Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-11-09
since the milk came"

NO, lHuill, not as We hecru the Dell
has not been touched for more than an
hour"
"Oh" said my wife, and then all was
silent, while the soup and fish were re-
moved, and the partridges Smith sent US
were placed upon the table; when the
maid disappeared.
"Pty she admires, or rather has her
destiny ruled by, Mars, for she is capi-
tai cook, | said, going on with the carving
"Dare say she reads Zabcss99."
"Of COURSE" said my wife, 'and Bow
Bells, and the London journal, and Fam
lily Herald, and all sorts of stuff"
Sand the Moonstone, and Birds of
Prey, Iasuppose, too" observed "but
perhaps she does not favor Nude"
"lf you wish to send me up to my bed
room in tears, George, say so. I'm sure
| don't know what I've done hat"-=sob--
'that"-sob-pocket- and a
tear right in the bread-saucc.
But the next moment, plainly heard,
there was the buzz, buzz of a manly voice,
a giggle, a squeak, and the so,p lag of a
chair-all plainly heard to proceed from
the kitchen-coming up, as it were, thro'
the floor; for the houses in New Park
Crescent are very slightly built, so slight
ly, indeed, that we have never started
piano of our own, in consequence of the
abundance of musical sounds proceeding
from Nos. 4 and 6, right and left Of us.
ga deceitful creaturen' exclaimed my
wife, no longer fearful "aDd did she not
declare to my face ten minutes ago, that
there was no one down stairs? Ring the
bell, George."
"Not till I've finished my dinner in
peace, my love-" l said firmly, "cven if
there were the whole of the Turkish Con-
tingent down stairs. After dinner, I'm
at your service; but if | am to engage
Shaw, the life-guardsman, must have
another glass or two of sherry first. Who
the deuce can that be ?" | exclaimed, for
cab had stopped at the gate ,\and there
was loud ring at the front bell.
Then came the soft pas!er af poor Eli2.
abeth's feet, the openingef the front door,
short, sharp alteration, as if cabman
we're dissatisfied with his fare, and then
my wife started from her chair, exclaim-
ing: "Nh it's mamma /"
"The devil ~
"George!" exclaimed my wife; and
the next moment the door opened; there
was cmbracipe and | had to leave the
chicest, brownest tit-bit Of partridge on
my plate, to be kissed and called "my
dear boy"
"No" she would not have the soup up
mamma world not. She was so sorry,
but the train was late, or she would have
been with us in time to sitdowp to dinner.
There was a sole left, was there? Then
she would have that it could not be SO
very cold.
"Bribs the fsR back, Elizabeth" said
my wife and it was evident that for the
present Mars was completely out of her
memory.
A few minutes elapsed, during which
..dcar mamma" had a glass of sherry, and
then Elizabeth came back holding in her
hand the head of sole the one, / was
ready to swear | had left on my plate,
for | knsv it by its gouged-out eye.
"Oh, m, If you please, m" exclaimed
Elizabeth.
"Well, Elizabeth 2" said my wife.
THAT there cat. IN, while | was up
answering the door. There was nothing
left but this here head, mum, as | was
Just in time to see it jump off the table or
to the floor"
"You careless creature ~ cried my
miGe, 'to leave 1t like that There, bring
hot plate. Have little partridge, ma
ma, dear"
"Directly after l saw some ones face
change, and very suspicious look wal
directed at the handmaid, but that youns
lady evidently saw nothing; and the mca
passed off in most satisfactory way
that is to say, as fas as appearances wen
for | knew that did not have anything
like my share of the birds.
At last was left alone to have my on
glass or two of claret, and the ladies as
ccnded, as supposed, to the drawing
room while, under the idea that the ne'
arrival would render her secure from in
; terruption, the fair Elizabeth desccnde
to the neither regions.
"Now, / wonder whether that gentle
man is below stairs ?" | thought; an
|, then, somehow, fhy ideas were shunted o
, on 10 another line, and went off at expires
t. rate, Gil was reused by hearing the froi
/, door open.
"Who in tho world is that Going cut
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