Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-11
MS. KoBINsuN's TELEGRAM.

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a. and SAID against Us too, l have NJ
s71f+ but there are two sides 10 mos
.Eircs and I have not let lodgings fol
.h06t thirty-lye yea-s, Rachel, without
EroEing something about dodgers. GOu
.sut ne 10 tel you d tale, child, about
sma Of nv dodgers : Very well ; but
Inust tel i IN my Own way, and you
must not mind if l talk a little about
nyslf which Is only natural, living
sDooe Is | have done since your uncle
djsd. which was twenty years ago. My
n5T husband always said-and he was
.cleyer man, Was your uncle-that, II
Ihsd falkland | was always 50 glad
thsf be used that word 'It'-my tongue
gsa little too long.
81 have had all sorts Of dodgers il
nv tine, and many Of them have been
vsTy uice people Oh the whole but 1t Is
sEays q yexatiOus sort Of life, as you
vii ind when | am dead and gone, and
sou have the care OF everything on yOuI
shoulders for, as you know, Rachel, |
have Willed the place and everything in
Il oyOu. Many a night | have laid
awake thinking Of my poor furniture,
and at lasl have fallen asleep 10 dream
Of dirty boots On my carpets, I broken
chaiB and cracked china.
But YOU will not want to hear all
that, 50 | will tell you about Mr.. and
Mn Bayley. They were the incest peo-
PEI ever had to Go with, and the very
eh4iI AN sitting i'll was given me by
Ms Bayley's father. You have often
wondered why keep such beautiful
chair II my kitchen, and now | Will tell
you.
"Ar. and Ms. Bayley were with me
1eaIl! eighteen months. and ! got very
tl1d Of them. They were . kind low
ng couple, with only one trouble, and
that was that Mrs. Bayley's father
would lot forgive them for getting
uzETled, and would not be friends with
ten.
Il suppose twas because Mr.. Bayley
sS n0i thought rich enough for Mr..
UOadeT' daughter. 1t could not have
l7sn anything else, for he was devoted
% hs wife, and as handsome a man as
you need wish TO see. Mr.. Bayley
sI0,e Tor newspaper, and was always
US! With his books and she sat with
In, and made her own dresses, and
f.5iaEed everything for the little baby
Afy EeIe expecting.
II was Just three weeks before
OlfstIaas that her baby Was born-such
: a54l me little fellow; and very proud
ss al We're Of him. Mrs. Bayley pei
s-alel her husband-and il went very
Ilch against the grain, | can tell you,
NJ he I'D not want 70 do Ito write
al1 tel Mr. COnder that he had a little
sabison.
Ms. Bayley was quite excited about
-; .-s 's'ser, and she seemed to think her
SUE Would come as soon as he re-
el'7' Il. But III three days the letter
vs. VS. returned unopened, and then Mrs.
DI!ey n fretted. She made herself quite
-i.aAd up 10 that time she had been
sSSi sung On 50 nicely. 1 knew that they
So14u ~ mol afford to pay regular nurse,
~ ~ - / had waited upon her, and
1aou I-,'. 70 90 1t, for could scarcely have
S'el fp'' : daughter Of my OWL better than
'.O'ed Mrs Bayley.
b, pao! got on splendidly; but some
wv r.."- Lll' mother could not forget that
..'liued letter, and she did not get as
ta 4ulg IS Nr. Bayley and | wished her
A. se.' remember | was sitting by the
~ o. night, with baby on my lap, and
,Ss. n@s telling HE how sha had hoped
sIIa, sTa, ler lather would have been recon
~. t,er 70 them, | did not say anything
.1s made my plans for the next day,
-, "AaI more, | carried them out.
IN me next morning, after breakfast,
Az b-e MIS-. Bayley and baby comfort
,r.sb Ilu Then went out. 1t was a
ds,1;.n neslthy morning; the sea was
no s a In, and the waves were break
i1s, saihst the new wall the town had
h., h. p.t up, as If they meant to show
- tley did not care for artificial
dafieS -. or local boards.
ssrlr ~ was not often that | was out SO
bad al, b.a and should have enjoyed it if
h. 81 r easy in my mind. Iwent to
Bro,ls POst-oFhee first, and told young
n WI mat wanted to send a telegram
- gentleman in Exeter.
II. ~ Iisht, Mrs, Robinson, he said
@sTsty @sTenty words for shilIing.'
!, all ,,- tnls Is what | want to say ; I have
sy ~ written down for YOU
DE- ~ Ing brown took the paper from
.N'le M aaa y. read aloud, with an impudent
.Or 'nal l could have boxed his ears
Is . = you have a heart in your frame,
II b;LlStlan should have. especially
i've s-sSusS, aSs which Is the time to for
ss1uhtau forget, come and see your
nan and lie most lovely little
70 have sIdlupdpa need wlSn
aace LeSe no time. but come at
psncs = wi VIII cost two shillings and six
oh auu mats lot, Mrs. Robinsonl'
ssyF sGu suppose Elm not going to
It hons sIi should not have left my work
buunsss. az standing if had not meant
IounS ?, sad | feeling annoyed that
Dio"n. whose mother had washed