The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
The
LIFE OF A SPLNSTDR 1;
UOPEs AND FEARS,


. a cloud, torquois,s on hsr arms, and blue ard
4 .rilvor ribbsts mingled with her blonde treSes
- Very ike the clergy mans wife
y w. saso Honor were you not provoked with
Z yourieh ftt being 60 old as to regard that be-
sitchiug sprite, and marvel whence comes the
cost OF those robes Of the wool OF Faerie5
Let 0bercn pay 1itsnias bills.
That must depend on who Oberon IA to be.
Pbpbe, TO whom doubt on that score would
, have boeI his treason, nevertheless hated the
preseroe u Mr.. Calthcrp ss much as she could
bate anything, aid was In restless anxi,ty a. 10
Titsnis's behaviour. She herself had no cause
to eompIsin, for she was at once sidgled out
c,nd led away from Miss Charlecote, to bs sho wn
some Photographic performances In which Lucy
and her cousin had been dabbling.
There, that horrid monster Is Owen-he
never will come out respectable. Mr. Pfender.
esst, he Is better, because you dom see his face.
There's our school, Edna Murrell and sll |
lsttsr mytelf hat Ss work Of art only this
little wretch fdgetted, and muddled himself"
/" is that the mistress she docs not lock like
ono."
mot like Sally Psge7 No she would bo-
wilder the Hiltonbury mind. mean you TO SEQ
her | would not miss the shock TO Honor. No,
tion."
apo you call that preparation ?" said Over,
, coming up, ard taking up tho photograph in
: dignantly. "You should not do such things,
, Cily r.
, ''risnt that do thom-its PbG,e's brother
the one in the sky | mean, Dan Pbebus, and
not have It broken 1t is an exsc: likeness Of all
the cbidrens spotted frocks, and II 1t be not Of
Edna, IL ought to be-"
.look, Robert, said Phebe, as she saw bin
standing shy, grave, and monumental, with
rervoas hands clasped over the beck Of chair,
neither advancing nor retreating, "what beau
6inl plsos this Isl"
'Oh that's from a -Glsndalough
tnesn 10 bring you plenty Of the real place"
'ksthlssn's Cave, said the un Welcome mil
ayes, with a comment on Ksthleens awk.
wndnsssl should like to 500 the hermit who
could push me down."
"You! You'l never tread In Kathleens
s'sps,~ , .,.,,, g., ,..,,,. =, a.. ., =. ~
N "Tslk Of skylsrking on 'the lake whose
Y gloomy shore They all laughed except the
two Fulmorts.
There's simpler reason" said one o. the
Guardsmen,. namely, that neither party will be
there al ALL"
"No, not the saint"
"Nor the lady. Miss Charters tell, me all
tho maiden sunts are come up from the country"
{Ho. angry Phoebe wasD
Happily, It Is an article don't possess"
"WeN we will not differ about techuicali les,
\, long as the fact Is the Same. You'n rsmsm-
Der my words whom you arc kept on O diet Of
Hannah Moor and Miss Edgsworth till you have
abjured hounds, balls, and salmon flies"
d The woman lives not who has the power -
What bet will you take, Miss Sandbrook p
What bet will you take, Lord William,
that, maiden aunts and all, appear on the ID,
In sew dress Of salmon flies ."
"A hat trimmed with goose feathers to q
pocket handkerchief, that by that time you are
N the family mansion, repening Of your sins "
Phoebe looked on like one 10 u dream, while
the terms Of the wager were arranged with play
lul p,ecision. She did net know that dinner had
been announced, till she found people moving,
Ind in spite OF ber antipsthy TO Mr.. Cslthorp,
he rejoiced to find him assigned TO hsrself-dea,,
coed Lucy must have done 1t to keep Robin &c
nerself and dear, good Lucy sho shall be- in
Ipire Of the salmon, since in the progress down
stairs she has cleared the cloud nom his broS.
1t was done by eoniding, oaressing clasp on
bis arm, and the few words. snow for old
t,sds How charming little PhGbs looks !"
sow different were his massive brow and deep
Ct ewes without their usual load, and how sweet
Is gratied smile
G"Where have you been, you Robn2 III had
tuess, thero was such bird In London. l bs-
IAN to change my mind, Like Christiana
hought Robins were harmless and gentle birds
Sont TO hop about mems doors, and feed on
tumbs, and such-like harmless food.''
"Aid nave you seen me eating worms p
"Ive not seen you at all"
81 did not think You had leisure-l did not
,elieve l should DO welcome"
~ be cruellest cut Of all positive irony. :
''Eo, indeed am not 50 conceitsd as ......
i"As whstP"
''As TO suppose you could want me-"
''And there was longing TO hear about Pho
B! II you had only come, l could have coa-
lived her going TO the ZdubersJte with us last
ght, bat sidn't know the length Of hsl
'tber."
Il Did not know you were so kind
Be kinder yourself another time. Don't
now how bave been torn TO pieces at Hilton.