The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-05-11
HETEROPHEMY.
An Awkward Trick for Which the Tongue
Nerves Are Responsible.

! An Awkward Trick for Which tho Tongue
! or Nerves Are Responsible.
| Heterophcmy. the curious disease
| which consists in using one word when
meaning to use an entirely different
one, gives rise to many amusing COM
binations- An old lady living in a
town on the Hudson river is thus af-
hicted. She is tall and stately in ap-
pearance, courtly and gracious in man
ner, and this makes her homogeneous
sentences all the more ridiculous
Strange to say, she herself is totally
unc0nscious of her infirmity, for the
: fam :, friends, and even the servants
endeavor to save her from the NORTH
cation she would feel.
Not long ago, when she was recover.
ing from a serious illness, the bishop OF
the diocese CHANGED to be making his
annual visitation, and at the sugges-
ton OF the rector, they went together
to call upon Mrs. Drew.
She was delighted to see them, and
entertained them with her usual grace
and cortilality. The conversation nat
urall y touched upon her illness, and
her thanlsfulness a t her recovery, which
for time had been dcspaired of.
Presently she turned to the bishop,
saying earnestly, My dear bishop. let
us have "a little DROP
The startled prelate glanced at the
rector. He, knowing his old friends
her prob BILE meaning.
'lsishoP." repeated the old lady, ser
lously, lets have little DROP
'Ccrtainly, Mrs. Drew" interposcd
the rector, waiting for her to make
some move which might disclose her
also.
1T you have not your Wade Mecun
with you. there is n prayer-bool<," she
said, after moment.
The rector, with a sigh of relief,
turned to the bishop. ''N1rs. Drew will
ne glad to have you read prayers with
her. he said quietly.
Prayers were read, and then the gen. |
'lemen prepared to take leave.
our visit has been Il PLEASURE"
Mrs. Drew said warmly. Now Mr.. |
'elknap, won't you take this little boy
lone to your dear wife, with my best
ove?'
For moment Mr.. Bellenap wondered
t she could mean the bishop, but she
clieved his mind by lifting a magnifi-
ent bunch of roses from n vase on the
able.
Allied to this is another form of mis-
pccch. to which most of us are occa-
1onally SUBJECTIVE exchange of syl-
a bles. certain young lady, who,
o ber intense modification, often re-
erses her vowels thus, says she is en-
rely unconscious of it, even after
peaking.
One summer evening she was saun-
ering with n friend toward the village
ost Office of the little town where
hey were staying. On the way they
ncountered an acquaintance with a |
andful of letters.
''Ah, good evening"" she said in her
eculiarly gracious, suave manner
Are you strailing out for your molc?''
The mystificd young woman made !
ome inarticulate reply and passed on.
S soon as the friend could recover her
ravity she gasped: II suppose you s
tended to ask Miss May if she was
rolling out for her mail?''
The same young lady was relating a :
I'd story of various misfortunes which
Id overwhelmed a dear friend. =
'"Think," she concluded pathetically, =
If losing husband, children, property =
I'd home at one swell foop!' And a
'wi of laughter rent the roof.-At- :
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