Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-25

The next day, as Uncle ElIab was about taking
leave, MaEcia aoazed him 70 let her have hisOvsi-
coat. ts,A@ ef II tEFIN FTtFL1 u W
"But what on alrth DO you want oft, MaShyg" |
"NeVer mind uncle dear: only leave it here till |
you come to town ne1t. You shah wear Harold's |
Delisle's, in its steadD
sand shall look like an old turkey in a Dea-
cocks hne Feathers" said Uncle Eliab shreWtIy |
"but you always was great hand for mysteries
ana contrlvances, MarShy, though what you can
DO with my old overcoat that Betsy Miller made
out OF HuidaAe cloak, ten years ago last Machael-
mas, 1 declare to gracious / don't know Thev
don't make no such brass buttons as that now "a
Gays though. P'raps now" shrewdly added
Uncle Eliab, "YOu Is Roin' to masquerade party'
OF :. some o them things I've read OF or Harold
"Now, Uncle, don't ask questions. but leave
the coat, there's an old darling
que put up her rosy lips 40 she spoke 10 bribe
tne olo man with kiss, aud Uncle EIiab sur.
4 rendered ct discreation - 81. :
..,SSnS wS TSl %1,CIA child have your own way" he
"NoIc" thought Marcia, with sparkling eyes,
when once the front door had safely banged be.
hind Uncle EliAb'a departing form, an settle up
old scores with Master HaroldP"
as me hour OF eight approached, Major Ark
WhIHlWind. =
care you ready, Marcia Allonbv ia wait
ing IN the hall, and we must hurry, ff we ex-
pect 70 get anything in the likeness Of good
"Ready of course I'm ready" Miss Ark
wright answered demurely. III have been
sitting with my things on for the last quarter
/ Of an hour
il II ought to have been on hand o little SOON
err, acknowledged Major ArkWright, "but !
ha9 al 9nose mortgage papers to look over
and settle, and time slipped away before
knew it. HOWeVeF--but whaFa's nv over
icOat? ?"
ION the hall rack isn't it?" Marcia respOn.
ded, with q curious light shining into heI
Ieyes.
There's something here, muttered Harold
IN subdned tone, ''but It's an old butteTnut
cOlored thing, sprinkled all over with bras:
buttons the size of Spanish dollar. l say
Marcia, do believe Uncle Eliab has worn of
my coat, and left this relic of NOah's Ark herI
T in its placeW
And he held it out at arms length.
II dare say" said Marcia, preserving he
gravity BY an almost superhuman effort bu
It seems to be very warm and substantial. an
: you and Uncle EIlab are very nearly OF
Q height and size. Put 1t on and come along
we shall certainly be too late"
t "Put it ON r. echoed the Major, almost in
8 shout. Put thts thing on me i'' 4r
c "Well, why not? It's little old style to b
: sure
"a littIel just look at that coIlar--and thos
{ lappels-and the brass bultonsF'
"HaroldP said Marcia gravely, mimickin
q the best Of her ability her bTOlheTs tone an
voice of the evening before, "do you aciuall
h mean to tell me that you would lose an eVeniT
1t 1of Mr.--s oTatory just because your CSat
n little out Of slyle?" -.s=-tt. 81.
d "Wouldn't /, thought Do you think meG
y to make guy Of myself% ,4#IfM HHh IT'S
- "Well," observed Marcia, dEyly, "Pm than
!. ful 1 wasn't born mani Bat you told me Ia
ie night that men didn't stop 10 consider wheth
their coats or cape were cat aceOrdiDg jtOtl
n, seasons or last"
ch al won't wear such an Outrageous thing
rn that il ever go ont againP' burst forth the NJ
o iOr, irefully Ainging the respectable buitern
- colOred coat upOIlsthe A0Or.e SMay cOnfuaa
- ~ seize Uncle Eliab and all his wardrobe. AllC
K by, you take Marcia 10 the lecture.
by Pll be hanged before l go looking lIk
as Revolutionary soldier" eF l.., s7Hta
"But, my dear fellow" .quoth Mr.. Allon
Ia mischievously, after all that you have said
i9r your sister about pinning ones faith to reigni
no fashions--'' .,,,,r,-. sy.ts..,..t
"A Major ArkwrIsht stayed to hear no more,
A. bolted into his own room, with mutlered sou
which night have beeH blsNingi and miy
on have been something eise. -
s And Maria smiled a roguish dimpled sm
use She felt that she and Harold we're quits.
& As for the Major, be never alluded to e
IslaVeTy Of fashion. again. Whether he suspt
.iSs ed Maria Of being In the plot or not he ne
VOC said, bat, at all events, he was silenced. BE
,as. Eliabs bulternut colored cost had done the B
iness for him. .t.,..e. 3s,T''