Smyrna times., 1876-12-13

double-action lightning flashed from her
eyes, which she rolled SO far up that seemed
| impossible they should ever attain natural
position again.
Without a word she bowed low, and be-
fore l could get my mouth open to deny
that my cousin was my wife, Grey led her
away toward the bow of the boat, leaving
| Jessie and me where we were. A moment
after Miss Idelia went below to the ladies'
cabin, and Grey told us that she complained
of feeling i'll. She did not make her ap-
pearance again during the trip.
Grey apoligized for the mistake he had
made in Introducing Jessie, and said he
would try to remedy it. His friends--the
lady and gentleman who had originally
proposed the sojourn-now joined us, and
Jessie introduced them to me as her
husband
l FASTENED to deny the relation, but Grey
and Jessie laughed off my denial in most
extraordinary cool manner, so that
actually began to wonder if l hadn't, in a
fit of abstraction, at some period, been mar
rled to my own cousin.
Arrived at the watering place Grey Of
fered to attend to all business of getting
apartments, seeing the baggage disposed of
and taking care of Miss Vaughn, who, over
come by her emotions and the ground-swell,
had been most unpoetically sea-sicll all the
way
mean to say that Ninon de L Enclos,
Catherine of Russia-yea, Sappho, or Aspa-
sia herself-would be unpoetical and unat-
, tractive if sitting Ra-sick with basin before
her.
had to take care of Jessie STILL and did
so with as good grace as possible, although
| felt really vexed with her. She evidently
had fixed upon this plan for preventing me
from marrying Miss Vaughn. In vain ]
scOlded savagaly at Grey and his accom-
plice, Jessie; in vain denied before Grey's
friends that | was married; they only
: laughed, and found no way of disproving
: the assertion they had made.
At length grew quite desperate. Mis-.
r Idelia Vaughn had retired to her room i'm
d mediately on reaching the hotel, and
I feared she would incarcerate herself there
for the rest Of our stay. was determined
$ to put an end to the idea that Jessie and
were husband and wife, so l accosted he
on the piazza, before number of people
e with
+ "Well, wifey, let's go up to our room ant
r dress for dinner"
+ Instead of blushing and exposing tn
$ deception, as | had fancied she might, tn
s little witch said she was just about to pre-
pose the same thing, and seized hold of m
n arm in that real young-wife style.
% We went to the office, and the clerk, OF
inspecting the register, found that we wer
II put down as married couple, but handed on
le two keys. This not extraordinary, how
e ever, for Grey Endicott's friends had tw
IL rooms also, and the rusewas not yet exposed
y We sought cur rooms, and found them aC
"a joining each other. gave Jessie her Ike
re with savage growl at her, and opening m
c. door entered.
AT thatinstant there appeared, at anothc
door, nearly opposite mine, the form of IN
. beloved Idelia, in rather a shocking state
:" undress, which did not heighten the beaut
- Of her personal graces in the least. AS sh
looked out she saw me enter my apartment
and in walked Jessie Immediately aftt
=, me.
u 80, husband" she cried, in loud ton
Of apI L.
- sentence, but the sudden slapping to of tt
u opposite door rendered it unnecessary, an
* she only finished with laughter.
~ Grey, the rascal, had secured these tv
NC rooms because they had a door commun
eating between them, and Jessie could
a seen going into and coming out of mil
ry often enough to convey the natural imprt
sion that we occupied the two in commo
NJ That evening as l was meditating VIII
steps to take to disabuse the charmil
'as Idelia's mind, saw Endicott pass by wi
her on his arm, going out to take strC
D. on the beach.
ey Jessie had already gone out with L
ier other couple, and was left alone in n
EiOiyj hhhc NhO COlSplTdtOTS COuIQ Dl
lie and Grey could strengthen IdeIia's alrea
Ill strong conviction that had either been
the eve of committing bigamy, or had ta
lP' pered outrageously with her budding
we fections.
"e Thoroughly disgusted and quite miss
'' thropical in spirit, / set out for a lone
walk, and soon found myself wanderi
~ ~, distractedly along the shore. As passe,
', ,'' sharp promotory of rock, saw, in lit
'"' reces near the top, Grey and Jessie sitti
in earnest conversation. They had met
= the top of the cliff, and Grey separati
'l from Idelia, had used his persuasive pow
Us again with such effect that Jessie had
nn eompanied him to this romantic seat,
rey Idelia Vaughn had gone down to the bea
ap below with Endicott's friend.
the A few rods further on / found these |
sitting on the sand. As came up he,
ne, the gentleman say:
ted "Poor fellow, he is much to be pitied
led ha ie ~ blopna io oiao, tLoA L