Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-01


to keep the secret till il was al over
BE goes incoming with his bride for tF
or three weeks and then he takes he
with him on his round. You won't Sc,
him here again for six weeks. He wa
married the very morling after he lef
here. He asked me to be present, bu
could not co. Now, Mr.. Rasper, how
DO you feel2 Your occupation is gone
You wiz have nothing TO Chaff hin
about"
20, stop a minute, ?, cried RaspsF
tttDO you know all about this, too p
and be read the editorial note about ths
1 "tenth birthday" J."
1t was Mr.. Splutter's turn now to bs
surprised.
Nonsense 90 be said sslet me see. ,
/ And, taking the paper, he read il fol
! himself st must be a mistake. II
/ can's be true"
g Late Of Kingston, Jamaica who
! is she G'' asked Rasper.
ffSOme family connection, I under
/ stood him, (" said Mr.. Splitter t'They
! do marry very young, I have been told,
Z in those hot climates. But in England
I lit is impossible. Bog would not have
done such a thing. It's all nonsense.
And be shut himself into his own room.
During the six following weeks of Mr..
Bog's absence he furnished more con-
YersatiOn to the Office, and was subject
to more jokes on the part of Mr.. Ras-
per, even than il be had been present.
Speculation exhausted itself as TO the
reality Of this extraordinary editorial
note. At last the conviction gradually
established itself that it was literally true
that Bog had married some mere child
from boarding sehoOl-haViuq, in fact
probably run of with her for the sake
Of her money, and knowing that be
could not possibly conceal the fact of
her being child, had imprudentIy de-
n serA raF
his way before them and the world.
''l'lI be bound he'll bring her down
to the office in short frOck," gaid Mr..
Rasper, "and carry her on his arm"
While bis own character was suffer
ing, and while his fellow clerks were
thus discussing the chances of finding
IN him on his return any small remains
of honor and morality, Mr.. BOg's traV-
els with his bride were drawing near
to an end. He wrote from one of his
resting places:
"hTy dear Mr.. Splutter, purpose be-
ing in town again on Tuesday evening
nexL, but shall not come back to busi-
ness until the beginning Ofthe following
week. VIII yOu Oblige me and my wife
by giving Us your company on Friday
evening, and by inviting for me all my
eOnfreres Of the office for the same even
ing. hate the ceremony Of carding,
and calling, aud sitting in state to re-
does my wife. If they viii all take it,
therefore, in this informal way, that we
shall be glad to see them, well, glad
We shall be-; and if they won't, we shall
be sorry.
FRIDAY evening, at seven for what
we viii call cur small and early = be-
ing, in fact, for Office people only
Yours ever, z. F. B."
This letter, which came on Monday
Int
Ter in bis usual prompt and business /
ike way.
He simply turned up one corner of
Il, wrote on the back Of that corner IN l
red ink, ST shall go, and Eope you all /
viii" and sent it out TO Mr.. Rasper to /
be handed round.
The decision come 20 unanimously, |
10 spite of the sentence Of condemna-
lion passed on poor Bog was that they /
world 90, all who could, fit we're o1E1I +
for fz1a an E kssFiiafs early sight OF
The bride, and giving the bridegroom +
0ne chance TO reinstating himself In /
their good graces.
When the evening came, they took a |
couple of cabs, and went down tOgeth- I
3r-Ar. Splutter, my father, RaspeF, |
Gibbs. and all the rest of them-they /
having agreed on a convenient point of /
before they left the Office.
It was Mr.. Bog himself who received /
MS com ,Jany in his cosy, Well-furnishedl I
drawing room up stairs, for he was /
man of some little means, and bad /
everything very comfortable about him. /
''Well, Rasper," he said, after the /
irst Misunderstanding, 'yOur constant
lroppfnp has worn away the stone aE /
you see. It is to be peace between us
now, or war ?"
81 don't quite know" said Rasper,
aughing Eve shall see."
L % Z
aid Mr.. Splutter, 'sfOr BOg's holiday
Ieems to put him in rare fighting or
Ter better say peace
Whereupou Bog, in his clumsy way,
spared at Rasper on the bearth-rug, as
ito demonstrate with what ease he
3Ould double him up,
ST shall think about if y said Rasper
'and before deciding should like co see
he 'teterima causa belli" If that is
,alI another fair one"
@Here,' said Mr.. Bog, Sin good time
3he comes. Friends, allow me. My
wife, Mrs. Bog, and her cousin, Miss
And in came the two la
lies as he spoke. One was a middle
Iged, or apparently somewhat over the
middle age, wearing spectaeles, with
look and a good tempered
ace, very pleasant to look upon. "The
,ousin," said Rasper, 'sComes 10 keep
rouse till the child-wife is of age. just
IS thought" The other was 3 merry,
aughing young girl, seemingly Of l6 or
I, though possibly she might be young
,r. Rasper shook his head and looked
;rave at the sight Of her.
EXACTLY as we predicted p he said to
lis neighbcr; "shs's quite child. Re
lily this is a bad business but its al
ways SO when men put off TOO long. All,
Bog, Bog, she'll be q handsome young
W. roFH vrrtn an II
ire gone"
He went over, neverthe less, and made
mail talk to the young girl by the
piano.
''Been long in England % ne asked
Ter, among other things.
No. she said, "only about a month
before the wedding"
''Kuow Mr.. Bog before he asked.
mo +; she had only seen him for the
irst time when she was up in London
With her cousin, about fortnight be-
ore the wedding. Her cousin had
Known him many years."
"You will find England very differ
mt, suppose" went on Mr.. Rasper
from jamaica"
"Jamaica ?" said she, laughing; ST
lare say I should if I had ever been
here. Pm only from Edinboro."
80, indeed" he replied ''I beg your
pardon. Then / suppose the late Mr."
81 say, Rasper," called out Mr.. Bog
rom the other side of the room, "are
you likely TO finish spooning with Rosy
'Oon Because / want you to say sOme-
hing clever to my wife,"
your wife - exclaimed the startled
Rasper, "I thought was"
s'Not talking TO her ?" said Mr.. Bog.
Don't say, now, you thought had
married little Rosy ;" and he went off
nto Il fiji of laughter of long duration.
Rasper," he said, on getting his breath
lgain, "y"u really did not think that, /"
md then went off into a longer laugh
han evrr, IN which we all Joined him.
"Then what on earth" said Rasper,
brought To bay, what on earth was the
meaning of that newspaper note ?"
"Eh, what? Now, you really don't
mean to say you never guessed what
hat meant You don't mean to say,
when you read same day ut so and so,
you never carried your eye to see what
hat day was ?"
mo" said Mr.. Basper, "but what
natter cuuld that make 2"
"Allthe matter" said Mr.. Bog. We
we're married on the twenty-ninth day
# Tahr7rnrv and that f1 Vvifn'a {