Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-01-17

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-,mucipas i.wer did bshe wonderful tricks of
The monkey d,4Nt Az last We i tore Ourselves Ives
away nPaqrr rustic, sttiiccf,,nMe do. not noti,see see "a
monkey every day.ndilla ydj 10 saol 9dT
L Who slAjuia fisee coming out of store
but, Mrs, W, as usual charmingly
dressed aArStf locked me full in the face
land her eyese1falb' while,iIrwas on the
point rushing yup to- her with open
arms. Simpleton that lam, to forget
1--WE have lost SO much money in these
commercial boWegsssenaea,ts as to be oblig-
ed to retire to the oonntryIto' economize
| Besides, how could she speak to me Ia'
, that time Of day, m ! Broadway al-rie.
little rustic, in my black silk dress, plain
straw bonllet, and simple BLACK scarfsr-
ITO be sure,sI had neat gloves and boots
on: more than she had, with nall hen
| ifnery. She never was complete IN the
fullest eeit dress; always something want
bing. Fool. that I was. to feel such a
ihcartache because Twas not tremembered
byia fashionable woman. . How could Il
EXPECT her to remember that my house
lhad been open 70 her at all hours i how
she had walked in and out, drinking and
eating, and using my carriage as if il
had been herown. 70 be sure she wrote
me a, ,long note after We Went to the cottn-
try e ask how large 4 house we had
what sort of company, rides, walks, and
| all that. 10 But when 1 answered that our
house wasa cottage, pleasant and roomy,
but with no spare bedrooms thatiI had
too much to do at home u be able to
judge Of the society about me !; that |
was busy preparing my heaery, ! never
heard from her again. iIIeighiho!; 1; it is
sad to be forgottentthus ] q Ones vanity
is not gratifod 1t finding We were valued
for our money and clothes. Thus I NOR
alized as we went up Broadway.
we were g'oin!g. Y 7, a toy y-shop.5 Who
should be there but Mrs, ~, - She
was busy selecting some fancy article
/ had just received one lesson, and l am
a very apt scholar. So she looked at me
as if she had never seen me before in
all her life and I looked as calmly at
hers Could she have forgotten that
drearyi night when her savage drunken
husband turned her into the street, and
she took refuge with me and how I
wept for her niortifcatinn and fe4its, III r.
down to the boat at early. dawn, leaning
her money to get her off ite her friends
at Philadelphia before the Uppertendom
could get hold of the circumstance 2A
AS we anticipated, we mystifed them ALI
until q peace was patched ups Welli
perhaps, she does right MOTTO remember
such disagreeable contretemps, but 4
could never have overlooked such acts
of kindness. Happy those who can wips
off their memories as a school l-boy does
his slate i wonder, if their consciences
are as tractable! rIQfi 8 sdf IL aoi u
She was looking at a box Of games |,
the very thing we had come after, AND
the last one in the store. However, /
said nothing, while Charley selected his
marblesAthose many colored alleys /
Fred took a top, and his share Of thesa
beauties : and l chose a light carriagei
whip which l shall want for use when vi
drive into town. Charley could carry
it finely he said. ' Then we must get 4
small china tea set for Dolly's tea fights
the commission from the little girls, al
this while Mrs. C--- fingered oyer TN
box, but in truth watching me. NAT lat
she saidAino her deprecating tone T.
bfOh, Mr.. Bohfanti, you ask too mud
for this box. | positively can not TAI
it : and she pushed the box away. IL
1' I'll take it, if you please, Mr.. Boz
ffanti,' said ], laying the full price dowtE
b. He wrapped it up, and as we left y
store, Fred whispered sOh,s nlamn9 i
how very angry that lady looked 'aaa
: = go ~ g
i seemed that | was doomed to be o.
on all sides this day, Rose ". passe
by just as we left the store ! but her Vi G
required fixing when she saw me. Idoh a
wonder at that, for her father caused N ]
husband to lose ten thousand dollars. Hc
failed so did we. He still lives in grei a
style in his uptown house, aud we IND i
cottage in the country, having given N a
everything to pay our debts. I won& h
how she would act if ] reminded her IL i
she never repaid me the advance ! maa a
to enable her to settle her bill at Newp&
summer before last. I'll write TO her 4 q
morrow. lust for the finn Of the tbintr j /,