The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-03
shf ~, by George r. EIuas-
- - DEBORAH EHooGAITH

HfJ maids and VERY delightful old
rsa.ds they xefe. THY lived
- enc OF those asaat old
s.. -Sassss near Londor. which were
~ = spazstrs-auite the coantFy-hit
e -, raossly owing 10 train commit
- - tsr ever-sprsadIng dimensions
- esnSts;. b<eosn.ng mere ssD1rbs Of
~unf metsoposss-
$500 Hascsfuith had lived 81 The
- Hsnaon. all their lives. II was
- Hws.issge many lanx years ago.
- eenfury was In its youth. that
~ -. 4 higss.y respectable trades
e - Edseware Road had brought
- snunx xsse. and 10 The Hermit
- ~ retired when. few years
3estnr anss<eS5 a comfortable little
s7ioey, be sola bis business and de-
81 i1npes 30 the pleasures OF . coan-
Srl.6s eouatry life suggested itself 10
5raei views Of born cockney. he
~ r. garden. though he didn't know
= - Of anything that grew In IT. He
- Sog, who's principal amiisss nj
- S11nx into all the mud IL could ind.
- ssmpsng up n ats master and
dirty cav upon his coat or his
TntlI he kept a dog. Mr.. Shoo-
- bxen In the habit OF dsspoFt-
Ill Tor tskAR DsesstbS Al TIC sEAf
80 trousers and a white waist
n when Il became q question OF
bosr trousers and white waistcoai
~ -. both together being impossible.
I'D his personal appearance 10 his
- - canine COMPANION. He wore
1890 and dark wasssessi. and
norn u esteem Iasishea on his habit
II ~ bruno the brown retriever. be-
l.4 49,. 1.fEt
vsee traces Of affection which could
Sanoyeyi With clothes brush.
N gAeospl;ii-"dsar mamma" as she
e IN called hy tho Misses shooemith
Is Tier were os1. gray-haired women
dounsrs lady born and bred. and she
nseood rsbbs:s and fowls. and but for
msarnnate accident would have even
- seccncisd her husband 10. bees. The
71aat occurred late enc gnmmer's even
Eexn Mr.. Snoosnisia. returning from
k1as1Yiai neffing-the annual dinner OF
.fjluebotsIss." a club after Mr.. Pick
~ own heart. of waseh. he was an hon.
7 nembef-mads an extraordinary mis-
y aAos, hi gravel Path. a very long
Z VsEd!ae enc leading 10 the rustic
~ II The Hermitage. and came Into
luSen vita the hive ard overturned IL.
tkuUent OF the back narior. with various
eGhtng unYuenss on bis face and head
- neck.
| M HAMs Shaosmssh had inherited from
~ papa 3 comfortable conpyktence and
tkss 81 domestic animals. and from MIR
|nnausA q knowledge Of domestic hertieu,-
~. HIGHT hand at pastry. and much
nasnc With hsftM simpies. and the prep
- ~ x4rxv
wersges Of mildly alcoholic character.
The cowdip wins and the rhuharb wine
To Hesmstaxe were household words
DIsT eaeir sefect circle OF acauainsances
Hfndon. and thess el,serbsrry wine.
IN bot az wfnter's night. was de-
aeA n the Rev. Mr.. jonc~. the curate.
= = - 81 the finest restcsatives 10 the
efsss a!fer long round OF minlstratior
: kst md INDECENT Gotta gers that he had
~ ~ with tn his life. He was 40 de-
Dasd stir IL that he went 80 far "a 70
= 1im Deborah Shonsrnith 10 copy out
h N<ine fer him. ard he forwarded IL
% pair al WOODEN stockings and a red
na shawi TO his nsatber. an amiabis
ekcw lady. who lived with ~ Insa-
Aafhses IN naor bat respectable, toSg-
~ tire nesghhorhoad az Kings Cross.
!
J h many ways and In none more
= n their adhesion 70 sha supersiitions
efh Their mother had .neuscatsA into
, minds In their early chtidhoed Mrs.
nnlsh had not only prsstieed oid-fash-
y .eharns'. for warts aud styes. and
! eyss and nosae bleeding. hut che was
trout believer In dreams and signs and
~ ana tbs power Of certain evss-fis-
y psfssss 20 bring iil-iuck To anyone
NJ whom taey entertained a spiiefai
Ne. Sae had once wlian a child seen q
seA tueked IN ,as hofsss pond OF her
ne vhisgs. and the isnpFs sxiun made
- Der by The episode had remained un-
.stsssea through her long and eminent
npeefsbse and useful life.
kahtu; going 80 far as 70 believe that
Essaaa cunning old women held direct
Aaascation with the Evil One. and
oesssonal Aerial trips or hroonstieks.
yes maintained that they were
sissAts." and when her husband andeay-
q b argee II with her. from The COM
-Hsse posns % view OF a retired
saeasn Of fun habit OF body. she wonlt
MseAstN refer him 10 the Old Tesla
ksfs him chsntsr and verse fer TIE
- u EndoF. ard ask him II he Was a
iah or AS liffide; sni then for TIE
- tine she would relate the story
eH Dane TfsEspsnay. whom she had
tafewn inte ire horse pond after hsv-
sese proved % have hewitchesi a whole
at a fssshfsoFlnx farm ard she
AAfraw her daughters feelings 10
81 extent wisa ar account of black
80 was TIE DANES Familiar that
sfeahAng girls would pass a night Of
u each afheT'a arms. starting up a.
sossFash ard expecting to see The
s''HT sssr 81 Dame Truepenny's black
asra ug-os thsm In The darkness.
sss was sas ether superstition which
sats Mrs saoos1rlth rad aefg as legacy
- eassdFsa. ana that sas = belief IN
eeest p1.srs ~ The Children Of
~ saa wander aboUt TIE country with
s1a tents ana read the fortunes in
ses ''*'
Use years went en-. and the middle
ssaFeFs. Sett alvaa go the world
We esa Nonaa saey gradually yield
Us ans:eeace * thrsr nacru snn.fesn
~sssasasilnex. aHr1 lost sssn1e Of their ssrly
10y Boz t>ey ssifl believed II, onpns.
% fssed ara assd ,gslk x. IN c8fx1nz In the
= thaeYea n taa candle aud tn the
rs OF deg IS aH aasen os death. ard
raia sagisS " ssch were certain % fol-
ss @ataRg = aa uggbresia Ia sas
sae sp.lans - ssslf. she Passing IN
- '~aa~s- tise catiinx q oueFs nails Al 4
sseas-S me Evs Hacan through
80 afsASin< e a mirror. and sitting
"a tssSsses so tsnse.
~, A.s'al-aeasisa. simple minded
sesAs Both 4 them. 10 Argu-
- thT esv Mr. Jones. TIE curate
aa sssFcsa.ss es.sstea ;hern under
~ tae is8seaS s.ozietv. RS
-. S~onss hts L4gike Helpers
Gas sassi saa tanks. f'uaa. ara