The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-28
A FAMILY JAR.
A Story Of Homo and Welded Love. +

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They sat at breakfast in their icozy
dining-room one fine morning in sum
mer, totally infatuated with each other
Never such happiness as theirs before!
The felicity of Adam and his lady be-
fore they made the acquaintance of the
serpent was not to be mentioned in the
same breath.
They kissed each other between every
cup of coffee, and embraced twice
sometimes thrice-during every meal
Just now they were speaking of disa-
greements. Some friends of theirs had
fallen out, and refused to fall in again.
eve never will disagree, will we, Phil,
dear?" asked Mrs. Fanny.
Disagreed Will the heavens fall?"l
returned Phil. j ...a.jga,s.s -s.,J. 5.
II sincerely hope not. It would be
decidedly disagreeable, laughed Fanny;
"but, if I thought we should ever quarrel
and have harsh thoughts toward each
other, I should be tempted to terminate
my existence" "a Had, e. la~x aca.s
my precious Fanny!,"' cried Phil,
springing up and upsetting the toast
fectly oblivious in his eagerness to get
his arms around Fanny my foolish
little darling! as if we should ever be
so absurd "a kiss)! May Ibe drawn and
CHARTERED (another kisD if ever speak
one word that shall cause tear to fill
the divine eyes of my dearest "a third
explosion) Fanny" a.. ( .a. .s....s1tl
20, how happy you make me, Phil. I
shall try so hard to be Just the faithful,
loving wife you deserve. Now finish
your breakfast, deary. The toast will
be growing cold. And o, Phil, did you
notice Mrs. Smiths horrid new bonnet
last night? I declare it destroyed all
my pleasure in the music. do wish
people who wear such untasteful bon
nets wonld stay at home from these de-
iehtful concerts |"
$50 do !, Fanny. I noticed the ugly
thing the moment we entered the hall.
Blue flowers and pink ribbons, and she
as dark as q Oreole!"
"No, my love; the flowers were green.
Green and blue look so much alike by
! gaslight:" 81 . .f:..
II know they do, but I noticed it so
particularly that could not be deceived.
| Blue-especially light blue-looks fear
fully on dark-complexioned woman" .
$50 it does, Phil; I quite agree with
you, dear. But the flowers were not
blue, they were green. I saw them at
Mrs. Gray's shop before they were p IT.
chased"
"My dearest-Fanny, of course you
think yourself right, love, but have a
very good eye for color, and noticed
these flowers with great attention. Blue
anemones with yellow centers."
| "Green hibiscus with white centers,
my dear Phil. Very pretty for light
skinned woman, but horrid for a bru-
nette." 49,. -r. .t'
"Why, Fanny, how absurd! As if I
could not determine a color when I
studied it half the EVENING"" .a
"But it was by gas-light, my love. It
would look altogether different by day
light. It was such pale green" IL
1T was such pale blue. I remem-
berI thought of the sky before storm %
| "And I thought of the sea. It was
nearly sea-green." - ,..o-
"Why, Fanny-ridiculous! It was
sky-blue." :. ..:. ss..... T.. ,..s..
allow you do contradict me, my
Philemon It was very light green"
/ "And 1 insist 1t was blue" -.
"Do you mean to tell me I ie?"
II mean to tell you you are mis-
taken" . .urf i. ..... -, III. H.. .... T..
(which amounts to the same thing"
"You make the application, Mrs.
Fanny Hayes" =, IT,.
! "Mr. Philemon Hayesl" ... ..
"Fannyl" m @aI -. .lt
"Isay it was green, sirl" ss:
II say it was blue-so therel" a..
"You are wretch, Phil-a real mean,
heartless wretch" and Fanny pushed
back her plate angrily. ..... 81. ..s. ,..
"And you are an opinioned. self-willed
womanl" and Phil, in his agitation. up
set the coffee, scaiding the cats back
and himself at the same time. ..,.f ok,
"The deucel" cried he, rubbing his
red fingers with his handkerchief. II
wish had never seen womanl"
! What's that, sir?" 4..9 "a, I'll.
"Confound the womeni They're q
curse to the worldl" s,r..4t. vIsfr,a e.,
"You brutel"' cried Mrs. Hayes, now
thoroughly incensed; take thatl and,
Selling the plate of mullins, she took
aim at Phil's head; but, being woman.
her aim was not so accurate as it might
have been, and the plate went through
the window, smashing in the tile Of
Fitz James Jones, who was passing, and
the mullins were scattered in wild con-
fusion about the room. mr. &c..
Phil was indignant. He laid his hand
on the poker. .....: hi. . ...-..........
! ooh, strikel" exclaimed Fanny. ut
will only be in place with your other
conduct. Don't let any notions of hon
or restrain you, because you never had
any, +.
! "Iu 60 home to pa, that I will. You
inhuman monster you'll be divorced
from You this very day. So therel'
I. and the platter of ham made journey
after the mullins. =
! Just at that moment Pills Uncle
John, q shrewd old fellow, appeared on
the scene. He surveyed the group with
an anxious twinkle of the eye.
/ whats the matter, Fannyc Any
thing gone wrong?" he inquired.
Gone wrong! Matter enoughl Oh
Uncle John, he's wretch, and set out
to strike me with poker .,@
| And she threw plate of mullins and