Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-15
ASHTABULA, 0. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY Is, 1859.

perience Of Be'silcnt have not talk
ed to you, but TO Hertha 2
Rudolph is a good lad I? said Hertha,
with flashing glance, and will some day
be clever man aud able to provide for
himself, without being obliged to eat the
bread of charity Even now he is very
useful in the counting-house 7
TO whom nre you saying that 7 shuot-
ed the Director, turning to his daughter f;
are You going to teach me Do you un.
derstand such things better than do p
Now, really the pretension of young wo-
men is going too far. One thing, however,
| will advise you, and that is, to keep to
your spinning-wheel and your housekeeping
affairs for more than that neither you
nor any other woman in the universe uu-
derstands. Thank God, if they can un.
derstand what is before them. Shoemaker,
stick to your last l won't allow any
one to encroach upon my rights. But now
a-days women mix themselves up in every
thing, and therefore everything goes wrong.
There's such deal of talk about this &c.
MUS and this genius and this must be
an artist, and that book-keeper, and that
an author, or professor or some other
great thing ! Cursed talk, altogether
wish that they were real kitchen-geniuses
then they would at least do something use.
! full in the world But now they are too
grand for that-Heaven help US must
live for higher object, be fellow .citizeness-
es, or some folly or other ! 1t provokes
me only to think of it and so long as |
! live, and am master ia my own house, my
,t,rl,t ,l,,n L. al -
themselves to the whole world with any
such stupidity, but shall attend properly
each one to her own business. | will not
tolerate any modern notions about freedom
aud emancipation in my house.
Thus the Director continued to scold
turning toward bis daughter, who from
the moment when he again addressed, hel
stood quite silent, pale and immovable, her
dark eyes riyeted upon him with an expires.
sion of deep inward suffering, which some
times seemed transformed into hatred aud
defiance But not a syllable passed her
pale lips. Rudolph again sat down by the
wall, with his head dropped upon his breast,
his usual attitude, and his now durkly
cleaning eyes fixed alternately npon the Di-
rector and Hertha.
This painful scene was interrupted by
the old servant Anna, who came in to say
that supper was ready.
Aunt Nella now made her appearance
together with two quite young girls OF
twelve or thirteen years of age. Aun
Nella made her salutation in an embarrass
ed manner, and busily twisted and twirleC
her reticule strings. The girls made theiI
curtseys very dif1idently, and did not ad
vance beyond the door, when they saw
their fathers angry and excited appearance
He in the mean time called them up tC
him, and seemed to become somewhat mol
ifed whilst he looked at them asked then
some questions, fIliped their noses, and call
ed them names which made them blush uE
to their ears and filed the eyes Of one o
them with tears.
Then they were called 'simpleton' and
fool and cry-baby,' which causes the foun
tain of tears, so pleuteous and SO easily eX
cited at their age, to overflow, which pro
voked fresh cbullition OF sneers-'What'
the meaning of this! Cursed sentimental
ity. I'll have nothing of that sort
won't allow it. If you can do nothing bu
cry, you may go your way and amuse yolr
|
teach you something better than crying ?
Can't she teach you to be rational girls anC
not Simpletons 2
They are yet so young, so sensitive,
stammered Aunt Nella.
'Oh, bah, sensitive = said the Director
The devil take your feelings and your sen
sibiity, which is nothing but curSed non
sense 1t is so beautiful aud so affecting
to be so sensitive, and to sit and sigh anC
read novels, and cry and pout at verything
and be dispIeased with the whole world
and make themselves unhappy about moth
ing. But / will not have my daughter
brought up in this way. l will have then
made useful and practical human beings
and not to live in dreaus and nonsense.
will have nothing to do with any sucl
thing. Do you hear me Mind, then
that we have no more grimaces. Now CONF
and sit down to the table
Old Anna had just said that dishes werC
at the table
The Director supported upon the arm o
the faithful old servant, and by n stick
lmped out into the dining room, followed
by the Others in silence The tallow can
uleS, stdHulHS upOu tuV tuoiOi N'h'J iSH'N'
the large dark room
How pleasant it is to have light here
whispered Rudolph to Hertha.
Whats that What are you saying
asked the Director, turning upon him
pair of threatened eyes. Rudolph cover
ed before them, as it were, and was silent
4 believe that you'll be lively enough
said the Director 'and-there'S that 70
you BE less nimble with, your tongue
and have more sense another time
And Rudolph received blow on tn
cheek, which made a buzzing in bis ear
t Hertha's eyes flashed fire at this, and Auu
] Nella began TO cry
| Come, come, no nonsense y said tn
: Director sit down to table. Where
r Alma, why does not she come upT
She is not well she is gone to bed
t replied Amt Nela, who tried to swallow
: hes tears in a glass of beer posset.
Cursed nonsense ! mumbed the nirec'
! or again but as when the thnnderbolt ha
t fallen the storm gradually abates, SO no
! the Directors ill-humor seemed to hav
D discharged itself, and certain depressio
4 took its place. He seemed as il he wishe