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REFLECTION ABOUT MOSQUITOS.
“There! now I hope you 've got it, you everlastin'
torment!” said Mrs. Partington, angrily giving Margaret,
her young neighbor, who was in spending the
evening with her, a smart slap on her forehead, and
nearly throwing her from her chair; at the same time
knocking the Britannia lamp from the table by her
violent motion.
“What 's the matter?” inquired Margaret, alarmed;
for such conduct was very unusual, and the oil from the
lamp had marred her new calico.
“It's only a pesky musketeer, dear,” said the old
lady, relighting the lamp; “it 's only a musketeer, and
I can't see the use of 'em, the tormenting creaturs!
They say the Lord makes everything for some good
purpose; and so I think that these sort of annoysome
reptiles must be made by somebody else, I do.”
The remark may be thought irreverent by some, but
the old lady was excited, and the heat of these warm,
mosquito-teeming evenings ought to excuse more, even,
under such annoyance as she was suffering.
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