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80 THE GRINDER PAPERS. NUMBER TEN. MISS CHARITY GRINDER MAKES A MISTAKE. It is the fault of New York for being so similar, and I ain’t tu blame. Besides, I was the most skeered of the hull bilin’, so ef any one is tu complain, its me. While I was under the impression it was housebreakers, I thought I should conglom- merate. Laws a mighty! how my blood dd friz in my veins, to be sure! , You see, this is how it happened. I went to pay a visit to Miss Pecksalter—she ‘twas Abby Brownbags. She ain't no re- lation, but her ma wasa neighbor of ourn, when she was four years old; so we may consider her an intimate friend o’ the fam- ily. She married fust-rate, and has lived in New York ever since. | I had her name found out for me in the directory, and went up there one afternoon, and she received me very politely, made all the world of me, and had on two kinds o’ preserves, and two kinds of cake, and potted salmon, and lots o’ things. Peck- salter is in the hullsale grocery line, and is a good provider. She lived ina brick house, with brown-stone steps and facings, and iron railings, and there was ten houses in a row, all alike hen. ti * See ~ e ‘ ~ "e 47 * uke ha J | ig ) 4 1 - >y (e(@) = - —_— - - ~ te f » : 7 , ete ee eeece oF < > as 4 « me A » me, CPs 4 - A Pe eye 4.4 s x os » FP, Se-* ony ’ =o ié a TF