The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-12-09
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From Sargont's Monthly We take the
following instructive dialogue, which is
very applicable to a great many persons
in the world. Profit by it:
Mr.. Tattlo.-You are stranger in
these parts, 1 reckon, mister2
Mr.. Rollins,-What makes you think
so2
Mr.. T.-Wcll, you kind of stared
about you as you got out of the cars, as
if the place didn't look familiar
Mr.. B.-Do you know a Mrs, Rollins
in this town.
Mr.. It's il she that lives in the
brown cottage on the hill yonder?
Mr. B-The same.
Mr. TT can't say I visit her, but I
can tell you all about her. Poor womanl
Mr. B.-Why do you say that2 Is
anything the matter with her?
Mr. T.-She has had a hard time of
it. Poor young thiugl A month after
her marriage, and just as she had got
fixed there in the cottage, her scamp
Of husband ran off to California.
Mr.. R.-Scamp Of a husband! Ran
off (Indignant) What do you mean,
sir2 (Checking himself) Excuse me.
What did he run off for?
Mr.. T.-For robbing a bank. So
they say.
Mr.. R.-Who say2
Mr.. T.-They say.
Mr.. R.-Who arc they?
Mr.. T.-Tho world generally. Ev-
orybody says. People say.
Mr.. R.-Can you name single per-
son besides yourself who says it?
Mr.. T.-Really, 50 many people say
it, that 1 cannot think Of any one in
particular.
Mr.. R..-Porhaps I will quicken your
memory by and by. But what Of Mrs.
Rollins2
Mrs. T.-She's on the point Of being
married again. So they say.
Mr. R.-Indecdl TO whom?
Mr. ITO Mr.. Edward Edwards.
Mr.. R.-(Aside) Her own brother.
| |(AloudD Are you sure Of this2
Mr. T.-Oh, ycsl He has been resi-
ding in the house with her. They take
romantic walks together. The wedding
is to take place Immediately. So they
say.
Mr.. B.--Who say?
Mr.. T.--Weu, L told you. They
say. What would you have more?
Mr.. B.-Who are they?
Mr.. T.--IIow should L know? You
are the most unreasonable man 1 ever
met with. say they say, and you ask
who say? as if amy better authority
could be given!
Mr.. Rid They Say ever say that
you we're a mcddling prying, gossiping
impertiuent mischicvous, INSCRIPTIONS
malicious retailer of absurd ISLANDERS?
Mr., What do you mean, sir, by
such language? I'll have you arrested
Lawyer Feeceum is my particular
friend IF there was only a witness al
hand, sir, I'd make you pay a pretty
sum for this, Keep your hands off, sir
No matter, sir, kick me--kick me!
see a witness yonder. I'll have you ar
rested for assault and battery. kick
me, if you like.
Mr.. RI shall not indulge you Sc
far. But take warning, sir, how yoJ
quote Mr.. They Say for your scandal
GUS reports. Old They Say is a liai
and a coward.
Mr.. T.-That's libelOus, sir. wisl
! knew your name.
Mr. R.-My name is Rollins, and tina
cottage on the hill there is mine.
Mr.. T-Wheughl You Mr., Rollins
Mr.. R.-The same.
Mr. T.--Didn't you once rob a bank
Mr.. RI once plucked a rose from
a bank in a friends garden, whereupor
another friend playfully remarked tina
he had caught me robbing a bank
Some Irish laborers heard him say it
and may have misunderstood it. This
probably, is the foundation for you
story.
I Mr.. T.--But isn't your wife going t,
be married? Doesn't she walk out ev
cry day with a young man?
Mr.. R.-That young man is he
poor, consumptiyo brother, who ha
come here for a change of air. lie
me advise you, friend They Say, t,
look before you leap, another time.