The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17

me out as being to be summed. l aP- peared to have done something that was evil. Whenever Mrs. Prodgit called afier dinner, retired to my dressing room-where the temperature is very low, indeed, in the wintry time of the year-and sat looking at my frosty breath as 1t rose before me, and at my rack of boots, a sefviceahle article of furniture, bat never, in my opinion, an exhi'arating object.
 The length of the councils that were held with Mrs. Prodgit, under these cir cumstances, will not attempt to describe. will merely remark that Mrs. Prodgit always consumed sherry wine while the deliberations were in progress; that they always ended in Maria lanes being in wretched spirits on the sofa, and that Maria Jane's mann1ha always received me, when l was recalled, with look of deso- late triumph that too plainly said, Now. George Meekl You see my child, Maria Jane, a ruin, and hope you are satis- hhed !"
 r pass, generally, over the period that intervened between the day when Mrs. Prodgit entered her protest against male parties, and the ever-memorable mid night when brought her to my unobtru- sive home in cab, with an extremely large box on the roof, and bundle, a b&nd-box and ga basket between the drivers legs. have no objection to Mrs. Prodgit (aided and abetted by Mrs. Big by, who never can forget is the parent of Maria ] 4ne) taking entire possession of my unassuming establishment. In the recesses of my own breast the thought may finger that a man ID possession can mot be so dreadful as a woman, and that woman Mrs. Prodgit; but ought to bear a good deal, and hope can, and do. Huffiug an snubbing prey upon my feel ings. but l can bear them without com plaint. They may tell in the long run l; l may be hustled about from post to pill lar beyond my strength nevertheless, l wish to avoid giving rise to words in the family
 The voice of nature, he wever, cries aloud in behalt of Augustus George, my infant son. It is for him that l wish to utter few plaintive household words. | am not at all angry; am mild-but mis- erable.
 I wish to know why, when my child. Augustus George, was expected in out circle, a provision of pins was made, as if the little stranger were criminal wso
 was to be put to the torture immediately on his arrival, instead of holy babef 1
 wish to know why haste was made to stick thoee pins all over his innocent form
 in every disection9 l wish to be infosxned
 why light and s;v were excluded from
 Augustus George like poisonsT Why, ask, is my unofending infant so hedged into baske: bedstead, with dimisy and calsco, with miniature sheets and blankets ; that can only hear him snufie lsnd ne wonder , deep down under the pink hood of little tathing machine, and csa never peruse SO muchsof his hneaments as hi nose?
 Was expected to be- the father of q French roR, thatthe brushes of ak natioas } were laid in, to .rasp Augustus George . was ever intended by nature to have rashes brought out upon it by the Prema- : ture and incessaDt use of those formiS 4 ' ble lktle instruments
 .1 Is any son a nutmeg, that he IS to be l grated on the stiff edges of shaE0 frINs
 Am I the parent of mus slin bey, that bis z yie ding surface is to be crimped and small plaited? /? Or is my child composed : of paper or of linen, that impressions oi Nhe finer getting-uf art, practiced by the l laundFess, ase to be printed of, all ever . his soft arms and legs, as constantly ob. : serve them? The,etarch enters &is sOxl who can wonder that he cries?
 Was AuSuetus George inseaded tohave limbs, or to be born Torso? fPFesune : that limbs were the intention, as they a<e the usual practice. Then why are nay poor child's ltmbs tetteied and tied 'up ! AGn 1 to be told that there is any analogy between Augustus George Mock and Jack Shepard.f
 Analyse castor oil at any iastitution s chemistry that <nay be agreed apeH, and inform me what resemblance in taste n bears to ehat natural provisiou which it t at sDce the pGde and duty of N aria ! Jane to administer to Augustas George Yet l charge Mrs. Prodgit (xsded and abetted by Mrs Digby) with system atic- ally 1oTcing castor ol on my innocen, son Aom the frst hosr of has birth. When that medicine, in its effioien, action, causes internal disturbance to Auguseus George, 1 charge Mrs Pssd. git (ai<ed and abctted by Mrs. B,gsg) wsth insaDely and isconsisAently in admins sering opium to allay the storm she has raised. What is the meaning of this2 I K the days sf Egyptian Eummies aee past, how dsse Mrs iPodgit reouiue, Gor the ase of Ag son, an amoua< of faand and Unen that would carpet sny humble roofS Do { weedeE tkat she sequires 1t ? Moi This @os@isg, within an hour, beheid my con, Augustus George, is Mrs. Psodgit's hands, and on Mrs. Prod. git's knee, being Asessed. He was at the moment, comparatively speaking. in a state ot oature hasiag nsthing oa but aa extremely short shirt, remarkably dispro- portionase to the length of his usual outer garments. Tsailiag from Mrs. Prodgit's Jap, on the floor, was aiong, narrow roller or bandase-l should say 1rs. Prodg;s tightly sou .Ae S cody sh,. of 4nv ay s.ofending infant, turning Ain over asd n.~>r me- nrae~nt;u~ isa v,ur~,~~~...