The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-18

sater. brushes, eel. Iremsmbss ] felt very
much inclined 10 chuck her under NJ chin.
and asked her - eet ne some nDoro bIondy
On the sly. The 1nsse thoueht, kov1seT.
stesdied me y once, = il assueh As bow
nearly hAd made : mess of the 6hSlea 1t
Ter. I sat down bsleee the glass, toacl1 tp
NJ hsirs s0mewAAt epmpossd mxs9a1Ae1
face, shock out my skirts, HsD9 6outh
nth sda de cologne, 70 remove 6eBheli Of
brandy, and put scent on uew face pocket
handkerchief | bad borrowed from Mrs.
Dundee. had often acted lady 10 private
.hestricale, esa 1ae 4eassah1y - 49, ~ -
cork. When | descended to the drawing
room, Mira. Dundee looked me over. o.,
how shuddered when she touched ont 81
my carls, and wished 70 pat Il qsieo.s1su1hhav
knowing as she did my assumed character,
the must have been nightly amused at the
ray in which | said, "OA, pIsess don't. ]
nate finishing touches Of any kind. IN dus
course Of time, the fonr horse bus came
round and we drove to Sir George Clonmeils 8.
" spirits had ngnin5 sunk to zero; feared
hould not be able to keep up my character,
and instinctively felt that ! was doing wrong.
Oh, those horrible bets.
There were several of The al0sh in ~
.oom ( danced &i,k two. Csc saa ID MI
secret, the other WAS not. And any one who
aad overheard us would have been amazed
1t the conversation between my partner who
VAS in the secret and myself. Fred, my
Joy, will reapper come Do take me r
some room where en- dsjnt., ,sg44
found out, and | should lose my money you
49, knrt pap - HINT brink VI
But ain dying with thirst can't hole
out till supper time, and my pluck 10 ooziD}
ut at my 6fser snds. for am b NQ4& oM
I am sure shall put my sootsfnso mind b
discovered If do not get some ssimulant 4
seep me up Can help il, my boy; yot
must do your best. I'll tell you what 20,
lad better do-smuggle your flask out o
your pocket, esd give it 70 me VIII ELL j
10 With sherry = afd %heAs while yea end
axe the one turn together on the terrac,
which propriety allows, you must contrive Il
rink it. Soon supper was announced, ant
rs .s'1 F Is ia sss S.en .s2sts&A, Z
wosld have been astonished to see how mucl
ate, and how many glasses ! drank on tn,
/ sly when thought nobobody WAS noticing
] Fred watched one side Of the table aud tn,
other. When hsathpueht no one Wa look
/ ing, he would Hive fhe~a kick ;tandif~f Eva
satisfied that was not watched on my side
Town vent the champagne in the twinklinI
/ Of an eye.
At length the company began to dispense
and rather quickly, too, for the rain IA
I pouring, and Al awful thi,ndArA1D ~
evidently coming on. | heard more thai
l one anxious parent hasten their charge ava,
With Come, come, my dear, come now
/ Or as papa says, We shall be obliged TO sta
oil night gk
the words did not strike much atthano
nent, but did they not afterwards? Sooi
4 the storm broke it was something frightful
1 and after the severity Of the thunder ane
| lightning spent itself, the rain came down II
torrents, and gave every sign OF continuing
10 pour in that way for -sona hosrk4 ~
George and Lady Conmell would not hear o
I the few guests that remained going home
such weather, No ono ever saw anything
ike il: the river was swollen, the ford I'M
passable. The house was very large ~
yonng ladies could sleep two ip hed:: lOl
| goodness, how my heart sank. The bach
.lors must rough it for once; the cushions
IN tn smoking room and billiard room were
very soft. =
A few desperate and - thought, happy
people would go. Mrs. Dundee easily pE
.uaded her husband to stop. What on eartf
vas 10 do. nv face showed the mess
vas in, for one of my friends came and whis
pered 10 me: Keep your p!nck up, ole
Joy few more minutes and You will have
won your bet; for you are sure to be, sep.
.rated from old Dundee, and may, he wick
edly added, s'pernaps be joined to some one
better.
Oh how did inwardy abuse everything
Ind everybody. : ne stepping arrangement.
were soon msde. OF course, unless compelled
oy circunstAnces,s II w. eoiag 3astate who
vas. 1t struck me that Mrs. Dundee who
vas q, great friend OF Lady CloRnssll rather
favored me. HnrraA! mlended tina, was tc
.leep alone in a tinny little bedroom, close
o .hatAf caakSA md MI Qpasss 4tQh
thought will lock my doors, set I'll The
lady's maid at the sAeiia nce, md THROW my
,eli tomorrow on Mrs. Dundee for apology
! for 81 & must at any rate, IN afeF days, Now
me truth and .hsswitl-heh ne cut sfoy
mess aud out OF the house.
:.Good night. hadY GlonmeA. Good nigh,
nv dear Miss Fenwnk, 1 hope yon will
sleep comfortably.
NV heart smote me az the kind heVtet
mp,lisive old Irish lady kissed my forehead
| was alone in my bedroom /; had moi
4 locked the door, because had waited unit
the iady's maid had called and asked il shi
could do any more for me-. VI course = de
cided premp,ory. No, ] thank you, would
nave been the answer. And there sat wit
/ nv elbows III a most unlady ike manner OF
Doth my kees; my head ilied with the mos
annnidepsbls thoughts. they we're = conn
ocurd Of semi-prayess offhankfullss - Il
| The presiding genius ofIuck for having pulled
ne AS tlsoaght. quite through, my scrapd
and mixture Of doubt as'to whether ! hal
| better trust the heather deity Of "Rascy,
| md smoke couple Of cigars ontN ofiny win
l dow. or for once III way chew bits Iabed
| co in. some shape | felt Unjust Asve, tesoothI
| my excited nerves. rae
! A knock at the door. "Comein; and
vided 10 nssslf; ''lts only the lady s maid
/ will dismiss her and then hey for ''baccy. |
| She did come in, but not the lady maid va
! She Radiant with beauty, and eAqulste1
l lushed With excitement, robed III cfiAfti
| ing dressing grown with hairs hanging pnwf
/ aer back, there entered yonrg ledy hs}
/ been introduced to, and WHO had ratht
] taken my fancy, in the course ofths evening
-one Mis- Evenhole'
"Wbat Charles; +Aat was your wifef
1 maiden name, CALCULATED more than Que !
/ The circle, who we're assembled in thespat
| son sstpdy listening.
MY wife looked sheepish, but went OF
! Do not interrupt me, bat hear me out. 20
| dear Miss Fenwick, said Miss Evenhole, 4
| am sorry to disturb you, but You know Wild
| q state Of confusion the house is in, andI
! ind that somebody else has got my bedroo4
| | have besn and long my hair in Aunt Clo1
nell room, and now abe has sent. me bet,
~ eav Tin Ear 1--we N A. ~ AnIAa vnsn - 4
Miss Fenwick, as Miss Dundee told her, thu
you have always been accusfomedto be alo1,
and cannot bear anybody in the room; but Sd,
hopes that under the circumstances Of ths
case you will excuse her request this time
And we shall be Jolly together WON'T u,
ak over partners ana quiz them nicely7a
The girl spoke in very kveiy, naturS