My opinions and Betsy Bobbet'sDesigned as a beacon light, to guide women to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but which may be read by members of the sterner sect, without injury to themselves or the book . must come out still more plainer, or shewould make a public circus of herself, and says Ipushin her into a corner, and standin up in front ofher, so as to shet off the audience from her face, forshe was a cryin, and she did indeed look ghostly^ Betsey Bobbet the gazelle is married, and theirhaint no your follerin on that trail no , says I, take your bunnet and go
My opinions and Betsy Bobbet'sDesigned as a beacon light, to guide women to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but which may be read by members of the sterner sect, without injury to themselves or the book . must come out still more plainer, or shewould make a public circus of herself, and says Ipushin her into a corner, and standin up in front ofher, so as to shet off the audience from her face, forshe was a cryin, and she did indeed look ghostly^ Betsey Bobbet the gazelle is married, and theirhaint no your follerin on that trail no , says I, take your bunnet and go home,and collect yourself together. And: says I, gener-ously I will go with you as far as the door. SHE SEEKS RELIEF IN POETRY. 219 So I i^ot her starU-il <itl, as quick, and as quiet as 1could, and I ^ness there wasnt niorn seven men and14 wimmen that asked me as I came back in, It* it was the Editor of the Au^nr, that Betsey was a crvin about, and if I ever see such a idiot in «/ / my life f I answered Ym in ji kind of blind way, and itbroke up pretty soon. When Josiah and me went home, as we passed !, I looked up into Betseys winder whichfronted the road, and I see Betsey set by her table a. ^ I ^«i%r BETSKV SKKKS 1 writin. ller lips were firmly closed and >lie was acryin, her cheeks looked holler and I kne\v that herteeth was out. M> I ielt that she was wiitin ]> was right, for in the next weeks (liml< f these verses 220 BETSEY DESIRES TO BE A GHOST. came out. These lines was wrote on to the top ofem: We do not wish to encourage the feeling of revengein our fair contributors fair breast, but this we willsay, that on some occasions, revenge is a noble feelingand almost leans over against virtues side. Andthough we do not wish to be personal—no one couldscorn it more than we do—but we say, and we say itwith the kindest feelings towards him, that the E O of the A— — is a vittian Editor of the Gimlet. A BETSEY BOBBET
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