National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-08
Cousin Jlne's Children.
Pv DErsEY TROrWooD.

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outived my twenty.tiith birthday.
Now old mails may be divided
into two classes; old maids from
necessity, and old maids 'rom Choice
rhe former class Is Wuct less ,nu
mprouS thln is supposed. Olr
rarely sees IL woman who mas not,
at some time or other. had an op
portunity to toll the kAell of her
own free moral agency, hy tying
herself tor better or worse, md, i'll
my opinion, the worse Invariably
pr1dunliIateS, to some specimen OF
masculine humanity. | repeat that
there are very few old maids from
necessity, and | certainly 90 not be.
lonI 10 them.
Yet | was never a beauty. What
With green eyes and mul-cOlored
hair. it was always torrtuld that |
should be an old maid; AMI then
from mA earliest recollection up to
the present time, have always had
the greatest antlpathy to mcn aud
mice, and IL prUpor'iouate par,laltN
to cats and green tea.
Yet it was oaly Yesterday that the
situation of. the late lamrnted Mrs.
Deacon Jenkins was proittrel me !;
Il situation ''trdu.lt with numerous
recommendation and advantages.
nam," Il note the words OF the be
irave | spouScO though what the
Numerous recommendations anttad.
vantages are, | cannot tur ny life
imagine, unless he referred TO his
ten children. But u contemplation
of these suggest my story, from
which | have been running away, /
see.
My cousin, Jane Smith, had the
misfortune To become attached, some
Years ago. to a man. Hin She sub
~rqurntlY marie D., ani the conSc
uucncc i, She has NOW a house iull
of cAildieL. I've tOrgottch Just hon
manN | believe there are ScNcA,
but d>cd to think there must uc
ScNentceH, from the uprolr they
cuntrlvcd 10 mlkt. You must Know
that made Jane Il visit 4 few
weeks since, taking our dog, our
eat, ana a few oluduoXrS and ban
dies. TO give my experiences IN de
tail during those two weeks would
be impossible. Slth trials and
tribuIatious I'm sure i | hadm'I
( been ulc>sed with the disposition O
of an angel, 1t would nave been
completely ruincl hY thpS, childrrn,
" ell, one day Cousin jan" weAt
away went w!th ny advice and
consent. aud volunteered my Ia
boss IL the hunc service. 10 tel
the truth. WAS very gtld Of AZ
opportunity OF showing Jane hoA
to miHagc these uuruN JuNcN'lrs
/ tur. tNccilent woa.an that Sle was
She never, | Thought, unlrrstoos
family government. NV pr;de,
myself ol being quite dlSclpl na
riau and it was with feelings OF tll'
greatest umptacrncN Ihdt Matched
the liult,riag ot my cousins bro al
veil, is She disappeared III the ,tiN
tauCr. "Ah,' thougnt /, NOW WI
| SHOW them how tnlS taWlly gov
cnment may be reduced to SyStcn.
WIS III au angelic frame ct mIn'
whcn oNcri.c Id james, age,
twelve. cXclaim. Il say Natc, mutn
cr'S gone, uoN WOl't We nave a iil9I
old time Here goes, and turhc'
Just III SeaSOd TO Sce tnr Nujil.
Stdpr%rdcc jump to tnc third Nhe'
of Tn cupboard, aAd make Il dN
al tue sugar buNl; while kttlr,tW
Years Younger, M re quietly hripc'
- herself n1m IL DOT o: preserves. y
, HedrlN as can rrmtnorr, Shouu
. tlIlnN il occupied about four sec, nj
OF tLnr tur me to SriIr uuth tloN
= Children. SHAKE tnen ll,o Sd'ru!'
, sou, aud locate them III ehdlts .
, uppuNIt. corners OF tlt room, NJ
> muncIlUlS not to move hddd ,
: loot iur fifteen minutes.
. inc other cnlidrrh, save ii
. NOaugcS', were al StLbdi, - tOJ
my knitllag and slt down Ju't
I little Iuttcrrd 10y my recent coi
hlct. There was a dead silence, II
y trnuptcd only Ivy tlr oiickihg oi III
| needle. for | mad pat Il veto oi Il
II communicate D. Woid or SlS
| between the Two Offenders. / :.
t. there cunglMuItnI ny SET uf'
X the admrauir Success 81 my tiltul
5, carried into practice, Whch Il q
-- from the cradle cLIicd me to It's sid
. lhr blbN ndd walked, and manlc'
4. cd Il dcsuc To- be- taken.
. Eovn WCHt ny knitting wor
" an | up came the cliId; but Up,
" po,lr,Il that li, mother was II,
. and thJl | Wa, tcndlug It, tHc /
'" laut otlur., up ,uci a screaming
never heard az dreamed Of, ue1u
or since. | colNcd and peticd,
i, ,ung "lIush my dear, lie NtliI ~
~ ,lnmbcr,' to the tune ot GrecnNil
,c and | SAM everything else HIT
eS could think ol, mixing mp Moti
r. e., oSp's mcludlrs aiid Isaac Wa
III in a manner anything but ieNer,
tiol to that dNlnri | rocHcd to ~
fra with astonishing Violence,
ho searched for hidden pms itull.cSS
q | related the brwltChIng anccd,
n nf fine three lite klttrnS who /,
ig their mitlrns, and filled up all I
III intervals with talking baby talk
~ ter the most approved style, III
~ drring the Queens EngIlsI' IN
he manner 10 give Murray ,0avnlslO