The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-06-25

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.Taa earssrAsrHYXIA AND HER ADOPTED
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ss"iz ass Aidsis ghhase se 4,ng extract from Mrs
,aEaai OF 1oldown fl Folks DIX 81, Miss Miss
asRe s s Ra Ii Ha Har 1ff on Ss shoa %
70 FTP 20 a,sitss Sic gp has taken orphan
asss,;s sgs.s1s sisssay tall and spare. Ma
n@ ~~' laa''0 SSie ha inaas her, she often remarked
:19ed for her muscles cushioned re-
ss4 -sssso1a7q 81 sssssjs stsq Sid bone tough why
- as.'ass 4Fse She was past fifty
go 1@s 81 = ss a s thin s th1' showed EaSn tg bas
" OILY honqLt.@ fhat Miss Asphyxa
,sEHso9w oasr tssds 0ua relation to the
80 ~ y ditof way. Hair she considered
s~eias2s iprhtpally assonaething that might get in
sEsA - hs5ssS and ftcorinsfy very early every
49, ssazss52' 1ntnft tied all hers very tight
s"a 90 - g '4ay sfh sesnred it by horn comb
" e - ..s1o the top of head 10 tie this knot
|~ 20 sae a7e9a@ tightly That done, should last
E 81 st"T sef aas Mics ssphyxias only art of the
- . -tsfiet and safe tried her work every
- r il4jJ by giving her head shake before she
'fS21 Aft her looking glass; not unlike that of an
a A=25 10 rsgsthe horn combs from its moorings, Miss
sfsi' 81 30 gs"o! well pleased For the rest
ks EssTz s9si2 1hsly and wilted,guar1ed
s@ sss@s % 3seaah ll9 check bones and watched
"s over by pair OF small gray eyes of I'M
s@E1 that overhung them were grizzled like her
s<a'ssss os assJ 6na not b. rrorer to say that Miss
= ass1 % g,is - 4Ib ilempered but her fea
sad 'a' a6G Be supposed to yar an expression
F stlelHess They We're set in an aus,
seAri r' 'i~ - 16r6Sfey ekancled by every year of
2 .4ovS o Ter HE Is related to her W
'sned tIDoo sd T@'Hlrsve working
~ RS f1:Td To amid hR hep ns
- sze''Fs1 - etss she tFa down and crushed whatever
IA 81
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bssGs,g yljvg recent pleasant writer has denom-
-------pas -l The Total -deprayity OF matter. She
given to many words but it might
s&s{hf4ss heaathered from her brief discourses
81 azxAza III Fthsbe Rad always felt herseso speak,
- sword in hand against universe where
3VU1U 81 1eyerkhfB was running to disorder
thing was tending to sLckness, shiftless-
40 @Sa onsss aineniteland she alone was left o
S '' d h Mo r Always In too ato np in
the morning always Sinking always
taking too long nap at noon; everybody
la2 u n + Twas watching to cheat her in every bargain;
" as4Az Le1s R9rfe SOW pissIal her possessons-
e sa s Ts s o her va G nt6
8IW 9al sortsrf pntoward ways and gymtions;
~ ts asvesaa4 1uatersdore she slept as were in
bos9Ts xai a1Hefaapd spent her life sentinel
"a iIaigo odS % ssi child she had had her eyes
ssa h e7aas Gig open only patent fact-that
Ia. re,,t "a Aha asan animal always want
yEstss1s 1sz og Py and that she make all her
e~rTq yrsY plans Ads calculations keep her from
ssAss Bio .ti1e5 ing IL To this she beforehand
ESdEA8J j given her word to her brother that if she
-------- took the girl, the boy must be kept away.
Got enough my hands now, without
Il 3 Ia1n' boy trainn' round my house and
HRsssq 81 fFs sa Old 9 the gm n yF 5sa
10 t. Tae tho tSe SdH a and entn
Nl saAh1Eea kdagI
,gafgsoOTF ehbi ptY et day There were two hulk
Ao TAH VIA @ at Go @ Es e at roa hs t eyes
vq aa aRn g. a ho1 Tad Miss a ans han
xHstn1 tb before h So The 1HdS eating
to epirl the
= 49, .,s W. tx With which Miss Asphixa washed and
cleared up the dinner dishes How the
SsAafshesaratted, the knives and forks clink-
ed5 las she scaped and piled and washed
- and WIPED and put everything in a trce
r. kss 80 q IS nothing had been done the
~ $.f fEs sff i4s Miss Aspbro produced thin
BILE, thread needle and scissors, and draw
closet bale coarse blue
Il "a va hope9sade cloth proceeded to measure
s 5g son Sf T5 R bns a "ns short
as baS 6mma,she dumped her in chair beside
her and putting brown towel into her
ID Aaaafto be hemmed she briefly said,
sire.h :, osss4ap l a Tue tide garments aforesaid.
-, y~ynslt s11fe Child once twice laid down her
~, ~ j, b- work to watch the chickens who up
s p .,s. asyay ripple Of song The
~s4s1s "a line Miss AsPhyxia only frowned and
,SS s;Sas9ei f, ' ii Ing re Sgv non; 'ne lhere
,,a .,ssa,. kidlt down the little head with
o. I'll =, ~ aaMQnition mind your work" The child
essSs ~ 70 ies bni5,.eTd 70 M Luz diy A." 9oon
birch rod, with threatening movement,
--------- and saying succinctly, 'Stop that, this
N = ~ T~ a Hinutes or I'll whip you." And the child
vi Cd ~ e xAs so2ertain of this that she swallowed
her grief and stitched away fast her
W. sAa 4Htp'hhgers could 60
Assoon ms supper that night
SFT@LIA j. Hiss Asphyxia seized upon child and
taking her to n tub in tho sink room pro-
ceeded to divest her of her garments and
nv &sasret her to a most thorough ablution
I'm going to give You good scrub
u...u = bin. TO start WITH said Miss Asphyxa: and
F""s' tr'h'to say word could more thorough
ly express the character of the ablution
~@~ than the term serHbbing." The poor child
was deluged with soap and water in mouth |
nose, and eyes, while the great bony
zsW 80 Dc Y cldS rubbed aud spashed, twisted her
arms, turned her wrong out. and
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