The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-09-13
Misfellaneons.
SHADOWS IN OUTLINE.
INTRODUCTION.

INTRODUCTION.
Depend upon il, life Is grim joko,-a
fantastic admixturc ofthe sublime and rid
iculons Look back upon your own career
my friend, and see what strange tangled
weit IL is. What smudges aud blotchcs and
patches there are In il Every now and
then, Il Is true, you see gorgeous bit OF
pattern, iull of graceful lines and curves
but do they not run into ridiculous twists
and twiris and fantastic angles that burles-
que the beautiful and travestie tho sub
lime?
offer you these three rough etchings oi
my own life by way of Illustration. Lin.
ned from nature, you may take them as un.
touched studies. They tell their own story,
and leave something to the imagination be-
sides.
I-pArBREAK.
A long, struggling, crooked street, with
the shadow ofthe Elizabethan age upon IL
a street with old gabled houses In II, and
dark alleys (; street to wander about and
ponder about Nearly every shop was
museum Of curiosi,ics. The brokers Of the
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The brokers' nests were varid by few
green rrocer,. who were tolerated because
thew were usef;,, in supplyipg the others in
,o,,,oc. ,,d c,bboyca dried fish and c,,.
n,n,h.r. R,, No other foreigners To the
r., 80. ,.,,,;,,oa .,.c,, . Low clothes.
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,v;v.s nj, the op,r,,r and o,ber slatternly
women from distant streets, who visited the
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their nprons.
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curious but, strange to say, they were I'm.
der pctticoat government, and, strange to
saw, under spinsterial government. Miss
Whilcmcna links was the chief OF all the
race, ond next to her came Miss Chalks
Both ladies' were artists in their way, and
supplementcd brokering with artistic en-
ployment. Miss links made wax figure,
and .,ablows,, as she called them, and
Miss cb,Iks stuffed birds.
Miss links, who wore red ribbons in her
ea, rcioiced in a pale vet persistent nous.
,ocbe. and wns given to bursting the hooks
or her dress behind, did n fair amount OF
business in MI those miscellaneous articles
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