r..u,, to the le.,ls glass bottles all sprirsed
,fr with yolJ. 4, ly,ny round or IN, mantl,
sb,lf -. well os ON ,he ,ubles aud ,h. ch,s,
,f dr,yer.. Ia one corner .f the room