, 1874-03-29
AUSTIN ClASUBLB'S IDVE ClIAHCE,

Al(N'lfn CliANllRiEN WfE VHAIlG]
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"0ne should try and 90 contented, Mfs. Hos
II. We are al given whnt is needfu foz us, 70
know"
uso "a be- Hir. 40 ve be but tia draught
- - ~ .,,.t ~. aoor lr..dfn, Il Al = fss
eon'e III 1t 'oas ose o., NV. ~ ~ : iee
It across my lines Ike the ssroke OF stick, r
less."
.we11 von rnnst speak to your 1no1lord. m,
vha , wan1 ~ .nvthipsr hs natiant. .Pntiants i
W. -" ~4' '-4''e' -
Thus L curate OF It, stephen erln-th
West, to Mrs. Bosely, e1-laundress an
n+r.ent out.tonr camper. in No. 8 link
s,1o1 -;,+,n, ~, nna oY a{ra noea1vsa fo,
-',' "e w ~ 0o
tonless cans cosass' ~ auu
urTEH1Sd WEAK PLATfruDHs
by Way Of soothing Mrs. BoeelY's complaints
Do not speer, my reader. Is it not the spec,s
province Of crsate to utter the said midi
| moral sentences, and sit on bottomlcns chairs
| houra 'Silenoe tho complaint by relieving
the wantt" lily friend, every old woman In th
| parish has draughty door with which she wouI,
not part for the diamond mines OF Golt,onda
We're to give Mrs. Boeely shilling, ard bi,
her hare her door mended. she would epand i
in SNUFF aud go on com planning Weru I t,
ahe would reHist actively, and, il overcome
| would possibly take cold and die.
| And, meanwhile A{rs. Smith, aud AIRS. Jones
| and Mrs. Black have each their dtaughty door,
For all these reasons quietly balanced mysel
o. my purgatorlat chair, and said that hich WEI
expected from me-. 1Irn. Doeely's room va.
I about feet Bquaro, and smelt strongly Of her
| ring and cabbage: result, probably, OF Mrs
| Bosely's dinner. The window-two panes o.
! sooty 0iass-was shut aud "edEed, my hostess
oBJEcT1No on Fn1ScnLE 70 FRESH AIR.
| hnd had no dinner, no lunch even. having been
visiting" since breakfast MY feet we're in d
pnol Of wnter. which hnd oozed IN from under
afrs. Doeely's door. Something nearly allied
| unlcss my SHRINKING senses deceived me-to the
Norfolk Howard faraily, was lcisu1ely patrol
| ing the back Of my Geek. The preserved per-
| Tunes OF dinner and Jinks alley made tue feel
Bckieh; but It VAS Mrs. Boselg'B day for ten
| minutes clerical comfort, and ten minutes eha
must accordingly have.
And my rheunaatice, 81" pursued the dame
plaintivcly, "they be that dreadful cant
abide EN- They crocklss o1e all up like they
docs."
"fonr ehnre ct this Evor!d,s Affections, Mrs.
Boeely," said !, settling my Roman co}lar-for
tue ten minutes wero n5arlv up. Rheumatism
Is = very pninful thing, but one ought to count
1t a privilege to bear tie crosses which"
had got thus far when I 1as interrupted bY a
Bharp knock at the door.
s'Ghereis tie taxes, tfrat em!" cried Mrs.
Dosely, forgetting her pasio 8 presence in natu-
raj irr1tabilltv q Come ill., t.s,''
And accordingly thers came in--not The taxes
but
4 BEAUTIFUL. .:..
about 19; girl with big, tlce. >;4:aent oyea !;
) with sweet, flushed face. ":ttt-s::aHod, and
dimp1ed like bnby'a; with rattei dewy lips
and great masses Of glossy br1n=cl ,ic,ts coiied
away nndsr the sweeping plume OF her broad
fc't hat a girl to take ssag your breath, aad
missing button on your ecclesiastical waistcoat.
Il Lord ha' mercy "quoth Mrs. Doeely, "lf't
isn't my young lady. Az INV no you, my dear:''
"Au right, thauka, =" said Mrs. boselys Young
lady in cheerful, rather loud yoice-as, without
elancing at me- she shook the DANES stiff,
w,inkled fingers in her small, layeuder-kiddad
hand. "How ia the rheumatism z"
'Mortai bad, misc. mortal ba1!" replied Airs.
Bosely, delighted to begin all over again to new
auditor. II can't sbear 'ea, an that's the truth
tell you. They does crockle Que up liae."
''Ah, that's jnst What they we're doing the last
time eaw you, graunle," snd tho Young lativ.
cool1y; land IS they arc no better, and that
'crockling' propensity must he very unpleasant
a TURKISH nATu?"
"A what: miss :" asked Irs- Bose1y, to whom
the word VI bath sounded very much as it might
to one Of those hydrophobic hounds with whom
Mr.: Graatley Bulke1y used to bore us 30 much q
little while ago in tue Times.
IA Turkish bath" repeated the girl, with
cheerful distinctness, while sat in silenco-and
did moi hugh. 80 lily uncle is older than you are,
and has just Lad several, which bs.e done him
no end OF good. You're put into hot water frat
I think, and then cold is soused-"
Water, MINI" gasped Mrs Bpsely, almost
6Peecnless with natural disgust.
Water, Of course" replied her visitor.
i" What else? And then you're rubbed, aud
beaten, and you're. joints are cracked, and-1
don't quite know what else; but you come out
beautiful"
Mn, Bosely Eroaned family.
should come out dead, hhe said solemr1T;
"it 'ould
KILL ME O.: TIE SPOT"
It would cure you, retorted the Young lady.
p" You say the rheumatism is killing you now
60 you must want to be cured, and LII just bring !
. cab
Look'ee here, miss" said AIRS. Bosely coax !
lnFly-she evidently had reaaons for not Offend !
ing her visitor By too abrupt refusal" that |
ere-cure ou'd cost mlnts. :, |
!. It costs something, Of COURSE, remarked !
the Slrl " bu* eha'l pay that +; aud
:" Miss Jullt c1'ed Mrs boseIE, almost /
dr1yeu to desperation, - couldn't lot vou.. Il
ould be wrong. There now! We must all ha'
oatlencs you know, miss, in this vale % tears;
and, as my clergyman was Just Bayin to me- one !
az onGnG 90 count It 3 privilege 10 carry tho
'roeEes as ls sent ns."
lon, nonsense!" interrupted the girl, curtly:
= 1ts all very well to carry crosses Il Jon can't
get any one to carry them for you; but II you
an, drop them aad be thankful"