The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-08-21
MIR. AND MRS. RAsHER.
By THE AUTHOR OF ''MIss sLrMMENs."
CHAPTER Kill
A SEA VOYAGE.

A SEA VOYAGE.
You don't say so! Flummery married I
Mrs. Yellow Docks daughter! That's all you
doings, Rasher II you hadn't interfered in tn
shameful manner you did to break up the mate
when it was on the very point of going of, h
might have been my son iu.aw instead Of tha
odious woman's. And she's always pretended
she wouldn't allow him to have one of he
daughters on account of his immortality. -
Didn't tell you it was sour grapes? Sh'
snatched him up at the first chance, which she
never would have got at the first chance, which
she never would have sot at all II poor Flum
merry hadn't been broken. hearted about Germ
tha, and so desperate that he didn't care what
he did. Rather calculating in his desperation:
What do you mesn? Got couple of hundred
thousand for throwing himself away? yes!
of course you'll put that construction upon it.
You're always thinking of money, Rasher, al
ways; you're nothing but an account.book, a
perfect ledger Who keeps you always think
ing of money? Pm sure l don't know; you
can't accuse me oft. Only so that have all
want don't care where it comes from nor how
it's made. or course have to have plenty oi
it to grstify my tastes and keep up appearances,
but don't care about the money; all want Of
tits to spend it. It's very unreasonable you
to intimate that Imakc an account book out OF
my husband. can't abide business, and the
pork business above ALL All ask ofyou is to
provide the necessaries of life for your wife and
children; yet person would think, to hear you
talk, that made slave Of you. Whenever
say we've got enough, you'll quit work and be
glad oft? I haven't asked you to quit work;
as long as you're active and hearty see no
reason why you should give up business, and
as for our having enough, I've never seen the
time when had half what wanted. There's
the Joneses go to Europe every season, and have
gold instead of silver spoons. There's plenty
of our neighbors live better than we do, and
we must be very easily satisfied 10 settle down
on what we've got at our time OF life
I'm as bad as the farmers wife, who only
wanted to be comfortable? On, don't tell any
OF your vulgar anecdotes, husband, they're all
out of fashion, and only provoke me. We
might have been contenel with fish shop,
but we wasn't; we have riz in life, and see no
reason why we shouldn't keep on rising until
we-"bust! There it comes again! always
limiting about bursting up and failing, and ruin,
and such trash, which don't believe at all in,
only you keep it to scare me, as folks keep dark
closets to shut up children in. And big folks,
too? There, there! I wouldn't refer to hat.-
What was going to say when you put it all
out of my head telling me about Flummery's
getting married. Poor CeIintha! how she 10iN
feel when she hears it! Only three weeks since
he was almost united with her. What was
going to say Is that nert summer we must have
country house. us all very nice coming to
watering place, and only decent of you to
bring us hereafter getting Cerintha into such
scrape, and shall want to come every season.
but shall wan a country house besides. Lots
of our friends are getting them. It's real styl
ish to to have one, whether you ever use 1t or
not We could 60 to it for few weeks before
Newport gets crowded, and when it gets real
crowded, and jammed with company, we would
come here. could give tete sham peter to
pass away the time; Fitz- Simmons says they're
delightful. "What's a sham Peter?' Why,
it's a-a--you knew what; out of door, you
know, a-"sham like every other other fashion,
able nonsense, but what's Peter got TO do with
it?' . dear, you're so queer, my love. Peter
hasn't anything 10 do with it but to wait on
the company, as usual. It's an outdoor party,
YOU know, with band Of music on the lawn,
and place to dance, and refreshments in tent
oh, it's lovely! and such chance for the
young ne ,ple to hirt! A kind OF a barbecue?
What gross idea, my dear! If you were to
give sham peter, you'd serve up nothing but
little gigs, roasted whole? Oh, get out! you
take solid comfort in making all my little plans
look ridiculous.
It's real nice here, isn't it? I'm sorry you
have to 20 back to the city, husband; though we
shall geealong very will without you, especially
with Peter and the carriage; and it's necessary
you shouldn't neglect the business If we're ever
to do what I've set my heart on; and suppose
after all, it's about as cool in your warehouse
and in the great big shut up house at home as
in these little hot rooms and the dining room
so crowded, and the ballroom so melting OF an
evening. And as you don't care for company
and never dance, suppose it's just as well you
should go; you'll never be fashionable man,
and I'm not certain but the girls will make a
better impression without their pa than with
him. They're very popular already. It's ru'
mored about here that your profits last yeaI
were over hundred thousand, and shall take
no pains to do away with the impression.
overheard somebody asking Mrs. Gregory who
we was, and she said we were the ''new fam
ily." I'm sure she needn't talk; they're only )
year old themselves. She did some real ridicu
lous things here last summer. hope shall
have tact enough not to make myself such q
laughing. stock as she was. The coat tofarinl
on our carriage is very much admired. Every
time IL comes round to the entrance can see
by peeping through the curtains, the gentlemen
looking at il and talking aboutit. What make
you always wink and smile whenever any on
says ANYTHING to you about II. Itseems to M
| should be comparatively happy woman
you would leave of winkIng. ofall your hab
it's, lido think iss the most offensive. lis pos
itiveiy ruds and horribly low. Did you eve
see Mr.. Fitz. stnmons do so? or Flummery?-.
o dearl speaking Of Flummery, suppose he'll