New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04


1 eaid the mother; land be sure you never
| mention the subject to your uncle"
| The first OF April was clear, rather cold
day, the air bright and swapping and the
sky all treacherous smiles, as became the
| coQuetish month Of sunshine and showers.
| Unole Rupert, finishing his lonely break
fast. thought to himself:
| Il must he on the lookou9 to-day Tor
Rupert's promised trick! He won't ind it
| SO easy as he imagines to tool his old uncle.
Who's there o The last two words in an
swer to a some what timid. knock upon the
| dOOre
1t was certaPuIp ao9 easy 20 astcnish RlS
pert Smthson, but his eyes opened with
most unmistakable expression of amaze
| ment as the door opened to admit tall.
I slender figure in deep mouSaingo $50 Q 6owa
I Sery sweet soice, asked
I sis this Che landlord g
sThe-the-owh hatS@
/ 81 called about the Goasss s38e'
/ eWhat hOuses Take 9 seaf''a0eu9,3SSfy
| recalling his politeness.
| lis not this No. ~ W. placeSo
| Certainly it is.'
| Il have been looking out for some time
| for d furnished house suitable for boarders,
| sir, and if find this ono suits me. ana the
rent is not too high
| ''But'Ninterrupted the astonished bach
| elor.
l L
| tisement said to call between eight and
nine, and it struck sight as l stood upon
| the doorstep.
..Oh. the advertisementl'' So, 30, Master
| Rupert This is your doings. is it, Will
| you let me see the advertisement madam
"You have the Herald in your hand, sir
she said, timidly. II did not cut it out
| "Oh, YOU saw it in the Herald. and ne
! turned to the list Of houses to let.
| Sure enOuph. there it was,
| o.To let, furnished. three story, brown
| stone front. basement and rather tnll
description of the advantages OF the prem
ises. with the emphatic addition ''call only
between 8 ard 2 A. NJ"
80 as to be sure am at home, the ras-
cali" said Ruport Smithson, laying aside
| the papero II am sorry, madam" he said,
that YOU have nad the trouble Of calling
| upon q useless errand.
| Then it is taken"' said very disap-
| pointed voice, aud the heavy Grape veil was
| lifted to show sweet, matronly face
framed in that saddest of all badges
| widows cape
SWELL nc" said she aevp3es ed 5sehesesS
ST is noe exactly Saken.
'sPerhaps SOU object 30 DoaraeSs
ssYpu want 90 take boarders, ks 8i1s
swered, thinking Sow $adyslike and gentle
she looked and wondering Il ebs bad s'ae4
1ong IS widow
~1ese %lrS Dub NDSk'b sse SSSsS $HScssSs
about the Seferencese
s'Have YOU ever Sept Doarde?s before se
! s'No. sir. Since NY husband died SIX
wears ago he failed in business, and brought
on a severe illness by mental anxiety my
daughter and myself have been sewing, but
we have both been in i'll health all winter,
| and want to try some way Of getting
| living that is less conHning. | have kept
| house several wears. but l have not capital
! IN piSh
| furnished like this oGeif possiDie.O
Quite unconscious Of the reason, Rupert
B Smithson was finding it very pleasant to
9slk to this gentle little widow about her
| plansa and az she spoke, was wondering if
it would not make au agreeable variety IN
| his lolOly life. to let her make her e9perl-
mont of keeping a boarding house upon the
premises Seeing hG hesitation. she said,
| earnestlyS
aI think eos wifi 9e satisfied with my
| references size ! nave lived i'll one house.
| and have had work from one firm for six
! wears. aud if you require it, can oGtain
| letters from my husbands 0iend in Cincin-
! natia."
? o'Cincinnati2@
: HE was quite veg 2nown therao Per
haps yo,o know 80 birs, aohe Nurrasss -~O-@
/! street 60
: s'John MurrayS'
7 Rupert S,nithsoR :.yUSsess snarGG?ngGs as9o
! sn@ paleo sad 55ace Shas ~aa so pieadingss
/ raised 30 his gaze Where syera, tho So-,S
! cheekss the dancing Syess the Saugning Ylps
! that ne had pictured as Belonging to JohG
3 Murray's wifeS Knowing now she grutha
| he recognized SGe face 9etore Sim9 the
| youth all gones and the expression ssnct5
8 fed by sorrow and suffering.
o'Y?u bage ehildSeaaS so gaG. afte@ 3
Tong silenceo
9'Only one Sivin3 O;augbes9 seeeHqeeu
years olde Ihave buried all the others
IL will let you have the house on one con
dition,' he saide his lips trembling little
! a. he spoke.
! She did not answer 9n the eoftened
| eyes looking into her own. in the voice sud
denly modulated to tender sweetness,
some memory was awakened, and she only
listene6 with bate5 breath and dilating
eyes.
@On one condition. KatieSS he said, "that
( you come to it as my wife and its mistress
) have waited for yon twenty years, Katie"
1t was hard to believe, even then, though
Ls@ little widow let him caress her, and
: sobbed upon his breast This gray-haired
| middle aged man was 80 unlike The Rupert
| shS had believed falae. Even after tho
| whole past vas discussed, wronged, but not
J by Katie, it was hard to believe there might
be yeaI of happiness still in store for them
! huptTt SiultusOu u1U nOL ~ put IN an ap
I pearance at his counting house all day,
and Rupert the Second went home to his
} dinner in rather an uneasy frame of mind
Segarding that April fool trick Of hiso
ol must run over and see if | have
: offended beyond all hope of parders% Ae
! saide as he rose from the table
baS Grutf ooice 6ehinJ hirS arrested 4is
{ steps
? $50, seo@ soc Save aS9ertsse& nv Gouse
: Go 6etS said his uncle. but spite of his
efforts he failed to look very angry
! How many old maids and widows an
| pied 6naulred the daring young scape
| grace.
~ don't know after the first applica-
ton, MIRO Jones SolG $50 other the house
| was taken"
| "Taken.S
yes, have gee & unon a9ife Tease @, ,qas
| here he opened the door-"uey witeS
a Very shy, blusning and timia, my u9f, CD
cooked III her s,ate-colored dcrss and bon
| net, az her three hours' hus band led her in
but after 8 @loment's scrutiny Mrs KRIS
ber'y cri"C0
OF. is K,.,SA CsrroH6@
"A tie ,>EiitissonS said the Orr ,ecroorno
S:'tls iuu'en , Ci@litys oSud my dAug ghte,S
,nnifra. %
~ iere was q DevO sensation. az q pre0iy
81 tr'ie answered to this cali but WA, me-,
| ecOne v as lever given than was accorded
; to there by their NJ relatives, and ,o th;.
| day Cncie Rupert will not ackpowLedce
til at ne got the worst Of the toke when his
ne pbew played him an April fool,s tricL
y e,v 4 a. l..