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cumstances afters Eases, aid there. fore, by your lave, Pll jist step in and ax Mrs. Long Ii she's convanlenl to be at home at all this moraing, to partiicu. lar frieAd of her oun, that won't belaye a word she says.'

 Mrs. Taliman, resolving, on this oc- casion, not to be denied admittance to her very dear friend, pushed forward after the servant, and presently found herself in the arms of Mrs. Long, who was overoyed 10 see her.

 "My dear Mrs. Tallman!'' she ex. claimed, swirere have you kept your self this long time? Il IS almost an az since ] saw you. You have been quite unneighborly of late. Why havn't you called hefore?''

 "l have called repeatedly, Mrs.Long, but you were not at home. Indeed your servant told me the same thing this morning but"

 .sServants are such plaguer' ex- claimed Mrs. Long, with great indigna- tion-"they never do as you want to have them. And then they make 50 many mstakes-especally these Irish 'ctodhoppers-and there's no getting any other servants now-a- days. That boo by of mine--l've a great mind 10 dis miss him as ever had to eat: but, dear Mrs. Tallman, do take off your bonnet, and stay awhile. I'm so glad to see you! How is Mir. Tallman and the little children r

 "They're all well, except little Tom my-he's got the whooping cough-but he's getting better now.n

 ''Poor little thing! how sorry l am to hear it! Approposs, Mrs. Tallman, have you heard about the coIlar-and mobus being in the city?''

 s'No, indeed have not-but I un. desstaad it's of it's way across the At. iantic-and that Captain Yardarm be. spoke vessel, that heard of another vessel, that was believed to have it on board .n

 s.Is if possible2"

 ssFhat's what I've heard.''

 " Wei, 1 shouldn't wonder if it come here in very short time. However. thank heaven! there's one com(ort- they say it never attacks nobody but the lower classes; and our rank in life. you know, Mrs. Tallman, will secure US. But approposs again-talking ot these thngs-liave you heard the news from Congfess?o

 ''lundefstand the United StatesBan is broke in two in the middle; and that the Union is on it's last legs.''

 "Them are old stories, Mrs. TaiInan. But it appears by the last accounts, that three members of Congress have been shot down. four stabbed, and five beat en with bludgeous-all for words spo- ken in the bait. We'll, for my part, Fun glad 10 hear 1t. What would inc world come to, ifevery body was to say what every body thought of what was going on ill the worldg'

 sIrue, Mrs. Long, the truth is not to be spoken at ali timas. But really Pm ss3.ad s3,aad my tisazband wasn't chosen. when he was put up the last time; for. Ike as not, he might have been among them that was killed, and wound, ed, and missing. But that was very strange thing that come to light in one of our streets yesterday, was'nt it?''

 "What was that, Mrs. Tallmang,

 "Why, hav'nt you heard, how thir- teen little children-the oldest not a. bove seven years oid-were scraped up by the scavengers inciearing the streets. where they'd been buried upwards of a month";

 ''is it possible. Why, you shock me. Mrs. Tallman. Fifteen little children' Were they black or white?"

 ssi'hey were black enough when they came out. do think their mothers were very much to blame for letting their children run nj large-doa't yoa. Mrs. Long9'

 "Shockingly-shockingly to blame. But l dare say they belong to the low CT classes; and if a few of their chil- dren do get buried in the street dirt it's no damage to the ecommunity. But l hope you aint agoing yet, Mrs. Tall. mani It's so long since I've seen you, that really-'

 'fve got a thousand calls to make this morning, Mrs. Long, or else shouldn't be in such haste.o

 " Well, do come again soon, 1 beg on you--don't make yourself such stran- ger.'

 "Good-bye, Mrs. Long,

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