Show mrs partin a don cortek XIII HAS ALWAYS THIRTEEN been re regarded garled as a number of eul evil omen dreaded everywhere JL banished from every table in hall ball or kitchen and if b br acci accident deW it secures cures place at a feat ever every Y eirl it is 19 made mad 0 to counteract its is h naul influence flue ace the tile thirteenth chiffer may not prove proe an exception to the rule aud and the writer ft anter seeing lie the ibanes a involved in in the present instance s steels bis lis heart to describe an event I 1 that he w would on da avert e but yields to duty ut under tide constraint an and I 1 w with it tearful dy e eyes pitches in n blindly i it waa was on the thirteenth thirlie lenth nth of barci and mrs partington eat beside her bister sister Be lindas coal fire in sycamore f 7 L street 11 1 W with ith her bay state shawl over her or shoulders she had come com e d down ow n for a brief visit and this morning vt was as indisposed in 41 d belinda 1 ar i R da 11 paid said she with an aguish agnish voice 1 I am going home I 1 have a promontory symptom thiet that I 1 ana am going tj ta be sick and had better ba be I 1 have bare chilla a and n d feel tho the embargo in my back n R aich is so painstaking and at home bome I 1 can haie all the ilia replications necessary g 49 ar f ill go thia this afternoon I 1 her ter sister elster tried to dissuade her but she w nas inflexible what day of the month mouth is lait it fihe she asked th the thirteenth was the reply the tile very day paul was taken bick sick said elie he became bec aue it wai the day he ile g i t in LIB his fall cider and was prostitutes prostituted by a v rench wrench from which he a never recovered recover td and yet it seems that hat this could not be a as 8 it must gustha mus tha b avd been later it may have been the thirty firstos first ct november and now I 1 declare I 1 dont knoN vol the ride to Bea riville was short a and nd mrs partington accompanied by her er bister sister wag eoon mon housed at the old homestead orn esteal where manaj immediately went to work preparing teas and baths achs filling he ilia neighborhood with ru pungent agent odora odors enough to set all fill the n la stants ance sneezing zing we will wil soak mak her ber bead ID in hot water eaid said 1 I I 1 manda lands excite lly ily aid put t some tea on her feet bebless blesa me rue no foak her feet in hot water and 9 give iv e her ilia tes with a hot brick to d drink 1 k when fhe she goes to bod bed and cove her up tip with blankets the tile brick in her tea aided belinda 11 ada goodness DOI no the tile brick in bed to get got up perspiration she will be all haht t morrow but amandaa Man daa prediction wal was not correct mrs partington Parti noo was borge the next morning and dr jutes bates was summoned ned who pronounced ilia cape case 0 one ne of 0 aggravated malaria that might hang on for weeks as it did under his life able management As it t bacame known abroad that mrs partington WAS ill there wan was great anxiety and BO many cime lo 10 inquire regarding her tier that fed ved aa an old stoc stocking klug round the bill bell tongue to prevent the noisa noise Every everybody boly wa wai anxious to do something one on party knit ber a p of wollen mittens mit tena another ano her proposed to pat put anew a now button on tho ilia barn him door and still another who instated insisted on grinding her ax all of excellent in wy aa r te citron li Foa tron bat but po tome ahat irrelevant lapell the and then after a werty 1 I 1 tide of then a 11 iverc overcome orris s deesle li reao wae was anun delicacies delic actea set in threatening an A t ak rth leavin st him bim hol dirst the back in his bid hand band lie found a seat on the kitchen stairs time passed on A A branch of 0 the tile A 4 ra 43 r I 1 r ni M dation tidbits from nearly every table in in town we e sent to tem tempt pt the apatite of airs partington jellies pr preserves eFerves pickles jams chew chow custards bustards cus tards cream chicken chic kin tru fru la lj and no ono one went to in Ri Kiven vermouth noath without buying for or her from a jar of olivea olives to a cream cheese lor for w aich bich the she was very erale ill tul their kindness is PO fo timorous and variable said ebe she that I 1 cant find words to sepress my ily thanks I 1 beg you va will III tell them 1 manda landa that ram fully prem iou of all their attentions and hope hea heaven en will ill be re it sh e was veon coon alle al le ie to sit it up and feel the ars of opening spring as a they pervaded ded her th ambr visitors began to arrive some soma with condolence I 1 proffered aia istance some some with lilii curiosity ame with gushing sentiment aliby eoma soma ill ahe cense of duty foule vi wilh ith no IDo motive tivO at all sit hut but V to kill lime ime all of whom mrs Partin partington Part ingon glon welcomed us as warmly as her feeble feebleness nebs would admit 1 I lam am stultified with pleasure to EOS fee you ll 11 said eald she smiling upon them 1 I ru nave ave been BO so long shut up here that I 1 have bave grown quite superlative take tako a chair dear and bit sit down doyn on the bed thus the days whiled along but mrs partington grew no stronger Bl ronger very fast last and friends fiends argued the we corpt as friends roost most generally do do aej aud well they mi alit in thia this instance the bung town bugle now A capr i got hold of it publia bed it to the tile world as newspapers do everything from ilia laj lading ing 0 ojan beseg 0 t the founding of 0 an empire and boon soon the tile fact waa was coi yi aeed to all parts of the land con bequert upon una this came letteri from everywhere naming remedies for all boits torts of dise discuses ses some ean bending sending bottles and analea bundles of from rom 1 afar fir for which she had bad to pay freight such people mean well but dont know the moral status was also consid erel cret and tracts and leaflets of a feidl charac character ler I 1 poured in upon her which lie nt read A ur aud p BO so aa was spared the bencil beneficial cial effect one day a bew visitor was as announced by a nania name the she ha ba I 1 never lie heard ill rd and cite she baj w an prepared to receive her ler sirs I 1 Il lar ardrow drow she immediately med lately eti entered Wired with MaLd Lda 1 bhe she was a very volumn person with a hard vo voice ice as elie she addressed mrs fattip partington who invited heto a seat which bhe she dropped into Ns ith the firmi legs ot of a I 1 large rge anchor mrs alra partington said the she taking a sharp look about the premises 1 I am sorry you are ill 1 well eaid fiol mrs Par partington ington we in buet all be e infected fooner or is later e and I 1 cant hope to ba e rd from it do 0 o you expect to recover asked lier or interlocutor that Is lo said mrs partington on whether I 1 get well or not and 1 I shall not form an opinion until I 1 eee see how it turns out do you feel resigned waa was aked awell well replied I 1 mrs ira 1 I dont bee nee that I 1 can help belp it any wa way y supposing im not resigned do you u fed fel no fears 11 fears about what the future well to tell the truth as I 1 dont know any more about the future than I 1 suppose yau do I 1 have left that to the infinite anite wisdom that controls all things which has shown me such kindness kindo ees in 1 lie p past a st that I 1 know it will ill ba be no to I 1 leba ess k kind ind in the tile future w what do you know about it why I 1 read y yes and what do the writers of v t yo you read know well V 11 you admit wo we adeall are all great a sinners 1131 maam alam said mrs partington sitting up in led you yott must keep your own account and andia if you are arg a great sinner I 1 am sorry for it and hope you ou may ba be better but lint dont reckon me a partner I 1 believe I 1 have done the world some good by aiding to its happiness people have laughed with me or at me no matter which and no ile one would condone me we to everlasting prediction and I 1 am aure sure the father fattier of all is nu worse woree than they are but ll 11 please leasa I excuse me but I 1 am weary and I 1 know you must be tiresome ti reome therefore we will drop tha the discar oun 11 the solemn lady pagrad out and mrs dropped into a nap it wa nas now midsummer and all nature wora wore a plea ant aspect but mrs partington waa was failing eiery every day with a cht cheerful chier erful tul heart waiting the impending pend change ane daily occupied im her favorite ilice place by the window dow commanding t a view of the old ground in the distance where here olio she coul coal I 1 1 ape see the bine blue headstone head atone to corporal paul leaning over like a tl tipsy pay sentinel on n duty what thoughts she had I 1 r the event occurred at last and sli sh waa was at ret her funeral was the largest ti at hid ever oc cuPol hera thera devouna the respect in which eha oil waa was held beld people coining from everow everywhere eliere and a st note x ble ilia drs was va m anaila d in which her virtues wore were duly pot set forth elder jons jon s cain over to the house and the room being di darkened he lie peered ie d rand raid told the gleim for a beat seat there wa a char chair apart spart in a corner strangely deserted one of an old ana and rickety abuce c tho the back of which be he seize ta to draw it forward a little when it fell all apart with a crish crash family from oat out of town occupied the old partington manion when ike a shipmaster ship master came oat out to tile home houge mild mui h affected by b the event which hl bid occurred w bilie was at 11 0 wa was S almost inco inconsolable n so lable and took rue for a monument to berm her memory emor y 11 her er last thoughts bad been on hini billi uy by a sir gular fortune the lady of the house houie was w an what then they was waa quie i 10 rare a spirit spiritual nal ad she inform d him ilia t she had bad received several mes axes from mrs which excited his interest and a circle was epically epe cally for him they vath eted about the table in profound silence and aw filed re solis ky by a ai d by there mere were uncia unmistakable signs of f invisible power there were raps in plenty and the table groaned and rocked ai 1 if 1 it were mem a thack giving dinner it wrenched and creaked ere aked aa as it if in an azon abny bof of bupp nee bat ii it said ike looking no cpr tile tabe table it sa is spirits said the tile medium and they wish nish to communicate with ith 0 yon 11 delit well eaid said he here ageg g w who Is isit it the medium having pai ed cd into a cat calep ca Alel lep ic condi tim replied rep liel mra partington how flow may I 1 know that it is you D yuu you remember the trumpet bat that capt capt davit on the colored mans head I 1 I 1 that settles sell lea the matter better than it did the cook do you yuu know me certainly I 1 do you dont imagine im a greater fool here than I 1 was there any a q R ze for me lota on only 1 y a I 1 cant think of lem em but I 1 want you to be a good boy reprehensible in all that you do BO so that everybody v will 1111 reciprocate you remember vc ee in e b I 1 shall still have an e eye V 0 oyer r you and should you not da right remember the shoe shoo well aid said ike laughing and 11 how ow about paul partington was lovas be he there to meet you IN no rather sharply lie was away with i an infinity and when I 1 do eee him there was as a pause here and a great wrench at the table with a ominous seeming andie acome I 1 come into contract with her there will be a live lively time you had bitter believe alere here followed a scratching upon the tile table and the tile old fabric upon itself f rocked to and fro aa as in great struggle tipping over at laet upon the tile floor whereat those who eat around it scrambled away calling for a light and the scene closed it waa was evident that the supposed dit disloyalty loyalty of paul had wrought a cori toru change in the temper of and gentle dame iko ike carried out his intention of erecting a monument in the old Be anTille anville burying ground and there soon arose a shad shaft inscribed with her name and upon ita its biso bis otlie tile word |