Show f i from the journal athe ithe GUESTS elinor blake waa was deeply in love with the rev ashton granger and her affection was reciprocated so they were married mr granger lived in the country and if you want to know what kind of a life his bis was just you go and change yourself into a minister and settle some where just out of the city with all the inhabitants of which you are more or less acquainted each annd arid every ond one of who whom m will consider it an especial dut duty to come dome out and take dinner or tea v with N you yon a half dozen times a year and all of whom will consider it an insult if your wife dont have three kinds of lof cake and fresh milk eggs and honey oi anthe the table of c gurse course people who live irich in the country suntry are expected to have all th therein the sein seln great abundance mrs granger oranger was a very pleasant agreeable woman and tried to have everything smooth and she was overrun with company A minister among other things is expected hect e d to keep a hotel and keep it lnla inva in a way war our modern landlords dont very well 1 linder lander stand without money and land price ip be open night and day and hot hof meals served at all ali hours nobody must be refused admittance people too low to fo stay at the tavern are aro sent sont to the ministers tract peddlers book peddlers agents womans comans rights lecturers every everybody body in fact must gd to the ministers nid vand rid then thin if the poor clergyman thinking of his overworked wife wite and of the consumptive state of his larder ventures to hint that bid big salary is 19 a small one he ho is plou rlou piously sly siy reminded that 10 st paul and st peter and those other fine fellows of that thab epoch f did not dream of receiving any salary at all but whether they kept tavern and entertained all creation at free cost coat does not 1 aj appear pear mrs graner granger was not a strong woman mixia and hwang having been brought up up delicately li tely her burden fell heavily they rhey r were v too poor to employ help and she dwall dwail the thie work except her washing ithe irhe 1 I the people who came visiting her never volunteered their assi stence about anything of course not it would have been to vulgar and most of the lidley were invalids did you ever notice that those people who vrho go visiting most are usually out of health but we on the present occasion have only to do with the rev bev asa drowne and wife and their four children abel priscilla rachel hachel ann and nicodemus our story is about them and acid the host of other people who visited mr alt and mrs granger shall shail rest in obscurity s ity its the drownes arrived late due satur da evening when nim dim mrs alm G graeger was almost dea dead with the headache having just pit at got rid of three ministers and a colporteur 61 mr granger had just finished his sermon for tor the morrow the doors were locked and the family were about retiring for the night A ring at the front door mrs gran gers heart sank mr granger drew a k long sigh and went to the door on the steps were two trunks t as many bandboxes band boxes several bundles bundies a poodle dog a fati fat red faced man a oman woman of about the same bame style and four children my dear brother granger cried the man seizing mr grangers brangers Gr angers hand and giving it a heartrending heart heartrending rending ring I 1 am the rev bev asa drowne traveling itinerant and this is my wife and these tire are my children we came at once to your house because we knew you would be mortally offended if we did not my wife is a great invalid a dreadful sufferer been sick for seven years and I 1 will speak of it now in the beginning we must sleep where there is a fire I 1 have eliza jand sleep away w from the fire for fora a thousand dollars dolla rsM and I 1 want your wife to see that the sheets are well aired before an open fire very nine fine my wife id 19 nervous exceedingly nervous she could not sleep a wink in course sheets linen is best if you have them I 1 should die before morning if I 1 had to sleep in coarse sheets called mrs drowne a stout fat faced woman of forty nive five or fifty I 1 come very near going to my last home about a week ago irom sleeping on an unbleached pillow case they thought I 1 was wag dead for over two hours have you a stuffed chair exclaimed mrs urs drowne cannot sl bit sit t a moment in an chair and I 1 will take ta he a little tea and a bowl of oysters ora or a piece of mince pie I 1 feel so faint and I 1 will trouble you for a cup cu 0 of f coffee said mr drowne it wilfae will be a sort of stay to my stomach till supper la Is ready what time will you have supper mrs granger retired to the heat of the stove her ber temples throbbing to bursting and her heart the least bit rebelling at the influx bf these kaeting exacting Ti visitors I 1 I 1 want some gingerbread and some milk yelled abel the eldest boy im half balf starve starved dl wheres whores W h eres the cupboard ill help myself awant I 1 want a doughnut yelled priscilla and if I 1 cant have tb that at rocking chair that mr grangers brangers Gr angers sitting in I 1 dont sta eta stay 1 sd 86 there what a little mean room said nicodemus by brackee crac kee that are on the table and he flew at a statuette of psyche presented to mr granger by a dear friend who was then theno dead and which was wag very highly valued on that account hello crl cri cried ed nicodemus its slippery faint it and down went the psyche on the floor caving in the forehead and splitting off the largest part of the nose mr granger sprang up with an exclamation cla of dismay oh ohl its no matteri said mrs drowne you can mend it again with some oi of dings glue I 1 mended a mug with it the tife other lay aay day I 1 hate them things a standing round on tables they look like dead folks mrs granger seems to me you dress a little too stylish for the wife of a minister of the gospel youve got a red ribbon on your hair I 1 observe no I 1 never allow myself to wear red ribbon ribbons sr I 1 try tny to make myself look as plain as possible you try very bard said mrs granger cranger to herself my 31 wife is a model for a ministers minister Is wife alfe said mr drowne would there more ilk like like ilke e her eliza jane my love you ought to have a bath mrs granger will see talt tolt too it at once after a while awhile the drownes were got off to bed such a supper as they had eaten paten mrs granger drewa long breath unthinking in thinking bf it slie she had never dreamed of such achievements in the eating line the next morning everything every thi il went wrong mr downes despe 1 afla was worse he be must have fresh eggs and soda crackers and dry toast and some come cream and honey and conlee coffee his appetite was dreadfully poor mrs drowne was iwas wretched she bhe had not slept a wink because there were heny heifa feathers in the bed she was sure of it and she never could sleep on hens teg feg feathers they stuffed her up so the children amused themselves with cutting i paper and tog top late mr granger m made mado ade the discovery that his sermon on which he spent the day hak hah had been converted con averted into paper dolls and horses with any numb eDof leg legs from two to twenty law sake sakel dont take tako takoon on about it said mrs drowne the little dears mean to do da it bless iem tem cm just after dinner Ainner aunt peggy trim mrs grangers brangers Gr angers aunt arrived on a visit aunt peggy was a very determined person and she took charge of the kitchen at once and sent mrs granger off to church with her husband the drownes were not well weli enough to go they said mrs drowne read a story and mr drowne lay on th the a sofa sota and slept suddenly mrs drowne missed fan the the poodle good gracious cried she where is fan I 1 the children looked up froni from their employment of smearing the pictures of a handsome polyglot bible bibie with red fed ink aud and giggled V what at have you done with fanny queried their theft mother weve had a funeral sald said d abel with a grin A funeral shrieked mrs mis bro drowne ane what do you mean ashes in mrs grangers brangers Gr angers work box all hurried ag as nice as anybody in the garden said nicodemus abel p preached the sermon and lilly and I 1 followed as mourners abel was sexton brackee Cra Crac kee elree mrs drowne rushed to the garden followed by the whole company and there sure enough in mrs grangers brangers Gr angers dahlia bed the dog was found buried the kahlias dahlias were all pulled up by the roots and lay wilting and dying in ta the e sun and the dog very much stifled in the workbox work box looked kor eor sorry r enouf enough 11 as he leaped out with a howl howly the sight eight was too much for the sensitive mrs downe she threw up her hands bands crying out I 1 ob gracious me im dying farewell asa and fell feil back baek backon on the ground oh dear called mr drowne shea shots dead Ish ashes eshad had such spells for the last seven even years the doctor said shed die sometime help me carry her hen into the house I 1 I 1 aunt peggy lent a hand band and the senseless woman was deposited on the sofa sora ashes dead alas ashes dead moaned I 1 mr drowne get the camphor and some hat lemonade and some flannels brune wrung out of boiling water it if siles dead I 1 guess the sooner shet shot 8 laid out the better baid bald aunt peggy you have got rid of an awful great burden brother downe ou ought ht to thank the lord for I 1 it ty I 1 A wife thata been seve seven n years a dying must be dreadful to get along with I 1 should have kept a coffin in the house houfe all the time hand me the shears ill dil take her hair off the first thing you can sell it to the barber make a splendid waterfall for somebody the dead woman sprung ta to her feet and dived at aunt peggy have my hair off attwill twill ot will ye you old jezebel ill have yourn oft off first see if I 1 dont and with that she grabbed aunt peggye peggys false front and pealed her head dieker quicker dicker than a cherokee ill iii indian could have done it aunt peggys peggye dander rose She seized the broom and in less les time than it takes me to write it she had bad driven every drowne about the premises promises out of doors and then nhe she piled plied their haggle out after them there they sat on their trunks until dea buckly of the other church came along when they told him their tale of wrong and he took them home with him the next day he was wag so anxious to forward them on their journey that he carried them ten ien len miles and left them at the house of another minister of course the affair made a good deal of scandal in brookville Broo kville but some people were sensible enough to commend aunt peggy but mr granger is still keepin keeping g a hotel and is well patronized by th the e traveling public if you should happen to pass through brookville Broo kville yon you you von will save a dollar or two by stopping all night with mr granger he wont mind it lies hes used to it THE SEWERS OF PARIS about once in a fortnight person persons sj armed with cards of admission are permitted to visit the sewers you obtain the cards by writing to the director general of sewers in due time you receive an answer if your name and signature have struck that functionary as safe and respectable directing you to be present at I 1 in the afternoon at the place of descent it is usually beside the church dedicated thour to our lady of loretto in the rue flechler fie ehler chier this ia 13 on the border of the enchanted ground of the quartier breda behind the modest church is the rue notre dame de loretto which has enriched the french langhage lang bage with a new word I 1 hope it may belong before we feel th the want of such a word in our daily speech arriving at the place appointed yo you see a mystery explain explained edi edg which may have often puzzled you before you see bee the meaning of that heavy iron door lying flat in the sidewalk it is open now and discloses a flight of stone steps leading down into darkness you present you card to the official looking person who guards the entrance I 1 whose embroidered cuff and cap denotes that he serves the state and whose air of settled and hopeless dreariness would indicate that earthly honors are not all as they seem he puts you back with a sort of brokenhearted broken hearted forbearance and says iii ill 1 sir sit as if it were really too much to insist on ills his saying it again you look at your waltham chronometer and find it is only 1259 past the 30 seconds that remain to you in looking across the street and wondering if that young woman has clean cap and white stockings every morning ing and whether she washes ithem herself and if not whether her blancas blanch blanc Ms 28 seme is solvent at the first stroke of the clock the low spirited employer stands aside and lets you into the cellar way with an air that says there I 1 have restrained you as long as I 1 shai bhai lIGo go your ways sI I 1 wash my han ban hands ds 0 of ayou you sou M the party pours flown the stairs another employs evidently the twin bro ther of the one aloft saying atthe at the landing look out for the steps II 11 aa as if we were all blind or idiotic for the stairs are brightly ligh lighted tedi and no one could break his neck but with malice malica aforethought after going dawni a flight and turning sharply to the right you find yourself in a heavily vaulted chamber with three long dim gall gallar gallardes arles aries ies iea fadi fady fading i n b belore before e rone fone e you aud and ou on either elther handi hand into saw sim shadow aw pierced at intervals by the light of flickering lamps it is about I 1 feet high at the point where you enter and very wide the ga galleries gal gai Harles laries asdan as far fan as you can see them are lower and nar rower in the centre is a channel about four feet wide in which flows sluggishly hy by the black thick stream nor for whose convenience and entertainment the magnificent system of works was built A man thrusts in his cane it touches bottom at about two feet the surface of the stream ia 18 about four inches luches below the level of the stone floor you are carefully counted by a fierce looking littleman with gold lace on his collac and he gives a signoff sign of command to a man with a trumpet who blows thereon not cheerily A rumbling and rolling of wheels is heard and a queer compact little car comes out of the darkness it runs directly over the stream the wheels fitting the the edge of the floor on either side it contains 0 a bench for three persons a stool for one and room for a brakeman to stand four persons get in a workman takes hold bold of either side and we push off inte into the darkness another comes and another until all the party are seated they go off at a brisk pace through the low door of the passage that lay to your left as you entered A plate bearing blue letters on a white ground informs you that you are in the rue st lazare these galleries takes the names of the st streets under which they respectively run at short intervals you see smaller vaults debauching debau ching into the main galery each bearing hearing a number these are the sewers of t the e several houses in the street and they bear the numbers of the houses they serve As you roll on you pass by several streets which come to pour their tribute into the mainstream main maln stream you see the white letters gleaming on on the blue ground rue st georges rue de la rochefoucauld and further on a more pretentious plate in the wall bears the name of the church of the trinity the remarkable soft stone structure that has been set up recently to form a picturesque pic tur esque ending for the chausee dantin antin just beyond you hear the splash of rushing water and you see dashing over its rapid slope the sewerage of the havre railway station there is a sort of artistic |