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avery good, J" said, and tho1ght no more Ahous

| As"l AGht VIC !GEEauGu UQIkclFC9 VIII Et4EtcHGEl
atd hsd succession OF Inmates. A little waterJ
eJtd old mar with model for a dish -washtn
machine, which II he could only get pateated an
'sell Territory" waA to do everything for him e1
ccpt make him young sgafn: An ex.Captain Of th
| c. s. H., with scar acrozB hla noss; u young mai
In Rlasses, who looked as II he had been p1esset
and dried for an hetoar1um; two lRdtes from Tx
country, who came to be doctorcd for the lvc,
tspp!a,nt; snuhJ little old woman who sold
Charts for Sting dreesea; cons1mptvc clergy
man with . book agency and, finally, port1y,
middle aged gentleman, who gave i1ts name al
Smith. hut a'ideo, with innate complacency, that
he wa relative Of the Penae1gast family. We
didn't know aay Paldergasta, bnt were ali the
more inspired with awe for that very reason- We
concluded that they must be aploua family, for
Nj. Smiths devotional habits were quite marked,
II taau uch as he pra5ed every night with all The
to~er OF hs healthy !uugs, till long after bedtime.
However, he disappeared at the end Of fortnight
without any parting ceremonies, not even pay1oR
his bill We agreed that he had either bean
translated ~" his plesy. or that the Psndergast
fnmilg must have taken him 10 do the family
praying, TIL this convi:tlon was dlspeIled by the
teWs that he had been arrested for h.gamg, and
MS brilliant career broaya. 10 3 close.
Its place wns soon Supplied by Mics Q13cken-
aoss. q tal1, angular female OF strong mi1d, who
were spec1acles and arranged her hair IN d.
Ter "m'sston, sne announced to n, was $50
*:;esate her Bex," and. as . preparatory measure,
hhc had clegared her sk1Yss, which abe called the
|outsard sign OF womsn's sesEltude,'' TIL she
achieved scrt OF n0udeectpt costume scorued
Of women and ahhorTed Of, men. Miss
Quackeuhoss divided her time between delivertn9
public luranations aR llnat society IN general and
me'a in particular, and Ire.aembsr thas she urged
upon Us tho Importance OF "rialng fran our c.r-
cuntrrh4h ha rn, ,F
our womaohood," proceeding which appeared
to ne quite iDpsact!cable without large capital
10 start upon. alrs. Salisbury modeatiy Observed
That Il the should devote herself to reforming
public wrongs, The didn't know who would iced
her children, to which Miss Qcackenooss replied
that that wns quite m "u.ter1or md eStraueous
consideration"
ie1y, and drudGery, are not appeuzlnx nor tnv,g-
Orsttng agencies, aud, under their combined press
0le, sew that she WAS failing aud failing every
day, though abe Was only IS years old 4 woman.
klone k helpless object at best unlesa she IS one
Of tnCse hard, inhuman creatures that Nature
tcuetines permits among her cur1ostties. There
have existed women who we're as near mental
abstacilons waking about In human forms as IN
be Imagined; beings Of pure intellect with only
cbouGa 1esh ard blood about them to admit Of
ttcn existing on this planet nt all. OF auch were
ii,fat,s and the propnelesses Of the Bible, aad,
Ill later times, Charlotte Corday, and some Of
those carly New England women, whose names
a1e 6uegeEtige at cnce Of profound Intellect aud
vi more than nun like sauctisy. This type Of
@onaan can live albne, and e!fcenised Then
there ore a fex-thauk Heaven, but a few.-ot
:nDte coSrse. 5trapplug n0nstfoattes, who, con.
sc'ous Of tho want OF womanly gsaces, ding den.
s1ce at Nature md reason, and aspire to pa
touEth.rate men. But such woman as my friend.
srs. SaulRbury.-a sweet, c!lnging. tender nature,
alt cit with plenty Of an elastic sort OF dignity.
AID Rs far ~ possible from being tomc,-such d
woman toon grows pale and cnreRoFu. Hhen the
question Of daily bread comes up before her, in
Ill It's naked actualtg. It Was wearing fearfullr
upon her, as could zee every day, IN the nlter-
Late palentss and nush Of her face, and the quick
painful way khe drew her breath, after any slight
tSert!op. Susie had at last prevailed upon her
Mother to let her go and tend In fancy store,
through the busy season at the holidays, expect
cd, every night, to see the child come home with
cut her cur.s
So We sat, IN that chilly afternoon. over our lit.
lie 1Ec, tho widow trying to mend On old table.
cloth, and nuIrytng to fln!ah the last OF dozen
shirts, and both Of Us feeling tlishearteped and
wishing that Christmas would not come to remind
Us Of our tesrte1 days.
IDS truth the poe! e1us,.
!h.t soEro*'s erown ol eorroW
ls1emembcIlus happier ttinss"
quoted these lines to myself white lifted q
cuEset, and Mia. salisbury interrupted me-
II Wish Miss QuackenbosB would pay. prom.
lsed 10 sctile with the grocer tooay, and shes
tecn due several dayR-"
II suppose she has the wcrid at large on her
haId and can't stop to attend to private inlivld-
ualR," said I.
al hoped ahou,d be able to get sonc ut.le
,h!rgs Tor the children. but had forgotten the
ceal bill, }" resumed the widow. "poor su4le does
SO long for Q palr Of KID gloFes; but, dear me!
they would cost two llolIars. II HADN'T lost bY
1nhr old Smtth, might have had chickens TO-
1noErow aId bought some presents for tue chill.
dren besides. The boarders will c1pec: some-
thing extra for dinner any way"
"ld cnf them little short on the dessert b1t
| what I'd hare something Tor the children, II It
| we're ever 50 small. It does seem q pity to have
enchantment gone from the holdaysat their age, u
| said l.
"fes; III get, !" ane replied. III can't Imagine,
though, hoH I'm ever to get through next moa.h,
cn!ess raise ny prices, aud, II do, they'll ali
leave. II runs clo3er every week. Last Saturday
nigh. tell sixty cents short on the milk bill, and
tad TO asE the man to trust me. There's one
thlcg In my favor. lii. P1dger isn't Ear,l aud pfe
| else, like some landlords, and II I'm not cutie
prompt 10 the day he don't seem to mind It Thatt
3 great accommodation"
| 1lcoked up. Mr. Ptdgcr's admiration ior Mrz
Saulsbn1y v az one Of our Jokes, / had often ta,d
tat he WIS III 'o'e "nu uest ios ne always Stoppet
| ahtue on TENT oa5s, hna aetaal's seemed to Wan
| 10 mahe talnEs eonfoHaoIe 1of US Ae haa late
As" snloe,ea 'ns Ell VI Els o"a sooa WILL naf
| once seht ME- saaisnnr! nome IN casrag.
| Wien ste was caught In a shower. He was sue,
ronaut!c-lcok!ng ladlsltual, TOO, that nobod,
with the least susceptibility could 1o7g remain ia
81 nsln.e 10 his attractions. So l glanced up It
| gee II MR.. Sou1sbury was disposed to make mer
ovel ouf t'''le les'' ous hne WAS quito IL seft
oos Lulu
| ouse t"eu 'ac uoos us1'-iArsf aRst mlat o'
sGe !ou1 1nao 1'on Inc aoeef"' md an no
1 1eaus ACE niat BEAU cue, WIN nefVoa5 statr-
| , -. Me ~, saa :, ous oe1ofe oaehed tn'
| "oo' feeFcu ous a. 'ae nleuo*' eo1epoay II
"slSS o'e.eos'' oenese As slf. fiager.'
~ .aa ue. ~ ~ NJ. uas- he nust has'
euns " az" ~ w tnau Aas HAeu 1ue puWp: LII
"oap" pa.as n,, con'e lot tpa' e''oet. Aren't So'
| nstaheh .-. ,
| ~ !" as not loasIaAeu. al w uooF $1,000 As
flog'! III person, ms su'al' red lace LOOKING par
IeuIatl5 Iuncuna III INC gray, lfos1g AFTERNOON
anu MS "nole appearance llttle more queer a1t
4 pun pou7 aia ncgetty tnan Usual. aaapo.ing Euci
| atn'os pcsslo4e. lie VIA su1hc!entlS queer a
pest y sho1t. anupg h.sle man, slightly bow
.cseeo' ulo WIN MS acad tnfoWn very muct
oaek' s iluced It had to be In ordel
10 taloW him 10 1oos ono ia the
race. a htt'e, round head, mud plump
c'eee-saaFen lace' WIN snaA bright h11c e5c'a
particularly open acd wide-aWase. But the
most btIlkirg portion Of Mr. hdgera person uas
what snsle always called hts eaignon. In con-
non with lsfge and respectable portion Of ou.
1c:loW-cltze1s, Of whom the excellent Uncle Ned
has long tecn the well.knovn prototype, Mr,
Pidger had no hair on the top Of his head in the
place Whtre tue hnfr ought 10 STOW. By far the
greater lumber Of those similarly s:tuatel cali
philosophy TO their aid, and bear thei. deprtva.
ton with toletable equantmity. A few. wcase,
spirits or balder teads resort to the Wig maker
charm themselves into the bellel that the puDtc