, 1870-08-21

beach property; and she caf1aed she contzo-
ss esb ttPn IF the e0q.t .ryet to of s9"F ods t.
Island, hu, the Eaahes stood their ground,
hoisted the hlack flag, and, engaging Marshal
Dick Par~ons, Of Cleveland, to do the nego-
tiatiop, they rid this breezy longitude Of Mrs.
affair kept the State Of Rhode 1sland afioat By
the warmth and interest OF it, and the Nash
family have had no trouble with the subse-
| quent demi-1essecs Of the beach.
Therefore, as have saia, you proceed to
| hire your bathing d1ees from Madame Nash.
Monsieur Nash meantime sits among 3 heap
Of bathing dressee,-a fat, thick, fshy sort OF
perscu, al Of one complexion, hair, eyes,
clothes, akip, a sort Of sanly grsy,-and the
junior Sashes bustle around pn1fipg clothes OIL
pegs and asking the eize Of your baby. You
Say to Madame Nash:
II want a soit, pleased"
To tlis she replies:
t.Do you want your sisters suit at the same
time. Mr. Williams? believe your name is
Wi,lians7"
Williams is complimentary family name
kept in stock By Madame Nash.
''No, that is not my name."
Oh! excuse me, it is Mr. Thompson;
gness, then, you want your gzsndmo.her's
checked drers, and her rol,e Shoes
II griere to say, Mrs. Nash, that my name
is not Ihomraon. am new ARRIVAL
IDENTIFY 1eteening interest: "s1homas, tend to
this mani"
And Thomas stands By. He hears your in
snuatiug inquiry for ss good drcss as you
eau be accommodated with, without particle
Of expression. He jerks on its peg striped
snit OF bed-ticking, and slaps two towels upon
tho top Of it. He says, in a sky-b!ue voice:
Is T:air's what kin do for you!" You steal
away like the Arabs, with your tent in your
hand.
|. THE DA1u1Sd- HOUSE
IassicE down narrow rlank walk AIuonERs
rows OF little whiteWashed bathipg-cribs, you
enteavor to get tue attention Of the boy who
uniocks tlicnl. He IL euguged in shutting in
women. babies, servants, aud females, aud
finally he turns bolt about, looks you IN the
eye, and says:
"Now,yo
immediately YOU find yourself in little
crit. Of al out the shape, and tile size, and tho
general sugResttyeuess Of familiar outon,lt1-
inEs attached to rural residences. It is about
five feet square, aud ita furniture consists Of
bench, q bucket half full OF salt water, aud
I've naila driven in the wall. There il smaN
hole cut in the door, and, ~ you grow accus-
tornfd to the light. you will perhaps observe
that there are many smaller holes cut iu tic
partition between your room and those al-
joining +; these holes seem to have been
whitfield by penknivcs. and come Of them.
with diabolicaf aFsduisy, have teen opened
through double parti inns 1t occurs to you
At once that some ''Pcepins Tom has cut
those holes to study anatomy through them,
and this belief il Strengthened when yon OBJ
tfrve some Spcuserinn stai,zat written close
to tboee os'ficCs, gazing to show the depth of
the poets feelings. and the extreme simplicity
Ut his dction. occasionally a satitical poet
las written something beneath the formers
straiH, and, all in all. there ia good ueal Of
quaint scholarship pcnned up III these littls
cribs.
All! Tennyson'a - Go:iiva," and h;s " Talk
lug OaK are all too refined for real life.
y FceV1rE Tom il tho greater type OF Ills
Species. Where il the hoy who has not
| lctrc1: II. at tho Inst, they uncover every
a:oua at the Great Aselxe. how ma,Iy Saints,
llinceE. and learned people n,,1st stand by
= Peeping Tom /" How few II Talking Oaks
tEtro will be-. and Low lna,4y Talking lIashiug
| IItusts.
clotLes, and slip ioto our suit OF bed-tiek. We
| resemble Immediately, blfurcstcd bolster
case The stit consists Of Jacket, attached
10 pair Of short trousers. which show the
calf Of our leg, and buttons up the front with
such 3 latitutte of ba:ton-holc thar re begin to
| fear ne shall burst out Of our bolster at a
critical time. and regret that We we're not
| GuO-e feathers Thus 4ttircd. We o:,ep tho
clearinghouse door, and emerge upon tho
beach. with fIisky, foolish feeling, and great
anxiety about tue temperature of tils watc..
| THE REACH.
| The eeach is quite lively with mca AL
Wutscn going INTO the water aud Coming oar
tteretroH. art! the land just back If the bsach
ls full OF lie ches with lockers on, and Ieop:a
| squattlng on tlielr Aant-. so1nr REGARDING
johnny learning 10 ewins lis tiEEt struke. nth
eTs admisiug yornG gentleman III suit OF
bright red ianne1, who nas malicious rrt,-
pcnhity for soneExau1tiug under water with
arch rari1i.y that his broader pars is forever
| III view. There are nurses With Osetrererous
boys eptashing near shore, and parents with
hoHlsng hasies. giving then. dip after DIP. and
| anafsettes OF young xomcu, l0ltiuS bands
four around. ard anck1ng together with little
tcreaEs. The guide ropes, anchored ashore.
are stretched over high poles iu the wafer.
ard lines Of people bold to these ropes, while
adventurous swimmers scs1e the poles and cut
their feet with oa1nacies therc. Over all the
sNsf breaks, and every ware is greeted With
| tcteams OF nervous delight FIR IN tho beach
are sporting in the wares, aud these turn ont
| to lie men bathing in nt.tc Of nature.
| They lei! rtors hero Of yery proper gen
tlsman thu oEcc complained o! this shsme-
ltts conduct Of cen who dis:r1ced their sex.
AID lle said III cracked, aepreca,ng voice to
tbs tatlilnE muster:
Mr. Nash, my daughters ara shocked. out
ragged. fy the men who Iathe in full daylight
uron this beat without gur1ncIts.'
=. MF. Sasfl held up his arms With lEdigaa-
ton,
IN correct it, sir. I'll set watch, SIR.
It tlan't occur agsin!"
The next day the proper gentleman came
Ir, saving:
It's happened again. sir. They've been
| dcing Ct it more Its terrible.'
Why" sail Nr. Nash. ''there must be
come mistake about this! The only unde b.th-
tug has been done mile up the beach,"
Ihats it,. cried the p.ul,er gentleman.
that's just it. my daughters get sp;-
| glnrtes."
You take an inventory OF this scene on the
leach and then etep into til" shal!ow water.
| lle first wave rises to your knee, cold and
Elompt. The second cl,nls to your thigh
| The third has tuug it's chilly arms around
rnns yisals. and you feel yonr breath conn.
shc1s ard tue cold pin reach for yonr heart.
l3ath comes thus they say-dr the feet and
/ legs growing cold; then the chill feeling
rould tho vital paris Oil Eunyan had beca
l,a'hsrE often. or he could not hare described
! that scene where the rilgrime at the last cross
tue 1lset 20 the city calIesl D,sutiful
ais 1t cul1, Irolhvr Iloprfui:~
Edwin Forrest ha-, in his fine h1nss 1T Phila-
celphis. eitni1ar painting Of tHo young Ger
i man girls stepping into the water WITH that
soE arprt hension Of tile cold c1qui=itelr por-
tr,ytd III their :acce. and even the shlver OF
the1r ll,uhs IN susgcste1. Ha opco told me
that sometimes when he could not sleep. lie
came down 81 midnight. and. lighting the gas,
locked upon it.
The boys who often use language fe1icitous-
y. cal! the hsst plunge. Getting over their
pain: One courageous daah, aniit is allorer
We feel ourselves striking cut long acd buoy
au:!y: the elood and the 1a.er grow alike in
temperature; NC dive, and leap, aud rwir on
the bottom, and tread water, aud then turn TO
the conrtesies Of the bath. The tsciturn
American character ,s washed AWAY iu tho
"ataE. With the impurities Of The skin. Stran~
gers actually speak to each other and sar !:
"lt's fine to-day" or Its warrn.' Man aud
WOMAN, strange to each other, exchange notes
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