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Show ..'i'V..- -;;?:yT-r"rtteT-:i- , jrwiuG'.odwp'a Piiorl4ftt,lf JSVlpiJ.. , &V -N;T AiiiBS S TEWl)' ;;:TY; vG;iaoifevf ; ; A? ,:ASkh3 TiXtBAVAaANZ.V. . 1 'ti. was Aw(ijyyl Bbty was. bjftt,tupbn.ving g'pos.c , stpwedji.nj iOnious, aM' itli "cabbage aridiisftjfc.pork' to ;matph? i ' PoHiji)h saiiisho-tomo, 'bont Sye' -got.a.goosdribDpt the farmV,, n, '.viNV fiaidj; 'ivp atq .thq, pld gander at ClniltcaaSji lrid bO.was ,11110'. last p thopatriarphsi; , J .-j , Aunt N.abbylyrentjJotp. Sue, jrlic wa;gctting:"b.ifeakCa4t..1, i r j ; --t ( ' BusanrinM hq 6aid,tho .boys .tells ,ua how wo be'nt jgpt aopao,i.h crcatiPni now what shall wo do? , X-! f ij 1". 'Go without rcplieiX Susanna,-with thaamiabjo tono, whieh. father said, hd.TprnqlF 'her "teeth, close to the gum3; ,."',.; Aunt. Nabby, hpwevqi, was bent upon a goose j, arid - when iuch -a;, stiff person? gb.tsbentpnariythingj you may cqnslderi tho-matter settled; and Isaw that a . goose' of somo'Virid' of- ether! would'bri hatVat spmqrato ' ' - Ilerp, you cHttcr'crrcd auntHabby to thb Httlb, jilack Bpccimeri"bf, -humhn .frailty ihatwas " Uig'gmg ppta)oe3"'in .jthogarden 'herp, J want you jd go along to the neighbors and borrpa gO.OSps'-f-. --;::7,K -.r v -. ; , v.Qatp;laididoimhia..bpp;gPttpyer. Uip ; fonpo,' and' shovelled off dndtis-pedps tals t6gotigpose.w.' tu:A - I ' w , The first house -Gato cca'mo to wa3 .th.afrof- Sarii Soap) irito tho.shop-went thti "IZankcpfied 9 negro; -and iriadea bow" to"MiSo-apV whb3sa"fc - likb a digi riified;HiffdoVMdblVbusily 'cngagfed'in p'atcVmg'anld ; ... -' v ItWtktmn rags,"attd,hamniing; most ;i(Hacfully tho ajr of, i M bjaTea;otboinjr'noon,t ,t . l3Cr. Soapj4 says Cato 'haintgot. rio goos nor nothin, baint ye, for .aunt Nabby?' Spaip was a literal (riot a literary) ;maj ahd fio ho called to his daughter, Propriety; who baying but dno oybj :was iikowiso callbd Justice that is; by aoBaawho were classioaU 'Prioty,'.muttctfid he, 'gin Cato.my goose.' Pr'iety; like a good girl, topkjhe broad flat-iron, ofiHho shclf? and telling Oato tp bo as 'careful its everlasting not to get it wet sho 'wrapped it itfoc papery arid, away went the wob-f opted mbrtl; tq deliver Ji charge to Su-f Su-f sanna. , . 3Iy gracibus, if"' that nigjer haint 'got nip alryiroh goose to' stcyl j But nevertheless, as; Jt was her busi'j-l-ness stb- stew the gobse arid; ask, ,n'o questions, ,afc it. sho Ayentand prpity taopn thq tailor's retkurc wa3 swimming, j among? the , pnipiis,; carrptsV. jcab'bagO , and spice, rils nice as' ne'cd,bp..'..TA.fter breakfast, aunt Nabby hadgono abroad ! to ask in tho neighbors; and when she came home, wont tb scq how tho goose came on. , Is It tender, JSusanna?' said she., guarinaimiled So sweetly, thattho old 4 hotiso-clpck lit the corner next to. the; i cupboard .stopped arid hcld i its; ihandsi . ' ' , . ' 0, madain,?.. replied . Susanria? 'it's ,40 tender that it: guess: it, wop.t bp, more itcridcu artcrticin? boiled.' :j r'-'-'And-fatf ;y.;- 5 I ;5bfess-ye, it'ij so brpad' across the jbacfcl1- ;-m '- --.A -''U'"' ' -'"TMP aunt's, inputhAvatcre'l'v'SO that; . she. was forced jtbJppk;at ;Su'3anna;; tp; correct.tho" agreeable i'mprcssibri.. . C,? YellJOOH caTOcv-andlioolgVor begantd drop in." I?irst,camqtho"par-. ; rBdn,"'wib, JyeiRg faV 4ii&Hof jromarliabie 1 punctuality, took' put. liis wa'tch ras lie r camping arid for. the purpose 6f seeing 1 how it chimodlio .said with .tjiq. pd i clock, bq wjtlkcd into..tho kitchen, bade Miss Susanna good-day, hoped shq - "cpritiflubd iydll in bbdyy and anufled np thb sweet flavors Of thqpreparirig'ac-; thqpreparirig'ac-; rifico with, expanded nostrils;. Next tb the minister eame the , s,qutroj he opened ; tho frorit'door, and seeing ;no.cno .but "'me ;" ' .. "' , -Ojlijah . jaid he,. -fwUrJU- tljat goose be doneF-'caulprm -eycrlastin : busy sttlin'" that hayniow Jcase.- arid I'd Uko.to know.' t - -' d.B.pady nqw, "squire,'- 'riswcVbd'1 the parson; opening the' kitchen' door; ''and Walk; in, attdjet us bar.p a little. cfiat,? S ';jTliqjsquire entered, ,and he and the niinbterwhad. a considerable,, spell v pi:. crinefsatioV tho hay-niow case. s justjthen in cami thedeacon and after? liiriV qso'xtoii,f ndsb dhtill' pr'otty much all the aristocratic, demo-pt'ats:;br;thol'Yilligq demo-pt'ats:;br;thol'Yilligq had fa?sembled. AUd then in bustldd aunt Nabby, awful fino,.Xxan.fdll:yqujoand then - Susanna andiOa'tq ;tq. bring in' thq dinner; and, Avhikthey yeirq, jdoing that thq cqin,-pany cqin,-pany alt took a'stlff grog' 'by, waypE-appetite', waypE-appetite', arid then 'Stroked' dOwri theiri faces aridiOoked'iat'thp' tablo, ;TherO" LWas ;aj pig foaated ta.ridl8tulod,, and a ;linqrp. yqal,,and .twoold lcnjj arid'an leverlastjiigight of 0 kinds'bf'fearce, iand. p.ies and puddirigsVdqughnutsarid cidcr;vand"ttbbvqKat the hpad of1 the tabje, tho dish in whici.lay tho.hcropf ; thb' day; 'thati ar goose,' smbthorcdrin iPriibnsj and iiterly '.hid, -beneath JLW, IbadV of; carrbt3rand; cabbages.- Thq Iflfthio flourished his.iprkj and, pounced lUpbn.tbo pi;tho. deacpn.tachlqd to. at thq vealj whilo thp SPxton wcrit'seribugly tp wb'rl; to'exhiirao a piccbof pork .from ; an-avalanche of boansi' :Thqlriinster,, With a spoon, geritly .sUrrcd .away a i Jewparrotsand ojiions, jn jhdpcs of tunjj 1 -. 'It fimolls remarkably fine,' says ho ;to'krhhrNabbyr: 'f j I 'It's particularly fat and jtendprj she replied. 'I' picked "it"5 myself from a .whbloliciip. :;;' ' -&nd sUllithoi mmi3ter pp(;;,tiirat lwt tho spoon gratc4iWpoiya'surface, fgjly nt hq,onipn,niajs,,hq struggled.tp raiso.tho irbnlian3l6,witb-whicnaW joined issue. V"-' V 5 ;H-'fc-K. fc; i " - - l"'aVl " 31osS mo,? cried Nabbvv what's that ? ' , ,. I shonld judge,' said ,thb $qmrc, thait was ari old gbq3o., .Gracibiis trie! exblatiricd .the dea con. Still thq minister struggled, aridjstill the gdosc restated, (aunt Nabby grtv ricrous; and, tho inqto the minister would' struggle, the riioro the goose wouldn't' come.. 1 saw1 my aunt's eyes dilating pounce, just when tho minister minis-ter thought ho hitd conquered ;tho cne my, my taunt's.claw; drove thrqiigh thd onloris; an dragging forth fbo ilpr'A gooso.held it at arm's length before tlio comjiany. Tho.squiro had just raised thq pig uppn. his fork when seeing my aunt's ,discqv,cr'? hqdrbppedit,arid tho dislnyas' knri.cked torsmash Tho, sex ton hrid drawn his beanSftq the edge qf, thb table;, another-pwll is, lib saw .tho ' gbpae; and over it. went.-. Jly aunt; dropped thqbause of this evil, and herb hvcnfc rinqthur;;platc. , :' . -, The company . .dined elsewhere, and the nextgundqy tllq mioistcV, debit noit preaching bn acqbbnB of a, domestic misfortunq - My .aunt:' Nabby soon a-ffcf - dicdi and tho sexton bUrtodjicr, i observing as bo did so, tlntl ''filiq dcp.art-qd, dcp.art-qd, the poor critter, ip. consequence of an iron gopao and broken crockery. , |