The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-04-05

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, Bsr was serYeG, and Miss FuriOn:
rather red ard o!Owsy, but transform
. ed from cooks linen to fine-lad
gauzss, was given the place Of hoI
. or.
: II the guests a. that banquet cou!
but taste the salmon, It was not bC
cause they had been stated with tn
soup for although everybody said |
Was GeliciOusly seasoned, and nobOd
said IL was burned, get, when Law
renee in MS chivalry would have ta
Ken 3 second plate, it appeared ther
had not been quite enough to 2
around There was enough OF th
! chickens, though, for the fire la
dealt so lightly with them thrOug
their coat Of basting that the con-
pauy could not deal with them at all
When the sweet breads appeared, q
firm as the best If calf-skiD, Cousi
|. FaDny's patience departed. a.
thought you might have s talent 70
cooking" she cried.
"Why, what's the matter ~ inquil
ed Flora, placidiy. Isn't Il 3 geo
dinner There's plenty more I
4 come"
And then the birds, 50 like burne
chips that they could not be told from
the toast on which they lay, came on
and went of as they came.
"A swallows flight" whispered
Kate. "They dip their wings il
tears and skim away
And thereat there appeared so ex
traordinaFy desert, the sponge-caki
of which 80 exactly resembled bOileC
flannel, as Cousin Fanny candidly re
marked, that. vexed in soul, th
worthy dame declared must say
Wicked waste makes woeiu
'iI don't know what you mean,
said Flora. az call it an exeelIen
dinner. There was soup, and fish
and roast, and entries" checking
them of en- her fingers.
20 there there !" said Cousin an
ny, whose cue was to let the girl dis
play all her fine quslitits, as she after
ward said.
"A great deal more OF q dinner" F."
returned Flora, angrily, "than you
ever get to home, pil be bound
And, as Mrs. HOunslow rose, Mis-!
Furiong swept by the sstOnisheC
| Lawrence, murmuring as she tOsseC
her head: 81 thought that wOulC
fetch her."
Slang from thase perfect lips Suef
8 temper behind that perfect beauty
such ineapaciiy in those lovely
hands Such stupidity in that lovely
head Lawrence walked five miles il
| the pouring rain, and came home
with his ineiPient passion quite thor
oughly wet down.
Somehow after that dinner things
seemed to flag. Miss Furlong had moi
quite recovered her temper, and
there was no spirit In the Others. In
| the evenings Lawrence did not seem
| to remember tbst there was 8 con.
serVetOTy. Mrs. HOunslOY and
Cousin Fanny kept exchanging glan-
ceS the old witches were sure thai
the philter had worked, but they
hardly dared to breath. But, in reali'
| ty, to Louise MandelI nothing tagged
whether because she was in the house
with Lawrence because now and
then he spoke with her, listened
when she sang, took her book and
read some pages ; because Lawrence
long, through her, anywhere but al
her or because her own nature was
SO joyous, and she couldn't help it
she was gayer than lark, and filled
the house with sunshine. SIT has
been a week in paradise" ssid she.
ITO compare u cOuntTy-hCuse in an
easterly gale to paradise :" said Mis-;
Furlong.
SIT would depend upon whether you
were in 1t, Miss Louise" said Law.
renee. And then Louise colOred high
er and higher, and grew redder than
rose, and Lawrence wondered why
be had never thought that little girl 8
little beauty before.
The sun came out on Sunday morn
ing, just as the music-box ran down
in the middle of Loves Young
Dream" and Miss Furlong an.
nounced that she was about to leave
for home. OF course there was al
polite objection, and in the midst OF
it the surprise of furry of simpers
and bushes on that beautiful mask
of hers, "Oh," she said, in an instant
to Kate Farley, "when-when-oh,
reslly-when PERSONS going to be
hdIIiGug LueEc - uu lllUc " lOSct duu
Mr.. Wilder"
MIS-. HOuuslow sprang from her
seat which she but just taken, and al
most upset the brimming urn in her
haste to emphasize the fact by en-
brace and congratulations. 81 am so
glad for you It's such a splendid
marriage :" she cried; and un-
able to hinder it another moment, af-
ter all her anxiety, she burst into q
food Of tears, which Miss FurlOng at
tributed to interest in herself, but
which were really due to the glance
she had of Lawrence coming in from
the garden with Louise, and of Louise
wearing CT her breast the whits rose
she had given Lawrence herself a
half hour since as they waited for
breakfast.
"Just as 1 told your said Cousin
Fanny, as she stitched away on some
of Louise's wedding embroidery.
"Highly developed jelly-fshes, the
best of them. But, If 1 had to cal
that dinner over, 1 wouldn't like to
try again that experiment. " HdTriet
Prescott Spoford.