The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-24
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why, you wouldn't expose yourself
to your own servants, would ye d? Here
after you must never get up till your SER
wants come. They'll laugh at you if
, you do
! Shortly afterwards Tom arose, and
dressed himself, aud then spoke to his
wife She looked at him, and started
bolt upright.
tom Crosby, is that you p
who else should it be
Mercys sake o Jerusalem y
And no wonder she was astonishcd,
for never before had she seen Tom
Crosby look like that His pants were
of black broadcloth, his vest of white
satin, his shirt bosom of the finest linen
and sparkling with diamonds, and his
dressing gown of Genoa velvet.
Mr.. Crosby went out, and his wife
was left.
The poor woman remembered what
her husband had said about making
fool of herself, and she held her tongue.
Yet she arose and allowed the girls to
dress her, and after deal of trouble
and labor she was eprobed but she felt
il! at ease. However, when she looked
upon the gaudy silk that covered her
body, and when she saw the jewels that
sparkled upon her hands and bosom and
neck, she forgot her pain. After this
she was conducted to the breakfast
room, where she found her husband
wairing fer her. This apartment was
as suu ptuous as the other-the dishes
we're Of silver and glass, and half doz-
en- servants atten led at the call. Mrs.
: Crosby longed to speak to her husband,
but she dared not before so many. Her
cup was filled with coffee, and she drank
it. 1t was much stronger than she was
used to drinking, but so finely was it
fixed that she loved it, aud she allowed
the girl who waited upon her to tx her
four cups.
After breakfast, Mrs. Crosby was
conducted over part of the house, and to
, her it seemed as though all tho wealth
f of all the world must have been collect
ed and spent in furnishing the place.
The heavy gilt-framed pictures, and
mirrors, the statues, the carpets, tho
gold and silver ornaments, the servants,
all, all, appeared to her in beuildering
prefusion.
At length she got an opportunity 10
speak to her husband.
'Tom,' she whispered, I shall die I!
Lord a mercy | shall =
'Why, what's the matter = the hus-
band said
'O-h-h! They've laced me up 50
tight can't BREATHE
'-sh For mercy's sake, Hannah
don't speak So Why, what will people
say TO see a fashionable woman with
such a huge waist as you have3 Did
you never notice Sarah wilkins waist
Don't you remember how small and
delicate it is =
Yes, do remember, Tom aud
haven't | told you thousand times that
she was lacing herself to death ?
'Whow Why, Hannah, what has
got into your head : What have we to
do with health ? We have stepped at
once into fashionable life, and VIC must
stick it out. Now if you have any re-
gard for our reputation, you won't let
your servants see any Of your ignorance
The idea Of her servants seemed to
set all right for time. But by-aud-by,
new idea came.
Tom she said, where are our
children ?
oh, they're safe.
But where ?
well, Tom and Willie have gone
out to a boarding school, and Lizzie and
Effie are in the nursery with their gov
ness.
t Their gorcrnew. What dye mean,
Tom Crosby , Aren't to have the
t governing Of my own children p =,
Are you crazy, Hannah would
0 you trouble yourself about your emu
, dron ? Why, never heard OF such
, thing. You'd lose your stand 10 FASH
ionabls society in a moment IL tney
should find you fussiug with your OWE
y luI. w. sbould have servants 10