Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-06-09
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, is4e.

run the risk Of having the new cloak,
which cost ten dollars, besides her labor.
spoiled as the other had been. She did
not wish to do the former but, how could
she submit to the latter Just as, in her
doubt and hesitation, she laid her hand up.
on the new garment, thought struck her,
and turning to the girl, she said
Tell Mrs. Armand that she can have
the light cloak in welcome; buI Charley
/ is gong out, and will wear the blue one
The girl departed, and Charley got an
extra airing that day. Mrs. Armand was
exceedingly indignant, and wondered if
! Mrs. Lowell supposed she was going 10
send her child out in that solled and grea-
sy thing
Towards supper time, Mrs. Lovells
cook asked her if she wished coffee made.
Oh, certainly was replied.
MRS. Armand has our coiie.pot.'
know. You must 90 in for it,
The cook took off her apron, and ran in
! to Mrs. Armand's for the cuffee- pot In
few momeats she returned and said
Mrs. Armand can't let Won have it be
/ fore tomorrow. Hers is not mendpd vet,
and Mr.. Armand always drinks coffee for
supper.
But go and tell her that have compa-
+ ny and cannot do without it, replied Mrs
/ L., little m2atienly.
! The girI went back. When she return.
ed, the coflee-pot was in her posse<sion.-
1 As she set it down before Mrs. Lowell.
/ she said
Mrs. Armand didn't seem to like ii
much
/ Like what much p
Your sending again. She says her
! husband never drinks tea, and she don't
know how she is gong to make coffee
( But iha, isn't my coffee pot =
! Yes maam.'
/ On 10. Never = And Mrs. Lowell
took up dingy looking affair that her cook
had brought in and eyed it doubtingIy.-
/ She remembered her Britannia coffee POT
as beautiful piece of ware, without
scratch or bruise, and bright as silver.
/ But this was as dull as pewter part of
/ the bottom. had been melted of, or turn
ed up there were several large dents in
il /; the mouth of the spout had received
disfguring bfuise, and the little Jet knob
on the lid was entirely broken off No,
moths was not The coAie pot. But the
cook insisted that it was, and soon proved
I her assertion.
I his was too much for Mrs. Lowell, and
the forbearance of that long suffering lady
yielded under the too heavy pressure il
! was called to sustain.
/ That my coffee pot = she exclaimed
/ with most indignant emphasis, and lift
! ing IT from the table on which the cook
had placed it, she set it down upon a tea
tray, which contained the other pieces be-
! longing to her beautiful set of Britannia.
| The contrast was lamentabe.
! There ! said she, with a glowing
cheek, aud voice pitched an octave higher
/ than usual. Take the whole set 10 to
Mrs. Armand, with my compliments, and
| say that make her a present OF IT.
The cook didni need TO be told her er-
rand twice but before Mrs. Lowell had
time for reflection and repentance, she was
beyond recall.
The dining room and kitchen Of Mrs.
Armand's house were in the same story,
and separated only by a door. 1t hap.
pened that Mr.. Armand was at home when
Mrs. Lovell's cook came in and presented
the breakfast and led set, with the compli-
ments of her mistress. The tone in which
the message was given, as /. reached his
ears, satisfied him that something was
wrong and he was put beyond doubt when
he heard his wife say, with unusual excite
mcnt in her voice.
Take them back Take them back! =
The girl re,reated hastily, and left her
10 full possession OF the tray and It's con.
tents.
WHAT'S the matter ? inquired Mr.. Ar
mand, as his wife retreated into the dining
room, with flushed face and quivering lip.
1t was some moments before she could
speak, and then she said something in a
confused way about an insult. Not being
able to understand what it all meant, Mr..
Armand sought for information IN the
kitchen.
Whose is this ? he said to Kitty, laying
his hand upon the Britannia set.
Mrs LovelPs, replied Kitty.
Why is it here ?
Mrs Lowell sent it in as a present to
Mrs. Armand
Indeed = Mr.. Armand looked little
closer.
Is this the coffee pot we have been US
ing for week |?
Yes sir
flumphp Light was brcaking into
his mind
Abusing, | should have said,' he add.
ed. And because the coffee pot has been
ruined, and the set broken, Mrs. Lowell
makes us present of what remains I?
KITTY held down her head in silence.
After examining the cotfec-pot, and con-
tras,ing it with other pieces ofthe set, MIR.
Armand made an angry exclamation, and
retired from the kitchen. He did not re-
enter the dining room where he had leti