Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-10-12

Is it not pleasant after being tossed about
in the world SO long as / have, to come at
length into the company of such delightful
people, whose constant anxiety it seems to be
to make you happy?
June 8. When / came down to dinner to-
day, 1 found merely dish of sausages in the
centre of the table, with vegetables. This
was followed by rice pudding.
'Our family. DIR. Green" remarked Mrs
Brown Stout, ''are very plain in their tastes.
They do not believe in luxurious living 1t
! is condemned in the Bible,-Cordelia, nv
dear, after dinner, you may find the passage
in which mention is made of riotous living
and frowned upon by our own organization,
and of course also by all physicians. We
regard it therefore as a sacred duty which we
owe to our hearts to abstain from indulgine
| in what otherwise might serve to CRAFTY
our palatcs. Considering yOu as a member
of our family, we do not feel obliged to
deviate from our usual course"
OF course I said that l trusted that she
would not on my account.
At the same time, 1 am free to confess that
if there are two dishes in the world for which
l cherish distaste, they are sausages and
rice pudding.
However, 1 smothered my dislike, Git
would have been very uDgrateful in me not
to have done so,) and bolted a sausage, and
swallowed two or three spoonfuls of the rice.
When inquiries were made as to my poor
appetite, asserted that 1 was subject to dys-
pepsia. Misrepresentation which trust Will
be pardoned when the motive is considered
an unwillingness to wound the feelings of my
fair entertainers.
June Q. No improvement perceptible at
the dinner table. To-day we had fried liver
in the lieu of sausages, and rice pudding over
again.
was again troubled with dyspepsia, which
prevented my eating much feeling hungry
afterwards, l repaired to an eating house,
where made up for my forced abstinence by
plate of roast turkey, &c.
wouldn't have Mrs Brown Stout know it
for the world. In fact couldn't enjoy my
dinner SO well, being apprehensive that my
presence might be detected by some friend of
the family, and so come to the ears of Mrs.
Brown Stout.
At tea-time Mrs. Brown Stout read from
the evening paper that Madame Sontag was
to give her last concert in the city that even
ing
How 1 should delight TO CO." said Corde-
liza. Wont you carry me, Alphonso ?"
Impossible" said ne, Il have agreed TO
go in company with some of the officers of
my regiment, and of course it wouldn't do
for me to be accompanied by lady"
'What PITY" said Cordelia, in tone of
the greatest disappointment, II would 60
alone but it would not look well, and rather
than incur public remark. / will forego the
the pleasure"
1T is a great pity" remarked Mrs. Brown
Stout.
If" said l. with some little embarrass-
ment, I could be of any service as All es-
cort, it would give me great pleasure to ac-
company the young lady"
MAY GO, ma? said Cordelia, eagerly.
Certainly, my love-" said Mrs. Brown
Stout; ''since Mr. Green is kind enough to
offer. If he we're stranger, I should say
no; but being member of the family, it's
perfectly right and proper"
accordingly went out and procured tickets
for which was obliged to pay considerable
premium
am not particularly fond of music myself
4 blush to record it but the consciousness
of doing Cordelia favor, reconciled me te
sitting out the evening.
MY dear sir" said she, s'how can ever
repay you for :hhe qualification you have this
nigh; given me-"
..Only," L replied, rather felicitously |
think, ''by treating me as you have hitherto
done, as a member of the family"
kind, noble heart" murmured Cordelia.
| felt not little fattered, as may readily
be supposed
Jplg 10 I have now been domiciled at
Mrs Brown Stout's for upwards of month.
During that time L have been invariably
treated as member of the family.
In my last entry l mentioned going to hear
Sontag with Cordelia. l have been with her
to various places since. Somehow, her broth
er always has some other engagement which
prevents his going with her | suppose he
has great many duties to attend to, and that
explains it.
can't say our living has improved. Ger
tainly, tie Brown Stouts do live very plain
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