The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-12
DAILY LEADER.
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: CHATTER L. l-f7rs d
Is Robert I am disguised with herr /.
".RhE PAiy2 She Is very pretty d
; 81 allow she is pretty" o' t,ara
and dresses beautifully .7 2
Beautifully Is it not sin and shan
TO spend the money she must spend on h
dress 2 7"
HAh, that is it Patty. You are angr
because she is always finer than you.R
90" Now, Robert as for that I can be 1
fine IS she, if 1 chose TO be wicked and RI
you in debt; and moreover, I would not /
as fine. 1 fstter myself 1 have bette
taste -s- - - .
"You have been Hattering yourself
good deal Of late, Patty
rand why not7 When s person come
and settles herself down here amongst .
sil 8 stranger, with . few ~introductions
and begins TO lay down the law, and pre-
tends 70 teach us what We are to DO, to ssy
to think-'tis high time to hstter. oneself
She had the audAcity to remark upon tn
Hall-upOn PstH lTa -AE6E
"IhAye heard you wish that the Hal
was white-Wsshed, and that Pet WoulC
sometimes think of something else thar
her baby
HRObert, if you are going to defend ths,
woman, l have done with you When ]
am angry, too-sL for you" :,
"FOr mel I am not in love with the
widow"
Grhe widow I Pray, pray, Robert do no,
adopt the vulgar habit of calling her the
widow lam sick Of heAEng such q sacred
name applied to her, when you know il
the tongs had q coat on, she would make
eyes at it" r.
81 dare say, Patty, if you were my wild
oW, you would act very differently" -.
"My goodness gracious Roberts widow !
l knew, of course, what would be the first
thing 1 should do; if 1 we're Roberts wild
ow, l should go out of my mind OF course,
if l went out Of my mind, 1 should not be
ansWerabls for anything L did-though 1
feel pretty sure,if 1 was the maddest woman
living, as q widow, Ishould not act IS Mira
Arundel does" 81
"Don't cry, Patty, you shall never be my
widow, if 1 can help it"
"Of course not, Robert; but l really
think her name Of ATunoe ell is assumed.
What right has she 70 cal. herself by 80
grand q name p
"My dear Patty, she must have a name
You will not let me call her the widow
and if you forbid me calling her Mrs,
what I'M l to do" '.' Il
"Ohl Robert don't vex me, when I am
% unhsppy-snd 80 you ought to be-she
viii marry your brother in spite of every
hing, and l shall have to love rs q sister,
n-law q woman 1 despise and dislike"
fortunately the symptoms are all on
Ter side. l see none on bis.n
THAT is very true; but how can you tell
Vhat is going on in your brothers mind2
day he appears to me 10 get more
nd more In the Clouds" !
"And SO further away from Mrs. Arun-
ell IS, according to your opinion, she is
astening IS fast the other wsy.n /
" Extremes meet, in the end, Robert"
"TTue, Patty. l will keep my eve on
Erasmus, whenever the little wid-When-
yer Mrs. Arun-whst may I call Ler,
atty y 81.
But 1 ran away. 1 was not going to let
.obert tease me any moe. i
And such good reasons, too, as 1 had to
troubled about this-What shall I call
err 1 hope 1 sm above calling people
ames behind their backs, so I viii say (
srson| was troubled about this Hpef-
Robert has 8 brother-being the eldest
coUIse be has the estate-and lives six
from US. But though he has the
tste, and need do nothing but smuse ]
mself IS be likes all day, l pity him. If .
had been Robert he would have had TO 1
ork, and 90 out into the world and look {
,out him, and see things in a sensible !
;bt and do as other people did.
But because he had nothing to do but !
joy himself be must needs enjoy himself .
Ter a very odd fashion. Halt his life he /
ID buried hin self among mummies, . t
eat deal of his time was spent In bis C
oorstory, the very name Of which might b
I'd one TO suppose he was doing something S
it whereas q nasty smell, smoke, and 0
IT, are the end of all his experiments.
Sometimes he spent whole nights in his q
Escape tower, and would fly over to US. 81
joyful spirits, to say that he had seen Z
pliers moons, or Ssturn's rings. b
What good were Jupiter moons to US z Il
by could not Jupiter be content with b
T moon, instead of having private ones
his own And why was it necessary '
Saturn to have q ring, when be could Il
t be married anyhow, as l understood. y
my part, 1 am not clever, and l n
yer pretended to be clever. 1 won't '
ny that sometin es l am obliged TO use a 1t
especially when I want TO use a
I'd with pie' in it "a
But to be as clever as Roberts brother %
asmus was being too clever by a great v
81, l would rather have been myself, v
if my spelling was much worse than
happened 10 be. In fact 1 consider a
bert much more clever than Erasmus, Il
ugh the latter is an LII 1. If Erasmus 81
the right 70 put LID. alter his name
q sure Robert might use the letters d. IT
5 dearest, darling Solomon" -r-a q
However, it is no use my railing in this "
hion. l must behave myself, though 1 Y
yer felt SO ill-tempered in all my life, b
l sm very fond of Erasmus, poor dear,
,ugh be never has the least idea of Il
at he is about. 80 unlike Robert. d
9ood gracious me- Here 1 am worse
N ever. Pet has been Tightening me n
sof my wits she says, smiling, too n
Ost heartless of you, Pet l said, HMrs. Il
-undel will be Mrs. Doctor Erasmus be- p
q the month is out. l met them walk II
together Just nov, SIS cosy as lovers.D v
ave forced myself 10 be very unciVil
Erasmus.
Erasmus" I said, (by the way, what a
me is Erasmus ; one cannot hAlve it. or v
,rten it or lengthen it or make any b
Of it but its own mouthful. Robert n
; good deal to say when one is in Ii
rry, but 1 don't mind confessing that
private, 1 have called Robert Bob and :,
'bby. New with Erasmus there Is only :
which is enough to draw ones y
9TH to cay, or "MusSy," and reslly to h
onounce that word strongly would not
altogether scivil 10 ErAsmus, it is
ggestiVe) Well, to go on. hErasmus," Y
aid, "dO you think Jupiter has got any .
re moons ready for you TO look ST. or q
Mt you think it time TO invent 9 new
ht TO outblsze the msgnesian 2" "
wanted gently 70 give him q hint TO Z
home. Six miles between him and Mrs. 81
undel would be almost as good as six 81
ndred, provided he wE ssar-gazing or "
tie dAbbling, and he was certain 70 do
her one or the other when there. e
Go hcmei Patty, I always think my q
f at home with you" d
Now, there's no use denying that this p
s most pr~ovokingly true. Robert him
{ was never more run after by me, in is
ard to his whims, than I was run after s.
Erasmus. 4a. es
there was much more need TO do d,
with him, poor fellow. Often and often Il
ave been afraid lest he thould forget 10 es
on sll his clothes, and IS for what he 81
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