Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-06

ties. no doubt; but dare say there's good in
him There must be, or he would never be
the partner of such upright man as Jonas
Crump.n
Upright man, Pooh - said Kate; and
then the supper came in, and the subject
dropped.
AT nine o'clock next morning Just az the
bre akfast things Ia been cleared, and Mrs
Barford was going through her usual inter-
view with the cook, Kate, who was sitting in
the little bay-window, started quickly, and
exclaimed
On, mamma Here's this horrid
again ~
Ellen peeped over her shoulder, and said;
= think he looks, if possible, more dread
fr' ny daylight than by candlelight y
llr. John Mortiboy, utterly unconscious of
the effect he was producing, unattached the
garden gate, and then, for the first time look
ing up, nodded shortly and Familiarity at the
sisters.
. How 60 you do, young ladies ?" he called
from the garden. S'Fine morning this fresh
and all that sort of thing | feel better al
ready When d London mans a little over
done, nothing sets him up so soon as sniff
of the briny"
And then he took great gulp, as if to
swallow as much fresh air as possible, and
entered the house, followed by his dog
Did you hear him, Nelly?" asked Kate.
" The wretch I'm sure | won't be seen
walking with him, in his nasty black clothes,
| like an undertaken ~
s. He has a chimney-pOt hat on, and has
| brought his umbrella Fancy! At the sea :"
said Ellen.
Good morning, Mrs. Barford," said Mr.
Mortihoy: " domestic arrangements, eh
understand. If you've no objection, III do
myself the pleasure Of cutting my mutton
| with YOU to-day And mutton it will be,
suppose Can't get any beef here, l under
derstand, except on Friday, which i killing
day for the barracks Bad arrangement that !;
wants alteration
| Hadn't you better alter it, then, Mr. Nor
| tiboy:' said Kate experimenting the
| butcher viii be a pleasant way of spending
| your holiday"
Joking, miss, Ell? Well, l don't mind
| But amt YOU coming out, young ladies, for a
mouthful Of air: l suppose the old lady don't
move so early :"
If you refer to mamma, said Ellen, fri
| gidly, she never goes out until just before
| dinner"
All, I thought not Old folks must wait
until the air is what they call warmed by the
| sun Bus that won't hinder our taking a
| turn or two, / suppose. Where is Whisller-
| andos:'
If as presume, you mean Mr.. Sandman,
the gentleman who was here last night I can
| not inform you, Mr.. Mortiboy," said Kate,
| with a very flushed face, and slightly trem-
bling voice; but l would advise you not TO
let him hear you joking about him, as he is
rather quick tempered"
T. 8" Oh, indeed" exclaimed Mr. Mortiboy-
| - hre-eater, l. he Well, there's no duel
| ling now, you know. ANY nonsense of that
| sort-giye man IN charge of a policeman,
| or summon him before a magistrate, and get
| him bound over
just at this moment Mrs. Barford came in,
! and told the girls TO get their hats on and
| show Gr, Mortiboy the prettiest spots in the
| village: the Castle Hill, the ruined Abbey,
| and the Smusgler's Leap. To these places
| they went, MIR. Mortiboy discoursing the
| whole way of the badness of the roads, and
| of what Improvements might be made if they
! had "A properly constituted local board of
| health at Peuethly; declaring that the cries
/ of Milford OYSTERS and fresh haddicl, y
/ were entirely unconstitutional and illegal, as
mo- one had a right to shout in the public
streets that there ought to be proper stands
I provided for the car-oFivcrs; and that a regu-
/ Tar police supervision was urgently demanded.
/ He did not think much of the Abbey. ruins
| and he laughed in scOru at the story Of the
~mu-gler's Leap. As they were on their
homcwari way, coming around the Castle
| Hid, they met Mr.. sandman, very rudy and
fresh and shiny, and with "A couple of towels
| IN lis hand. He took Oft his wide-awake as
/ me approached the ladies, and bowed slightly
70 Mr.. Mortib0y
Ali. Mr.. Sandman" said Ellen, with an
admoaifory finger, YOU have been bathing
again by ii. GATHERINGS Rock, after all the
warming SIC gave you."
Ny dear Ellen" iaterposed Kate, with
petuiaur air, d" now can YOU: If Mr.. Sand
nam chooses 70 risk his life after what he has
been told, it surely Is nothing to us ~
Now, Miss Kate, that's not fair I" said
~auLhau; you know he added, dropping
his voice e. that every word of yours would
have weight with me, but the tide was slack
this morning, and really there is no other
place where "a swimmer can really enjoy q
bath. You are swimmer, NJ. Mortibov ;"
&c Yes. sir, replied that gentleman. Yes,
sir. / cen manage it. I've had lessons at
Peerless Pool and the UoIborn Baths, and
can keep up well enough. But don't like
IL. I don't see much fun in what are absurd
lv called the manly exercises Twenty
wears ago. young men used TO like driving
COACHES; now L can't conceive duller work
than holding bunch of thick, leather reins
iu YOUR hand, steering four tired horses, sit
ting on a hard seat, and listening TO the con
ycvSatjou of an uneducated coachman. | new
er ride. because / hate humping up and down
on r hard saddle and rubbing the skin oft my
body; / never play cricket, because in the
hot weather ! Ike 10 keep quiet and cool
and not toll in the sun and as to going out
shooting and stumpin- over miles OF stubble
iu September, Juggling a big gun and firing
my-,l to DEATH / look upon that as the pur-
suit Of a maniac / am a practical man !"
g. Aou are indeed ~ said Kate, as she
dropped gradually behind with Mr. Sandman,
ana LETT the practical man and her sister Ell
len 10 lead the way To the house. 1t IS IN
necessary 10 recount the sayings and doings
of Mr. John Mortib0y during the next few
DAYS. II is enough that he spent tine greater
portion of them with the Bartord family, and
that he So elaborated his ideas Of practicable
81. and 50 ;nyeighed against everything that
was absolutely useful in a mercantile point of
discriminating in a measure, art, poetry,
music, and the domestic afIections-that he
incurred the uumjtjgated hatred of the young
ladies, and even fell to zero in Mrs. Barford's
estimation.
Ii was about the fifth morning after the in
trusiou of this utterly incongruous element
into the society of Albion Villa, that Ellen
and Kate strolled out Immediately after
breakfast with the view of escaping the ex-
as y