The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-03-02

Gle Nick!'
Granted. What them"
And your teeth are false, and you
dye your hair" persisted Tom.
I'm not the Gully man in New York
in the same rrslicamcnt, Master
Tom"
"wcll, Inevcr heard such a jolly
lark!" exclaimed Tom, with long
breath. But | wish you joy, TN
surcl'
"You are premature" said /, sol
emily. 81 haven't proposed yet"
oh" said Tom. II thought II
was all signed, sealed aud settled.
And who is the radiant object Of your
alteration, Uncle Nichola,?"
Tom, my boy, don't chaiE It's a
serious business with me, can tell
you. Do you know Miss Barbara
Garlandy'
"Don't II The fat old girl with the
praligious emerals aud the complex
ion like red, rel rose. And she is
to he my aunty.in.law, eh!'
II regard her is the hest aud sweet
est Of her sex!" made answer, sol
EMMY.
WELL" ol.ervcd Tom, obviously.
"all's vel that ends we'll. | must
say. Uncle Nicholas, that it is rather
staggercr at first, but I'm getting re-
conclle,l to it by degrees. Won't julia
be astoni.hed!"
Julia was my nephcN's wife-a
dimpled young bri'lc of eighteen, who,
of coursc, thought that nobody out Of
their teens had Il right tn marry or to
be given in marriage. Besides, it |
took a wife, what was to become Of
the expectations that had Away, been
built up on my bachelor headl
However, fate was fate, and Julia
rcconciled hcrSelf to the inevitable,
on condition that | would take dozen
tickets to the private theatricals which
she and her sister Miss Genevieve Oar
ling were getting up.
"lts nothing to you. dear Uncle
Nicholas, with your wealth. said Ju-
Tia. fixing her appealing blue eyes on
my face, "and ii is so much for the
cause of charity. Say t,oo dozen, I'm
Gle Methodist"
Then you'll call on Barbara and
welcome her into the family, if-if-'
"If she'll consent to join Us, YES. Of
course" said Julia, all the dimples
playing around her mischievous mouth.
gave check for ihirty-six dollars
for the twenty-four engaged seats, and
presented most Of the tickets To the
clerks in my office. didn't dare
send one to Barbara Garland, for Mrs.
Garland was thrifty, and wouldn't APP
prove Of money dealt out in that reck.
less fashion. And | went myself and
sat through the dreary lapscs Of
"I.ondon Assurance done in very
jerky amateur style, with great deal
of audible prompting. and no end Of
awkward psuses and sudden gaspings
ut the end of dismembere,l sentences.
And split pair Of kid gloves
open in applauding Julia as Lady
Gay Spanker," flung dollar bouquet
at Genevieve as Grace Harkaway,"
and | had done my duty and bought
the allegiance Of my nephew Tom
aud his family.
All this came Ia pass between one
aud fur of Il sultry July afternoon,
aud from the pretty little private the.
atre | jumped into cab and went
straight to the house Of Barbara Gar
Land.
Barbara didn't live anywhere, she
only boarded. Bat she had n hand
some parlor all furni,hcd in blue and
white cretane, with Dresdcn Shepherd
csses on the nantel. and the windows
filled with MOSES, ferns aud foliage
plants.
| was silently surveying these floral
specimens, and trying Ia rchearse fit
ting for II Of speech in which to de-
clare my love, When the door creaked,
and Barbara came in. II plump. pref
~, young woman of forty. For wo-
men are young nj fpriy, and pretty,
too, some Of EN-, in spite of public
opinion. And Buhira, in her black
grcnaaine dress, ~ith red cheeks and
glossy brown hair, was equal to any
bread and-butler schoolgirl that ever
saw.
| whirlel around on one heel, pre-.
cipilately, forgetting my lesson.
"Go-gool.morning, Mi's Barbara"
sand /. II mean gpnd-ailcrnoon. |
hope you're not engaged particularly
to day."
Barbara Garland tossed her head
AMI lDoked rather luminous.
"rheIe's other people that are en-
gagged besides me" said she.
"Oh, yes, of course" said |, little
puzzled. ........
"Hut 4 dont sunnose ia necessary