Signs Of The Times.
When a young lady “has a very bad cold, or else she'd be delighted,” &c., it is rather a dangerous sign that, when once she sits down to the piano, she will probably not leave it for the remainder of the evening.
When a gentleman loses his temper in talking, it is a tolerably correct sign that he is getting “the worst of the argument.”
When you see the servant carrying under her apron a bottle of soda-water into a house, you may at once seize it as a sure sign that some one has been drinking over-night.
When the children are always up in the nursery, you may construe it into a sure sign that the mother does not care much about them.
When a young couple are seen visiting a “Cheap Furniture Mart,” you may interpret it into a pretty fair sign that the “happy day” is not far distant.
When the boys begin to tear up their books, it is a sign the holidays are about to commence.
The Road To Ruin.