The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-29

once will surely return again, and 1
must say it is well founded belief.
There is a spell in that balmy air, like
that of the sweet waters of the foun-
tain of Trevi at Rome, to lure back the
traveller, and whosoever cats of the
chowder of Siasconset viii long to eat
| it again.
When I got back to the hotel the
clerk met me. "The crier's been after
you," said he; "come to say that the
Athenaum won't charge anything for
room and lights, as there was no exhi-
bition; and told him that he mustn't
charge but dollar for his work; so il
You leave it with me, he'll be satisfied"
/ think I enjoyed my breakfast at the
Ocean House even more than any pre-
vious one, and that is saying good
deal. / had time, too, to stop and re-
deem my watch, with thanks to the
good matchmaker, on my way to the
boat. The bill 1 got back from Fred
was unquestioned; it was one of our
Boston bank notes, and certainly came
out of my pocket book, however it got
there. The counterfeit was safe in the
envelop, just as received it. De
AS stepped aboard the steamer ]
saw Miss Minnie and at her side Mo-
lock, that is, Mr.. c., who lost no
time in making the a01ende. 'I leave
Miss P" he said, sin your care. I
did think of going across with her, but
stern sense of justice, which is the
pels me to leave the field wholly to you.
owe you q tcte-G-tete in place of that
which stole yesterday"
"Don't believe one word he says"
was Minnie's, I mean Miss P-'s re-
tort, she is dying to be off to Sancoty
Head sketching, and only came down
to see me off because / made him come
and apologize to you for his trick"
"She put me up to it," the victim be-
gan when the last bell sounded, and he
was obliged to hurry ashore in the
midst of his audacious flb, and was
left to enjoy one eff the pieasantest
journeys ever made.
Of course Miss P asked me what
put it into my head to give reading,
and told her the whole story, and got
sympathy enough and fun out of it to
pay me twice over. When it was all
finished she said, zone thing don't
understand, how you had tao twenties,
when you only thought you had one"
/ am sure don't either. It is clear
that tho one gave Fred last night was
the same had laid away for reserve
fnnd; where the other came from can
not imagine.
y GLet me look at it," she said, and L
took it out of the envelop and gave it
to her. She turned it over once or
twice, and presently showed me a mark
on one corner. "This is a lesson to me
not to be so careless again. might
have injured you very seriously for
life," she said. ado you remember the
day it rained, and you went over to the
shell shop to get me the basket bought
there; you paid two dollars for it, and
handed you the money when you re-
turned. I remember thinking how po-
lite it was of yeu that you took the bill
without even looking at it, and put it
in your porte n10'a7luie at once. This is
the bill; lust noticed the two and not
the cipher. l got it at Benton's in
Washington street the day before 1
left was told it was bad at Hovey's,
and then marked it, so IS not to pass
it away, meaning to ask father to return
it. forgot ali about it, and having on
!y hVes in my purse, except this, gave
it for two"
The reader can skip the sequel if de-
sirous to do 40. / think it worth tell
ing. was kindly asked by Miss P
to call upon her while she remained
Miss P, and on her return from her
summer travels was reminded of my
Ny . tAO OVCA-
ing. Somebody was there with velvet
coat and a mustache that was finer than
ever; but really, as Miss Ellen P,
younger sister to Miss Minnie, was so
good as to entertain me, did not find
the artist in the way. AS we walked
down Park street together at the close
of the evening he asked me to come to
his studio the next day at twelve.
managed to get off from the store
it was dull time, and did so. I met
some ladies at the studio, Mrs. P,
AIiss P, and Miss Ellen. They had
come to see picture which was upon
of the South Shore at Nantucket.
There was one figure in it, young man
in a graceful attitude gazing upon the
surf. l think the figure was little
though Miss P said not
but she saw things through a very rosy
atmosphere that day, What struck me
most was, that note addressed to me |
lay on top of the frame, and this was
desired by the ladies to read aloud. 1t |
was as follows:
''Mr. Woodbridge will confer real favor
upon the artist by accepting this little memen- |
to OF one of one of the happiest days in the
lives Of the donors (which Is offered a slight
PREPARATION for the Inconvenience brought upon |
Mr.. Woodbridge by sitting for his portrait.
w lIn the DeSL WISHES Oh us lTleHOs,
81. G.,
ssMINNIE P"
s1 have never had the pleasure of |
hearing Mr.. Woodbridge read aloud |
before" said Miss P, very demure- |
~. 81 have understood that he is quite
an amateur"
have heard the picture highly prais- |
ed by competent judges. I hope to see
It hanging on my parlor wall some day, |
and may add that the chances of hav-
ing parlor and of calling Mrs. c.,
nee P, sister-in Jaw, have consider
ably increased since became a Junior |
partner in the house of P Brothers |
8 Co., Boston, Mass.--A tlasltic Month
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