New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20

tJpon NV soul and body. relation or no relations
I'll run you ill., Brownash II y@u give ie,io" ~.
this blessed trouble" were the lrst "oduS nc M" 80
mured-very hoarsely-iD my ears, haO 'ho
blazes hav eyOu been sitting here forI o,
"Hagcn't yDu heard the dreadful news th,. is,,t
ayes. YOu've lost your goose. Neh' t"'S &c"
the way to find il, is it ~ .oo,,,o
!" How would you set about it p asked sarcastic
ally A.. ,,,.,,.,,nr,oti,oI
beast: ara 90 home and come back when lts day
light. Though he added llloGcally, thats moi
bit O use"
q Why amt ?" ~.
Some of Your mates has got it fast cnopGh. us
one Of their larks, you may stake your u"'"S y"
{" II thought so-Td-Td-Td be the death OF the
thief
II dare say you'll find it tied to the ocker or
sent round in the morning, or sonnet hlnN,' he sn9
gested you're all bit on, and don't KNOW WHAT
you're abnut." - . ,or
word III report you TO the Inspector"
This ANNOYED SaWkns-a crude, rough-hanucu
iack-n office, clad in a little brief authority. You
know the kind of man mean c,.,. tioc
.IOOk'ce here, BrOwnash Cheek is a inlhe i
never did stand from cove IN liquor ne s"Iu.
"Now, for the last time. are yo1 a-con nome; OF %
amt Won a-goin' hOmcg Let's have IL. STRAIGHT"
He conld afford to he insolent and tvranncal now.
There was no goose for to-morTows dinner mere
was no dinner at all, for the matter OF mat II was
n fine loolOnt the Lord knows. lie could lower
over me with his superior youth and strength. lie
was only forty-twO, and as big rs an oN-Dne oil
your big beasts. ,,,. ,.
" Well. I'm going home, l Sild suIlchy III last
aWlll that do for yOuW
ats the wiseSt thing YOU can do he replied.
." don't know THAT I'd lust as soon I've run IN our
of Mrs BorwnIsls way til il blows over. But !
added the first thing in the morning shall he out
AGAIN. The goose is somewhere about. Inc Hahhe"
Your mates have got it," said the positive Saw
kins again: d" done keep a-tellin' You soT
"Yon'rc precious wise. you arc nlHttcreu'
Then walked hOmeward, and he walked a!tcr me-
irving to keep an eve on me- lodged hln mere
though. / crossed over the way, doubled in the
fog and lett him wondering. what had become ol
me. | was not going 10 he followed aDont 10y NM
not if | knew it. lIut went home. After all it
was about the hest thing that could be done,
although only Sawkns had said so.
veil The reader shall be mcrcifuly spared the
recital of family chickering's ana unstce oil aGcusa1
ton and TccrlmlnatIOn, OF what MIS- bIoWhash salu
to me, or | said to Mrs. BroNnash. Oh now MIS-;
BIownash's sister-have ! mentioned before that
consider Mrs Brownasl's sister spiteul old cat 7
hacked mp Mrs. Brownash in acrh remarks OF her
own which proved cOncusivcy to me that sine vas
the most waSpish being that ever was weighed IN
the scale of feminine humanity Will not suIly
these pages with aspcTsions against my own name
and fame uttered by the bone of my bone, the flesh
of my flesh, the scrag of my scrag;
| had no peace. trled to laugh away the storm
or 10 make head against it, or 10 submit in sullen
dnspair TO It. Their tonduct, their insulting
remarks Their steady stream of abuse kept on. IL
was as well. / thought believe J told them III
plain words-that there were no children about MS
now to learn how their poor mother went on; FOR
our Sally was married and gone from Ms TO ti"ii"-
way. She and her husband. and their lr9t BABY;
were expected to dinner on Christmas morning; !
had sent them IN invitation myself ] SLEPT
through the storm at last went calmly anu
placidly Of In the midst OF the turmoil win my
head resting on the counter IN the shop, Whlthtr
had zone TO escape their bitter personalities. VIII
do them the justice to say that they did not Try 10
wake me till i was time to proceed on my TDunuS
him when he sleeps il of were the last words !
heard NV siStcrin-law say. II ever am up lor
my sIstcr-in-law will he the deinnct
. for n Sleep /
wondered. What did she think | was gong TO
sleep OF , 7.
had been daylight more tnan an honr ana NJ inc
first strrak Of dawn had promised myself to look
for INV goose before the hand of the despolcr should
carry il away. The hour had come ana gone h h
90 Rad the goose: il was too late. The iog hal
cleared away and il was bright sunshine without.
/ went down Gumford Road with my wares. NY
I. Milk bee low was full of the most m"ulniuI
cadence. seemed 10 realize my loss the dlsnp-
pointmcut OF the family and The invited guests.
more acutcly in The morning ana WIN sPI, tlnS
pain behind each ear. IL was Il uaih anu uI'"iS
mood of mine that day.
need hardly say there vas no sign OF the goose
in the ncighborhoD geese are not plchtd mp ever!
Lour of the day IN the public streets al least not
thc kind ~ rccSc I'm alluding TO Just now Ihei"
was a rlckcty look about the street that early
morning signs ?i orr la,t hiFnu I''gIy Mu
hi.h spirit, and little amicahle disputes. twenty
one fellows all on the rampage together 90 lraN'
traces behind them for an hour or two after Their
departure noticed sadly thhi the iIohI EI'ch'
turhcd and that there was downy iiuihn"ss on
many of the shrubs that laurel OF two STOOD sinc-
ways or ont If the ground ana th't INC u9N.
Lcd,ue here and there had been sat upon, and that
two windows were broken at Nos. ana .
inclusiye The lamp-po,t looked little ashew
" JeI,yrrrJ milk AT SO. Mss ClaspcI's-a
yiueelrsh old maid who was always mp 80 uncou-
scionahy carly that used 10 think she sat up Tor
tne milk and then went 10 bed for the day.
gave hcra merry Christmas rs she took in her
ha'rothr aud 1t struck me AZ once that She
focused NE with peculiar green and swivel eve
that she possessed. She had two eyes of course,
hut only one that y ~ really swivel.
"You are not looking well, Mr. BroNnash' the
morning she said.
Dnn't Won think go. Miss Clasper|
"Isanythiug the mattcrT
have had bad night Couldn't sleep hardly
Oh. GOOD gracious" she exclaimed Indignantly.
sDon't talk about bad nights. OF all the street
I'm oudon this Is the worst. verify believe. OF all
the rows and rloting last night here outside my
vcr,. door and not policeman 10 hc sccn-a set OF
drunken Idle wagabOnes that ought To lie hanged.
the lot OF them | wish could only catch few OF
them the appearing scoundrcl~. They broke that
window of miuc and next door Just you see.
poor Mrs. Chambers who's been IN bed down with
cold in her head, poor thIng'-ior the Iast fort
night. What they were pitching ahout, all OF them
tbe Lord knows. Iut ] shall 90 round to the
station after breakfast"
4" II might be "a. we'll
"The fact is. Mr. Brownash, the neighborhood
- -" il isn't said. "ryc seen the change coming
on some time. maam.'
ATS drunken neghborhood.'
:" ann almo- afraid to think it is. And thicying
ncghborhood. too. Miss Casper
{" If pcople only kept to this like yOu and me-
said Miss Claspcr, holding up the mlk-jug
"Ah, if they only did"
ouartcrn of rum to take the rawncss oh it-but
thought it was not worth while to state this to
lady who was a stanch lcctotallcr and wore n blue
rIbGon under Il medallion photograph of her
mother, a worthy but ugly old lady, all cap and
scOwI
And n great thieving ncghborho0d" Miss
Clasper went on-and she would always 20 on for
hours If any ono had the patience to listen 10 her
You're right there, Mr. BrOwnash Nothing is
safe in these parts. Why, You see my mounting-a
with thc red berries over there. ! have been saving
them berries to decorate my parler, AZ hOllys so
drctlul dear This Christmas. We'll, would you
believe il that u man up the tree "a big, hulk
ING brute he was stripping 1t of every berry
this morning. And | really believe il was police
rnnn INT be cot down in such hurry WHOM