. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ssipated habits she endeavored to shield him. When he stayed out at night shewould send the servants tobed, while she waited andwatched for him ; and then,in her night-dress, and apair of slippers on her feet,she would glide down verygently and let him in. Onenight he came home servants were in house had a front door,then a marble vestibule, andthen an inner door. Sheopened the one, steppedupon the cold marble, andopened the outer drunken husband en-tered, seized her by theshoulders, swung her round,opened the
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ssipated habits she endeavored to shield him. When he stayed out at night shewould send the servants tobed, while she waited andwatched for him ; and then,in her night-dress, and apair of slippers on her feet,she would glide down verygently and let him in. Onenight he came home servants were in house had a front door,then a marble vestibule, andthen an inner door. Sheopened the one, steppedupon the cold marble, andopened the outer drunken husband en-tered, seized her by theshoulders, swung her round,opened the inner door, quickly passed through, and locked itbefore his wife could enter; she would not speak or cry out,lest she should disgrace her husband before the servants. Inthe morning she was found with her night-dress drawn underher feet, crouching in the corner, almost chilled to her death-bed she told her father all about it, or thecircumstance would never have been known. There is muchthat is never known, as well as a vast amount of misery and. SAVING A HUSBAND FKOJI DISGRACE. 192 AN UNFORTUNATE FANKEE MERCHANT. degradation that does crop out, and which is startling in itsreality. Young men sometimes say it is very difficult to say Noto a young lady when asked to take wine. J do not knowwhat amount of mora] courage might be necessary, for 1 havenever been tried. These young men put me in mind of aYankee storekeeper, who was a great stutterer; he couldalways say any word hut the one he wanted. He had aquantity of eggs to sell. They rose in price from ninepenceto a shilling a dozen. A customer came in one day. Have you any eggs ? Yes, quite a qu-quantity. What do you sell them at ? • A sh-shc-shc-she-ninepence a dozen. Well, Ill take live dozen. After the customer left he resolved to guard againstfurther loss, and commenced to practise: A shilling a dozen,a shilling a dozen, a shilling a dozen. in came anothercustomer. Any eggs to sell ? Yes, quite a qu-quantity. What
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