New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-16

bran new sbiYts eight linen and eight cotton mada
them, mysti, out OF the Hamilton long, Hamilton
Iopgeloth II good cotton too; strong firm, and wears
well Eight cotton and eigot linen shirts Can any
BODY tel what he got mari. for Idont know lfke
tired Of his boardr house of course be could always
come home. AZ to Roth, don't know anything
about her. Of course abe Ia perfect in his eyes.
remember the time when he used to think nc perfect
suppose shall be laid on the shelf now. Wen.
what beauty he can find 10 III 81 pale golden hair ADD
ihote blueeray EYES, don't know. cant say
fancy the family either. Proud Lucifer all of EN-.
Nothing TO be proud OF, either The father next 10
nothing when be began life The son conceited
jackanapes, who divide, his time between writing
Thy mes and nvsnting new ties for his cravs,. Well
wei, we sbaD see; bot doubt if this bride sany-
thing but wedr, sseo doll. I've been peepins nto
her bureau drawers to-day. What IL the use Of all
tbote rufies on her upder-clothes, like 10 know
who's going 70 wash and iron them Pre,ent, TO
her. Wen, Why cont people make seasi5le presents
"a dozen of d-h tawels, some crash rollers bail Of
wick yam, or the ike Of thai. T.
'O-o-oh dear there's the carriage Nov, for
one month to come TO say the least shall be made
perfectly sick with Their billing and cooling. l
should Mt be surprised if Harry didn't speak to me
oitber then oLce day. Had he carried practic Al
woman i would nj have cared somebody who looked
az II God mace hsr for something but that little yell
Iow-haiftd simpletcn-umph"
Poor Roth. in happy Ignorance Of the state Of her
new mother in Laws eiiDgs moved abou, her apart
ments in sort Of blssful dream. How odd it seemed
til. new freec ON this being ones mistress. How
odd TO zee tina: shaving brush and those rszors lying
her tolet.tablel then that saucy looking smoking
cap, those slippers and that dressing gown tnose
fancy neck ties, too and vests and cJats, in unre-
boked proximity TO her mu.iDs, laees, silks and de
lair es
Ruth liked it.
In due time tiny wall is heard in the darkened
chamber. Ruth is q mother. THE advent Of the
little stranger was viewed through very differ.
eDt ipectacles by different members of the family
The doctor regarded it as little autOma.on, for
pleasant Esculapian experiments in his idle
hours; the old lady viewed it as another barrier
between herself and Harry, and another tic to
cement bis already too strong attachment for
Ruth; and Betty groaned, when she thoa shs of
the puDy interloper, in connection with washing
and ironing days; and had already made up her
mind that the first time its nurse used her new
saucepan TO make cruel, she would strike for
higher wages" We must give the life-like por-
trai,ure Of an Indispensable parsonage on the
occasion alluded to-
Ruths nurse. Mrs Jf, was fat, elephantne, and
urctuous. NursiDg agreed with her She had
"tasted' too many bowls Of wine whey tue stairs,
tipped up too many bottles of porter in the closet Ind
down too many slippery Oysters before handing them
TO "ber lady, rot 20 90 credit TO her pantry dev0
tioDs. Mre. Jf wore an uncommony stiff ginghsm
eoen, which sount ed, every time she moved, like
the rusile Of football among the withered leaves Of
autumn. Her shoes were new thick. and creaky.
and she had a wbeezy, dilapidated bellowsy way of
breathing, quent upon the consumption IF the
above eDtioDed port aud oysters, which was in.
tcLsely crucying TO a sick ear.
MR.. JG always forgot TO bring her own comb
and hair brush. She had way, too. of opening
drawers and closets I" by mistake, thereby throwing
her he piers victim into sta'e Of profu.e perspira
ton. Then she would 90 TO sleep between the and
irons, with the new baby on the edge of her knee, in
alarming promixty to the Goals would take pinch
of snuff over The bowl Of cruel in the corner, and
knock down the shovel poker, AID toogs, every time
she went Lear the fire; whispering -sh-sh-sh-at
the top of Der lungs che glanced n tue direction of
the bed ss if is demented occupant the guilty
cause OF the accident.
Mrs Jf bad not nuTsed five and-t veuty years for
rohg. She particularly aft cted taking OF young
moihers, with their frst babies; knowing very well
that Ter chain shortened, with every edition 10 ma
ternsl experience: she considered HERSELF therefore,
qutelucky in being called upon TO superinend little
Daisy's sdvent.
IL did occasionally cross Ruth's mind "A she lay,
ain OFT faintng " th exhaustion, the pillow while
the little Daisy cried, give give, whether
il took Mrs. jill two hours TO IN axe cup Of tea,
and brown one slice Of toast Mrs. Ji solscigg her
SELF meanwhile, over an omelete in toe kitchen,
with Betty, and pouring into her ready ears whole
historits Of gen emen as wasn I gen lemen whose
ladies she Duned, and how "rcb0dy but herself
knew how late they did come home when their wives
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it," Sometimes, also, Ruth innOceLfly wondered if
il was tssary for the TO occupy the same bed
with cher LADY," part ,ularly when her circunter.
ence was g. Behemoth.ish, and her nose as musical
a. Mrs. Jiils; and whether there would be any i'm
proprety in Der kpg her TO take the babe an keep
II quiet part Of the night, that she might occasionally
get nap. Sometimes, too she considered the fes,i-
biity Of requesting MIs Jill not to select the time
when she Ruth slipping her choco ate, TO comb
out her " false 'front.', aud polish up her artificial
teeth; and sometimes she marSeed why, when Mrs.
,Jil paid such enoess visits 10 the kitchen, the WAS
alwbys as fixed as the North Star whenever dear
HAIRY came in to her chamber 10 have q conjugal
chat with her.
Time dies On--seasOns come and g0-and still
peace broods like dove under the roof Of Har-
~ and Ruth.
Each bright summer morning, Ruth and the little
Daisy Who slreacy partook Of her mothers love for
nature rambled hand III hand, through the woods
and fields with a wholesome disregard of those city
bugbears sun, dew, boys, fences briers, and cattle
Wherever flower opened its blue eye in the rock.
cleft; wherever the little stream ran, babbhng aud
sparkling. through the emerald meadow; where the
golden moss piled up It's velvet cushion 10 the cool
woods whore the pretty olema,is threw the graceful
AIMS of youth round the gnsried trunk OF decay;
where the bearded gram swayng 10 sud fro, temped
its death the reaper; where the red aud white clio
yer dotted the meadow grass or where; In the damp
marsh the whip poor-w moaned and the crimson
lohela nodded lite regal crown; or where the valley
smiled in it's beauty meath the lofty bills, nesting mid
its foliage the snowwhite cottages or where the at
tie dosed under the broad green branches or bent to
The CLASSY lake to drink; where on the breezy
bin tops the voices OF childhood up, sweet aHd
clear as the far.oG hymniDg of angels-there Ruth
and her souls child loved 10 finger
Itwss beautiful, yet fearful, 20 mark the kindiine
eve of the child; 10 see the dekcate flush and
co on her marble cheek and TO feel the silent press
IRE of her little hand when this alone could tell the
rapture she bad no words TO express
All Ruth gaze not so doungiy on those earnest
ewes Knowst thou not.
The rose .hA, sweetest doth awake,
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