Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-11-20

ed the steps. groaned along the gravel
walk, and disappeared from view at las
through the garden-door.
"1.et her in again at your pefsi," sale
| to the woman who kept the house
She curtseyed and trembled | left th,
premises, satisfied with my own conduct
under very trying circumstances. dclu
siveiy convinced also taat I had don,
with Mrs. Badgery.
The next day sent in the furniture
The most unprotected object on the fac'
of the earth is house when the iarnitur,
is going in. The doors must be kept op
en-; and employ as many servants as yot
may, nobody can be depended on as q
domestic sentry so long as the van is a
the gate. The confusion Of knowing in
demoralises the stcadf,st disposition, ant
there is no such thing as proporly guar
ded post from the top of the house to the
bottom. How the invasion was manag
ed, how the surprise was effected, know
not; but it is certainly the fact, that when
my furniture went in, the inevitable Mrs.
Badgcry went in along with it.
have some very choice engravings
after the old masters; and was first awak.
enel to consciousness Of Mrs. Badgery' :
presence in the house while I was hang.
ing up my proof impression of Titian's
Venus over the front parlor fire. place.
Not thero!' cried the muffled voice i'm
p!orihgly. His Portrait ed to hang
there. Ga, what print what dread
ful, dreadful print to put where his dear
portrait used to be- | turned round, in
fury. There she was, still muffled up
in Grape. still carrying her abominable
camp-stool. Before could say word
in rcmonStrance. six men in green baize
aprons staggered in with my sideboard, :,
and Mrs, Badsery suddenly disappeared.
Had they trampled her under foot or
crushed her in the doorway Though
not an inhuman man by nature. I asked
myself those questions quite composcdly.
No very long time elapsed before they
were practically answered in the negative
by the temperance Of Mrs. Badgcry
herself, in perfectly unruffled condition
Of chronic grief. In the course of the
day | had my toes trodden on, was
knocked abogt by my own furniture, the
six men in baize aprons dropped all sorts
Of small articles over me in agony up and
down stairs; bat Mrs. Badgery escaped
unscathed.
Every time | thought she had been
turned out of the house she proved, on
the contrary. to be grosning close behind
me. She wept over Mr.. Badscry's mem
cry in every room, perfectly unaisturbed
to the last by the chaotic confusion of
NOV ne in. am not snrc, but | think
she brought a tin box Of sandwiches with
her, and celebrated fearful picnic Of
her own in the groves Of my fro~r gar
den. say | am not sure of this: Iut
am positively certain that never entire
ly got ril Of her all day; ard know to
my cos, that she insisted IN making ~ c
as we'll acquainted with Mr. Badgory'- =
favorite notions and habits as am with
my own. It may interest the reader if
report that my tsstc in carpets is not
eqnal to Mr.. Badsrry'~; that my 'oas on
,hc subject Of servants wages ar not so
generous qs Mr. Bad-ery's; and ,ha. I
ienoran,y persisted in placing sofa in
the position which Mr. Badsery, IN his
time considered to be particularly fitted
for an arm chair.
could 20 nowhere, look nowhere. do
nothing, say nothing, all that day. with
ont bringing the widowed incuhns in the
crane garments down upon me immcdi-
atclv. | trieh civil remonstranccs, I
tried rude socechcs tried sulky silence
nothing had the least effec. on her The
memory of Mr.. Badeery was the shield
Of proof with which she warded off my
fierrest attacks. Not till the last article
of furniture had been moved in, did lose
sight of her; and even then she had not
really left the house. One of my six
mon in green baizc aprons routed her out
Of the back garden area. where she was
telling my servants, with floods Of tears,
of Mr.. Radgerv' $ virtuous strictness with
his housemail in the matter Of followers.
NV admirable man in green baizc cour-
aycously saw her out, and shut the gar
den door after her l gave him half-a-
crown on the spot; and if anything hap
pens to him I am ready to make the fu-
ture prosperity Of his fathcrless family my
own peculiar care.
The next day was Sunday. attend
ed morning service at my new parish
church. a popular preacher had been
announced. and the1building was crowd
ed. | advanced a little way up the nave,
and looked to my right, and saw no room.
Before could look to my left, felt
n hand laid persuasively on my arm.
turned round, and there was Mrs. Badg-
cry. with her pew-door open, solemnly
beckoning me in. The crowd had closed
up behind me-; the eyes of dozen men,
bors Of the congregation, at least, were
fixed on me. nd no choice but to save
appearances. ana accept the drended in
vitation. There was vacant place next
TO the door of the pew. tried to drop
into IL, but Mrs. Badgery stopped me
His seat" she whispered, and signed
me to place myself on the other side Of
her.
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