The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-01-11

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but this was intolerable.
"A man who is really hungry can eat
good roast fowl like this said Aunt
Jemima. Annie, my dear, you may
give me- slice
MIR. Aylescroft pushed back his chair
and left tho table. Annie looked after
him in terror.
oh, Aunt Jcmima, you have offend
ed him mortally Let me go to him
'Fiddle,sticks, my dcarl' said Aunt
Je nina; hell keep! For my part she
added, reflcctively, L don't sec what
man, who can be Agreeable when he
plcasrs, wants to make himself so OBJ ,
noxious for? Annie, Ill write to your
brother James. He Is very sensible
young fellow. He has never visited
you since you were married, 1 bclieve?,
No, Aunt Jcmima but
'Go on with your dinner, my dear,
and I'll GO on with iiiino,' said Aunt
jemima, helping herself to baked pota-
toes.
Mr. Aylescroft was surprised. and not
very agrecably, it must be confessed,
about ten days subsequently, by coming
home aud finding himself face to face
with a good looking man of four or five
aud thirty. who extended one languid
finger from the sy-chair in which he
sat, and IL urmurcd:
How are you, Aylcscroit?
Sir, have not the honor of your
acquaintance, said Mr.. Aylescroit,
s,lifiy.
oh, J. forgot that said the young
man. 'l'm Annie's brother, James
Gordon, you know. | thought Ia
make you visit. Won't you please
shut that door behind you? 1t lets in
all sorts of cold drau.h,s. And, l say,
what the deuce do you mean by usm.
open fires, when there's so much more
economy Of heat in stoye?'
Mr. Aslescraft st,sssaa. Here was Iii.
young man attackmg his household
Larcs and Pcnates in manner alto ,cther
unprecedented.
Mrs. Aylcscroft looked up with
frightened air
i am sure, James, dear-shc COM
menced, but Mr. Gordon waved silence.
My dear sister, is it possible thos.,
are your children making hat tsnriul
noise up stairs !? Are they rolling for.y
pound cannon balls about, or what 2
4 d,n't think they are any noisier
than other children !! warmly inte,posed
Mr. AyloscrofG.
annie always did spoil everybody, .
grumbled Gordon,
Annie is good girl said Mr. Ayles
croft.
Aunt Jemima smiled grimly behind
her newspaper.
Mr.. Aylescroft glanced at his watch
Five clock, and no dinner p he said
moodily.
Five o'clock, and no dinner = briskly
echoed his brother-in law. 'Annie, /
beg you to bear in mind that punctuali
ty is essential to me-
Yes, James, said Annie, mcokly
and here is cook now with the meat
Fairly raw ! said Mr. Aylescrolt,
with a gesture of disgust, as he SAT
| down
take it away! take it away !! hawed
Mr.. James Gordon, motoning with his
upraised hand. 'An"ie, when mW you
learn to look after these matters your
self?
But | think, interposcd Mr.. Aylcs-
croft, Il could, perhaps, get off slice or
two
Impossible {. quite impossible pro-
tested hia brother in-law annie, these
potatoes are neutrality-suspicious.
soaked ! Discharge your cook to-mor-
row
Bridget has some good points about
her apolosized Mr. Ayloscrott; 'and
if
sAnnie, interrupted Mr.. Gordon,
would you just step up stairs and quiet
those children 2
They ere not making much noise
nov. said their father, iit.le ag: rievei
'lt is Bedlam broken loose ! groaned
James Gordon, with his hand 20 his
head
Mr.. Aylcscroft took refuge in digni-