The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1864-01-28

exercise The very thing | have
too much Of, wish it was so ordered
that we could share, Lucy, and share
alike"
$50 do I. l ough. to 80 out more.
feel real peaked and ready to drop down,
| stay in so much"
"Gou ought to rush round more,
Lucy, that is true. Early in the morn
ing would be good time for you, before
] get up, and when the air is cool and
pure. What fine walk you might
have, every morning before breakfast,
in the nearest park, all alone by your
selfp
"All alone! How could I have a
fine walk in that manner, while you
were at home mornings. | declare |
believe you are ashamed to be seen out
with me. But that is no wonder.
Every time ! look in the glass / am
ashamed Of my own appearance. 1 am
getting all dried up, and prematurely
old and homely. My natural color is
gone, and have changed from pink to
! yellow" ="
"It is not my fault. dow can l do
all the walking | have to do about my
business and then, after I have dragged
myself home, drag myself out again with
you? ! wish l could but / can't my
dear The best of men don't have two
pair oflcg5 and if you don't feel like
walking out alone, suppose the best
thing you can do is to take a tonic"
"Take tome, at my age exclaimed
she, nervously. perhaps poison would
be the best medicine for my complaints,
and satisfy you completely Then you
would enjoy yourself all the more, and
would find yourselfyery strong all Of a
sudden. For my part, l take no enjoy
ment in anything, and don't care how
soon I die"
"Don't cry Lucy, don't This is too
affecting, this is" was the anxious reply
to this desponding picture. ga thun-
der-shower is coming up my dear, and
that will lay the dust, and cool the air,
aud make you feel better and after II 5
over, if you say so, we'll go and take a
walk downtown, for now | remember l
have neglected one important errand."
Mrs. Rushmore made no answer, fol
her soul was now absorbed in the terrors
of the thunder storm, the deafcninq
crashes and binding flashes of which
seemed to indicate that the gods were
getting double-spares in celestial ten
pin alley by the light of electricity. The
game lasted an hour, and so rouscC
Mrs. Rushmore, and its close so inspired
her, that she changed her dress and
assented to the proposal of her husband
to accompany him downtown, on what
he called a short walk.
"What difference the shower ha,
made in the air !" said Rushmore, as
with his wife clinging fast to his arm
they began their walk. ''YYe have on
ly to walk two miles and half down
but l could wish, for your sake, it was
twice as far it will 50 invigorate you"
"Coming back will double the dis
tance," murmured she, Sand perhaps
may be able for the task F; bat if [ faint
away, it will not be from want of will bu
strength, my system is so enfeebled. ]
feel as if | was about eighty year.
old"
"You win feel about eighteen wher
: we come back, the jaunt will so revive
4 you up Step firm Lucy Don't 5c
e afraid to put your foot down. The
I ground won't sink under you"
c 81 feel like sinking into it, and as if
? had just come from the tomb"
SO much the more reason not to wish
| to 60 back in hurry. Don't press my
| arm quite 50 hard, it hurts"
l "The people jostlo 50. I feel like g
glass bottle Somebody will smash me
if you don't guide me more carefully
"Don't be alarmed. Your hoops viii
| protect you and give you sufficient warn
t ing. Great invention. hoops"
: "If people wouldn't walk on thcu
3 with their great muddy feet My dres:
is sadly soiled already with them; ant
g you walk on me, too
} 81 walk on you? No, bless your soul
= love, | don't Or, if do, it is becausD
Q you cling so."
| "No, it is because you are awkward
: Do pray have some mercy on my skirt
Walk slanting."
2 "a pretty figure I should cut. Jus
. look dowrand try the experiment, Nov
: you see. Here we are Joined togethc
t at the elbow, and am walking so as no
to touch your skirt, You are erect OF
2 one side of the way, and am slanting
like the leaning tower of Pisa, with my
feet on the cuTbstone. How inelegaut
] The police wouldn't permit such mo
nopoly of room, let alone the crowd 4
t erinolino insists upon such expansion, il
is tolerated, but must sufer tbe conse
/, quences; but no such latitude is allowed
} to man. The plan of walking length
l wise has never yet been tried, to m,
| knowledgej like chain.shot is dihicui
? enough in the crowd
, "Then let 20 my arm, aud ] will en-
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