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M I S G u L L "A N Y
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HOW MRS. TWEADLE MADE SLIGHT
MISTAKE.
By PETER IrErrERroD, ESQ,

Mrs Tweadle was terribly jealous wo-
man. The moment Mr., gweadle frnfortr.
nately for her peace of mind very handsome
gentlemanl deparIel from her sight her
of his being seduced from his matrimonial
allegiance, and her imagination filed with
horrible visions of his smiles and attentions
being lavished on some artful creature more
fascinating than herself not that she had
any just grounds on which to found her
screen eycdn suspicious, for Mr. Twsadle
was a very model Of affectionats Husbands,
and usually spent the greater portions Of
his evenings at home. But somehow, he
was remarkably polite and attentive to fe.
males generally, and would no more have
permitted one to lack the shelter Of his UNI
brella when it rained, than he would have
thought to fly Moreover, he was great
fayorite with the fair sex generally and
when ever any of his wife's lady friends
paid her a visit, he woke up to double his
ordinary flow Of pleasant speech .agreeability
Of manner, and would never suffer them to
retarn home unacccmpanied by his protect
ing arm
Therefore, Mrs Tweadle was jealous, and
+ grew dSily more and more jealous, till her
face at length assumed as sour and green an
aspect as the frind of an unripe water melon.
None but the very ugliest Of hags would she
have in the house as servants, though the
Tweadle cifetubs were almost frightened in
to fits by their presence, and Mr.. Tweadlo
asserted with wry face of disgust, that only
to look at such "infernal scarecrowsn was
enough to make sensitive man run away to
the midst of some solitary desert, and live a
hermit all the rest of his days. Nay, on the
advent Of one particular damsel, whose fea-
lures we're as coarse anu rough as an old shoe
brush, and her eyes all twisted into heap
as it we're, in one NEST excruciating squlnt,
he said that his own organs of vision were
growing awry, and so fast, that in very
short time he should be compelled to turn
his head twice round to look at an object in
front Of hts face But Mrs Tweadle was
not to be changed in her purpose. Have
pretty servants. indeed and have Tweadle
making love to them under her very nose
Was it not fact, that wherever pretty ser
wants we're kept, the gentlemen, stricken
| with astrong prediction for the kitchen, as
if the said pretty servants bad only been
hired as sort Of extra provision, especially
provided for their amrse.aai1pIIi
One BY one e.. the good.looking of her
fr..ssnds Sere dropped from her list Of accept
/ ed visitors, till nothing but contemplate ug-
illness was to be seen in her abode She
shook her FIST at the bright eyed seamstress
who would continue TO parade her brazen
face on the opposite side Of the way, and
draw down the blind with savage gesture,
as Of one shutting out some hateful oyesore,
and who felt that she could burn the shdme.
full hnssy at the stake; and once when Mr..
| Tweadle dared to suggest the idea Of en-
ploying lady clerks in his store, in place ef
great lazy men who would be doing them
selves and their country both service making
fence rails o. chopping wood, she raised such
i storm as threatenedto almost lift the roof
from tho dwelling, and nipped that scanda-
lous notion in the bud, quick and forever.
The lady clerks, fors0oth a pretty con-
venient provision that would be When
| Mr. TWeadle could indulge in forbidden
sparkling by the quantity, under cover Of
business, With rs much ease as he would
measure Of 4 yard Of ribbon OF tape.
iii. +. made light Of her Jealous bicker-
ing, and laughed heartily It her hints and
t haIf.cxpresssd fbars aDd still more jealous
grew his suspicious wife What lady was
thar he saw home from the concert Oh,
/ to BE sure, Miss Tilly AndsMhnt right had
| he to bs eallanting young ladies' home from
/ the concerto Who was Miss lilly, thai she
/ had any claim On ! married man She is
8 very charming lady, assuEs req. nsJ
dear, responded Mr. TWeadle with smile
Oh, indeed Z! came short and snappish
from the lips g Mrs TwcadIe. and All the