The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-16
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FIFTY to day! FItty: little chance now
Of my having wife and a house full Of
elittle responsibilities" as Fanny Wrigh,
calls them. Heighoi I'm getting to be
no. not a .middle-aged gentleman" for
I've been that. any time the last ten years;
no. I'm gentleman declining in years,
and NAV advertise for a housek eeper with.
out giving handle To scandal 10 make
free with my character. Twenty-Five
wears ago. and l should have affronted
the man WHO foretold this; that should
be sitting this day in an armchair. news
paper in hand, breakfast before me. foot
on cushion, and only one cup and two
eggs on the table: Newspapers are stupid
things; Ia much rather chat over nv
morning meal. Why the deuce am not
married! Nohudy makes tea fit To drink
now; and the toast never comes up 10 me
hot. What capital tea Lucy Smith used
to make. Poor Lucy; l wonder what
made me think of her! People sait Lucy
and | would certainly make march. and
so we should, suspect, if il hadn', been
for that cursed cousin of hers. I'm sure
she would have married me if had asked
her; but kept putting off and putting il oil
day after day. and he-cut me out and be
hanged 10 him. | was young gentleman
then, and thought could marry whenever
liked. They went away TO the west
and got rich; he's a member of Congress.
and she has grown fat, and rides about in
her carriage, with two or three grown up
daughters; pretty girls, 100, as m tolc,
but they'll never be like their mother. I've
ribbon of hers, that she used TO wear
round her slender waist, and brbed her
lille brother 10 steal it for me, with the
loan of my fowling piece; and sometimes,
when il rams, and feel sentimental.
take it out of my writing desk and look
at it awhile. think III throw il in the
fre-bu! don't though, and the c il is
YET in the secret drawer with my mosher,s
picture, and the las, lock of my own hair.
They make capital wigs now, by The
wa"; nobody seems TO suspect that my
curIs are not The natural crop. Lucy used
to say that my hair was beautiful and I'm
almost certain she cut off lock once,
when was asleep on the sofa. 1 wonder
whether she's lost any of her splendid
teeth; mine have sto1d il out pretty we'll,
but they're going. Parnly said hers
would last a long time, and he ough, 10
know. | must &C to him and get him TO
TO make me douple of new ones. What
shall do with myself to-day! I've Civ
en- up business aud made money enough
to last me my time. I've no one to leave
it 20 when I'm gone. Where's the use
of going on adding dollar to dollar, and
acre 10 acre; unless one has children 10
set up? Nine marriages in the paper to-
day! Nine husbands and niue wives crea-
led since yesterday morning. dare say
they'll all have Young sprouts-say four
apiece on the averages; that's H. rtv-six
little mouths 10 be s,uded with bread and
butter, and seventy-iwo little feet 10 buy
shoes for, and two hundred and eighty
eight little fingers TO wash and keep clean.
No fool oi job that tor the nine papas
and rnamas! was always renarkabl.
fond Of children. - @
There is new married couple moved
,nto tue nouse osec ;t.e way, on purpose
40 plague me, do believe; they seem 20
DE cry fond of each oiher, and dreadini,y
happy. There's gig comes 10 the dooc
every afternoon ana he hand lis wife IN
so carefully, and she smiles at him 80
brightly as they drive off, that I'm almost
tempted 10 wish they might break their
necks before they come back. That's =
nice looking girl that has come 10 stay
with them during the honey moon, she 5
The brides sister or something, | dare say:
The prettiest foot and The most roguish
eyes Eve ever seer-eXcept Lucy Smith s.
1 wonder ii she's engaged TO be marrled'
don't see any very suspicious Young
zen come to the door, and. But what
the deuce is i. to me whether she IS or