The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-31

lords, or tenants, can ever turn 1t out. If you I
don't understand this sir if the holiest feelings
that do honor to our common nature have no
particular sanctity in ydlA estmatPn, praY do \
not scruple to say so; pray, tell me 10 CO.,
II don't wish to DO anything unciyiI maam,
sentimental" Mrs. Badgery groanedO mo
body told me Twas coming ihte8 shrine wheA'
/ took this house NOBODY warned me, when 4
first went over it that there was p Heart in pos
session. Iregret to have disturbed your, medir !
tations and am sorsy TO hear that Mr.. Badgefy 4
is dead. That is-all Hhaye to say about it; and
now, with your kind permission, will do my
self the honor OF wishing you good morning,
and will 60 upstairs to look after the fixtures o1
the second hoor.n 'fi a'i t-p ~ ~. 90
Could have given q gentler hint than this ,
Could have spoken more compassionatelyst0 q
woman whom | sincerely believe to be old and
ugly Where is the man to be found who can
lay his hand on his heart, and honestly say that
Search through the whole surface of the globe, ]
and you Will discover human phenomena OF ali 1
sorts; but you will not find that man. s.
To resume. ] made her 3 bow, and left ber .
room floor, exactly as | had found her. j
ascended 10 the second floor, walked into Jhe
back room first and inspected the crate. 1t
appeared TO be littleout OF repair, SO stopped
down to look at 1t closer While was kneeling
over the bars, was violently startled by the
iall of one large drop OF warm water, from q
great height, exactly on the middle OF a-bRld
place, which had been widening great deal Of
late years, on the top Of my head. l turned on
my knees, and looked around. Heaven and
earth the crape-covored woman had followed
me up stairs-the source from winch the drop !
OF warm water had tallen was Mrs, BadgeFys
eyel 41a. 81 > a
the top of my head, ma'am,p remarked. My
patience was becoming exhausted, and Iispoke
with considerable asperity. The curly-headedl
youth OF the present age may not be able to
sympathize with my feelings on this oecasioni
but my bald brethren know, as we'll as do,
that the most unpardonable of all liberties Is q
human head. % ts 's ~ .' - 3la
Mrs. Badgery did not seem toihear me. When
she had dropped the tear, she was standing ,ex-
actly over me, looking down at the CRATE; and
she never stirred an inch after had spoken.
DON'T cry over my head, ma'am,a repeated,
more irritably than before. y.t.--,Jl 4 &.
''This was his dressing groom said Mrs. Bad.
gerry, indulglng in muf1led soliloquy. "He was
singularly particular about his stayng water,
He always fixed to have ii in little tin pot, and
he invariably desired that it might be placed
on this hob" She groaned again, and tapped
one side OF the CRATE with the leg Of her camp
stool. .-- 80 ~ -. ~
If / had been woman or If Mrs, Badgery
had been man, should now have proceeded
| to extremities and should have vindlcated my
right tony own house by an appeal to physical
| force Under existing circumstances, all that i
could do was to express my indignation by
The glance produc Snot the slightest result.
| and no wonder " ~an look at woman,
with any effect, throug. >cape veil? z.
/ retreated into the se> door front room,
and instantly shut the doorA me. The next
moment heard the rustling OF the Grape gar
ments outside, and the muffled voice OF Mrs.
| Badgery poured lamentably through the key
| hole. ,s- u Z'-li.
| "Do you mean to make that your bedroom ~
| asked the voice on tae other side OF the door.
''0h DON'T don't make that your bedroom!
| 7 am going away directly-but oh pray, pray
let that one room be sacred Don't sleep there !!
| II YOU can possibly help it don't sleep there u
/ fh,A wi and
down the road. Ii Lhad seen policeman within
hail should certainly have called him in. No
| such person was visible. smut the window
again, and warned Mrs. Badgery, through the
door, in my sternest tones not to interfere with
| my domestic arrangements II mean to have
my own iron bedstead put up here,n said.
And, what is more. mean to sleep here; And
what lis more, mean to snore here |" Severe,
| | think, that last sentence! 1t completely
crushed Mrs. Badgery for the moment heard
the Grape garments rustlng away from the door;
heard the mutfled groans going slowly and
solemnly down the stairs again. 4'l-. -s--,.s,
In due Course Of tiIneI also descended to the
ground floor. Had Mrs. Badgery really lett the
premises l looked into the front pa-4br4
empty. Back parlorrempty. Any other room
on the Ground floor? Yes, a long room at the
end of the passage. The door was closed
opened it cautiously, and peeped in. A faint
scream, and a smack oftwo distraetedly clasped
hands saluted my appearance. There she was,
again on the camp stool, again sitting exactly in
the middle OF the floor.
DIDN'T, don't look in that way!" cried,Mrs
BadgPry, wringing her hands. 81 could, bear it
in any other room, out 1 can't bear at inthis.
| Every Monday morning | looked out the things
for the wash in this room. He was disieult Ia
please about his linen;5 the YasherWoman never
put starch enough in his collars TO satisfy HIM.
Oh, how often and often he has popped his head
in here, as you popped yours just now, and said
IN his amusing way. More starchn oh, how
droll he always was-hoW very, very droll in
this dear little back Poon-in .-----
i sand nothing. The situation had now goi
beyond words. l stood with the door in my
hand, looking down the passage towards the
garden, and waiting doggedly for Mrs. Badgery
to go out. My plan succeeded. She rose,
sighed shut up the camp.stoo, .stalkedl along
the passage, paused on the hall mat, said to her.
self, ISweet, sweet spot!n descended the steps,
groaned along the gravel-9alk, and diap,
) peai ad from my VieW al last through the garden
door.
ct her in again at your peril z said to he
woman who kept the house. She curtseyed and
trembled,, left the premises, satisfied with my
\ own conduct under-very trying circumstances;
deluslvely convinced also that I had done with
The next day. sent in the furniture. The
most unprotected object on the face OF this earth
is house when the furniture is going in. The
doors must be kept open; and employ as many
servants as you may, nobody can be depended
on asia domestic sentry SO long as the yam is az
| the gate. The confusion of knowing inn demo
rallies the steadiest disposition, and there il nc
such thing as properly guarded post, from the
top OF the house to the bottom. How the inVa
sion was managedy how the surprise was effected
know not, but it is certainly the fact that yheI
my furniture went in, the inevitable Mrs. Bad
| gerry vent in along it, .."I1ti ... sH.1.
| / have some very choice engra7ings after the