Willie and the mortage, showing how much may be accomplished b y a boy . n. They look wild, talk incoherently, grow .capriciousand ungovernable, and finally become so furious that it is oftennecessary to keep them closely confined until the paroxysm isover. It was particularly so with Polly. She would be quitecalm and quiet for several weeks at a time, and then she wouldbecome so violent that they could not do any thing with her. Poor Polly w^as always very violent in her denunciations of oldTomms in her periods of excitement, but she was then almost al-ways confined, so that she could not exe
Willie and the mortage, showing how much may be accomplished b y a boy . n. They look wild, talk incoherently, grow .capriciousand ungovernable, and finally become so furious that it is oftennecessary to keep them closely confined until the paroxysm isover. It was particularly so with Polly. She would be quitecalm and quiet for several weeks at a time, and then she wouldbecome so violent that they could not do any thing with her. Poor Polly w^as always very violent in her denunciations of oldTomms in her periods of excitement, but she was then almost al-ways confined, so that she could not execute the threats whichshe uttered. Afterward, when the paroxysm passed away, andshe became calm, though her hatred of Mr. Tomms did not ap-pear to diminish, it seemed to lapse into a quiescent state, andceased to give occasion for any alarm. At such times she would THE CATASTROPHE. 141 Polly on the shore of the river. Her dog Turo. A change. walk about the village, begging food or clothing from house tohouse, or sit silent and dejected by the road-side, or down on the. shore of the river, manifesting very little feeling or intelligence ofany kind. On these occasions she was often attended by a certaindog, that, having no other owner, had attached himself to her. Of late, however, Polly had become somew^hat changed. Inher quiet intervals she seemed more sagacious and rational, and,at the same time, more resentful toward Mr. TommsT;han displayed no little ingenuity and cunning in some thingsthat she did, so much so that many people began to think thatpoor Polly was recovering her senses. But it was not so. Theintelligence which she displayed was only the artfulness andcunning that such persons often evince, and by which they some-times manage successfully very complicated maneuverings, while, 142 THE CATASTROPHE. Polly forms a very cunning plot. Details of it. all the time, there is no evidence whatever of any tendency intheir minds to the recovery of their reason. Whil
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