TAKE THINGS EASY.
“I never knowed anything gained by being in too
much of a hurry,” said Mrs. Partington. “When me
and my dear Paul was married, he was in such a tripidation
that he came nigh marrying one of the bridesmaids
instead of me, by mistake. He was such a queer
man!” she continued. “Why, he joined the fire apartment,
and one night in his hurry he put his boots on
hind part afore; and, as he ran along, everybody behind
him got tripped up. The papers were full of crowner's
quests on broken legs and limbs, for a week afterwards,”
— and she relapsed into an abstraction on the ups and
downs of life.
