Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-04-22


that this is returned; and Herewith B lsta!'
His residence in his sons house was dcs
tined to be another heavy trial. The son I
wife was the ruler there, and she was fat
from ainiablc. Aunt Regime had always beer
an eyes ne to her. Her lo1g-wnied pressing
was now cut short and ridiculcd, and her
Alops dared scarcely put his nose outside o
the good lady's pettcoats, under the shelter
! ol winch he lay snoring from morning till
night. Tho endless talking about what eve
rything cost, and the eternal reference to the
advantage ol having money, which formerly
mad never annoyed Herr Kraft. were now cy-
! ceedingly dislSrecnblc to him, and drew
many II sigh from his oppressed heart. 1t
was given out that everything WAS to be done
to please him, aud lac heard several times u
dhy these words Whatever papa lkes-our
only desire is that papa may be comfortable
in our house" But he felt often that these
were empty phrases, a mere facon dc parier,
and thaf his wishes, in reality, were never
consulted. Had he known what hart was,
he would have dcplorcd their want of it ; as
1t was, only grievcd for the loss OF his for
tune.
When Il bubble that has been blown is
nearly exhausted. an atom will make it
hurst. The life Herr Kraft led IN his son $
h''s' "1s such, that he only waited for
H. 90 .r.n i.r r,,U,. tor i"4',tg it :;
b, ev,,I sand u ne longer. Ia, uivtr,iui-
ty "ds not ,pns wanting. His s,n's wifi.
purchased dog, which WIS double til size
OF Aunt Regimes Mops, and Was very pug
nacious animal 1t was great amusement to
the young couple to set the two dogs at each
other, and they enjoyed exceedingly the ter
winch iirctOr's entranc, into the room
soon seemed to cause Mops, who, with as
inuch speed rs his fat void allow, would
always waddlo toward his mistress. and rush
Tor protection under her garments, which
sac h6sTitahly raised to admit him, some
,mes. in l'er anxiety ua his account. to
most indlcrous height. One day Herr Kraft
wd, sitting IN i SOFA reading the newspaper.
Arnt ,mc wds t.kin. quiet nap il an
armchair mar, aud Mops, svdorrd by the
stl!iuc.s aud ti" warm Sun-> 'lu , ~ 4. >lrotch-
G. ."!' 'enStil urIn IT,. carpet, 10 ...i.p} .s q.
dog cold oe. suddenly 1ia dom { IT,, room
was opened, and the sons wle entered. a.
conplnied by Hector. As quick as light
nos the animal sprang forward and
ronncod upon the hall-sleeping Mops,
hnnt REGIME started from her slunlbers, and
il'-d her dress in her hurry up "a her very
knees, but before MUps could take flight to
tuat opened temple OF peace, Hector haI rea-
deitd the asylum uscless-he had put an end
to the poor iLvorite's existence and Moys
lay dead upon the door, The son S wife was
HHIAih1 "itn liughter at Aunt REGIME s COM
,ed' !. y pl''1r''lce, ava was 81 amused that She
'o'ss' " can On her u'e ron! MoPs'and even
" she saw the calamity that had occurred
1,c couiu scare ~ stop laushing. herr
h'd'' "ith'Sscu lhis scene over ms newspaper;
'"' h'i'teu eyebrows 1oretold coming
>.I'h; va! ne III Is'erGd MS amer, ana taking
a"". Hee'he ny 'he hahu' ne leo her out oi
'hG rom
ror tne il!s' time IN MS iiie, ne ielt n sort
vi lo"6'hS ior syhpathisInS lrlenu, ana
seh' rt 10 asH ilefr " arntr to come to him.
i""' Ge"'ie'iia'l haa occn much engaged IN
'"p "h''re vi ms cousin nankruptcy, ana
"'u DC" surviving To maze tho pest posslhie
u ,r'alGeI'eht VIII! ms cr@uito ior hIm. Herr
N''''' "isheu 10 know IL lie 'hought IL would
e PoSs'nie 10 rescue us much as would enable
MN u i've WIN great economy IN some re-
''V" country place. lor the snort period of
,."iG i'o H''S't sun remain IN tnis world
,o:l''s "ouiu ''uucc n'ii' Tic stiu, u re-
"'' i'"sI' III MS sI' house' OF III |oPeh-
"."S'"' '''u NJ "ouiu MOI ioIs'he Aunt ne
S'no' iieir warmer encouraged i''h III this
J"Gi''pus l''oi'' ana lrpI'lsea 10 do n'' best
W n'IH Il rcs'"ehcc ior mn t,ia' "oulu SUIT
IN an respects IAN aniaoie FANNY, ne
'''3 ~ "hefe you can nave the society oil
"ortn pope, ana yet be as much alone as
~ oi"ose -ror III the uays oi auV''s'ty IL
% k'nu-hcar'ca people 10 whom we cilng,
anu III your son pouse' though everything
Is very h""os me ana IN the incest order,
'here Is no disposition 10 make any one hap
py' ana no trace oi real hospitality Herr
hrult maze no rtDlN 10 THESE observations.
ana When ms COUSIN WAS Sohe' hc ieii INTO
uccp tnouent'
y i9w uays afterwards inc inue'a''eap
,''Inu 'iouSn' nun '"c ''''ol lh',''o', '"u. u.
''d pGc' 80 'oit "nate as 10 hhu " iaui"y ~
,.' Soino Instance ~, tne country "no Were WI
ing II, toroce'Ne iiefr hrait ana Aunt heG'ne'
uG 'cT'ns were very reasonnoie' anu 'iic silc
u ''ic n?USV wouii aunt oi thc host anu MS
Ie9' pei,s qu''c i'iucpc',ue''' vi tacn o''lc''
i"o i"ihi,y WIS s,'i'ii' .no Scn.icn'ah was
cie'er anu wen educated, MS wi'e' ihuceu'
"'9 ""9cn' itohi nom" ior ''iiic' ha.'"S
~ " o1'"v ei''.''n o''"' on aeIou"' y.
''t ''o"i'" nut ~ ."' 'ouoo' "e'cf','eiee'' "a'
"eii ln'nns.t' ihe country rouhu was P'.'-
", '"'"S" ''c s''ua'ioi was fa'n,r ,o"eis
nv p',so' ~ question 10 haiieu ""ino.
"h' me- Sd'u Tue c"usih' pu' we are ho'
~ Az Vi WV ''ie ia'i''y: 'aho !, iof gan,
I II ''' ,,"'io wiz no' pe uisas 'oeap'u W .ou.
'i'ft "'%'t sho9k ms heau win iriemuiy
Shii'' anu "sr!ea 10 .ne atranSeheh'' Two
ady u.'si tn's ne qu'.,oI nls sou nousc'
Ihu LII W. W il.o ,no o3un;ry' "ucolipaH,eu M uy
iieri uinoi' Aun' n'p,ne' anu olu Iraien' %
VINO ior many years ,'aa pceh llerf hrait
sPeciai a''shuai,t' aho was acquainted win
an ms ways, one was was t lne ohiy human oe-
lhs OF Who'h u nc WouiI nave ave ,ei! tlo wait
sue NneM 80 wen now nc l'heu nls oeu maui
ohrie warner namesakI reserved ,ne
TAveiitIs worry poii'eiy On lhcIr aiiiVai az
tIielr iuture nome, apu reetcl'ea Una, us
"le was h1' .nere 70 Weicolhe hef iu'uis
guess she was at present a' Tue pa'.iS VI
fyrn'on'', no s'iu' pu' "ouiu po oseA Ere
ipng Two nhe shiloren' hall;nluueh py
thcir i"thcr' eaAco WIN cur,os''y a' .Ie
strangers VINO were thenceiorth 10 i've WIN