The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-02-21

child from his nurses arms. l heard
mingled jargon of sprue, catnip-tea, God
frey's cordial, cunning little teeth, and
dear little footsy toesies but my atten-
ton was attracted by the small specimen
of humanity on my lap, who. during the
first two minutes, had crammed my white
bonnet strings in his mouth the next
two had made sudden descent upon the
border of roses in my bonnet, SO that
they looked like natural flowers smitten
by early frosts the next five tugged at
brooch until it was broken and then, as
If l did not look sufficiently dilapidated,
suddenly clutched my nose with his little
hand. Mothers have an ancient tradition
about making their children thieves by
cutting their finger nails, and Mrs Crane
must have believed in the whim for do
assert, the fnger-nails of her baby were
the longest, sharpest. most uncomfortable
finger nails l ever had the misfortune to
come in contact with.
Dear little baby = and Baby must not
be naughty was all l could say, for there
sat the mother, smiling at the winning
ways of her first born. But when I had
practical illustration of what Shakespeare
meant when he wrote f:
sA. first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurses s arms"
my mood was far from amiable.
My best dress Two breadths spoiled !!
Cannot be matched + were my mental
CALCULATIONS but, of course, I said it was
nothing and departed.
Next place, lady out of town next
ditto. Then came party call. Rose de-
clared she enjoyed herself to the utmost,
although she had just told me it was a
terribly stupid affair.
Our next call was on stranger, visit
ing at the house of friend.
You must do the talking, whispered
Rose, as we entered the hail. L never
know what to say to strangers
What a bore Miss Harper is! Such
nonentity Catch me cultivating her
acquaintance to any wonderful extentP
exclaimed Rose, in an undertone, as that
young lady left the parlor to bring like
ness of her brother. of whom she seemed
very proud, and whom she expected soon
in town. But. presto. The photograph
was a handsome one. There was shad-
ow of dark, fascinating eyes, an unex-
ceptionable nose, faultless mouth and
splendid beard, which were all interesting
items and then his military drill, and the
fact that he had belonged to the New York
petted regiment, and would have shown
bravery if opportunity had offered, made
him quite irresistible With my trou-
blesome habit of laughing at trif1es, 1
found it somewhat difficult to preserve a
becoming degree of gravity, as Rose was
suddenly seized with a loving and enter
tanning disposition said stranger must
be very lonely, she would cast aside all
formality and be sociable; she would
come the next morning to take her out
riding; and proposed walks, drives, sails
and visits for weeks to come.
i will come tomorrow morning early.
am sure we viii be good friends,' were
the words with which Rose, smiling and
boxr;nor tool laava
For consistency sake, and the hooks
and eyes on your dress, forbear! = 1 pleaded.
'What a bore Miss Harper is Such a
nonentity! Catch me cultivating her ac-
quaintance - I continued, mimickinc
her tone and manner.
What an inconvenient thing your mem
ory is = retorted Rose. Circumstances
alter cases.
/ should think so,' answered Girls
that are bores and nonentities are sudden
ly converted into the most enchanting,
lovable and desirable friends, when shin
ing in the light reflected from handsome
brothers. Verify. this is queer world
we live in
''Tis even so Your obedient servant
Rose Wilder said my companion, as she
left me at my own door.
"A queer world we live in J! I solilo-
quized, as drew off my bonnet and gloves
= And now, as these calls are returned, day
after day, know some will come from
duty, some from curiosity, and few
from real interest, while there will be Sc
cret pleasure if l am out. and disappoint-
ment if l am in. There will be criticisms
on the carpet, the curtains and the up
holstery, ridicule of my treasured pic
lures, and calculation of my value ac-
cording to the services / can render
Comfortable reflections, truly But then
no one has attained perfection. Every child
of us, with our standard ever SO high, is
a long way from it. There are selfishncss
and deceit in all the organizations and in
stitutions of society but as long as so
much kindness and goodwill enter into
their composition. We can tolerate the evil
for the sake of the good