The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-29
'sThe Grecian Bend"

the ''Grecian lend.' She caught it
at Saratoga, where she has been on
exhibition during the season. She
has returned, however, bringing with
her several large trunks full of sec
ond hand clothing. e., garments
which she had worn once.
As l was passing the dry goods
store on Fourth street, Mary Jane
was coming out of the door. She
was pitching forward at such arate
that / thought she was about to fall
into my arms. l held out those i'm
pliments of industry accordinaly-
She didn't fall worth cent. Re
garding not the example set by our,
first parents, she maintained her eur
vilmear form, end placing the tip of
a gloved forefinger on my outs tretch
ed palm, she said-@in the fashionable
drawl of cursed Fifth Ayanoodle
cav, Rubaw, is it yon? Deloit-
cd"
She picked up that Internal accent
and language of Saratoga also.
Why; Jennie dear, this is an un-
expected pleasure. Grabbing both
little hands, and rolling them up to-
gether. was not looking for yoti
for some weeks. You are i'll. am
SO sorry. Shall assist you to your
carriage p .
She looked like the half Of pa
fenth hesis, bHt more like ga interoga-
tlon point. | was certain that she
had been eating unripe i'ruit,and was
suffering from cramp collie and wanz
dered why she did not 60 lidme and
take something. But she said:
''NeFaw was better in ma loife-
[ was faWcod to leave that sweet
place because I had absolutely moth
ing to weaw. f.
Nothing to wear. Why. what
has become Of all your cloths ? Did
you hare fire; or did you exchang
them for flower vases and plaster Of
Paris statuettes Of the Apostles
CLAW stupid. | had worn all my
dresses once, and it's nawt the stoil
to appeah in the same appawrel
twoice.' -z l.--......z E.....
'.Confound The style. But | am
glad you have come home, it you
did come almost naked and so chang
Cd that it is difficult to realise that Il
is you. You are among friends now
and | hope you will shortly recover
your speech and your 1i5tfd,'
She was Inid, and expressed her
self quite naturally and intelliguntly
as follows;
Friends! / suppose it is the
chief duty Of ones friends to find
fault with one. l declare l ain tired
OF friends, anl OF this little provin-
cial town wlsere the primitive liian-
ners and styles Of the backwoods
still prevail. II one goes into good
society abroad and returns SEINE
what civilized, one is sure to incur
the jeers and redicuie of the barbar-
ians here. Good morning.
/ Saying which she dived into an
other dry goods trap, and was soon
engaged in tumbling and cheapning
the fashionable fabrics Of the hour.
! | never saw such ci.al,ge IN :,
personin a few short weeks. When
l parted with ler at the depot 9 few
weeks ago, she was the very picture
Of health and the personification of
physical beauty. She was natural
and unaffected, and rs ttnslerlt- de.
monstrative as she we'll Gotld be in
a crowd of pater families who in
stead of attending to his own bust
ness and baggage thanght it was
necessary to see me and Mary Jane
safely deposited on the train. It is
my beiief that the old gentleman
was afraid that [ wonld secrete my
sell somewhere in the car. / wish
now l had.
! The energy with whicA Mary JanG
attacked the dry goods convinced
me that | was wrong in my green
fruit suppossition, and that she was
suffering from something beyond
the reach Of peppermint. natural
| ly concluded that it must be that
terrible disease known as as The spi-
nal complaint, brought on by carry
ing to heavy panniers, and support
ing long trains. ] forthwith dilli-
| gently consulted all the medical
works which treat on that ailment,
and accumulated all the Information
on that subject l could by vague,
questioning. extracts from the med
ical profession. With mind stored
with useful kno Wedge, and heart
overdowing with affection I called
to see the little sufferer with the in
tention of imparting to her q good
fly quantity Of both
She came into tile parlor looking
as though she had been crimped with
curling tongs. How l pittied her.
A few weeks before she, was IS
straight as sh arrow, and a natural
smile played about her rosebud of a
mouth, instead Of that constrained
picker of pain (as I then supposed
it to be.
''How do you feel now, Jennie,
DEAR" said in my most soothing
tones.
''Why,I feel warl, of carse. One
could nawt feel otherwise aftaw hay
ing enjawed the wataw,, and saw the
cittaw of Saratcgaw
Il admire your attitude, Jennie,
almost as much as | deplore your
misfortune, but you might as well
look the disagreeable fact in the face
at once. This is the only way to
obviate it. l assure you it is not so
very bad after all The docto'II's say
it can, be cured, or 50 nearly so that
!, with judicious dressing it will never
fbe noticed You know. Jennie that
it will make no difference with me
as long as your heart rgmdtns the
same, no other changes can change