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Show QUARTERING UPON FRIENBS.? OiTTyiBEi) peopio.Iiavo a jlpualibor-. Tor..; of Jtiip; crandn'ntcraniio '6at rogardrt'of'qount H timewevormucHithoj, may. Hqt on" B lh : ?fri5liiBg ; tbCwcaihor, Vffoh tlio H oricka and mortar, the jstagriatedj ovon- liko air OEtlio.'crowdedfoity. threatens B to bake, parbblVprgivo Uio;"oitizena" ihe ywlowieverVtlien , we -aro. apt to tbinEofplamjA:HntPbilyf3rongn-b Ilnolo 'jJobttIiidbim- combed, smock-frookecl cousins inepb--tP 'ews afi? biedca.at.tlieir rural' homes, s -aCthe xacm-jnidwaa umr 9 brageoua woods, thocoolifilvcrVtrcama Land Murmuring brooks b Hbi , glorious country., Thori, the apooficj. sunbeams and moonsblno pf f anoybring to the eye afldj heart all pr fa part p the glories and beauticg uaes and purposes in wbick God kaa invested the rri raldom. A Koif, tmr coaatry frieftda aromostly desfroas, candidly1 so, to have their city fneads qoa asd Sp tBe-il6t Merely Mere-ly .pop" vjslfe, but 1)hg' ;yourp wbolo Wmilyi aad stay a month, 'Xhis they may dfl,,and,mll, do, anfl art afford it, ass it nf Tiaoro cpnyfiniost ltd1 one's pocket-book, ;on a.farm,. to quarter, a platooa. of your frienda. tliatf to peir-; form tha same operation Ja the city; wbere.'itfis apt to giro yoar purso" tho tick-doHatvowoinnolimo. ' ' It; was "not long! imcof durittg the .prevalence o Wb.ot suaimet that Mrs. I Triangle onp morning said, .to her! atowingbusband, who Tyas1rinno wisoi troubled . with, a surplufj oitho jcirCulat-1 ing;medumr--J ' " 't'.-W,'?''.;. ' . 'IriangloV its pn-poaslbToi or; its', to keep, tha cbildrdo well and ruict through, thia dreadfuLJiofc feather. Yk rapt go into ilia, pduntry. "The Jonesogfand LxifiwiggJia and Sfacwackmses amoyerybody.h countryi and;Wiiaust? goXtdtfi, why, cah'twe?" f'r. Whyccay t 'kef rmgcbariically eclwedi, Triangle 4 who? juskthcriCwag; debply absorbed- in1 ay problem 5as," to whcther.,or not cqnsidenhgi tho; ' prices, of coal, .potatocabousci-rents, leather, and dry-goods,":bo "wciuld ,f etch up in .prison; or tho pdphbusoifi ";wa3 aljtnqnientpua iti hiaiwife! proposal a'frpsh dotajjoEAdomestio eCTena'TrianglO reraoWed-r Xf f l ftaaJwhat-I'tt iKo.toknowr wliyaVtcLn ll, , V'.CC ' jyeacan'tMrs. JfriAttcfcf decid:-edhr decid:-edhr answered hetlord and master, " ' .Now mrsr. 'I., ..being ut ft; woman, Very -natHrally wcnt;oi)i to. 'gvp $tti T, a;, iCaudlos lecture, half- ati; jiourj long, winding-with one' of; th6so;timgThonorcd perjui?jteflV ;o ; Jthcf Tcntalo .Jois-a I'po nangltji'ut; on;;bi'a bat-atid iaorched ilown tph an dfficeVi't'opTa bisfbigar.: . (llO'Caina jm5;teaV and 'saw 'at;:aglanc mustbdidoiie5:tMrsS.Tri b'e;comprOmiaed', dVcfi tbb hot,,hptea doiciloforrth.lttncoi p.tho aeason.; ' Trianrfd tboujtbtit oVQr,os lie-nibbled! : liisttpt and. sipped bis .bpt SobboBi- ! Uj, d.&ri?'a1d pwdungaaid higiupj.and.itiitrng.himsplEj: uppnt thej : ,hindl6g;3,'j6f bisdmirrbusin'MS yory duil,.tl(o weathec -is.ntolerablojll' know- you and,, tho shi.l&ron, wbiitdbp mucli benefitted-by; o.t trip .into, tbgJ country wby Can't wo- go?' I Why can't WQftbat'svhatl'd.likpj toknowl' was the; ready responso, .p Mra-OJ. ..... "Well, wo can go. My friend Jingo baa as fine a placp in tho cpuntry aa ever: was, anywbero) ho lias asked .mo t again, and agala to cptno tlown i tho summer, and, bring all the f amily Mow wbUl goj-Jingo,will bo doligbted;tp 5eo usjiand iWo-U;hiiv,o a. good, pleasant, time, nitwarrant;,?i A V . fM&. Trianglo was .delighted; soon : alttberouds'oEberitcniper.ere t persecli;.and;jik6 peopled I'fcutiOut ot eaeh.btheriViTrjang wifo sat . and planned the dctaila' :p'.tbe,-tpurs;lto Jingo Ilili FwmXrcde'rio Antonio? j ,Gu3tavW-waV. to-boggod'.oat -jnvnewi bootsTia,. Xand ; breeches,. Maria. dSvarigelincRoxana Matildaasr to.fbje fitted out in Polka boots, gipsoy bpn-netj-rand Blpomer pantalettes', withah. cntiro inyoico o handkcrcluefs, scarfa ribbons, glbvesj andboslcry fof'-motl';-cri". littlb Gcorgiana SctorinoJlosa Adelaide, and.,ha baby, Hcnryljnalda Mereutip, Attctbxeo day8? yon-slaughtupon yon-slaughtupon po6r;.Triangle'a pockots, with any quantity o-.?' usa anq Jf eaUi-er8i'-5lrB. Triangtopronounced, the catavatf ready-to moyo.,fe Rut just, as all was rbady,3JridgctDarfy, tlio maid-' oall-work,wbos-vWas to accompany them on thooxpoditionaa supervisor o tho children, threw up her, engagement. tPazo;Ule..pJgs,f, aaid. Biddy; it's mesilf a niver likes the bounthry, at allj-atfPH jist be aftber not goimt, maj'vwtd yez!'' 5 Herowas a:go or rather a "no gol" Triangle had bought tickets lot all,! and-ordored the carriage,- at four; it was-now tbreo-p.m of a bot, roasting1 day; It; wultt bo on-possible Mf fMr?i T. saidf to go witKout a . girl;: 80 popr,iwltcririg Triangle rusbed qqwjft. to tho "Intelligence 01cc,,, whore, from tho, sweating mas3 o female Ku-Imahlty Ku-Imahlty awaiting a maflcet" lor their : tiind and jab'or. Triangle selected a atout? bearty Irfeb -blbndo, Tvarranted gcrfect, capable kind, honest, and tkb Lprd only knpws hm jnany virtus tho keeper off an, Intelligence- 0ffice will ttot'swcar:belong t6 ..one of thol BtocL in trade !f ' j, ' " Away went, Triangl- swcating4 and swearing;, tho Iriatt maidcriswlngbg a bunUlo in. otto band and &' flaring banr ': dannaintho other,, foltawingafter .her patron w;tb a, duck-waddlbf and, finally tho carnagb camb;,all:got mbut'Trjir anglowh6 started, pij i fobCto the depot,. carrying his dbublebarreUedgua ;and leadlrig: aa uglydbgVwhteU he rejoiced in bolieving waia Mf-fbleqdcd spttcry thougli thoribqsifp6sted dog-fanciers assured bjm;It3vas a cfos3;.betwepn :a; tan-yard culr;and,;a $hbcp'-iealcr!; But, after a. wo'rfd of mpti-Jahd: iofflmo--tiopL on.'the par.tvf ,Tria;nglc about tho. dog,l ticketl. and 'baggage an a Mrst Triangjb,; about ihoT:cbildi-en,.satcbels3t her new'-gown, and the sleepy Irish, girl-they found Jtliemselvea whislced oyer 'thoT "rails, atid af tor aorao thre bpurst carriage, J.thpy . were,1 dumped dpwnin tho'yipinity.-;oP JJirigp-' Hall, herdlXhpyffid'h arico" 'o')tfiepVbrijt6 pf ; JjngPf Hill ; E'arm. waiting ftq ca'fficm-fba'nctlio'jc and"boridloi rag3garid-;bcaiL ;to ijfrigHattv;:; ;,va.::' : s.anglpcppcludedrtowalkvUpj.sU'etcy i logSj' tryvliis 4ogind;'gOTnd-I 4ogind;'gOTnd-I pop. aktho, gamoi- i , Jiu - alto,if br;-ACd; iyillainous dog; d.jabohervhijd;r!Ko?gotf Ipcfep and scainpercd offt jap thordad, j ihamh'o-ecclra-ilbckroFbc'c tdnco, ;CrW'We plicUcd.Th"o slice Tari,;ho"aEiEcrtbo sheep; andbpr'Tmo "tyayX yydu Pqntpherqbay Ponto-o.-l Hoy,' bqyV? come ,bcreV yoU5 dpgViUiildqyou'hesir-r i' juat Pontp. whi; oir,,.and ' at tefaA.run ; (fp hiilf-a wlci' Jie;tcUin,-'0- -wiih.: lambandbclbire Trianglo-could ;comq. tottt'o rcscubj' JBput badppbnedtbp: campaign:by killing sKepp!," tTrianglp bsvas, JlPfput out tbput, , jtf. that .in wrath' bb upvitbWsymnMid; w tcrminafq. thp.rcxistencefqC odoiut ; cbrotfromisciditbo matter KittihgTilm a aclc.acrpss;tbe back with thOvbarrcls oEf-his iShqpting-ion;Ajn,;do brotb-ofi? bispcf It is ueleas ,to1deny that7,TriangVp .was, mad;-that Jift SworOi Oqaal to on,Er,iq Ganaibpam.an; .andthat his furyjso alarmed tlicdog tbat he toot ip &s b6blsJand ,went-i-as' Tjinnglo hopedri ahywhbr6,Jjead Foremost. " K ' Witlt a' face as loiijg as a bootrjackj quite tuckered; out .and disgusted Tv-itlf tlungra bfi! "g T.rfanglq rcacc Jihgf UaUviierqjlio hiCt iq; w"armwbinio" iiisfricnd. Major Jmgp, and fiboniVecqpcrated .hia'gobd bumditcandphysicaljActivify by tbbjcpn-? tents pfftthc Majorts f'Wcll-Btockel wno-cellarvi A'gliamedofi tho factiybf the' cas, Trianglb'trumpcd up ; ai- coblcr. ffind-buirstbrj; abbut-thb dogapd gun.T lf:Atcr; af"spny: aettlcdrawayj apd "the .first day p'rtwo passcdyIthputjxnyUing. axtraprdiriary" turning upifjwy.may incop tlidiap? turniDgjofi seycralflp4yer-pb.6 nes'ts'by the children. JJuf the third day- opened. t ominquly, . Triangle's, dbg waaf bundritbjorift bf tbo Majors dead 'lambs under fconvoy- andthp Irisb.liostler had. caught him, tiedjhim: upikthb 8tablejand givenhim auclr'i': dressing that Poritoa soul-caso waa "nearly beaten ouf Of bim! "t'; . ""The. next Item was a yowl in ' tbb garden! Evcrbddyrushcd pufcMr', Triangle in. Kcr, excitcmqtt, lest somqf-thiug somqf-thiug iiad .iiappon'bd" fq "baby anft ilora, thq girLfltTuclc tho centre-table, upset, tho. A.sttaV and not only dpr molisbod that ancient piece of f urnituriq but spilled onouglithick oil over tho giit-edged giit-edged literature, table-cloth, and car-pot, car-pot, tb make" a barrel oE Boft soap, lEho Irish girl comd . bounding, screb6huigfoHb! She had bceq-saun-tcring tkougf tbo garden, and' jrauj against tho ucb-'hivesi when a boo tip and a: her. With a presence of mind iihuw " '' ' a"'in"iiy.i!A.'.'i'a r,"'0j?$A teIy unparaieilcdishb laid dbwtf'babyu' tapon tho graiss, and made 'fight -with ; .")hb spitdfal: craturs;' afid 61, courso'i she got W- haiids: fall vas besot-by tens andadreds, and was sfung in as hiany places;by the pugnaqipas ','divils.!' Npra was' dbrio' fbr Sho went to bed; baby" Tufas' found all" right, laughing. ;"fit to break'itsitty . hearts' par,. at naughty NorDbra," as.lUrs Triangle i ! v.cry naturally expresscbjt' y''.j c Thesb ; two .tabjpaux "had. .hardly reached, their climax, won -Sq orushed. jprcderid vAntoiiib Gustavfls wtb his caWabipus aprdn full Of. "birds hb killed in ibq yar down" by the barns. Poor Jingo,! "and? )Wo. may add, ppqr; 'MrsV ingol; for afavbrlto brpbd,qE thq finest ifojv ift1 thV'cbuntry -had bcqn oxfcrminatdd'.by tho? chivalrous'r&jroung Trianglbj and in ..tlto lblbom tb i his Iwroipact 1iq dropped: tho dokd gamb at t(() f oqtJqfhis.horrbr-stricken" mother,' and-astonished 'f athpr,"and, tho Jingos.' that night tho-effect of;itufl1ng with gre'n if ruit to uUoi BuffbcaUdk; .manifested .mani-fested itiol t in a" general, arid alarming chblera-niorbuS amongb;o"juniQr;i Triangles, Tri-angles, andthoiwholoihottsqasi upiiti ;arws.' ' y.f" ,L,f--r , In the mibjst tftiaBfa fresh.;; clamor broke put In.Noras chamber. A huge j bat hadgot' intd her room,4 irid so alarmed' 'flCr,1 that aho felled worsei lpudbriand longer than seyeh;byil.bnes;. It. was amigbt of hprror fp:tKb irhblc familrrjo every lody; jq v ami about jaigo Hall. ,Tho dogss'et'up afhpl; tho children .bawlcdi;cribd',: and took Shy thtflrisli'girlVcrelic num peppermint !doil tq;pay.:atidrioyitc!ihot7;!v; ! Triahglo;feItreHoved .when" daylight came, andliad jtcnbgjbeen:? Sutiday, -bp 'TTpuTd have tp"acke4rtqp and put iack for tho,,prosy..offico,and, stacnateiqui- dbgsTiad bectf partially'qiiictcd, down1 .the 'Carriage came to-the doori-and-as many as could get into it q tbe Jirigos andTriaIesrbllVd ofFtbVnieetirig.i.. tT,nbgle;arid;Jingo"wen escape, thp dinyand noiso.dEdrcssing' f Ui'b0 bTes, &cij;and a"ftcrr -tho Borneo was qyeri poor;Triang!e.:wa3 aall, .bony, man, iantf very jceret$bnfo probrietor"of "a" flock of 'BhcoW sqar'pd tp;,dcath, 'and; drib 'rarq'lamb kille'd; "b'yyour jdogl- Triangtorowned. to tho, soft impeacument, and "compro-)inisbd,, "compro-)inisbd,, for.,aY, yRcturnedtq Jingo Hall, anothcr cqup, d'etat" all. around, tlio lot Iwfd broken pufea Evangeline Roxana MatildaTri-anglb MatildaTri-anglb '.had disappeared tJTho babyV .Gcorgiana Victorind Rosa Adfelaidbi had fallen, from a ajving' in thb greye and dislocated, her wrist, and .flattened icr pretty noso quite to her pretty facp. Raby" watery ill, and from tho groans issuing from lira's attic, it was not bnppssible that so' was sick as she could:b'6. "A. general sedrcli tcbk plSco forfEvangelinb Roxana, Matilda?' while Jlaj.i Jingo mounted a hdrsp and.rodo over, tq ttip village, to bringdqwtt.a doctor jfbr Georgian ViQtorinoR6sa Adelaide, "tho' bdbyV WdNb& Dotfghbfry; ; ' fe 'A-glanco'at the Irish girlcpnviriced poor tricdSDrianglo that .shq tWsTa ,casG. of.small-pqx.; .!,t', Maj. Jingq returned; but Without. at medical jidviscft tlio yillago Esbulapius having 46no pff' tb the 'city;.- Things looked'' gloomy enough; Trianglo-folt f 'chawed'up," anil wished ho had been qastdd aliyo; iajtbo city bqforo . yen-! bring upon Buch a trip, it life felt ho had a duty to perf prin, and hb determined,, de-termined,, to puHt. through. , .'Major)' Pm. very sorm but "the fact la"". -.y " ' n ' '" ' ?yNycr1niind, never mindmy dpar liollownoxtroublQto us.?' ... - ,(,Bnt,t" chokingly ..contiqqcd, poor Tjriangle?,.,"bt, Majpr, 'thb fact is,, I h?$--rr-you'vb'got, a laVgdf amily"--''Novcr ' mibd,' my Vicar !bpyj don't Bay;ahy m6rb about it' v ' r & fRut-to hayo tbo--a -the small-pox?T-ir t- - ... , Xst'j What?'' gasped ..tho. Major-r'tho S'mall4,o?!n seriously enough re spondpd Triimgle. ' 1 ' 1 v e, - Small-poxf io? Where?,,; , . "Our. Irish girlup. stairsr-awM" :i -- . - - JL 0, g)brdt Irishf p atairs- smalpoxl' reiterated thorwlly alarmed, alarm-ed, propriqtqr of JjngoJIall. y i4I wol(lri,t,hayo'-Wsaid Triangle :THb: smfltpWJri: My hottsc".' icchoed Juigo., ' 1 i ' '; "For all the Tilesfebd bouHtrieS in -tfb .world t? assioBatbly iCicainied:!vTr a'ngloi . j - , d-f -V .. f, Heayens t'' exclauiieq :iho Siajbr) "my wifehasX pox. thkn yblloy fbvbK.' br death, it?-sofP-' " '.' -y 5 ., HYQutfi to, bb done?'. mX& pqbr TriaBglo.3, - -" "Reinpyo tho girl jtq .an out-hbusp, instantlylf1 said the ,Majdr. pacing ifp ;and down, in jgreal f urofi. . ; ! ' p That,bet,Mijorf gomovpykcr, at ,pnco.?r' '.'," -(y "'-V y Sfp? Me1" moyo7hei; air'aaj y.fYhwhqwilljIajdfJ'rdpphdcd Triarigfei -i A K!; t::.whp? fwfeoH, of course:'' : ?W???xM& Triaagte mer endanger toy lifof and thq -lives o all ! my j f amily-me? No, sir, 1,'ll-ril- &q hangbd;il.db!; Hiy,; ", : ; RIur;anbuns,2rir!'?awle Irisk bbstler, aha, feame trotting' ap to the -Irbrit ycranda,whero, triangle; andt Jingo wdro discu5singv .thai, tta- patipa ofsmalpox-y.j,y .. .,, " ' j.-f'Blur athouhs-tho Hoga lobse!"; " ; 'Cursb;thao! saidibqMajori- . fl Batrisaf, it's raying madhq ial?' VMadt;iiiyfdogrbries:Tria:nglo "X. mad:; dog, toot? exclaimed'-M Y-'Getrlyourfcln "CTi.ed:tlib Majpr; y , i$; . ., .-'"But, 4 iny," dcarMajpr,r OTyun's brbkoall tq mash.J(thatI.ndd sbbf; club, fprijiipranythingj andij.hnnt around f q iocorsed.iiog; Ilpjlf ;b"ito somojsfpwjpeop Anqwar Itfr a bit of aticfe about:thb size", 'of "a 'fence-rail Paddy ade iinwplf jacarcei.-and -Tri-anglcinagbnyfiow.-arqund to hrint up; jhis, daughter, ivhbmj-,, they ...found asleoplin 'kjsummer-hquseV' y 'y , j. Mrs.Majorl'Jmgo .when-.Bhb4 Kearbl that' tbd Irish"; girlliai" intreducod, tho Braalljp(afbn;jihgq, Hill,' likpjto hayb fam'ted-yiaway,-,' but,-iconquerihgyhbr: weakness, she ordered, tho carriage, and bundled herself' and ;fbur-,bhildf en. into itj'yp -f ull of ;terrpr and fqlarm'tbathe ndyer"fip'muich1Ss said-TakQ card? of yourself,. MrswTriangleV,Mij,,Jingp rcturncd,,af ter a jfruitless warch for Triaqgle'fl mad dog, and just" a$ 'he, entered, thb Tball, tho Irish irj. came rushing down sfairs7 crying 3 ' 01 mur thori ; murtheri JL'm dcad;as dopr-rtail, entirely, wid dese pains in. my facq-Be gorral 0, mu-ther!" mu-ther!" ' , Onb Ibok at the syrolfen andtruly Mghtfurfacb bf the girl'put1 thb Ma-' jbr to hisl'taps; arid' stopping vbut a moment; tq.telK.Trianglo to.make:. .out thovbeskhq, coulb.kojoft., .Next 'brhing, bag' and baggage, hoTriariglea' vamosed. ;TKd poor girl havingVeebverbd' from her attack' of fthVbeeSi which had led:,to fho alarm of small-pox", lodkcd quito respectable. Kcver, did a party-enjoy,, homo more completely' tHan the i .Triangles after that;1 Xriariglb Kas bbtyorror of trips tp'thb "icountry, and thd Jingos aro dbwn'orivisHorsfrom. tho city;, k.t |