The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-05-23
From Every Saturda
THE LEFT SLIPPER.

i From Every Saturday.
THE LEFT SLEPPf fGR.
II thought fairies were obsolete
and Cinderella nowhere" / exclaim
ed one morning, drawing out from
under the sofa of my sitting room,
a small slipper for left foot; 'sbut
it ever there was lady, be she Gin
derella or Susannah, who had a
small foot than that would fit,
should like to see her, that's ALL
sat down again to my coffee and
ham, and wondered however it could
happen that Mrs. Pottle my worthy
and obsequous landlady, should
have allowed the slipper to have
been overlooked in the Thorough
cleaning" she had assured me always
took place between the exit and en-
tree of her different sets of dodgers ;
vet here it was The shining of the
soft, bronse -colored leather had at
tracted my eve as the sun lit up the
abyss beneath the sofa; and now
what must / do with it? Perhaps,
after all it was Mrs. Pottle's own :;
but / laughed at the idea of her ele-
phantine foot finding entrance there :;
perhaps it belonged to child or
grandchild but it was not proba-
BILE Interpretation of the mystery
1t could not be kept under the sofa
for ornament; and yet how should
such thing as one slipper not be
missed, if the owner possessed two
feet?
However, the little innocent look
ing slipper, fit to case very fairy's
foot, lay there and destroyed my
peace of mind as / looked at it. NY
readers may laugh at me if they
choose; I will frankly confess that,
whilst some men fall in love with a
bunch of curls, pair ofeyes, a smile,
hand a voice, / was, before break
fast was half over, head and ears in
love with slipper. It was folly
nonsense-ofc course; was the form
that my imagination conjured up as
the real owner Of the slipper itself,
Such pretty little thing it looked
and felt as / turned it over in my
hand, with its silken sandals, and
rosette Of blue5 and its neat lining of
white silk: a dainty little article, in
deed perfutned with soft, sweet
odor of roses; that all its long isola-
ton from its sweet mistress had not
wholly destroyed.
l heard Mrs. Pottle ascending the
stairs with my letters, and hastily
put the slipper in my pocket. 1 had
determined that I would be guilty
of theft, if theft it was, sooner than
part with my new treasure The
landlady entered, ''Letters, sir, if you
plerse, sir-!n'
'.Thank you," / answered cody
and let her go again though l longed
for the history of her previous lodg
ers. I thought she eyed me suspici
ously, but ofcourse | was mistaken
andEI turned and finished my break
fast, and then broke open the enve
lopes of my letters.
[ ring the bell Mrs. Pottle enters
/ am sitting on the sofa reading the
paper; but / just say carelessly
"you have kept these lodgings some
time, I suppose, Mrs. Pottle p
"Law yes, SIR she answers, stop
ping short in the general gathering
together of plates and dishes; ''nigl
upon twenty years. Through my
poor Samuel being taken off early
sir, I was obliged to begin at forty
Now, I'm turned sixty, sir, though
some do say said Mrs. Pottle will
a smile "that they hardly can thinl
: it's more than few years ago be
gan-Tm so much the same"
There they are right I said
willing to propitiate Mrs. Pottle
"you might as well pass for fifty
and ayoung looking)woman at that
but, however, what sort of peopl
do you mostly get here-young men
like I am, in merchants offices, o
something of that kind p
'W ell, yes, sir; first and last Tv
: had some score of clerks and JUNO
partners; but still, .tisn't always SO
]. but there was done young man
nearly the first that 1 ever had
/ did not exactly want a twent
years, list lobgers, SO I interrupte
the worthy soul by saying, but VIII
r have you had lately? Who wa
J, the last now, before / came p
5 ga curious old couple, sir, as 20
: ever cast eyes, on"
: "Oldp 1 'gasped. d.
Mrs. Pottle did not. suppose
e notice my agitation, but replied:
g es, sir; the gentleman abot
.. seventy five. I should think, and th
: lady might be year older G
e younger-not much difference b.
!, tween them But i beg your pa
tdon- that's your "bus, sir" An