Connecticut western news., 1878-08-22

7F ' the other girls pinched him and pulled bis hair, and pushed chairs in his way, and all sorts of things, Maria Lobbs never seemed to come near him at all :; and once--once Nathaniel, Pipkin could have swofn he heard the sound of @ kiss, followed by faint remonstranee from Maria Lobbs, and half-suppressed laugh from her female friends All this was odd--very old-and there is no saying what Nathaniel Pipkin might of might not have done, in consequence, if his thoughts had not been suddenly di- rected into new channel. aaas.seE. s The circumstance which directed his thoughts into $ he# channel was 8 loud knocking at the street door, and the per son who, made this loud knocking at the door was no other than old Lobbs him. self, who had unexpectedly returned, and was hammering away, like coffin maker for he wanted his supper. The alarming intelligence Was no soon com municated by the bony apprentice with the thin legs, than the girls tripped up stairs to Maria Lodds's bedroom, and the male cousin and Nathaniel Pipkin were thrust into 3 couple of closets Tn the sitting room, for want of ahy better places of concealment; and when Maria Lobbs and the wicked little cousin had slowed them away, and put the room to rights, they opened the street door to old Lobbs, who had never left off knock ing since he first began.
 Now it did unfortunately happen that old Lobbs being very hungry was mon- strous cross. Nathaniel Pipkin could hear him growing away like an old mas- tiff with 8 sore throat; and whenever the unfortunate apprehti6e with the thin legs came into the room, so surely did old Lobbs commence swearing at him in a most saracenic and ferocious manner, though apparently with no other end or object than that of easing his bosom by the discharge of few superhuous oaths. At length some supper, which had been warmed up, was placed on the table and then old Lobbs fell to, in regular style, and having made clear work of it in no time, kissed his daughter, and demand ed his pipe. a aa-fI
 Mature had placed Nathaniel Pipkin's knees in very close juxtaposition, but when he heard old Lobbs demand his pipe, they knocked together, as if they were going to reduce each other to pow der; for, depending from g couple of hooks, in the very closet of which he stood, was large brown-stemmed, silver bowled pipe, which pipe he himself had seen in the mouth of old Lobbs, regular ly every afternoon and evening, for the last five years. The two girls went down stairs for the pipe, and everywhere but where they knew the pipe was, and old Lobbs stormed away meanwhile, in the most wonderful manner. At last he thought of the closet, and walked up to it. It was of no use a little man like Nathaniel Pipkin pulling the door in- wards, when great strong fellow like old Lobbs was pulling it outwards. Old Lobbs gave it one tug, and open it flew, disclosing Nathaniel Pipkin standing bolt upright inside, and shaking with apprehension from head to foot. Bless us what an appalling look old Lobbs gave him, as he dragged him out by the collar, and held him at arms length. Why, what do you want here ?' said old Lobbs, in fearful voice. .... Nathaniel Pipkin could mako no reply, so old Lobbs shook him backward and forward for two or three minutes, by way of arranging his ideas for him.
 "What do you want here ?" roared Lobbs. "I I suppose you have come after my daughter now.'' -.,.4 ....... . Old Lobbs merely said this as a sheer; for he did not think that mortal pre- sumption could have carried Nathaniel Pipk1n 50 far. What use was his indig. nation when that poor man replied
 "Yes did, MT. LObbs. I did come after your daughter. love her, MT. Lobbs." -.-.a s.a -.i e e.e.e5-.. ..... -..
 "Why, you sniveling, wry-faced, puny villain, , gasped old Lobbs, paralyzed by the atrocious confession, s'what dc you mean by that? Say this to my face I'll throttle you."
 It is by no means improbable that oli Lobbs would have carried this threa into execution, Tn the excess of his rage if his arm had not been stayed by very unexpected apparition-to wit, the male ceRaip who, stepping out of his closet kand Walking up to old Lobbs, said:
 II cannot allow this harmless person sir, who has been asked here in som girlish frolic, to take upon himself, in very noble manner, the fault Cif fault i 1s) which am guilty of, and am read, to avow. love your daughter, sir, ant I am here for the purpose of meeting her."
 Old Lobbs opened his eyes very wid at this, but not wider than Nathanie Pipkin. .......
 "You did ?" said Lobbs at last find ing breath to speak. a-t
 "I did" i il of .aa...- ts--
 "And I forbade you this house, lonI ago." " "HTe.+ I "You did 1; or I should not be her clandestinely tonight" /" .'.t
 l am sorry to record it of old Lobbs but I think he would have struck tn
 cousin, if his pretty daughter, with he bright eyes swimming in tears, had nc chung to his arm.
 "Don't stop him, Maria," said tn young man eff he has the will t strike me, let him. | would not hurt
 hair of his gray head for the riches C the world" '.7 '''4''4. .'+>' ...
 The old man cast down his eyes at thi