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

me from the beginning to the end 10 nave never never
known what it was to nave la,I' ia, , S%ar
caanot make 1T out. i never shall. Ouzllc o'ui ~
ometmes in my retirement from societf LUZ on
glare for . Im nS' St. spq Matthias Workhonse and
have settled like butterfly on the PARISH lol S;tb
by way Of compensation for lis settIng 0 When
,ts rates. and taxes summOnses ana dlsVraInts %
Iwas :, resnectable householder trying as nara rs
could to paw NV way, aud never quite succeuuinS II
always being Just little bennd you hnUm ,'', s
%nveS able 70 catch up That's not uncommon, Is
it5 hear that even the upper c'C ,r = .a,. ~
same complaint at timeS-but thal an ~, i
conrse. / don't know anything about 'heii'
uV Wbat should like to know in these latter days
struggling with underdone gT1er rrec the stoutest
gums is why have never got on ia NE, VI Io t
had the chance of getting on nav "ent 20 M, NV
nnestion of myself, have put the question 70 ny
friends and from nv friends haze hal l2ls ol
answers gucSses at the enigma canuiu eNII ln
tons" straight tips" as they poIey H 1 bnt
they are wide of the truth, all OF them EverS oVuS
is wrong There is deeper reason i9r II tnan ~ o
becn i'm their power to fathOm; the my sler!' Wv
hard lnck and the cruel injustice OF IL Icii'i"
inscrutable 49,, 1o,.o q too eosvu
ne il being too easg-eNen if it were "o
a crime TO he visited by the sentence Of tlie CnioI
that did not attend to husncss-whlch Is aI,a ar
that too fond OF political aT nsgtca arsnmeat
were not tho glorious prerogatiNe on u ne t eo,I
citizen of this mighty empire tnaC Vas etsn "o cher
Oh my 5i,tSS ~ NJ nv expense that bit of
fool and never knew how t" take care oI iS and
Wall / was generous and cOnVerSatlohai, an"
,nseGsh and social and this IS the W orlds verdict
This is what people say OF me I'D odrortures.
But am not writing my ire anu ;sn nmomgh 70
may he n bit of q fool. but | am wise enough W
Inov nobody wants n long history OF now lh,ii
went dawn in the world. That's common enou aS
anyhow This is an incident IN my 70 me brlore
tool To the workhOuSe and scraped roaos anu
broke stones and perhaps the reader WI! get sGn0
III.
a'r 3b"re are heaps of people to laugh at other
people's troubes-lOr' how they do roar occ"Sio"-
ally! H., woo NOT norticplorlv
nrosnerous was nearly at the bottom OF the nun,
Int NOT quite. Beng of more sahGuihe
than Mrs Brownash had nag an Sn a c CntI off and
we were burning oil lamps III our niue mliklsu .
md our regular customers were comPlang a. S sne
general skimmness of the fluid in winch we aea.t,
and the wafer rate was positively insulting 10 US
after his fourth application, and coaiS anu m'"'
were awful dear" ..,,. .bo 1ost
had n CHEEKY way with me at the worst OF times i
was the sunshine of No. BlrcheSter PMlluinYS,
Mrs. Brownash was the cminous cloud slie hau a
had habit of propheSying disaster which was
nggravating especially when it came true; tE Et
for the day she tod me; poor f onr Eonrs V Of IT,
If Won weren't 80 much at the regent ;, sue
would say to me- as if could stay at home al tme
evening in the beasty back paror anu sJT T more
socks til supper time. There was nothing more more
monotonous, besides after hard days work a man
rennires society not socks! . A.,
viii own that | was fond of society, even the
society of nv wifes relations and that Is saving a
great deal. For my wife was not iona or hI Wn
acouldnt abide them sne T pSay never lent me
nannv or stood security, backed little pli LOT
forms sake but neither did her Tel2tlohs LOT une
matter of that | was an individual who dld not
annenr TO INSPIRE any great degree OF confluence OF
love in the bOsOms of my kinsmen. Ana Sel "oulu
have done a lot for them had tho chdhco oHrii
presented itself. had the best Intentions toward
Them all bore no one malice I've stood sGTI sores OF
them the thirsty ones. no end OF drlhhs' ucti
was hard np, when did not Qlue see my way ior
oI rnr sonGnine forecast of the FIXTURE when the
frost should break, and could set az Inc Iu; III;
more freely even had the COURAGE ana gfmrrDNS
SbriStmas Dav. AMI Mrs. Brownash was not crate
fni or thankful for my liberal offer to Der own rrSh
and blood. She had regret to say mere rcnCmT
NOT grateful for ANYTHING, when she's snapplSh ana
nagging. aud lets You have it at every turn.
@What have Won asked them all to dinner lOrt
she rasped ont when told her the news. H..
thought ,Ou wOnll be pleased 10 nave tleUl
about Won" said with little emphasis; "your
o| aPSrbaps should if there was ANYTHING TO give
them to eat" she muTmured in a low voice -
"Therc will be plenty to give them to eat Sdrah'
] said.
@pidnt tel tell you was in Cigsons Goose Club p
"YOu are y
sYon don't mean in rattle for goose ?" she
'" g0h, no. j have been paying q little week
from last September, Polly. and I'm to have a
splendid goose on Christmas I've We're all OF Us
4 WIN ali of ms ?" she asked with lacustre
interest | gave her the list of few OF the
neighbors whom ] was accustomed 70 meet al the
Regent "-pleasant amiabe, Jolly fellows every
one of them little too jolly INST lew OF them
didn't know when to stop, and all that sort OF thing
one or two of them-but men OF dcnc2tc feelings,
keen susceptbilities thorough knowledge OF the
world, deep insight into human nature, re'-loI
politicians of both Liberal and Conservative ton
Ia rsfrlnf
whom | greatly respected and WHIP checred my
solitary path in life after my milk walk all Day; NY
wife smiled at their names contemptnousiy' but
"&They've set You an example such as II is. Bg!t
oh! the drink you'll all get ihrough on deposit
nights We shall have a Christmas dinner /
suppose for once, if YOU keep up your payments"
"Ifp' exclaimed.
And lid keep up nv payments the landlord of
the Regent" saw to that. keen man OF business
was Gigson-not a bad fellow in some respects but
with no faith in bis fclOw-creaturcs. There came a
time when he even miStrusted me that is wien he
could not trust me to the mean extent OF halt-a-
ouartern But ] was ont of collar then AMI the
We're brokersIn. That wasafterChTistmas-a'ter the
cxcitemcnt of the event which | have sat down to
narrate in the best English at my command. For
was brought up well. married beneath me;
Mrs HrownaSh's education had been neglected, and
she was not altogether fit companion for me.
People have been foolish enough to say " II o a
YOU Brownash but they never understood me:
They thought | wanted looking after the IDIOTS
i they cOnSlutIcu II VI DIV
ash TO come stalking iuto the Regent at ! /
p. IN, or little after ! sometimes, pat her bead
round the door ard call into the paIlor, Are You
ready Mr. By think to this day that that was
an unfair and unladylike proceeding; that it WAS
lowering to me. do not assert that was the only
one called for a rule, but that makes 1t mono the
less humiliatng. However. poor Sarah is dead and
gone; cast aspersiOns upon her.; she was as
deficient in tenderness as she thought Gtgs0n's
goose would be when got it. and though she had
no sympathy with my numerous misfOrtuscs she
was not a bad wife take her in the lump. A
nrrcOuS sight better than such an old soaker
deserved" my wifes sister Maria has said more
than once and to my face too. God knows what
She has said behind my back | have reason TO
believe that | could have got her two years for
libel at any time, had | been so disposed But
am of an easy, lorgiying disposition have inti-
mated. ly might trample on me without my
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