The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-29


den of the house, sneered my father
"Why, the mans mad Nell shall come
home again. for in a month he il fancy him
self scarlet runner, and be fit for an asy
lum, The match never had my"
Stop, Johh, hush!' interrupted my
mother. 'Not word on that point What
done in that way can not be mended, and
now, it must be made the best Of Besides
Ellen says he's the kindest husband in town
but for this peculiarity and another"
what is the other?' demanded my ia.
ther. "One may as well know it all. Trees
in bedroom'' he repeated.
He is always changing the furniture,
continued my mother Poor Nell says
the broker men are there every day. The
green suite they had in the drawing room
when we were there has been changed for
one in brown watered stuff and yesterday
| she says, the men came and fetched that
away for one in yellow! And its the same
with everything else The bedsteads have
been changed twice, and she cannot sit in a
chair comfortably, for she is always expect
ing the servant to knock at the door, and say
the men are come for it. -
"Oh, he's mad, tell YOU" repeated my
| father striking the table violently why
the upholsterers will charge him more in
one week for that game than he'll get by
growing turnips ON the stairs and apples in
the bed room in seven years.
Folks are continually going to the door, y
said my mother, and asking if the photo
grapher is at home, and the maid has given
notice through it, She"
"1he photographer y exclaimed my fa-
ther, You don't surely intend to say he
lets lodgings?' ?'
No, replied my mother, but he has Il
kind Of a glass house made on the house to
grow grapes, and they think it's studio. !"
Well, Umples, what is to be done ?
The girl can't be safe with man who acts
like that, | could tell father had now
risen, and was perambulating the room.
1T was only the other day, said my mo-
ther, that Miss Stubbins impertinactly
asked Ellen if it was true they had gone into
the second hand furniture line, and had
warehouse at the back she said she suppo-
sd business must be brisk as the van was
SO often before the honse.
Miss Stubbins deserves pushing out Of
the doorway the next time she calls" ex-
claimed my father "Wcll, to think Of our
Nell and this
And Ellen says there are al kinds of ru-
mors flying about, she can hear" continued
my mother. Some Of the neighbers will
have that the things are removed under cx-
ecutions, ordistraints, or whatever it is.
Il never heard Of such thing in all my
life, - resumed my father; "and the puzzle
of it is don't know what had best be done,
for if
At this stage advanced from my hiding
place, and under a brilliant inspiration, !
said that did happen to know what had
best be done and that, if they would leaye
the matter in my hands, | would undertake
to cure Dixon Of these preposterous whims
in one week. ] explained to them my idea,
and it was agreed that should make the ex-
pertinent without anything of the scheme
being communicated to Cousin Nell That
young lady came down stairs shortly after
wards; and, such is the hypocrisy of the
sex in hiding away their sorrows, that, to
judge by her bright looks and merry rattle,
Cousin Nell was just the one married wo-
man in the world who had no cause to re-
gret her wedding. Knowing what we did,
it was easy to see she was rather too bright
looking and little too chattering; but
without previous clue nobody could ever
have guessed it.
The next day looked in at a newspaper
office where was on familiar footing with
the editor
"Oh,>yeS, said he, ''the paragraphs you
have brought shall go in that is cool
synonyme with these gentlemen for 'to be
inserted =" But added the journalist,
- should like to know where you got the
second article FROM | have seen nothing of
any such Lunatic Inquiry. "
so much the better" Ircplied, "since it
will be fresh news for you as well as your
readeys and donot suppose that you wish
it to be understood that you exchanged
with, Or in any way received and read the
whole British press
The other paragraph, he eatirically re-
marked, had evidently been cribbed from
some scientific work ; so that was right
enough; but it was very stale.
BETTER than committing innocents to wa
terry graves, | retolted,
That crushed him. 1t related to Joke !
he had previously told me of a country news
paper, on which he was engaged early in
life. Whenever the printer, just before
the hour for going to press, came down
STAIRS with the announcement that he was
dozen lines short, the ancient editor of those
days always answered, Drown child some
where, and let the jury bring in accidental"
which was accordingly done, some distant
village, in which the paper did not circulate,
being selected as the scene of the sad occur
renee
"IIeigho! mind the mirror and the rail-
ing.
''Blest if it isn't starred in the bottom
corner.
swell, he'll have to stand it; we don't
hold ourselves responsible for fetching away
again It's been delivered once all right I"
The sofyll tire of this game, after a
few more breakages." :"
This conversation was taking place at Ste
phen Dixon's door, between three uphol-
sterer's men who were struggling towards a
furniture van with the large drawingroom
mirror, which was making vivid Jack-a-
lantern reflections about the streets. AsI |
entered | caught sight Of the idiot himself,
halfway up the stair case, with gigantic !
pot in his hand In the hall were
several shrubs, and ON the first landing there
was q large tree in box.
why, Dixon, what this?" / shouted. --
: our hat rack has sprouted behind the
door. Which bough represents. the peg / |
am to hang my gibus on?"
''Stop minute" he called back, and | |
heard him bang down the watering-p
Don't touch the plant for the world. It.
tits rare specimen of the cacti,'' he
stammered with "a blush, as he Joined me,
1T is only standing there till the carrier
calls. | took it in to accommodate friend. !"
oh said ! jauntily, delighted to see he
still had the sense to be ashamed.
! afterwards learned that he and Nelly
had a fresh difference on the subject just pri-
Or to my arrival. Dixon seemed to talk all
right on every topic | started, though he
seemed to be a little flustered.
'W here's the grand mirror, Stephen ?'
enquired pointing to the bare wall.