The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-12

MrB. Arundel" ne aneWo1oui WIN
V tho least shame or blush.
aHo ''I exclaimed, in 8 voice that "
made up Of pettisbness, Mysteries, and So
cam "Ho,, because she is SO clever,
sB6e !, not the least clever. I hate clev
women ; don't you Robert n
"Abominate them" answered Robert.
-,s { You may ask some more, Patty. Sen
home for cakes wines, and %jellies."
So there was. l pinned down TO inYi
that wom-persoD, TO tea
Invent 70 conade my SORROWS to Pet.
, ~ shall come. TO that tea. party also.
!, will be too laie for baby, but l will brin
: my old thing.iR ssai q . q ar-s.
I ssThe squire dimes when we lave tea, Pc
: Don't for goodness sake, ask him to do sue
: thing p 10 ASH eff .uaE rl bio ~
81 have q wish to be of that party. Oh
: yer has wishes always like mine 1 thin
Patty has another msteh-mske On hsnd!"
! The misehieFous thing And from hel
> too. UDgrstefal Pet Match make, in
, deedl As if ever 1 shall make a mstcI
again. Nc, indeed let me get Erssmu
, safe out of Mrs. Arundels clutches, and
won't have q pair of lovers ever near nj
"Robert,R says Pet, in 8 whisper, ths
evening, when she came down TO tell mi
that she and her cold thing" could thinI
Of nothing but the doctors tea party, shc
to ask when it Was to take place, HRobert
this once SO good Patty is covetous. She
will not let your brother marry. she
wants his estate" ~
HTo besupe,P answered Robert, laugh
ing iGfhAt is just it. Now Team account
for her DISLIKE of the pretty wid-Mrs
Arun-she will not.eveR permit me, Pet,
TO mention her name" :
I took no notice Of either of them, and
let them laugh on. A pretty thing, IN
deed, to accuse me Of not helping Erasmus
to marry iiiI should like him to msrry. 1
want him TO marry, poor dear fellow, some
one who viii take care of him, But who
in the world Is their fit for him2
Mary Mscoll wss Just the least in the
world TOO gi1dy. And Lucy Hatchsrd
was too delicate. He must have 8 strong,
active, sensible wife, one who will take
care he does not get his death of cold star.
gazing, or blow himself up bottling, or
starve himself by forgetting to eat.
Learning is doubtless q wonderful bless
ing, and one ought to be very proud ifone
has such a clever relative ss Erasmus.
And / am sure 1 am proud. But goodness
gracious me, what a plague it is after all
and what good does it do one to know
what people did formerly, and what people
are goingto do hereafter2 To my mind,
one had better be thinking what one is
about oneself.
Which reminds me of the doctors tea.
rNarNu nf aor-ao - DIT v,onI1 49, z-I
would bring the squire why must set
about having things altogether IN first-rate
order.
l must have the drawing-rOom carpet up
for n thing, and put up the clean cur
tsins, and the summer chiniz. And l
must send over to Windf4ik-Erssmus'
house-for flowers and fruit, and game and
fish and l am sure Moles worthy-his
cook and housekeeper-will come and help. !
But first l must see whom TO invite.
Dear me, now, if it was not for that
wom-person, how l should enjoy Eras-
mus tes party.
I will have yong Knowles, and pretty
Lizzy Thomson, because l have lately
,een symptoms. Tut what in the world
I'm 1 thinking of. No more lovers for me,
hank you. am Disguised with the whole
of loverS and think love making, es.
the love making now days, quite
i~isgracefut.
The eyes Mrs Arundel makes, and her
IS if she had fewer arms and
egs than other people. She may be pretty.
.ell, she is pretty. l don't deny it. And
h dear me, though I am not learned, and
ave too much to 10 to study history and
stronomy, sndSll that, yet l know it as 8
act, that all lea ned c,ever men choose
pretty wives. Some say it is because
ney do not like rivals, but my belief is,
hst all their senses being occupied by the
and the future, and their wits bent on
recovering what people formerly did, they {
ave no Judgment left for every day mst- !
srs. They think they nave made q dis
overy when people with half their brains
ave found out that Handsome is IS hand t
,me does and sees no beauty in the face
f d goose. s--.,r {
A goosel She is not a goose. She is an
tful, seheming, designing woman-Per- t
u, l mean. /
Erasmus never concocted a mixture of t
more carefully than she is now plot s
ng a mixture of devices how to %ensnsre
i'm. fsfs-r
l Will ask, IS 3 IOll, the lovely ELLEN }
WYATT. No she is engaged. If Pets sis
r wss only here, now. But she ia too
Dung. "Come, Patty, Patty" said 1 to e
iyself, show you are wasting your time
Vrite your invitations, and be done with t
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--r rC CHAPTER IL.
Well, 1 wrote them, and 1 kept 'ghst a
10 the last, And while / WAS Il
riting it.. somehow my pen felt as if it q
as angry too, and sputtered. Il
Now 1 hope every body is aware that l o
n nervously neat and tidy, so they may r
link what Ttheught, when Hooked at my y
note, az k.I.rv-l q
"No," said 1. "Patty, 1 would not write n
again if Twas you. Ii is my opinion q
write that note as often as you like, it ="
i'll be sputtered. She does not consider a
our feelings, and why are you to consider I,
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