The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-03-10
Have YOU heard ubout Mrs. cOmeSysF'

neF nOnlt SOME utteth oI tWINty
Yards Of lawn more than she had paid for,
and that instead Of sending it back, she
kept it aQd made il up for her Children
you ever hear such a trick for an honest
woman to dot
Il don't think any woman would be gull
" of such an act. | heard 1t a few days a,
20 as a great secret, and have not mentinncl
I TO a living soul
Secret! Bless me, it is in every one,
'Isit possible! I must say that Mrs
Grimes is very indiscrcct
Grimes! Did it come from her in the frs
Yes. She told me that she was present
when the lawn came home, and saw Mrs,
Comegys measure it, and heard her say she
meant to keep it
(which she has done; for | saw her in
the street, yesterday, with a beautiful new
lawn, and her little Julia was with her
wearing one precisely like it,
'How any woman can do SO, is more than
| can understand
SO it is, Mrs. Raynor. Just to think oil
dressing your child up in a lrock as good as
stolen. Isn't it dreadful
1T is, indeed"
Mrs. Comegys is not an honest woman,
that is clear. j am told that this is not the
first trick of the kind of which she has been
guilty. They sny she has a natural pro-
p~ensity TO take things that are not her own.
4 can hardly believe hat
Nor can I; but it's.no harder TO believe
this than that she would cheat Perkins on
of fifteen or twenty yards of lawn. 1t is Q
pity; for in every thing else, she is certain
" a very nice woman. In fact, | dom
know any one whom | visit with 50 much
pleasure
Thus the circle Of dctroction widened
until there was scarcely a friend or ac'
quaintance Of Mrs. Comegys, near or re,
mote, who hadn't heard the story OF hel
having cheated a dry-goods dealer out o
several yards Of lawn. Three, was the al
legation, at first, but the most common story
made it fifteen or twenty. All this time
Mrs. Comegys remained in entire ignorance
of what was alleged against her, although
she noticed in two or three of her acquain
ces, a trifing GOODNESS that struck her Al
rather singular.
One day, her husband, seeing that she
looked quite sober, said:
'You seem dull to day; are you we'll!
yes, as well as usual, in body
But not in mind!
Il do not feel quite comfortable in mind
though don't know that | have any seriou
cause Of uneasiness.'
Tell me what i: is.'
1T Is nothing more or legs than that
was coolly cut by an old friend to-day, whom
| met in the store in Chestnut street. Ant
as she is a woman that ! highly esteem, boil
for the excellence of her character, and he
agreeable qualities as a friend, that she pos
sesses, | cannot but feel Il little bud about it
If she were one Of that capricious class WHIT
get offended with you once a month, for NJ
Just cause whatever, | shouldn't care nbou
it,. But this woman is a wOman OF charac
ter, good sense and good feeling, whose
good opinion and kind offices it is an objec'
to possess
was it Mrs, Market inquired he.
Yes
What can possibly be the causer
Il cannot Imagine
Have you thought over every thing!'
YES, | have turned the matter in my
mind, and can think of no reason why she
of all others, should treat me %coolly.'
Have you ever ~spokensof her in a way I
have your words misinterpreted by some cvi
minded person-Mrs. Grimes, fV i~nstanc,
whose memory or moral sense, one or tn,
other, IL very dull9
Il have never spoken OF her to any on,
except in terms Of praise. could not d.
otherwise, for | look upon her as one of tn
most faultless women | know
She has at least shown that she pos
sesses ono fault
What is thatl'
III she has heard anything against you q
a character 80 serious AZ 10 make her wish I
give up your acquaintance, she should Il
least have given you the chance Of defend
ing yourself before condemning you
Il think that myself
1T may be that she did not see YOU MI
COmegys suggested.
She looked me in in the fucc, and nodde
with cold formality.'
Perhaps her mind was abstracted.'
1T might have been so; mine would hRv
been very distracted indeed, to keep M
from u more cordial recognition Of
friend
How would it do to call and see her!'
Il have been thinking Of that; but M
feelings naturally oppose it; | am not con
withdrawall of,the friendly sentiments she ha
held towards me; still if she wishes to with
draw them, my pride says let her do So
But pride, you know, is not always tn
best adviser
NO; perhaps the less regard we pay to i,
promptings the BETTER
Il think So
But it is rather awkward to go to a pcrso
and ask why you've oeen treated coldly.'
Il know II, but in choice Of evils is il nc
wisest to choose the leastp
But is any ones bad opinion of you,
Incorrectly formed, an evil!
Certainly il is
Il don't know; | have a kind Of indepcnd
ence about me which says, let people thin
what they pleasc, 30 that | am conscious @
no wrong
Indifference to the worlds good or DO
opinion is all very well, if the world will mis-
Judge US Still, as any thing that prelude
es people against us, tends to impair on
usefulness, it is our duty to take all prope
care Of our rcputations.'
Mrs. Comegys concluded to go and Sc
Mrs. Markle.
II was u pretty hard trial for her, bu
urged on by a sense Of duty, she called up
on her two or three days utter having bee
treated so coolly. She sent up her nam
oy inc servant. In about five minutes Mrs
Markle descended to the parlor and receive,
her visitor in 4 cold and formal manner
That was altogether unlike her forme
cordialtty' 1t was as much as Mrs. Come
gys could do TO keep from retiring instant