Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-01-06

IF it is any satisfaction to you, VIII tell
YOU. was at your house when the pattern OF
lawn dress you now have on was sent home
You measured it in my presence, and there were
several yards in it more than you had bought
aud paid for
.'How manyP
Mrs Grimes looked confused and stammered
out
Il do not now exactly remember
'How many did she tell you, Mrs RaynorF
'She said there were three yards
'And you, Mrs Fisher
six yards
and you, Mrs FloienceP
Fifteen yards, think
'Oh, no, Mrs Florence, you are entirely mis-
taken. You misunderstood me, said Mrs
Grimes in extreme perturbation.
'Perhops so. But that is my present Impress
ion replied Mrs Florence
That will do, said Mrs Comegys. Mrs
Grimes can now go on with her answer TO my
inquiry. will remark, however, that the over
plus was Just two yards
Then you admit that the lawn oVerran what
you had paid for?
Certainly do. 1t overran Just two yards
Very well. One yard or Dozen the prin-
cipIe is just the same. | asked you what you
meant to do with it, and You replied, keep it Of
course Do you deny THAR
mo. 1t is very likely that | did so, for it
was my intention to keep it,
Without paying for it, asked Mrs Markle
Mrs Comagys looked steadily into the face of
her nerrogator for some moments, flush upon
her cheek, and an indignant light in her eye
Then, without replying to the question, she
stepped to the wall and rang the parIor bell
In few moments servant came in.
ASK the gentleman in the dining room if he
will be kind enough to step here. In a little
while step was heard along the passage, and
then young man entered.
You are a clerk in Mr. Perkins's store! said
Mrs Comegys
Yes, ma am
You remember my buying this lawn dress at
your store!
Very well, ma am. should forget good
many incidents before forget that
what impressed it upon your memory
u This circumstance. was very much hur-
ried at the time when you bought it, and, in
measuring it of, made a mistake against myself
of two yards There should have been four
dresses in the piece. One had been sold pre-
yoGs to yours. Not long after your dress had
been sent home, two ladies came into the store
and chose each dress from the same pattern
o., IL I hts Il
two Yards short, and lost the sale of the dresses
in consequence, as the ladies wished them alike
An hour rherward yon called to say that had
made mistake and sent you home two yards
more than you had paid for; but that, as you
. liked the pattern very much, you would keep it
and buy two yards more for a dress for your it,
tie girl
Yes; that is exactly the truth in regard TIC
the dress. | am obliged to you, Mr. $, for
the trouble have given you. will not keep
You any longer
The young man bowed and withdrew,
The ladies Immediately gathered around Mrs
Comegys, with a thousand apologies for having
for moment entertained the idea that she had
been gully Of wrong, while Mrs Grimes took
refuge in flood Of tears.
Il have but one cause of complaint against
You all, said the injured lady, 'and it is this
S A charge of SO serious nature should never
: have been made subject of common report
without my being offered a chance to delenC
e myself As for Mrs Grimes, can readily un
e derstand how she fell into the error she did,
A But she never would have fallen into it, if she
1 had not been more willing to think evil thar
= goad Of herfiends / DO not say this to hur
d her, but to state truth that it may be well 70
= her, and perhaps for some of the rest of us, Il
e lay to heart It's serious thing to speak eyi
= of another, and should never be done except OF
the most unequivocal evidence. 1t never occur
= red to me to say to Mrs Grimes that | wou!'
d pay for the lawn; that | supposed she or an
one else would have inferred, when | said
It would keep it, ....
o A great deal was said by all parties, and man
o apologies were made. Mrs Grimes was partcu
larIy humble, and begged all present to forgiy
and forget what was past. She knew, she said
It that she was apt to talk; it was falling wit
her, which she would try to correct But tina
= she didn't mean to do any one harm,
If As to the latter averment, il can be believes
or not as suits every ones fancy. All concern
ed in this affair felt that they had received a les
son they would not soon forget, And we doub
not that some Of our readeos might lay it {
heart with great advantage to themselves an
" benefit No others
gIrA blessing TO MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN
Such may SIIERMAN'S WORM LOZENGES be truly called, Il