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It was at the close of this mellow day that I sat in my library alone, before a hickory fire Alone, did I say? Nay, Mrs Simpson sat before me in the opposite rocker You could not have seen her, or heard her, but she was there, and was co he rarely ever invited her to go anywhere; and as she talked I recalled a certain evening when I had been her guest--included in an invitation to attend a spectacular entertainiven by the country club, at a spot some distance from our homes, and I said: "Mrs Simpson, I can offer you some recipes which I warrant you ork infallibly; but they are like the recipe for deters, which says, put them in water; if they are bad they will either sink or swiive you, and it will eitherto take a step in the way of recreation without you, or it will make him stalk forth by hiotten which; but try it often enough, and you will learn"

Recipe

"Fail to be ready at the appointed ti or sullen; cudgel or dragoon the children until their teait taken by Mr Simpson in order to catch the train; declare frequently when aboard that you are tired out, and are sorry you came After you reach the place, remark every now and then that you don't think the entertainment amounts to ance to have given such a price for tickets to so-inferior an exhibition Next, declare that you feel a draft, and are catching your 'death of cold;' interlard all this with frequent directions to the children--adatory remarks about Mr Simpson's appearance, and wonder--oft-expressed and reiterated, and put in the for, as to why he didn't wear his other suit of clothes Finally, wind up the whole affair, by wishing you were in bed, and announcing your opinion that the trip didn't pay, and you are sure it will make you and the children ill

"Try this faithfully, and it won't fail to acco to Mrs Purblind now; Mrs Sione home; and Mrs Purblind had taken her place