Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-04-12

Oui err door, and opening ~, she suddenly
found herself in the ardent embrace OF
pair Of stout arms. A whiskered face was
brought into close pormixity with her
own, and before she could hardly real.
ize her position, she received prolong-
ed kiss--a hearty smack, given with n
significant gusto, which indicated that |
the Unknown was taking his revenge tor
some past slight paying of some old |
score; for it SAID just as plainly az words
could have donei "Ghere, take that ~ |
And all this Tell upon her unofendiug,
viitu a. matron lips.
"Ob, Murder! Murderi 'Taint Josh.
ua either ~
For she had by this time dvcsiel her
sell of the impression that IL WAS her !
usually sober spouse returned home IN a |
strangely exalted condition, thus to iu-
duge ia shuch unwonted demonstrations
of colIjugal affection. "Git out Git our,
say Murder Fire Thieves! Annie !
Annie | DO come herel Hero's mau
kissl'n me like mad I"
But the intruder had by this time dis
covered his mistake; aud 1t did not need
the iudignent pummellng aud pounding
ot the old lady's respectful fists To make
him rclnqush his hold and race off a.
if pursued by some avenging fury.
Annie, nearly checked wItlI smother
ed laughter, in spite Of her trepidatioi,
now came to the rescue.
"Oh, never was 80 took back in all
my born days! The mean scamp! Who
could it have been? Annie, have you
any ldea2
But that dutilul daughter was to all
| appearance as innocent and ignorant as
an iniantile dove. She tried to soothe
the i'll lgnant matron by representing
that it might have been (D one of the
neighbors, who under the potent intiu-
enct Of Il wee drop too much, had mis-
taken the house and-the housewives
She searched the ehtry for the missing
spectacles, arranged the rumpled cap
ribbons, wound up the tangled yarn, ,slirr-
cd The fire-all in the most amable man
ner possible and at the last had the
satisfaction OF seeing her mother subside
iato her rocking chair and her usual
tranquility of spirit.
But Mrs. Moore was fully awake now,
she had got new idea into her bead ;
aud instead OF setting herself Tor another
nap, she pursued her train Of thought
and her Knitting, both together, with
wonderful rapidly. At length, stopping
and looking keenly at Annie over her
spectaclps, she said:
at may oe queer notion of mine,
Annie, bat pve fancy that man was
David Winthrop.
OH but if Anne's face didn't catch
fire theui You might have lit any num-
Der of candles by it.
These suspicious symptoms did not
escape the eye OF the skllliul inquisltiVe,
v ho c,lmly cohtinuedi
"Pears to me; 'ca,tSe them big wins
kers pat me in mind of hie'n; AMI then
the awkward way he yripped me with
his big paws -
No answer. But Annie was wonder
, fully busy. She bent over her work and
: drew her needle through so quickly, that
the thread snapped, and then she didn't
have time to talk, she was SO taken up
. with trying to coax the thread through
theeye again.
Htlexible Mrs. Moore went on.
II don't believe that kiss was intend
ed for me after ALL Do YOU Annie Well
. OF course we know it wasn't. But then
5 do wendrr who it was intended for
And | wonder if You don't know some
/ thing more about it than you see tit tc
, tell p
/ "Mc, mother?'
I "Yts, 'mp, mother you was mighty
/. anxious TO get me am pap off to Aun
:, Ruth's tonight; but noticed you wal
i slicked up extraordinary for all yOl
k weren't going"
[ Here Annie lost her needle, and wen
a down on the floor to find il.
a "Now, Annie," her mother went on
!. ''I'm getting old know that, but
: haven't quite lost my eyesight yet, no
/. my hearin' neither. Fve surnised lii
|. tie somethiu' a'oout these goin's on be
y tween YOU am David atore nuw. Wha
y ar you playin' possum fur? Out wit
. it, say. 'Tainl fair To be tryin' 20 com
d it over your o'd mother"
Il Thus adjured, our small feminin
Machiaval made a clean breast OF 4
g. much relieved to find that mother chad
= Mt nuthin' agin him." and would Civ
,. father talkin' TO about it an bring hlr
e around"
,e "Bur, Annie," said Ms. Moore, dryl,
A. in conclusion, 81 want you TO tell DaNl
If Ia rather he'd not make such mistak
.r as that again. | don't like the feel
IN his big whiskers about my face, an
n moreover, don't approve OF promisku
AS kissin' p
,u David never heard the last of that ki'
. in the dark Old Squire Moore, OF conrs
,e heard it, and used 10 take great deligl
% in slyiy aIluding to the circumSlan'
a. when all the parties concerned happent
~ 10 be present. lie would shake his bu
III ly sides with laughter at Dayid's evlde
m discontinue and his wlie's tart replle
il. while Aunie would side with her fa'h
ly aud poke sly fun at her sweetheart, al
- then both OF them would laugh AGAIN
M. the other two until the tears ran dow
ire their checks.
IS. "Never mind, David,p Mrs. Moo
an would say, consoingly, TO I he ahash'
r lover. "et them laugh. He'd hate be'
as only too glad to have been in your pla
thirty years ago. He had hard woi
ep 10 get k SIS from me then. hope t
occurrence will be lesson to You a
lie Anlie agin the un-pollcy OF underhaI
! D doin's of all sorts, seem as they'er iIau
, .,...k ,,s,,s H. 4 SIM the WFUI