Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-01
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Il UuI HOUUIsbtI NtIt-----
No, thank you; shall take care not TO
do so. know 10 whom go. Thank yon
dear Yngve. But have not done with
you yet want TO turn this evening to
good account; aud you must help me to do
So / waut the price Of the tickets 10 DO
applied TO the benefit of our infant school,
Cannot you propose it, YngyeG We must
speak to our good pastor about it and en-
deavor 10 interest Mrs. Tupplandet in tho
subject. Where is she 2
Mrs. Tupplander safe in the middle Of
the sofa, glittering in full feather and pomp
Of attire, en.broned like a queen, or rath-
er as one who would enact the queen. Mrs.
Tupplander would in fact be very willingly
queenregent of the town, the greatest
chicken 10 the hen-coop, as the saying Is,
the first lady in company, aud as yet no
one has contested the place with he, b.
cause she is a rich widow, who gives lber-
al aims, aud extremely good dinners, to
which her housekeeping companion, lady
Of good family, the Honorable Miss Krusb
jorn, greatly contributes Miss KrusbjeFn
has genius in this line, and manages Mrs.
| Tuppander's house both in clever and
splendid manner, which is precisely accord
ing to Mrs. Tupplander's notious. Mrs.
| Tupplander and Miss KrHsbjorn divide the
rule Of the family, as in a constitutional
government, into the upper aud lower
house; but 10 case Of difference Of opinion,
which frequently occurs, the lower house
generally carries its own point Mrs Tup-
plander bears the name but Miss Krusb.
jorn has the power. Yet Mrs. Tuppan-
der and Miss Krusbiorn could not live,
without each other. But enough for the
present about these ladies.
Mimmi Svanberg, who saw the weak
uesses of her fellow creatures, and smiled
at them rather than let them annoy her,
was nevertheless sometimes annoyed by
Mrs. Tupplander, though she always kept
up good understanding with her for the q
sake of her neighbors; and therefore she.
! listened with great patience to the descrip-
ton of dinner which Mrs Tupplander.
was about to give, and Of all the delicate
dishes aud wines, the whole Sprinkled with
the pra ses of Miss Krusbjorn and her tall.
ents. When, however, Mrs TappIander
approached the end of her dinner details,
Mimmi Svanberg attacked her on her weak
side, as the friend and patroness Of the
poor, and obtained the promise Of her help
on behalf Of needy family, as well as, her.
advocacy and cooperation in a plan which.
would be brought forward that very eve.
ming In this way, compelled to certain
degree, Mrs. Tupplander gave her consent.
but added with little pepper, as it were,
on the tip of her tongue:
cannot for my part imagine, dear
Mimmi, how you eau undertake and have
so many things ON band at once; your faith
er, on the contrary,neVer seems to be ready
with anything which he is about
The reason is,' replied Mimmi gaily,
because papa lives for eternity and j mere
ly for the moment =,
Mmmi Svanberg had in fact a mode Of
speaking and acting very much unlike that
of her father 1t might at Che FIRST glance
appear to be of that kind which many la
dies are well versed in, and which may be
called the hand-overhedd method But if
all those who made use of this method were
guided by so good heart aud so clear an
understanding as Mimmi Svanberg, then
they would, in their hand.over-head pro-,
ceedings, always manage to say aud to do
the very wisest aud best things.
AS matter of course Mimmi Svanberg. )
with these warm impulses and this DISPOSE
ton, was favorite in the town, both with
rich and poor, nor would it amaze any one
to find that she had a great number of uhc-
les and aunts, above forty cousins, and an
almost incalculable number of good friends
and acquaintances who looked up to her for
counsel and help in JOY as we'll as in sorrow.
Much more amazing was it to many people.
and to myself among the rest, that Mimmi
Svanberg, warm-hearted, universally below
ed, and good-looking, should not have fixed
her heart steadflstiy upon some one, instead
of moving about in an element of human
love and be- efcence, like bird in the air
or fish in the water, 6udng enough for
herself there without desiring anything be-
sides. Perhaps there might lie behind
some concealed cause, (which we may
Discover on some future day
We will now accompany her light step
to group Of ladies, to whom we, o few
moments ago, saw the eyes of two gentle
men directed, assaying their worth. It
was thus that some young girls talked of
the party at which they were assembled.
All, how gay it will be here ! Qaite
; charmingly gay But don't youthink that
the bride elect looks very grave, and her
lover very stupidg' H
! Yes; this match is, on her side, mere
money match. There was another whom
she liked much better; bat Won Tackiern
is rich, and she has accepted him to please
her family
Poor girl If bad been in Der case,
| would have had Lieutenant M. He Is
so handsome aud so agreeable
Excepting when be is little--tipsy,
which be is sometimes
oh, but tbeu he is so very charming to
ladies. He is so very nicei 1t really be-
comes him to be little 'haIfseas ever
would not thank you for husband
! halfseas oyer, let him be ever SO charming.
No, mBch rather Yoa Tackjern for me; less
charming but more sober. That will GER
tainly be no life halfseas over, bot neither
will there be any ruin. know nothing IN
the world worse than ruin' Sc .'ine
There are in the world many kinds Of
ruin. But what does HeFtha say about itl'
, The young lady now appealed 10 was tbe