. Seen from the saddle . oneof the impassive Yankee children who hadguarded against the faintest expression ofinterest on his upturned, freckled face un-warily trod on a dog. The dog not beingbred in the same school of manners whereemotion betrays ill-breeding, yelped, andthe orator, with cruel injustice, attackedthe boy. * Where were you raised ?* he de-manded in a fine frenzy. Interrupting apublic speaker in his oration. Have youno home, no mother to teach you better ?No mother, boy? Then God help you ! They did not stay the oration out, becausethe landlord confided to them that Demos-thenes
. Seen from the saddle . oneof the impassive Yankee children who hadguarded against the faintest expression ofinterest on his upturned, freckled face un-warily trod on a dog. The dog not beingbred in the same school of manners whereemotion betrays ill-breeding, yelped, andthe orator, with cruel injustice, attackedthe boy. * Where were you raised ?* he de-manded in a fine frenzy. Interrupting apublic speaker in his oration. Have youno home, no mother to teach you better ?No mother, boy? Then God help you ! They did not stay the oration out, becausethe landlord confided to them that Demos-thenes had been in New Hartford before, andwas selling electric oil, not that he loved theseller less, who he assured them was a familyman, and well worth patronizing, but whatdid they want with patent medicines ? * The horses are all right, of course, saidPhilistina, taking her candle. The very actincreased the illusion of foreign parts, and shemade it as a statement, not an interrogation. Oh, right enough, said D., XII ^ I ANA, the innkeeper has justcome into the dining-room,and given me such a turn Ireally dont know how I shallever bear it.* When you are excited like that, Philis-tina, said Diana, coldly, you are incapa-ble of conveying information. How manytimes has Miss Anthony urged us, when weare agitated, to count twenty, and then sayexactly what we mean ! Oh, very well, said Philistina, if youdont care to know— Good gracious! tell me this it anything about my trunk not meetingme here as we had arranged ? Why, I hadmy best hat in it to wear in Lenox, Sunday;the one with the feathers, you know—thatnice English shape that comes down a littleover the forehead, but turns up in the he say it was lost, or hadnt come, orwhat? For Heavens sake, Philistina, tell 9 I30 me what he said ; if there is anything wom-en ought to cultivate, its clearness and defi-niteness and despatch. Why on earth dontyou tell whether its my trunk, and whatdid he think Id
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