The daily gazette., 1877-08-22
SI,|er-in-LaW's Plot

hr,,S hnrne, cIasping her hands togeth-
..;od .uaip,, echoed Mis- Clarissa,
,,vs ovsr her basket of Berlin woods,
'Sous,ernation, ~ greatly to the de-
his his are!." cried Miss l'hemy. fFwo
n Vi if6e's a day-and a widower Of
|s,od Years standing!" :,
i with rs to keep house for him" "
|Ni,s C Clary; ''and dinner always
N six percisely, and his slippers
A by The fire, just as, surely as he
|tbc threshold" LII -, LL.{
4 are Iools," sharply calculated the
i,,rr. "IIow old does he say he is
EIoDt say at ALL responded Miss
Erutiniziug the edges of the letter
4 brought such dism u news. He
n, That he was married on the Sd
Remember last to Miss Marian
/ and that he will bring her home
|lst Of October
koth the ladies' were stricken dumb
bazement and disnay when,at the
he honeymoon, Mr.. Paul Thorpe
[at Thrope Homestead, with his
I'M they were presented to blue
@nid booking child of..seventeen.
sher Paul." cried both ladies in
"is this your wIfe?'
1 is my wife, said Paul Thrope.
eently. "Come to the fire Marian,
Nm yourself; it is a chilly evening,
! Look cold"
Misses rhrope presided frigidly at
kaOIe; in vain did the little bride
Il to make conversation and es-
Nome sort of a social footing. -
md NO. and "Indeed." was all
could get out of her mature sis
as.
" she whispered when at last
her husband to herself, 81 am
If them; | don't think they like
Bense, my dear, nonsense!" said
rpe, slroking down the golden
bis chiIdlke wife. "You'll all
gsplendidly together when you're
PETER acquainted with one anoth-
lemia," said Miss Clarissa, as she
e the glass rolling her scanty
10 papers, what do you think of
ll lhorpe:?'
te herr" said Miss Euphemia,
and shutting the cameo box
she kept her few jewels with a
il were a guilloiine, and Mrs.
hIte neck lay underneath!
her, Phemy!" cried Clarissa. "I
e her myself, but"
said Miss Euphemia, "but you
r you were getting out of my
clarets else you would scarcely
lsed at my words"
BhaL.'
slse teeth slipped and came
e T was trying to eat that crust
confessed Miss Euphemia,
fed' I'LL never have dry toast
Ole again. | had 10 loo1 for
9d shes she laughed outright!"
laTlan! Ii was true. She had
10 The girllsh merriment Of
IaI Miss Phemy's ludicrous
anu She had forgotten it the
very rude of me-" said Mar
sf'ell; "but L II be so good aud
ia' They shall be sure to for
~ Huphemia was not OF Q ca ii
g'i or forgive.
uofpe had not been married
car 10 bis daisy-faced little
day. o W
speak to you alone?',
IN I'se Sc You eau, Phemy; but
gaiI, e mystery abouL?" he
,S .woy ,or you to judge" Miss
That leller." ~"
ltlter' Who wro,e ,,yp
n,;o% you, NV mwife's admirers proba-
H. .teu Scl Miss Elphemia with a
,Le nead. Il found it in the
,Lis 'ue white dress she sent to
y u'aflly "a y although he kne w3he
snl IT, Iase and dlshouorable
Ia s; i;norpe glanced at the let
Is,,nsg signature had been torn
hirooa"r written in a bold mas.
IwD w"ogHIaP,hy' 4 1t began thu
zss,srd' dDllilnS Marian-Your let
"a tn"' 1y convinced me more
4gugn 'pS' your love is sui mine.
|4,'is' "e c'led aloud between his
''"g teeth. "Who dares
"d en- he : stepped second
n ui's ia. a,, he said huskiIy, II
d f., tnr opening my eyes. | was
eya. aol thinking that a child of
Il"nn '' care are Tor me, Perhaps it
|brt In ner fault as it is mine.n -
-'' away with a face like
''' Sister called after him;
Ii, trea,i a nad already closed be-
h ttf'tiallns f'i1 4, footsteps and Miss
AS ~. no mat the hour O t her ven
lpe l,i returned no mora. A
EinesOe es'er to his wife anuonncad
Ie s 60 OF importance womb
lnd bsdo Yeas residence in
NV paae %i'i her farewell. :"
htrisa", s,ih T. he come himselfYn
Ald,' '. ,.u,' 'wringipg her little
b HIM" " ny could | not hnve
ays wrong ln any uncon
h'psn,,a hy'hia made no reply. The
contaln"addi "di received by the