Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-06-07

thought.
Well, always took it for boy"
was my reply putting on bold face;
but suppose my wife knows best"
Here Mrs. Kingsley fairly screamed
with laughter, and my uncle's stern
face assumed an ironical smile.
You are a nice father, amt you p
touching me with the point of his um-
brella "not to know the sex Of your
own child. Why knew it was girl
the moment I looked at it,
But, Charley" lie said again ad-
dressing me, "what did you do with
the goblet and papspoon 1 sent to the
little one?'
"Oh, they are perfectly safe, I as
sure you" I replied, II have taken
good care of them"
eyes, but where in the deuce are
they? I would like very much to take
q look at them
"Well, I have deposited them in a
bank for safe-keeping, but I can read
lily produce them-that is-in the course
of weeks time"
He told me to do so, as he wanted to
see them, and got out of the room,
for fear that he might ask me some
more perplexing questions.
A short time afterwards Mrs. Kings
ley came to me, when was alone, in
an adjoining room, and I saw immedi-
ately that something very humorous
must have happened for the corners of
her lips were breaking into smiles.
"Do you know, sir, what an awkward
predicament you have got me in ?" she
inquired us she took q seat on the
sofa by my side.
"Explain yourself" I said.
"Why your uncle came to mo short
time ago, and asked to see my marriage
certificate, and he said he had some
money to settle upon us Immediately,
but he wanted to be sure that every
thing was right first" d.
did you expose me2' I inquired,
anxiously.
"No, sir, did not; for I never en-
ter into deception or anything else
by halves"
I was so elated that could not with
stand the temptation of embracing her,
This did not make her angry; for she
nestled her head costly on my shoul-
der and smiled serenely.
"What answer did you make him ?"
I then asked.
She hesitated for n moment, and
then said" I promised to produce the
marriage certificate.
"But we havn't got any" T remarked.
She INDUCED in quiet little laugh,
but said nothing.
"Mrs. Kingsley-nay, my dear mad
ammo, I will call you darling-we
are both in scrape, and there is but
one way for us to get out of it, We
must go and get married Immediately.
Will you be my wife p
ct shall be delighted" she answered
frankly, and seizing both my hands,
said she was ready for q frolic of any
kind. .-...r
We lost no time, I assure you, don't
think Mrs. Kingsley ever got into her
Sunday clothes in such a hurry in her
life before, while I spoiled two pair of
suspenders in my frantic endeavors to
be on time. We quite astonished the
parson by our haste, and at the con-
clusion of the ceremony would have
forgotten to give him the usual fee, if
he had not reminded me of it.
We had secured the coveted marriage
certificate, signed and sealed, and were
now safely out of our predicament, as
we thought. We had omitted one pre-
caution, as we handed the certificate to
uncle. It was all right, with the e1-
ception of the modern date.
"Why, how is this ?" said my uncle.
gazing at the document through his
specs. "I thought you were married
over a year ago."
$50 we were, uncle" I answered
very solemnly.
How comes it then, that the GER
tifcate is dated to-day?' he asked in
voice of thunder. ..
We were struck speechless, both my
wife aud I.
"Come," said my Uncle, II SEQ
some trickery here. Own up to it, or l
will never forgive you"
I did own up to it., and told him the