, 1869-03-14
mr. Wllktn1 ON yeIotIp dos.

,lNnt M aHads'tnfr tsentrR Bat:ttln-
"a hat .esl stu, Mrs. W.lklns, I'm not going
M m,sI sd.s ~, 5"u ulay as we'll make up yous
~ w.. y !, iuat At once, 10 woman shalt ever
m Mas s'nr around TIL. community on a rc
hrln hlee !. sole shes wtfe o nile II can
whr.I. ~ you can lust take tha. old PAR Il
heart n ,o.n, ~ u',.laht hp1ne aud gladden. she
19r 19r, re 10 s. nn them 5ou douT If you DO i'm
Ns. " H,ln :. s"u know ~
n, e. MY ~ : Ano* auIll.ng of the kind.
a. ~, 20 Esn,. 49,. a u gssax 10 let sucu 1onk
M6rnt NJ . h,ab y,u ~, ai:,' up III n.aousra and
.bnW ~ ~; I l1nrs, ua, aSd 81 asourd trrirg to
"Ar. WilklLsi'
"Go straKEiing around ,he tAo,nn,hf.
oftbts town, fouking liAe ~ p,A nr,r 49,
proppsd upon two legs, and AAuxiut ,hnse
snklts, when afe 50 thick That ynn ,uldn,I
llktps. III tcratch-'
Well. | should think MT, Ard, b..;ae,
aon't kno" uherra oonts IN this t:r.r+.ri,I
elooe you expect to tnd any wheel, .'snn-
enough 10 bear 5Iu. You'd smash paEr a,
eas.'Ion caEt'~hecls inlo snlEhereeus The
Mlu ute 5on sat Gown On them, ynu xor,u.
Inc rest thing gou cau do tJ to E,Jk. and =,
The ground TOO, where The crust Of lie s.rts
isn,1 Thin; Or ci.c II. In Irunt OF a d.c anJ
melt 1o1n your aroirdupo,.."
ous.'' |A1"t'
~ l'ut mn not gong to put up With It. I
uol1 intend TO have Ytu tnypioe around
tosh ~ q Telncil+ de-. and rer, likely falling
III AMI treakin. your hones, and tntn ba 70
= lot of luctots cJmlu!, to nv house and ma
Alpg toa Mo5tHt e1a1iinat,u'4 -rh saving
fou up, and di:coyesllg things wla bard
Latin nantes IN y u1 lu1tss, and III s4u. lIyer.
spu Jour physique gc' tEaIly. Well, shou1t
think not! It's bad er6nrh TO have 10 sul
m!t to You uow, without having 1our s.rs
split around over the carpet, and parce, in cI
sawbones hsnphemiug III Your aa4tony.
! IL
"N1lkics, amt yon ashamed to talk 40 -,
~ want you TO understand tia: If y,u
ride that relocipede l will sue f,e disa,ca.
don't believe III Woman exercising ner
muscles on any such cou1r:v4use. Y5u'd 1
goo.4 deal better get a seIubtiug brpss and
70 down and tackle The trout doos s,tp. sl,h
som G sand and ch1tk OF soau. ihi,rs ,le
kind 0f exercise you want, in nv orinIou,''
Mr. Wilkins. Ii sou'A onls listen--'
"Us elso practice carrying eoalscu',Ie
up and down s:alrs every i've minutes all div,
But IS tor the mother OF 4 family. and a2e-
veloGpede, Why. It's simply ridicalous-n
"Mr- Wilkins, L."
"The NEXT thing know, I suppose 1ou
will be parading Wonrself In the paoers u
Madame wilkins. the Champion Vel ,e,pe'
dist and running mile hea.s on the Sicah
son pavement for hundred dollar pussts, best
two ont of three. beautiful .pec;ael.
want me to bet on you and back ysu up oul
: not one cent Of my Cash do you get. Nci I
single, solitary red. d. you suppIe I n
going to throw away my u5td.ealned uonr!
On such fana.lc as ycu! Well, ! sa"u,'
!. think not. Iwould not put up dollar O
you Il was worth untold billions. I'm no
proud 1s Of {en; {oot,1 want s'n to dE'iastly u
:. MI Wilkins, that: eli noaserse."
and pretty example you arc setting t
your children. Here only yesterday. Hoio
lerqes Montgomery made yeloclpede ou1
. TWO dour barrels, and when &c md B
. fcephalus Alexander srled 70 mo7pt IT,.
) broke down And hi 4assY JAue on tat Il
Aoe:snmey te1l oyes tht cal. vhleh 70 ,'s ~.
. and spittt around and scratched aolo'esn
Montgomery over the frnntispiece, 60 tn
his, ,beaniy IS destroyed forever, and be loo
| more like you th1n eve-. say that P
tfectly outrageous, and I'm not going
stshd it.''
i. . Nr. wilkins Oh. If you rill liaten =
!. te11 you SON ucth1ng."
: !: Oh don't want to hear it. We'll {
: continue; the conversational IN tired OF be
: ing you csckle."
we'll; shat ve1ocipde came bono"
4 ." Never ntId now. want to 70 TO ele
Just xlTe Jou1 toueue chance for rest, '
I you p ....-
Was for yon. hesrd you saS you wan
: one. 50 bought 1t ont Of ,he market mo.
faved. But you treat me like such bru
tb&t-f-I-I-" .... -
/ "For me, did you say, earah' Wen, th
| peytr paild, now. Don't cry, Sarah, 6
Never mind won't do II again, asra
| earsht Lon't cry. Sarah! uh. we'll,
then, cry who cares! Yeu're the most
| RrayatfpR vv1an that ever lived. llI =:
! That veloupede Tomorrow morning an, ah
dor you u tuzc IS my name IA wilkins. ]
don't, hang me /"