The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1841-02-03
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attend TO his wants ne ieaDeu IoIWifu 10 ne!
bispseit when a man, whom Mr.. Waters ha
ompleyed 10 assist 10 the removal. suddenly o
psned the door, by which the child precipaie'
on the table his hand Overcoming his fatheri
cup, ami then lodging in the buuer
Mrs. Waters colored at this inconrover,'bi'
srguuien, agains, her cause. and when her hus'
band, on leaving The table, repeated his Wis!
hat IL should hereafter be set in the back par
lor. she acquiesccd without opposition.
Awceh or Two from this, while Liddy was
clearing off the breakfast things, Mr.. Waters
eve fell upon his wife, who had opened the
doors Of the sideboard, and, in a STOPPING pos
rure, was looking a, the shelves, with M os'
tsnsible purpose other than that Of admiring
iss eouiepn.
How did it happeo, Eliza said he that
after YOU had made up your mind TO be so very
fashionable, you allowed that huge sideboaid to
come into one OF your parlorsl'
Because there is no dining room to take 1t
INTO, and as we have no closets iu the house II
was necessary tha, should have something 10
Keep my china in. wish you to be punctual
a, Your dinner my dear inland ts,reat you to
e dish OF your iavori'e soup
Am To understand iha, you wish alone 10
gra,ly lny palate, or is your object also TO show
oil your dinner ware in full operation
'Nonsrnse. Henry yen lake snch delight
IL team. ne but don, forget"
he complied with her injunction and return
.,,
the raIor door, AZ she was carrying her vaunt-
I'd lGreen into the kitchen, aud stopped to con
gra'ulate him on Lildy's success in concoctng
Ia, iyorite mess. In a few Minutes she rctuln.
"a, preceded by Liddy bringing the soup, and
dni fcllswcd by liiIlc Phnbe bearing some re.
quisile accom- panmcni. Blu, before they had
reached the table, the triumphant procession
was wofuIly deranged. The turcen fell from
L,djy's hand, aud far aud wide, the carpor
drluk in The genial moisture" while a lrag
mcni OF china rcbounded, and cut broad cash
IN PhGbes check. close 10 the eye.
10" on earth couiI you have been so care
KISS, I.iddy = screamed Mrs. Waters, between
hight and vesa,iop.
How could help il. ma'am !, replied Lid
dy. with becoming dignity. II was all the
fault oiihe iurccenr and she held out the han.
ilrs, wh'ch she still grasped. They had been
ceincn!ed along with the other things, in such
u nauncr as 10 be imperceptible TO the sight,
and the heat OF the soup had melted them on.
Pray Eliza don't let i, disturb you so much
whispered Jane, after endeavoripg TO quiet Pho
be, who WAS crying with the pain Of her wound
think how easily this poor child might have
lost her eye by the accident, il that had hap
penei. our bargain would have been reproach
To us all our lives and with this consideration,
the lady allowed herself TO be paeiied.
The removal had taken place in September
md the weather soon began to grow cold
Mrs. Waters went on, one afternoon 10 lay in
soaring apparel for the winter, and did not re-
'nrn unl her husband was ready to accompany
her from hs business in the evening.
Tea has beer waiting loryou this half hour.
sni lanc, whcn. they had got home, come in
To- the font parlor,--I have filed aud lighted
he pier-,able lamp, as Henry directed me last
night Does it not burn beautifully. IL think
Il throws ont more light than the other.
Where are The children = asked Mrs. Wa
,eTs.
In the bach parlor both riding in the large
rocking chair
Well. 1T them bel wish TO show you my
new purchases, and my present. See, this Ell |
csant shawl. had been denying myself one
Tor three or four years, because | thought we
could not afford the cost, and it was very Kind
IN Henry TO give Ins this now, when hc has
been ., such unusual expense in fitting up
.he house. He says, however. that he has
.ust r'ade on extra profit on a 10, of them, and
HAT, therefore, he is able To let me have them
. i,hout much disadvantage
After Jane had sufficiently admired the shawl
Srs. Water, folded 1t up carefully 10 make
'oom for her other acquisitions. when they
we're startled by crash and a sceam from the
'ther parIor. Hastily throwing down her
hSsl. she ran out with Jane. aud found both
he children screaming on the floor. The arm
lad broken out OF The chair, one OF the bargains,
nd little Agnes had fallen with her face against
~ edge oil The sideboard.
Mercy Guns my chids nose is broken
he will be uisfsured for life y exclaimed Mrs
" aters. wipins the blood from the ltlle girls
ace. while Jane picked her up, and Mr. Wa
ers, whom the noise had attracted down stairs,
ould give her no hope,-but, at her entreaties,
,unied to call in physician.
That abominabe chair IL did not think
'oafd possibly have been deceived in It = cried
he disturbed mother, aud while Jane was
oc,hng little Henry. who also had been hurt.
housh but slightly, she continued TO bewail
ae probable loss Of her child's beauty. By
he time the doctor came the nose was dreadful