The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

tain me. But I would rather they
would not see you.'
80 would II" exclaimed Orville,
from his heart.
"And if you could only manage not
| to be about"
1 will go anywhere you please. For,
really, am not anxious to meet the
Elroys."
This announcement gave Mrs. West
cut, late Elroy, great satisfaction and
in "a short time Orville had stolen away
from the house by the back door, re-
solving to avoid his own hearth, until
all danger of facing the Elroys was
past.
AS 1 have said before, or, as L should
have said before, if 1 have not, it was a
fine morning, in the summer time; and
Mr.. Westcut, having no work of i'm
portance to perform, took his gun and
went into the woods, which were shady
and extensive in Copely, thinking he
could do nothing better during the day
than to shoot few squirrels for the
children. The weather was warm, how
ever, in a little while Orville, becoming
tired of his search for game, sat down on
a log, near what was called by the in
habitants of Copely, the Spring Road
He had been but a short time in this
position, meditating, suppose, on the
dignity of Mrs. Westcut's relations,
when, hearing voices and looking
| a of nf l,,s1 I,a+
grew by the road, he saw some persons
entering the woods on foot Orville sat
still, waiting for them to pass; but
instead of passing, they paused ON the
edge of thicket, at the instance of q
female, who complained, in feeble voice,
of being completely tuckered out.''
"Why, can't you be little more re-
fined in your expressions ?'' asked an
other voice, in a shrill treble, peev-
ishly.
" People can't always stop to pick
their words, replied the voice that had
first spoken; specially arter coming
up sich mighty hill as this ere !"
C But it is just as easy to say you are
excessively fatigued, as to use the vulgar
expression-and tuckered, - insisted the
shrill voice; "and at this time in par
ticular, when we are going to visit
Jenny's relations, who are so genteel
-
81 don't know bout their being so
very genteel, after ALL" interrupted a
heavy bass. 'The landlord didn't seem
to be the least might struck when told
him we was connections of the West
cuts; so on the hull, felt kinder sorry
we didn't go straight to Jennie's house
last night, instead of being to the ex-
pense of putting up at the tavern ies' for
sake of being gentell"
BY this time, the strangers had seated
themselves on the further extremity OF
the same log which afforded Orville a
resting-place = the hazel bushes pre-
venting his discovery-and he now, as
may be supposed, had become somewhat
interested in this conversation.
81 don't care what the landlord
thought, or didn't think" said the
shrill voice. Jennie has always been
writing about her aristocratic husband.
telling how well she has done, getting
married off here in Copely, and why
shouldn't we believe her ?''
Aristocratic husband % thought Or
vile, overwhelmed with astonishment.
Goodness that's me, I suppose, and 1
suppose these are the Elroys."
Yet Orville could not realize the fact.
He peeped through the hazel bushes,
and listened to the conversation of the
strangers, without being able fully to
give credit to his senses. At length the
truth seemed to have come forcibly upon
him. His eountenance brightened-he
laughed with inward satisfaction.
" So, then, these are the Elroys Real
flesh and blood, after all Well, un-
derstand now why Mrs. Westcut didn't
want me to meet them, but thought she
could face their majesties And only
to think" muttered Orville, his face
darkening with mingled expression OF
anger and shame, " only to think, that
for fifteen years have entertained such
veneration for these simple people l-for
fifteen years 1 have trembled to hear
their namesl o, can never forgive
Mrs. Westcut for the deceptionl But /
will have my revenge !"
Mr.. Westcut came out of the thicket
and appeared before the travellers. One
was tall, bony man, in stiff dicky,