, 1873-05-04

little Hiss Four-years-old is to be generally
finally no supervision. Ono delegates the charge
to another pro tenn, until at last, through some
neglect, the little creature Is 1nseing, and
- LOST DABF Is LOST II"
fs the exclamation that curdles your blood.
Goodbye to all regard for mere movablcB; they
care, 80 only the darling little mischief is found
again. You dispatch your assistants in all d.
reet1ons; you hurry forth yourself, leaving your
property at tho mercy Of any one; and not until
she lH brought back can you think Of anything
else. She WIS two squares of, leading another
little toddler, neighbor's child, into a strange
houso which ahe had fancled, and insisted upon
was the new one they we're to go to. Securing
tho runaway, you send her to the new house with
gone member Of tho faInily whom you think can
be best spared the oldest girl, probably, the
boys being quite out Of the question. as they are
not sufficiently tired yet to be quieacent or
EEcnable to orders. As soon as you can, you
follow, and
LONG LIST OF DISASTERS
is hearkened to. The old mirror. which you
the Mnydover, has been shivered By the icono-
clast, who seems gifted with peculiarly ;destruc-
tive powers, which ho has hired out
to you at so much per minute for the day,
vears-old has iot your favorite canarics fly away,
having occnod the cage-door and let tho little
prisoners free. You had tanned them 80 that, in
the old place. they were never confined, and came
back OF their own accord but this locality is
strange, their natural instinct have been dullod
by confinement, and, bewildered by their new
surroundings, they use their wings md nre lost.
IB she the dainty little Miss whom you have al-
ways cared for so particularly, and who looked
fresh aud sweet as rose in the mornin 6? For
once in her life, she has =.
aEy1zLED IN DIRT, ..
and has completed tho general look OF demorah-
cation which she presents by breaking flask Of
salad-on over her, and delug1ng herself with the
contents Thile strange. vicious cat, which she q
marks will last her ffo-tme.
You are ready to cry With neryousnoBs,
fatigue, and vexation; but
THE END 1s NOT YET.
Tho furniture is all in the wrong place. Tho
Hibernian assistants havo left the barrel Of coal
which you pointed out to them to fetch, and in
it's place have brought barrel Of ashes which
stood beside it. You meet them halfway up the
second flight of stairs, toiling along with it up
r.; into the sleeping,roomg, and, Thsn n yon ask
the barrel that 20 tovld US to fotch!" "Well, I
don't want it here; take it down stairs. Why,
that wasn't the barrel! What possessed you to
bring that ashes up here 2" The answer is
grunt OF amazenent,-a stupeled, inane look,
but an utter lack Of comprehension as to how
the thing happened. You send them down stairs
with it, and look about You.
EVERYTHING IS HELTEn-5KELTER,
and nothing ,whero You want it. Half YOU; fur
you think IS you contemplate it. You fully
resolve That you will never move again, and your
house does not seem half as nice in reality as it
did prospectively. The last load hns come, how
ever, and it is nearly nightfa1l. Everything is
colds and coughs, which shall be family all
mont for some time to come. You have had