Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-06

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Bat I rsskonsd Without NY he.1 I uas
sslf. he Spring was coming q. ~ -
westhsr being mild, tie f9lSlne deou had
been thrown open bstwesn 6slront snl beok
pariors. This lstssr ws0 f6rAi5hs1 Nil arssn,
somewhat faded oonfsD. i Aaa hsDctofors
oonddsrsd it the sanstn1 sansserunI Of the
sstsblhhmsnt. 1t Was enly nsed On extzsof-
d.:ry 41 ss, %Ssa A II 80 :sd s:s s
NE, bringing their sntfis clildrsn Nith them
to gornandiss thsmsslyss siek. The room
looked very wen BY itseH. bat. alss! The mo-
msnt Mrs. Sowerby esnght dght q Il, her
eye brightsned-fatal omea. IEfA
"why, my dear Mr.. 6ohsrdda. what has
GOT into yo9r back p.rlsf Z It .ssd 70 b: %
Esntsel and smart: Why I bslisv: I am los;
Pet look quite yellow Z think Oh, I sss 10
now-ths froni parior has sposlsd ths bsek
ezs!" q .At7G a-R
The deuce Here was another pretty pisss.
OF business. mpst either keep the door shat
In summer and be roasted. or b charged with
Killing 2 yholp psrior-eafpsss, shdIs, sofas.
II vouRd beha1 msrs rspstition 20 fslats
how this wtsked vomaD led ma iron murder
to murder. First the nav carpet killed the
curtains, then Ae nsW cur.afns killed thu
WALL, The new pxfntsd walls killed the OIL
satin stairs, and 20 little BY little all my honest
old furniture went the way Of the honest ysl-
"Ths spsIl was broken 1t Last" cried, rub
bing ny hands In scstsey. Neither my ffont
nor ny back parior can commit any moro as-
sasainations. Elated With the iaea, Il w1e
waiting On Mrs Sowsrby b the huuS sdpor,
when snddealy shs stopped shoFt at efootvf
the old-fashisnsd winding staircaee, The carpet
Of which, I copfsn, w. infssssd Asrs. and
Il vas morsovss, rsthsr ding saa apSslss
"Yoar sok psrlor 1as Esllsi ysszAAii,sr z
And % It had. Coming out os ~ spisndor
Of the former, the latter had the same eject on
the bsholder - bad set Of teeth in Q fine
faee or rasty iron crate in . 1ns room. .--sisfIs
J began to be dssperate, had BEEN seess-
science had become scared, and wat On, lsd
by the wilss Of this pestilent woman, to anurdSf
my wey from ground door to cock k.loft, without
sparing Q single soul. Nothing sscspsd but
the garrst, which having bean Tor hall can.
tury the rsesptacls for all cur broken or ban
hhed household goods, resembled Hogarth's o
pioturs Of the "End Of the World" and dsGsd
Sowerby. H. .--- ---s 70 3 -1zst d.
Ny house was now fairly rsyolutisnissd or
rather, reformed, after the old Frsnoh neds
by process Of indiscriminats destructiOu.
I did not, like Alexander, after having thus
conquered one world, ngh for another 10 con-
qusr; |! sat down 70 enjoy my victory under
msnt even follows fruition. It 10 pleasant 70
dance nntii We came TO pay the piper. By the
time custom had fanilarissd me to my nee
gioriss, and they had become somswhst In.
different, bills came pouring in By dossns, and
it vas impossible to kin duns, e had my
old furnitare, exsspt By paying them; q mode
always pleasant or agreeable. From the peri
Cd Of commencing housekeeping until nov, !
have not had occssion to put Of the payment
of single bill. I pridsd myself on paying
ready money for everything, and il was An
honest pride. 1 can hardly express the NOR
tinostion felt at nov being sometimes under
the nsesssity sf giving excuses inssssd Of
I had miserable invention ct this sort Of
work Of Imagination, and sometimes whom
more than usually barren. I got into passion,
a. people often do when they have nothing
More TIA. once I found nys.lf. suddsnly
turning . ssrnsr In great hurry, or planting
myself against the windows Of picture shop,
see certain persons the very sight Of vhom ID
always painful to parsons Of nice ssn&tility.,
Not being hardened to such tribes BY long
use, felt rather sore and irritable. Under
the old regime IL had always besn Q pleasure
to hear ring at the door, because it was the
signal for an agreeable viaitor; but now it sx.
cited disagree able apprshsnsions, and ssundsd
erusty and 1dgety by degrees. insomneh that
Mrs. Soverby often exclaimed
why, what u the matter with you, Mr.
Sobersidss7 Why, I declare, sonaehow o.
or othsr you don't sssn the man you used 10
O
bsrsides has killed the old Mr.. 6obarsidas.' o.
But said nothing, and only Wished her up
stairs among the old furniture. - s-.
Ny ystsm Of reform produced smother
source Of worrying. Hitherto ny. old fnrni.
ture and myself werv % long ssqusintsd that
i could take eli sorts q liberties with it.
could reshns on one end Of the sufa on an
evening, or sit on one Of the old chairs, and
crcss my legs on smother, without the least
ceremony. But Rew, ferseoth |, u n - much
as dare do to sit down on nay new sequaint-
ances; ss for Iounge on the sofa, which Wa
the Clsepa<fs fof which would ksse loss The
world, I1hould as soon think Of taking nap
on fne hdys hseye. As TO ny Httis ffmd.
pie boys, Who lad hitherto feared nsltksz ear
tchoolsd into such an awe Of hnery, that thsy
will walk about the pafior on iptos, sit on the
edge Of . chair with trspidatien, and centsm-
plate the sofas at Q distance with ptofouud
vsnsration, - unapproachabls divinfties. TO
cap the climax Of my systsm Of reform, my
essy-old-shoe friends, who came to sec me
without ceremony, because thsy felt comforts
bic and welcome, hsys gradually become shy
Of my new chairs and sofas, and the last Of
them was fairly locked olt sf he houss By .
eertxin peyson for spftting aooidsnsslly ppon Q
new bras fsndsr that sh0as like The sin At
noon day. issTv -fE $50 = a.. l. ssssTi
I miShs hope that in he eourss Of fms
thsss evils You'd b nitigatsd By The iurni-
tars groxing old and soeisbls By degrees, ~
thsrs y hftis prospect of CHS, bsesuss Il u 10
hne ter eennon pss. The esrpet y Nwsys
protseted y sn old SCUM cloth, full al hole
and sfainr The sofas and chair In dinSv aoye,.
cd sheets, except on Extraordinary cecsG1ona.
and I Ffssr that they win last forsysr-st least
longer than I shall 'Iss-7s
fsomsfimss solses myself Win he anae,ss.-
ton that my children may i've 6ns eao1sh
TO it upon the chairs With inpsnlty and Wslt
On the carpet Without going On tiptos. =
ThefS voeaa be some consolstion IN ths
midst a thsSs:Sors evils, u I ecuid only blsns :
my wits fof I'll this. Many philosophsr1 are
Of thsopinion that -this akela pdYilees e
matrimooy n wo1o thao euuiT02nnt - c II