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in her county. 1 hen came dc.mobili,wtion and
~·j• were faced with the almo'!t impo'>c,iblc ta~k of
gr·tting out a complf•t,... li.st of subscribPrs.
Li~t<>
P''urf'd in from t ht cou ntt('s, and wt>n• copied into
, 1 big hook by. ~ { lt'rk- n. vr·r}' dear J)f'r.,on indE>Phf" W<..L'> in a
hurrY, ronv«·)'t'd ~amply uothmg eJthf"r to herself or
,101 ont' ebe.
If }Ou only knf'w of tlw hours we hnve
~~nt pouring over the addr<:!>ses she has writtron
out, and with the ht'lp of maps and classified din•c-
toril's cnd(·avouring to find <>ut what -;.h.-. mf'ant th~
adbrf'viations, which
~he usemendou~t ru!.h of th.1t la ... t month at
headquarters, wer(' intended to repr€'Scnt.
Then again some counties c:.ent in the correct li">t,,
,ome sent in old ones, and in order that not onP of
our rc-:ldt r,;; should bP IE"It out we havE" sent copil"',
rathe-r nt random J)f'rhaJ>!>, to CV<'ry name on even·
li~t; and when you rt-aliS<' that thPrt- are 6,ooo o·r
;,ooo of thosue of THE L.\~DSWOll\N is
pubh ... hN~ we- shall have chungcd our addre ... s. One
of Ill) httl1· dn:.,m... which ::.incc I have had an\-
thing t <~ do with 1.1nd garls, ha:. become reall}
urg{·nr, 1s at la-.t lt> come trut> • and we have found
a nt•,, homE' wh('r(• I can havt• a cow and a pig and
a. thitken, and a n extra <.'Ottage for some land
I{Irl", "o th:n \\'1' (an all work togetht"r, ~omctime~
~~t of d, rach ont• J>ear-
g he nanw of one of nn !f'tter friend~.
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( T, o/so Puctl/1" Blt14r-SwuiJ • • Cil«olaus).
then whPn I am old and have bobb\ curb I c:ln
">it lhPr~ in ll1J OathCh:tir and think Of all the jOil\'
!1 ttt•r... we u ... ed to writr· to earh other in thr r, {or ev('n n1orr
dPiightful .r.< ad"'r'.! I will tn and gin· ~ou a photo-
g'l.:tph of I hf' l'non , Orp11tg ton, on thb p..tg,.. Ilt"\t
month, l>ut don't .tddrt ~.., \our lettPr ... tht r• until
} t1·1l )OU.
Shopping Club.
On1• of oor n•ndcr:- in a rcmotP. countn vill.tge
ht>ard of the wondl'rful quality and value of thf'
(.;o,·crnmcnt linen, which ha, been offere-d to th~"
general puhlic lttcly in !.-ttch large quantitie~. ~h"
wrot<' to a .. k us to ~nd her pattern .... , and sh•· ".•~ .. )
pl.-.a~d with th(:m that we have purchased for h··r O\t'r
£J \\Ot'th of thi,. m:\tf'Tial in various qualiti~. \\'c•
h.w.• had a varif't\· of !>hOpping jobs thi<> m<>nth, and it
.ah\ .I\., .tlltu-.t; ... n\e when I think over all the diffl"rf'nt
... orh. of th nJ"> \\1' h,\\1' bought for )OU ~incf" tht•
~hopping Club fir..,l ... tartc' false throat, or a four-guinea
\\atrh t1) d.untv ribboned und'"" ~
\\ <' h:\\'~ \)(·,:11 a ... k('d to .,, 11 h.air '" hich ha.;; brt-n
bobbl'd and in thP ... anw pv;t h.t\1' <"01\\(> rt>quf''h for
n•nwdi<' . .., for all wrt-. of ill.;, for folk "lw t .tn '1 .. 14·q,
and foa· th< >;(' who -.lt'i p mo hm~. <-.pc ri.tll) 111 tlw
morning~ 1 We h.a\'<' bot11~ht I hopt• 1\) th•· ... tli-.f..l<-
tion of tlw final n·cipi•·nt-w('(lding-, hirthd.t\. ~md
t Ill i . . tma .. pr<·-.(>ll!o., and 1 ... hIll ·tlw.l\.., rf'nH ml~ r ( I.'W
f.lithful n•Hd•·r who tru ... t4 d lh to hll\ a ~·t·rv '1)(: 1.11
pr 1 "t·nt (of' motht r. and ~lOW .111\:tvu., " ' ' \H·n·, htc•r-
. 1 11 holdin•r t ur hwalh, till ,,,. ht- tnl th lt nwtl11 r \~,\ ..
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