Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-10-22
AN vxTIMtlY VISIT.

n"nehHcs iaSSea, were growing up 10 bis DDy-
h0nd among CLANS, cells aud boats. in poor lit.
tie iishermsn's hamlet ON the shores of Cape
Cod. .s
The eldest whom his sentimental mother had
named Clarence Etlebort. was fnll of enter
praise and ambition. His brother, whom tho
solemn father had named tiileua, vas an amia-
hls FIND fellow content to do auyboay'f bidding
~ long as he had enough to cat and nobody to
seold him. ... ... ~
The ills. went into Hhip-clandlers store in
Boston, having walked ninety miles to reach
thlt city, and found place. The other re-
hiained at home, perfectly satisfied, digging
lnnhnngs, spearing eels, and carting seaweed.
When they reached middle life the eldest was
living IN al elegant msnson near Centrai Park,
Ia New York, with his fashionable family, keep
iis span OF horses and a retnue of servants ;
and Gideon, married to well-meaning but
soarse and illiterate woman, was in the poor
cottage home of his father, ID shy that he was
almost afraid Of his kind brother who came
yearly to visit and aid him.
y, G. Bakeriy, tile rich ship. chandler, was no
siloh He acknowledged his poor relatives and
helped them, and had often invited his brother
and sister-in-aw to visit them. Gideon wanted
To go to New York, but couldn't get up courage.
He had heard Of assassins coming up behind
poaceable citizens and stabbing them in the
street. and about hackmen driving strangers to
dungeons and then robbing them he
ihonght, in hia innocent heart, that his brother
was almost the only good man in the great city.
But the time came when the ambitious Betsy
resolved to go to New York and sec for herself.
80 she told her brother-n-law, while on his all
nua visit, that "she had decided, at last, to buy
herself new black aipacy and a dress cap, sos
his family wouldn't be ashamed Of her, and go
in real Now York style about the first of No
ye,nber. The folks there may stare at ne or
laugh at me, but they. won't cat me, that's sar-
tin, =" she added. .l I'll. Boy.
When the gentleman announced this at homo,
tho daughters laughed, and resolved to mike her
visit as agreeable as possible, sending her
black silk, to replace that aboninable alpaca
the court dress Of Yankee women
The last week in October, when the house was
in the hands OF caterer and decorator, the
following astounding letter was received by tho
lady;
"CLAM HARBon, Oct. "a.
"DEAg SISTER CARLINE.--Gideon and mo
hus changed onr mines about the time of goin'
to New York. We have got ready sooner than
We expected, OWN to Miss Cap'in Dilkins tirn-
in and a helping Of Desire Holmes with my
Eouns. She bound all the rulles and fumidid-
lss, and 40 forth SO we can come tomorrow
just as well as not. Gideon IL impaslient to get
home agin OH account Of killing the hogs, 80
less providence forbids, you'll see us Tomorrow
to lea.
Excuse me writing with pencil, as Miss Cap.
in Dilkns has borrowed onr pen and ink to
= write to the Cap'in. He's to Smyrny now.
$50 no more at present,
From your affectionate Sister,
''P. S..-Desre had to bind tho nouuces on
my now silk with magenty braid as there was no
ribbon here.
The girls scolded. and the sensible mother ap-
peaAed them by saying that their ia her would
meet their uncle and amt at the cars and keep
them Mt hotel till tlie party was over.
But the cars came in ten minutes before their
time, and when Mr.. Bakery reached the depot
the passengers had disappeared. He rushed
home, hoping to meet them before they entered
the house. But they had not appeared and the
conclusion that they had missed the train,
and would not arrive in the city till tho next day.
In this, however, the family were mistaken. In Il
few moments there came a loud ring of the door
BELL and then their ears were assailed by the
sharp notes of an angry voice aimed at a hack
man.
. never heard such swindle Don'tpay
him dollar and half, Gideon for fe.ehin' us
half a mile We could walked just as we'll
and the men-foks could a lugged up the
trnnk-it amt mite heavy I'll have you took
up Tor robbery sir, If you do keep carriage and
two horses ~
As children and butcher-hoys were collecting
IN the sidewalk, the lady of the house slipped
down stars, put the money in the hackmans
hand and smuggled her friends up stairs.
As there were men ut work In the kitchen,
their supper was given them quietly in a little
ade-room, and the tired travellers were sent ear
iy to bed, without any rcmonstrance on their
part
The pair were put into attic room which
was rarely slept in. This was done not from dis
respect, but because the usual sleeping rooms
for visitors lnnst he used by the ladies' who were
sinong the guests of the evening. Gideon and
his wife, however, were glad of any resting place.
They complained to each other that sit was
dreadful hot for the last of October," be'c out
the gas-lght, aud were soon lost to their new
situation but not until Aunt Betsy had exclaim
ed in dreamy drawl
New York's the nastiest smellin' town ! ever
was in. and wish was to home.'
The guests had gathered and there hum
nf merriment below, which was suddenly hush
ed by the appearance of two strange appartions
on the stairs.
'Tableaux, taoleaux ~ cried an innocent youth
aud in moment everybody WAS making for the
hall and laughing and eSclaimng, DARBY, aud
JOAN" "John Anderson, my Jo, John, and like
interpretations of the scene
The gentleman of tho house ebowed his way
through the crowd just in time to his half
clad brother escape from the gaze Of guests.
Ent Aunt Betsey stood her ground hravely look
ing like fnry Just risen from her grave, with
ilHheyelled locks, white robes and ke,riiief
bound around her lead.
go up to your room I'm ashamed of you."
raid her brother-in-law, in low tone.
"You haint no need to be ashamed of us nor
anybody else of your own folks"-here the poor
woman was seized with terrific fit of coughing
Andstranglimg but regalnng her breath, she con-
tinued Were your own flesh and blood If we
aIs and tish-dealers in this town or Boston,
etier, has sprung from Cape"-Coushing again
renced her angry boasts. ''What ails you
asked the agitated brother, AZ terrible sounds OF
.tiangling and groaning were heard from In
Gle Gideon above
'.she'p crazy sir, and that old man was trying
10 catch her, said one OF those oilcious men
who think they see at once the solution of every
difficulty.
'.Sena for policeman and have her taken of
At this Aunt Betsy who had now seated her
self,and gave loose reins to her tongue, aud
cried, amid her coughing and choking, Gid
yon and me has caught some awful disease
ready in thia nasty teown, else was pi2ened
with our supper l don't he--b'leve we'll
ever see Clam iarbor ag'in Bnt don't you
dare to bury us here, where these villanons mar
curry doctors digs up dead folks and hacks EN-
To pieces O dear, DEAR
The distressed host now changed his tactics.
remembering his brothers words, that Betsy
WAS one of them women that could never be
drv." and led her gently up stairs, his wife fol-
lowing them.
No sooner had they opened the chamber door
than they all joined IN the chorus of conghing
Tho gas had been blown out and the register
being open, the heat, which had been shut off
from all the other rooms, had made this one like
n frey furnace But even this did not account
for the frightful Inflammation which the kind
sisteI-in-law saw on the limbs of her agoniZed
visitors.
Uncle Gideon was jumping about with remark
able yigor for ore of his years, swinging his
hands aud crying to suppress his groans. As
soon as all the windows in both attics We're
thrown open, Aunt Betsy gave vent to her woes
thus
"We ooughed and choked terrible but at last
we got into bed. But all of student l was
TOOK with such pain that hollered out that
somebody had stuck an ee-spear into my leg,
and WAS strangn me beside. He begun to
nooh' at me, when he was took with the agony
himself, and hollered as bad as myself. We
started to go down and hunt you up, to get
doctor, and guess we stirred up an awful mest
among them are high-dressed butterflies !!
A sudden thought struck the lady of the house
and throwing open the bed, she discovered-at
unusua! sight for the city housekeeper-a mes
of wssps that had taken possession of one cor
ner of the unused bedstsad, a savage aquatte
sovereignty that had opened fire on the poo
strangers go,
Al they could have no other room till tn
quests were gone, Aunt Betsy declared that the
would alt up till then, rather than risk this on'
again. ''Why," she exclaimed, g heow do
Know but the fiery sarpints that bite the chil
dren Of Ezr'cl may be hid up in that bed? Fr
heard before to-day that city folks wasn't owe
particular what got into their beds hut didn
know they harbored wasps there !"
The rough old pair 81 pit one night under ds
mask drspely, and then they set of for home
No argument, no persuasion, could induce the'
to psss Another night in such All awful city!
Tho kind-hearted brother soothed their fpir