Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-09-23
LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER o. Isi3

cult ofoccomplishment in Boston's crooke
slreets,) TO tell his father TO come TO he
I right away; 10 stop for nothing; for some
thing was the maltr. The child ran q
ms errond, and the wife sai herself dow
ina rocking-chair, and rocked with oil he
might, not deigning to answer word L
all the remo rks Of Mrs. A. Presently, il
came the worthy blacksmith, putting anC
blowing, and demanding /hat was broker
now. lie saw the iraie brow Of his wife
and turning 10 her companion, was sur
prised at having his cordial saIutation re-
turned with stiff embarrassme nj, aud rel
'cra'ed, "What's the matter, | say9'
l"fou can ask her," cried his Indignant
wife, pointing to Mrs. A.; but too angry Il
wait for her explanation. burst out with
he story herself Exasperated enough
was the worthy blacksmith, he quickly
de'e rmIned on his course, and insisting On
Mrs A. accompanying them, proceeded
with his wife TO The house Of Doctor Byles.
The Doctor received them with all that
sauvIty and courtesy he well knew how
10 assume--he insisted on their sitting
down--he overwhelmed them with atlen-
tlon and poIiieness. alt was so agreeable
to have neighbors calling in so friendly a
way" The blacksmith was too angry to
be long siIenced by civiIi,y, and blun,ly
demanded what he meant by what he told
Mrs A. that he had caught him stealing
"Why. just what said, my good friend.
Did ! not see you, Industrious man that
you are, By sunrise this morning, steeiing
a lot Of dreS? | thought the better of you
Tor your early hours, promise YOU
"STEELING AxEsm shouted the blacksmith,
bursting oul INFO loud laugh, "to be sure
| was" ''Steeling axes!" cried Mrs. W.,
who instantly caught the equivoque, and
was so greatly relieved that she forgot to
be angry. "Lord Mrs. A., how could you
be such fool MS to mistake the good Doc
Tor sol To be sure he was steeling OF
axes; but reckon he won't 90 to prison
for that!'-The blacksmith was but bali
satisfied, and made queer face at the
Doctor on taking leave.
"Once upon time," his daughters had
some business to do, or some project, for
which the house TO themselves was very
desirable, they therefore were very anx-
ions that for one day their father should
not stay at home, and succeeded in gam.
ing his promise that thenext day he would
go out of the house in he morning, and
not come into il again all day.
Delighted at this promise, they made
preparations for the next day; but any
one acquainted with the character Of Doc
tor Byles, would have known well that
some precious piece Of mischief was in his
mind. The next morning, after break
fast, the Doctor put on his hat. and going
up stairs, assembled to the roof of the
house, where was sort Of turret, in
which he kept telescope, and which he
chose to consider as out the house, and
there stationed himself and remained;
keeping the poor girls, his daughters,
irudgine up and down stairs all day, to
bring him his books, his dinner, his loddy ),
his pipe, his spectacles, his snuff, and
every other errand he could invent. In
vain did the weary girls entreat that he
would come down stairs at least, and be-
waited on there, they would give up his
promise Of keeping out all day. No! heI
would do as he had said, and in the cupola
ne remained all day, having efectualIy
secured himself against repetition of
he request.
At another time, on cold night freez-
ng cold night in winter, the girls were
sound asleep in their bed, in one OF the
upper rooms, when they were reused by
heir fathers voice calling them from his
Dom in the lower story, "Catherinem
'-" q have forgotten the name Of
he olher.) They lislenened; again the
'oice rose in accents, as they thought, in
distress. Supposing him TO be sick, and
moving him 10 be impatient, they sprang
rom their warm bed, and ninglng over
heir shoulders the first things they could
ind in the dark, soon Stood shaking in the
old by their Ga'her's bedside. WHATS
he matter?n cried they both in breath.
Why my, dears, it is such bitter cold
light. that | was uneasy for fear you had
Iol clothes enough on your bed, and would
eel cold!" One may imagine the indlg-
alton which they dared not utter, as,
.hiled TO the bone, they returned to their
omicie.
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