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MOOKE'S I-LUIiAL HEW-YO&KER. 



APRIL 23. 



TO MY MOTHER IN HEAVEN. 



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StoryiTellsr 



A BLIGHT MISTAKE, 



' OW¥ COol artcron 



p. UBor, i 



Uio Albany depot, "Hi' hing the proees 

 •anger* jut trrirtd Id LI I 



Or tin i way to the 

 n, by which I hud come, waited pulicnt- 



■ ' foi lh« ir li isurc, »itb 



i .1 g ' 



. . wt ,i,ll the jMtLiog 01 1 h ni.imI 



[inst ml. > lln- i .ii ., in,.! Ilill.-.l ti, 



March of sn.i ■,,.!,, ■,, „t | u >( 



warned ma thai i nhjl I il iH Icnlt lo regafl 



my own, Ud I IblloWl d He BD, 



i timed, ,i> obedience i"» lom.li on rny urm,nttd 

 11 .,'..■ ■ ■ m bi lore imc, 



nhobora !!,'■ IraroHng-bag and ■haw], and woe 

 ■ "'■ i ''■ tcr and stylisl 



rl btbtnd 1 . Do 1 speak," he said, bowing 

 reepi ■ " ,,,K ■ i : n traanteau I 



in i en ■■■,, 1 1, mj un in ■ vn 

 do i :,!■!,■ Ir, Hi i ■ Etoj 



n-hatcan I 



" 'I' 1 "- ■■■■■■■ 



know, only 

 for she alw, 



fond of her seainpofa husband 

 [■ret mclu 'ijinji 



" add ibe pretty girl, with a mat 

 •mile i " but about my dear Aunty** rbi-im.*l 



4 iJ my fair questioner, regarding me 

 with surprise, "I thought she had not been well 

 for e number of years ! " 



rell for her," said I, id some trcpida- 

 llon; "the air of St. Louis (which I have *in< 

 learned is ofthe misty moisly order 



of good. She is quite a different 

 I am eery glad," said her neiee. 



al t.>rafew moments, ond 

 began to dance in her bright 



"Tulbink," said she, suddenly 



I know I gave a violent stai I, tad] 

 pule. After I had run the gauntlet of all 

 iumphantlv, aj I thought, Ibil 



n the face, How was I r 

 describe ,1 baby, who lull never noticed one! 

 courage sank below zero, b 

 tlir blood rote to my face, und I think my teeth 

 fairly chattered in my head. 



"Don't be afraid that I thai] not sympalh 



most criii.tidcrcd her. " I aiiMpiite prepared to 

 lieve any thing after Jennys letter— you should 



how she cure? for him." 



"Him!" Blessed goodness, (ben 



said I blushing and stammering, 

 but feeling it imperative to say totiuthing, "we 

 consider him the finest fellow in the world; but 



you might not agree with us. and in order lo leave 

 your judgment unbiased, 1 sliull not describe him 



ied itl 



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n i i 



-Ti,.- li ill i i Boy, Hi 



Tho young lady, n-] i i, 



•■e, on. in- in \ ii. I ,1.1.1,1 ill, ii,. Uirongh her blue 

 mil. roil, oon I lit i ,1 it tuth .in e v 1 1 u ui lively gloved 

 hul, in,,,, i, ii,.. i i .,. ,1. i. .i the otbei 

 ■ i. ituraoriranlcaeMand l 



"lomTor) Djlod I it you, Air. LcRoy," said 



aha, " I UlODgbt I should know yoi 



Jenny described you «o accurately. II.. » kind •' 



was for you to oil, [ I,, Ufa) abarge of IDA I DODH 



i il 'i troub 



In the mldet of my bewilderment, at thus being 



"'' , " A bj ii, ■ ..-.,■, !, i ■,. .... ,„ ,| IC world, I 



managed to >,, M..,i i , .....,,.,;. ., ,,r., per reply, and 

 I '■ ■'' '■■ ■'■ > irhat i thought to ap- 

 propriate I] i t who had left 

 I. and I abandoned i( uu- 



" Did you M'fjny bnggagc, Edwardl" as 



" Vw, Mis*} it is all od." 

 1 

 boat. Good-bye. ui.J Irll Ibom yon 



1 -'"'"I lib ■ i» I dlt ul,drtlieman bund- 

 ed mo two chocks for the trunks, and endued me 

 ..!; but I was 

 Ihl young lody'a asking me if we had 



cd by offering i , 



were sealed m.I, ' 



bany at a. rale that grew Cuter and fastor. 



Lhtd """ ll i ,i lovely face 



I 01 where wo* tho «». Some strange 



""- llkl ' ''■" louhtedlj bappei 



Iheriwrsunoftlu- 



nam.; but h on to remedy this now, withoutabjrm. 

 : l' n. mi charge— how to 

 i the rigli 

 Mporaj haodrod people, and boar to transfer 

 wlthoal on unplesJUl seeuc and ciplam 



irhOM person was no In 

 linage |0 b* than mine' W'lnletl.ev thougbl 

 I , my bead, I happened to 



id their open, 



id, .1 in v. ■' 1 will not trouble 



her poMii,.... ' 



- lest to fill the 



place uf the ii . . (,, r , and 00 a - 



srith an affecta- 



ion of eaae, which [ »., , prT f ar ( r ,„. | 



»• yo« think M,r Bot lt i M nrj pl«**aut, 



— n Jenny enjoyrf A I0 mac l, '. " 



lilUe laugh. •■ Doestt't ,u e DeTCr ,^, 



';;^».bown, m W ls , 

 lire in! I>ear met that 1 aao L |d t. . 

 own husband nr»t. How wa shall laugh abo it 

 when we get there " 



nere going to, and 1 w 

 hercon«n'ibu*b*Dd. I ueter «»• w Uiankj u i f *) 

 two piece* of information in my lift 



" And bow does dear Jenny lookT and what is 

 theduiugT and bow ii my dear Aunt Beuiaa? do 



ud 1, mustering courage and words, 



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