The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-05-26

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q All, sioyt. 10 black, Well, / must admit
Thai The coffee which boiled over hasn', i'm.
proved lis appearances much: Ill look up
So saving, he prepared The polish and
sci iitont The operation ~ once! The sioye
was quite hot aud he couldn't work 10 any
advantage: The more liquid he put on The
m6fe il would spuiier and fly 6f with q
cracking noise He thickened The liquid,
but Il would not adhere 10 the stove, and he
began 10 think II was bewiiched. e. ..y
Al This stage Of affaifs he happened 10 re.
collect Thai somebody had said Tint milk
WINS The bes, Thing TO wei the powder with |;
30 he has,enet to The pantry, aud pouring
uui quantity. applied II 10 The refractory
stove, That didn't mend The matter much.
aud the smell Of burned milk began 10 be
quite disagreesbe. The room was filled
with smoke, ibe floot nround the stove was
,lollcd with ln,le spots Of blacking, and tho
squlre's hands were certainly not the clean.
es, ,hu, over was, when violent ring Of
tho bell resounded through the house, max.
ing our hero start as though he had been
surprised In some dishonourable act.
He looked towards The door, then at his
hands, and finally at q large stain on his
shirt bosom, which bore strong resem.
blance 10 backing. .........
~ womb 60! they may ring all day IL
they likem he exclaimed patiently, going
10 the wash basin and trying 10 bring his
hands 10 their accustomed color but Sc.
cond ring warned him iha, some person
without was not inclined "to give up so.
"Confound that ,iniinabula! I suppose
it's some old man for boots, clothes, grease
or rags. II he does il again I'll bring suit
Of assault and bal,eryw cried our ineipienl
housekeeper, making a few desperate dash
es at the dish.cloh, which he m;siook for
The towel, and hurrying towards the door,
which he opened with trembling hand. y
1Ah, good morning, squire" said
well-dressed, good.looking yonng lady who
evidently expected 10 see somebody else
appear ". - b" '..'...
"Is Mrs. Crosby in!" .y ..l..
"Yes-I- no, she isn't in" he siam.
mcred for truth 10 iell, The squire was
thinking more Of his personal appearance,
than his wife's absence besides, he imag-
ined that the young lady looked at him win
some curiosity, and This embarrassed him
the more
Now il must be observed that our hero
was remarkable Tor the nea,ness of his dress,
and The stain upon his linen assumed enor.
nous dimensions under the searching glance
of his yisiler. He dropped his eyes, and
forgot tho stain In contemplating his soo,y
hands. %.
"Escuse the disorder Of my dress This
morning, Miss Haynes" be added. 81
was so unfortunate o. 10 upset the inksiand
just as you rang, and you see ille effects of
The accideni,o .... .. 80,
This il must be confessed, was rather
departure from The iraib. But The squire
couldn't think of any other way 10 excuse
himself from ibs dilemma and he was
no, disposed ,e s.nfs,. ,bs, exact state OF
The case 10 bis fair.eyed friend, who, aiier
making Q few commonplace remarks, took
her leave,
"Wha, an ingenious excuse that was !
Nobody but lawyer would have thought
Of i,W soiloquized our hero, gIancing
com piacenily In amirror pertaining 10 the
hai.tree. Imagine his moaifcaiion al dis
csrHing black streak across his face, which
gave il a mos, ludicfous aspect, No won,
der the young lady looked al him with Gu,
riosi,y, for nothing probably but good man,
ners restrained her lIum hearty laugh,
SqDire Crosby wen, back 10 the kitchen
with a slow step, To his utter astonisll.
meni il was twelve o'clock, and hs had
quite forgotten dinner, The Gre was on,
,irely onl, The room was IN sad plight, the
list of duties not half completed, and the
meat, vegetables, ETC., remained uniouoll-
ed.
His zeal had cooled amazingly since
morning, and he half rsPspted aeceding 10
his wile's proposition, He had expected
10 see her enler every moment, express
herself satisfied with the experiment, and
desire him in very humble manner 10 go
back 10 the office, and resume his legill-
male sphere Of action,
But MIS-. Crosby did not appear. and he
was al length Obliged TO collGc, his eneF-
eies for the purpose of making the FIRE.
Alter wearing out his patience, he sue:
cecded in his undertaking, and consigned
The meat 10 cold oven. il was loo late 10
think Of Q pudding. Mrs. Crosby must Ok.
cGse thai item, although he had always ex-
pected il Of her, under all circumstances.
He began 10 think thai il did require some
ingenuity and calculation 10 dispose OF SO
many duties in . morning, and 70 have
some fain, suspicion that housekeeping
wasn't such fine joke after all. He wander:
ed bow Mrs Crosby pTospered, and whelh-
er she didn't wish herself saie ai home |;
busted himself in anticipating how fright:
ed she w9pld be al finding how much work
bad been laid ont, and how completely
nonplpssed she must inevitably be, . client
should happen 10 call ior advice. This las,
Mas spch nh amusing idea, lba, our lawyer
rubbed his hands together and laughed 10
himself al The ridiculous fgp;e which he
ancied Mrs. Crosby was about that time
making.
Leaving The squire 10 work oui The res,
Of lhe Items, we will attend lhe footsteps Of
Mrs. Crosby 10 her husbands Office, and
no,e her experience there. ''''' W"
Tom Peilifogser, The lawyers clerk,
Shared somewhat perseyeringly when he
saw Mrs. Squire Crosby enter The office
with an assured siep, and proceeded 10
hang Up her bonne. and shawl with geau.
ine business air. = ..|
?.Tem,'' said MIs. Crosby. swapping her
fingers saFlessly, "is ibis ofies iH Pesles'
Older
a,s.ss., na,sap''ssla !hs infant saaHislsF
~ beg leave 70 differ with yop, sir. Do
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