The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-12


the way now for the best man that ever trod.
For what thanks does a poor woman get
None at ell. No, it's those who don't care for
their families, who are the best thought of.
only wish could bring myself not to care
for mine
"And why couldn't you say, like a man,
you were going to Greenwich Far when you
went outl It's no use your saying that, Mr..
Caudle; don't tell me that you kidn't think of
going; you'd made your mind up to it, and
you know it, Aretty games you've had, no
doubt should like to have been behind
you, that's all. man at your time of life
"And |, of course, / never want to go out
Oh, no | may stay at home with the cat
You couldn't think of taking your wife and
children, like any other decent man to Fair
Oh no; you never care to be seen with us.
I'm sure, many people don't know your mar
ried at all; how can they Your wife's never
seen with you. Oh no; anybody but those
belonging to you
"Greenwich Fair, indeed! Yes - and of
course you went up and down the hill, run
ming and racing with nobody knows who.
Don't tell me; | know what you are when
you're out. You don't suppose, Mr.. Caudle,
I've forgotten that pink bonnet do you ? No:
won't hold my tongue, and Pm not foolish
woman. It's no matter, sir, If the pink bon
net was fifty years agO-it's all the same for
that. No: and if live for fifty years to come,
l never will leave off talking of it. You ought
to be ashamed of yourself, Mr.. Caudle. Hal
few wives would have been what I've been to
you. / only wish my time was to come over
again, that's all; wouldn't be the fool have
been.
"Going to fart and l suppose you had
your fortune told by the gipsiesi You needn't
have wasted your money. Pm sure | can tell
you your fortune if you 60 on as you do. Yes,
the jail will be your fortune, Mr.. Caudle. And
it would be no matter-nOne at all-if your
wife and children didn't suffer with you.
"And thenyou must 60 riding upon donkeys.
You didn't 90 riding upon donkeyS? Yes its
very well for you to say so but dare say you
did. tell you, Caudle, know what you are
when you're out. Wouldn't trust any of you
you, especially Caudle.
"Then you must go in the thick of the fair,
and have the girls scratching your coat with
rattles! You couldn't help 1t, If they did scratch
your coat? Don't tell me; people don't scratch
coats unless they're encouraged to do it. And
you must go in a swing, too. You didn't go an
a Socing2 Well, if you didn't it was no fault of
yours; you wished to co. I've no doubt.
"And then you must go into the shows!
There-yOu don't deny that. You did go into
show. What of ii, Mr.. Caudie? A good
deal of it, sir Nice crowding and squeezing
in those shows, l know. Pretty places And
you a married man and the father of a family
No, won't hold my tongue. It's very well
for you to threaten to get up. You re to go
to Greenwich Fair, and race up and down the
hill, and play at kiss in the ring. Pah! it's
disgusting, Mr. Caude. Oh, dare say you
did play at it; if you didn't, you'd have liked
and that's just as bad; and you can go into
swings, and shows, and roundabouts. If was
you, | should hide my head under the Clothes
and be ashamed of myself.
"And what is most selish-most mean OF
you, Caudle-yOu can go and enjoy yourself,
and never as much as to bring home for the
I poor children a gingerbread nut Don't tell
me that your pocket was picked of pound of
nuts ! Nice company you must have been in
to have your pocket picked.
''But dare say shall hear all about it to-
morrow. I've no doubt, sir, you were dane
ing at the Crown n-and- Anchor. | should like
to have seen you. No: Pm not making my
self ridiculous. It's you that's making your
self ridiculous; and everybody that knows you
says so. Everybody knows what have to
put up with from you.
''Going to fair, indeed! At your time''-
"Here," says Caudle, 81 dOzed off, hearing
confusedly the -gipsies-rattles
Misunderstanding bonnet-nlts.' y
Mrs Ca,tdle's Curtain Lectures aOtu be continued
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