The Ottawa free trader., 1879-03-15
was paying him holiday, and giving him the
mack aye said:

clse's and tell him ii comes from me-iT0n
me- He will understand what lhal means"
"Wcll, that is II rum go--uncIc sending VI
Galouhet package Of candy said the youth
rs he departed on his crrand:
He had nearly reached his destination when
whom should he stumble upon hut the whole
family OF the Plumcrs father, mother, two
aunts daughter and little niece.
"Ah, Master Emile the same to you and
many Of them Why do We never see you
now -a-daysy And how are your uncle, and
your cousin, and your annt;'
81 am quite sure you were not going to call
on ls," said NJ. Plumier
"On the contrary, quite the reverse, stam-
mcrcd the youth, blushing red on finding him
self face to face with the fair Mile. Laure
PlumIcr; II was just going"
ITO bring us some candy cried Nine.
Plumicr; please don't Pm sick of the very
word"
Il beg your pardon" said Master Emile,
redder than ever, "but had hoped Nile. Iaure
would permit me"
Take 'cm, take EN-" said, jovially, the faith
cr, and Mile Plumier accepted the bag, with
the dcprccating remark, "Oh, my, Monsieur
Emile, fear am robbing you
Gayly conycrs!ng, they entered the Plum
iers's dwelling, where poor Emile cndeavored
TO siflc the cry of his conscience by assiduous
contemplation Of the rascent charms of his
vis-avis. the fair Mile. Iaure.
."Really, he is Il very nice young man, though
he does stare at one so rudely," said she, when
he had taken his cap and his departure, and
opening the silkcn bag with which he had
! presented her she felt IA paper in it, which she
Withdrew and read, her young face blushing
celestial rosy rs she read, "Pardon me, dear
angel, the method, &c
In "a delighted confusion she read this, the
first declaration she had ever received, twice
over; she was luckily alone, and could enjoy
as she did champaign on her birthday the ar
dent prose she attributed to the very Innocent
Emile.
"Oh, the cheek of him." she said but with
out any wrath whatever, as she sat mechani-
caly folding the note, whose contents She
knew by heart.
"Laurc, we want you to help IN the kitchen
Il minutc--comc quick" said her mother, put.
ting her head in at the door, and Laure, red
dcnng fcrocously, had barely time to drop the
note into the package OF bOnbons and hide the
precious depository behind II vase upon the,
piano.
Ere she returned to the parOr, quarter Of
AN hour later, several friends Of the family had
assembled there, the austegc Nine dc Champ
arcux, the jovial NJ. Robert, Cousin Casimir
Il harmless and useful old bachelor relative
and so on.
1t was dusk and everybody was II little tired
with the social tatigucs of the day, and cOnvcr
sation Jagged AS 1t will, when the jovial NJ
Robert, cspying the package of confectionery
on the piano, seized it and the happy occasion |
of saying something neat origina! compliment, |
Sweets to sweet"
uDWiDU tlut She Uu4 not sweet and -us /
pecting that NJ. Robert was speaking sarcasti
lCally, she declined them. but the good.naturedl
man was not to be rcpulsed, and empticd a
handful into her lap, saying, There, take
them, nobody sees YOU"
The kind.hcarlcd NJ Robert turned to offer
some to COUSIN Casimr,whcn Nine dc Champ
latreuX cspicd the folded paper in her lap
among the contections, and her curiosity being
Ipiqucd, opened it, casting "A suspicious glance
upon it, read by the freight, Pardon, dear
angel, the method DC.
'Sirr!' said she 10 the very goodhcartcd VI |
Robert, rising Indignantly, and casting a spray
of swccimcnts from her. "You are hoary-
headed villan,' and wrapping her shawl !
tightly around her, she elevated her nose and
sailed from the room Slamming the door ndlg.
nantly behind her
The genial NJ Robert was SO stupifed nj
tins unexpected attack that lac could only open
his mouth and eyes TO their widest and drop
his bag OF bonbonS When the equally aston.
ishod assistants at the scene had recovered
their senses they got down on all iours and be
gan gathering up the scattered sWcctmeats, q
Joyous crunch now and then announcing that
one had been stepped ON. When the process
was completed many Of the bonbons were
found to be ornamentcd with threads and fulfil
from the carpet others had been mashed out
of all scmblanCc to the swcctmcat shape.
"Ihrow them into the ash.baITCl" said NJ
Plumicr
mo, don't throw them away III find use
for thcm,' sald Cousin Casimir, know some.
body can give them TO-"
"Wcll,' said NJ. Plumicr, take this fancy
box hcrc-ii had some of Sraudn'e best in II,
and t'll make the present look a little more
respectable"
No sooner said than done and Cypricn's
muChbaticrcd two-iranc bonbons were placed
IN the natty receptacle with among them that
fatal note, picked up unnoticcd in IA handful /
of swcatmcatS
When Il few moments later Mile laurc, hav.
ing accomplished her labors in the kitchen
returned To the parlor, she missed her bOnbcns
from their hidngplace on the piano and,
trembling with dread asked her father what
had become OF them
"Nh, they rot spilled and spoiled, said her
father "and Cousin Casimir has taken them
away with him."
"Oh, horror; the nolc--thc nolcr gaSpcd |,
the unhappy girl 10 herself
IN
u know somebody ! can give them I~"
Cousin Casimir had said. The old fellow had
rccollcctcd a worthy old soul who took no end
of pains to oblige him and make him com
Portable
There, Nine, Truhlct" he said that night
when she let hlm in and gave him his candlc L
stick; you can't say I've forgotten YOU" =
Long after he had rome up stars the old wo-
man remained deeply affected by hi, uncN
pcctCd aud unusual courtesy u
She opened the box "Bonbons-trom ii. /,
rudin's, too; he never can have purchased ,
these for me- And iumbling with her long,
bony iorciingcr IN the box She came upun u