Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-08
WHOLE NUMBER 472.I

P"N' "V'nnH suhetihB from cancer lay nm
on straw mattress She had helped to Iev
her on her bed, and TO dress her sore. She
had for some time attened her thus az 4
nurse
In the meantime the other inhabitants Of
! the room were all in movement, throncing
around the pastor aud his wife. some of
them with ptiful stories, and some Of them
evidently in state Of liquor
Let us go, said Mmmi sYanbcrg Ia her
friends J you must talk another time with
the pastor, good people You can very
= well understand that it is now too late,
Once more in the street, she said
Take care now, dear pastor that Grau.
berg has some help from the guardian Of
the poor. She is well deserving Of it, is
she notY
You artful Mimmi said the pastor, 10
kingly. | will lay any wager that you bad
that design ia your head all the time, and fool.
cd me up those steps, where was near los
ing my balance and falling backward, Just on
purpose to accomplish It'll Ay, you are an
excellent Que ! Confess, now, that yon did
it on speculation
Yes, that ! did 2 said Mimnli. laughing
heartily; 1 knew that my good pastor
could not resist, if he saw the thing brought
before bis own eyes; and the guardians Of
the poor do well to go among them little
Get along with you Yes, if he have
ANYTHING to give. You don't know not
you, how he is boset; and of truth can
not see the bottom Of this increasing mise
ry, nor tell what will be the end of il. If
active ladies do not come to our rescue, and
take charge of poor families and children SO
that there may be some order and improve
mentj and if they do not make US better
acquainted with the people so that we can
separate the goats from the Sheep
7 Yes, that is indeed exactly what we win
do with our Ladies societies. said Milnmi
Svanberg gaylyj we will separate between
Mrs. Granberg, who is an invalid aud a
good woman and mother, and Mrs. Berg
! strom, who is wretched ditto, and teaches
her children to beg and to steal we will
endeayor to raise up the one, and look af-
ter the other and her children. But then
comes the Notwithstanding, N. b., and
writes book against Ladies' societies. and
makes dead-set at u.s.
He will not do it, said the pastor. soF
else will write sermon against him and
the PhiIstnes.'
Let him write, and let us act,' said the
pastors wife, that will be the best. Don't
forget, dear Mimmi, that you promised te
come and help me to dress the bride iu the
morning. 1t will be about NOON and Won
will stay and dine with u.s.
Yes, if l may only go away in the at.
ternoon, for promised to help the Dahl
Stroms with the funeral and after that I
am to be god-mother at Palmstiernas; they
have got such nice little boy--a great
/ joy ia the family
And now see, we are at home. shall
bring with me Towering mirtle-branch for
the bride. Good night Don't forget.
dear pastor, poor Granberg and little Nina
Ten minutes later, Mimmi Svanberg was
With her father, who, wrapped in his large,
tlowery dressing gown, seated in bis easy
chair, at his writing table, absorbed in the
| labyrinth of his system, and involved in a
cloud Of Havana ambrosia, was as hapnv
as any professor possibly could. be, who
saw an amended and happier world shin
ing through its fragrant and transparent
haze. Happy in his way, he kissed his
daughter, end said from the depths of his
heart, You are my own child, that YOU
are-you take after your father--you de-
sire to make your felow-creatures happy.
If you had only method But you are
deficient in method, my child Well, we'll,
every bird sings according to his bill, and
every one has his own way
And all ways lead to Rome,' said Rim
mi, laughing. And there We shall certaine
ly meet papa, dear, if not before. And
! now | must return for a short time to the
Dufvas' to make my appearance as Pax
Domestica, with great broom in my hand
to endanger peoples domestic peace. That
will make sensa;ioni But shall see
papa yet again before morning,
We must now go back an hour Of time
in the evening. and accompany HeFtha and
Aunt Petronella, or Nella, on their way
home from the evening party; Aunt Nellal
keeping up an incessaht patteF of small
talk in this style:
To think that you viii never learn to be.
prudent and to act aud talk like other peo-,
Pile!
don't wish to be like other people,,
said Hertha.
Yes, that is just the misfortune. What
can be the use of being different to every
body else? What can be the advantage OF
saying everything that one thinks, as IL
one was in Ia Palais de Ia Terite 1t on.
ly Vexes people and leads to anger. You'll
be getting lawsuit on yonr shoulders, just
as l have for my h0nestys sake; wish
that you would take warning by my ex-
ample. Then You might escape all the en-
tanglement that am involved in, and that
everlasting waiting, like me, for summons.s
Here aunt Nella stopped, because Hertha
stopped as she said
must go mp to Amalia for moments
To AmalaP exclaimed Aunt Nella, hor-
rifed and you know that the Director has
forbidden any one OF US to have intercourse
with her'
Nevertheless must see her this eve-
ming; have some work for her, and she
needs it, Go quietly onward, dear aunt. /
will soon overtake you.'
No, ah, no; that ! dare not-dare not
go along the street alone at this time az
night, no. would rather than that 90 np
with You to her, il you must go; but
Hertha had already gone into the house
and knocked softly upon the door Of room.