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Treating of a Novel Style of Girl |
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On this particular night I was very tired and sleepy, and soon after I got into bed I dropped into a delightful slumber. But it was not long before I was awakened by the fact that: "Sa rah did not fl inch but gras ped the heat ed i ron in her un in jur ed hand and when the ra bid an i mal a proach ed she thr ust the lur id po ker in his--" "My conscience!" said I to Euphemia, "can't that girl be stopped?" "You wouldn't have her sit there and do nothing, would you?" said she. "No; but she needn't read out that way." "She can't read any other way," said Euphemia, drowsily. "Yell af ter yell res oun ded as he wil dly spr rang--" "I can't stand that, and I won't," said I. "Why don't she go into the kitchen?--the dining-room's no place for her." "She must not sit there," said Euphemia. "There's a window-pane out. Can't you cover up your head?" "I shall not be able to breathe if I do; but I suppose that's no matter," I replied. The reading continued. "Ha, ha! Lord Mar mont thun der ed thou too shalt suf fer all that this poor--" I sprang out of bed. Euphemia thought I was going for my pistol, and she gave one bound and stuck her head out of the door. "Pomona, fly!" she cried. |
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