, 1875-02-21

cue H9: for aaab snotbe9 eao o. tes but Il sou Lave
drain Of anything handy, I think could take
drop along. with my pipe. Runs my favorlte
tippls,, 4naam--not to put yon to no inconTen>
He was actually smoking pipe h our dtsw-
ins. ' - "''' '''' 'O0'
=, "Oh certainly" replied my wife III reply to
ne r. l.st demand: *.1ts no tEoublc assure you.
II think Ne have soma IN tha house."
"of course We have, Emily" I e&id- Why,
rum Is cur favorlta tipple, you know"
!, My "7fe said nothing, but khe gave ae one of
those peculiar locks with which ehe someames
fayora her desntsa s1aye.
She vent down stsirs, and shortly afterwards I
heard the front door close, BIZ which I under
stood that DUR domestic had been despatched to
the nearest public house for bottle Of rum,
VAS not mistaken. In = short time she r.
turned with bottle and two glasses.
And now," she said +. I will leave you two
together ahile go End put the children to bed.
Say Goodnight to your uncle, Tommy"
''Good-nieht. little one," sad Uucle Joe.
"Will he take q i:t1o Of this, nla'ar1 ?"
auh, mo- said my wife, hastily, drawing the
But Tommy had Seen the rum in the glass, and
liked the look Of It: Aud he declared stouty that
he wonld have aome.
"A little drop won't hurt him, ma'am," !" said
Ind before ny wife could interfere, the child
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Il ncafly choked him !; and. after brief inter-
| tal dnring which his countenance prosecuted IN
Amusing picture ,of surprise and constcrns1on,
ho nas FED ont Of the room, bowling.
| Uncle Joe remained somo days with us. during
Which he de7sioped .some pleasing trsitH OF
t character.
II Ike ron, Sammy, m7 boy" ke would ssy
to me. II hare more money taan ever Will
have ANY use for. and you won't regret your
| kindneas to yonr old uncle
Sill his presence in our household Vas pro-
ductiTe Of .aonas inconyanienca. He had q
| great fonduess for rum, which he drank from
morning till night and this, with his continual
smoking, made our parlor begin to smell like ;
tap-roon,. He hnd . great partr.lity for cards,
There was one Of them, recoliect called Blind
| Hockey, in which you bet on y card and another
styled poker, in which you anted NJ, and saw
your opponents hatf.croun, and vent i've Ahil-
| lings better. .
Ibet,ed On card, aud SEW my opponents
| hall. crown and IN . very short time found
| that had lost five pounds to my relative This
| sum, OF course, WIS 4 nero tflae to him; butt
| was more than could Afford and I had to de-
| chnb to sahte up in future.
One thing gave me serious annornnce. Unc4a
! Joe had contracted . habit Of uaing
very powerful expietives; and Tommy,
who is very observant child began
| to repeat some Of thess naost unnecessary
| words. ..
ono day heard disputs between tbs boy
II want some mora cake, ms"
You have had enough. Too much eaks is
not good for little boys"
II will have some mora cake. II You don't
gfTe It t. me, will say dan,' ike Uncle joe"
had a private interview With the child xud.
| after an argument which involved ronne slight
physical e1ertion on my part, I think Con-
vinced him Of ti1e improperly OF ssyins
",dam."
Another matter gave me great uueasi-
ness, I Was in daily expectation OF =
visit from my wifaa aunt. 4
meeting between her and my uncle seemed in
eyitable. How vera two such contrary elements
to be brought together without collision: !
feared the mott disastrous results. and I foo1ed
forward to the meeting wirh much trepiintion.
But one evening, on returning hotna from b5si-
hese, I found Aunt Jane, my uccle, and'my Wtfa
IN the parlor together, conTsrti1.g most hmicably.
Uncle Joe was smoking Is usual I had told him
at Aunt Jnne's EXPECTED arrival, End hadnsked
him not 10 smoke IN her presence. 1iooded.
frowninglv at his pipe.
.:ob, IL all rish!, Sam, my boy" he 1sid.
Niles Llllicrap don't object. She rather LIKES
Does she? Know Il I had attempted to
smose in my own house, Bhe would have gous
into hynte,ice, ut the very least. And -here was
Uncle Joe pouring his foul tob1cco-snnoke al
most into ;her Fsry face, and she was sitting
opposite him. amiling graciouslY- I learned
| afterwards 1hat, on Aunt james first arrival my
Nife had explained to her privately tho presence
OF Uncle Joe in the house. She had described
| my relative rs man long nunsed to civilized
and-ohl 50 rich! And these were the two
people had been afrad to bring together. Fool!
! to think ,that any difference ih mere social
ns.ges could disseye the bond Of sympathy which
unites tho poasessnr Of money with-the DOE
SCISSOR OF money! Oh, Mammon, Mammon y
7 find the reflections Iefe suggested have run
out into the form of In essay OF some length,
and Of far too valuable 2 nature to 'be Inserted
n mere casuAl sketch like tue present. They
Uncfe Joe and Aunt :Jaue became great
friends; and the charge that this companion
wrought in the Old Isdy surprised me-. Hitherto
I ha6 found her to be Of , very staid sud sober
disposition, with fondness for tea. III
and moge frivolous aanusemeuts. Now
she would accompany Uncle Jos to
theatres and CONCERTS. and she eucour-
aged ma, to give PARTIES 1t which music. cards,
ana whisky and water wera ieading textures.
And IN tie TWO latter departments Uocie'5de dis
ri ssy, Courey," said my friend F1ashede
during one OF these gatherings, that uncle of
Yours is q regular old sharper. He Eas just
awindled me- out OF 80 shl,ngs ut tho three
I looked grave at this announcement.
"And look here, Coufcy, nJ boy, think ron
know me.
snfd rather thought L did,
my name's Fhthede, and Tnn'A tnaa Of <hs
world" ......
II fancy fancy Know rlists what, and ean:pu. two
and two together - wen as most people"
Better" "-.----z---
!. Well better than some, perhaps. ): NoT, look
here, nv boy. You'll have 3 marriage in this
house before many weeks ARC over
What: do you mean :" said.-
Then this great obseryar simply nodded h1a
nead md gave uttarance to 3 monosy liable
1tooked In the direction indicated. A number
Of people we're gathered round tha piano. at
w1ich 3 Iady was seated, evidently about to sing;
anil gentleman WIS bending gbore -ter. Krec-
tionate1y, and pfepa1iug .rnrn over the music.
Tie lady Was Aunt Jaatss, anu Tie gent1emnn 'was
Uncle Joe. .....-.,l.. -.:~..z,-..
nothing. I am u charitable man. Ihs fde4 ofa
marriage between Aunt Jane and Uncle joe did
ndt give me unalloyed pleasure I spoke TO my
..-S.S.Ha+ft H. t3t7a t-aated fha Announcement