The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-04

"A h1SO = IN IA OAS XIX
"Thomas," said Miss Browne to the man
servant, "what is the name OF the FANNY
living in the third house below us, on tnls
side OF the street.-the house with the ASH
trees before it, Oliver says the name is
Thurston. but the children can't De relleo
uuon in I he matter OF names"
-. Thai be the name, Miss" said Thomas.
..Ica>twise, it's Thurs1on on the door,"
"Thurston! A pretty set they must be,
,o,,! That Thurstsn boy pummels OhVer
M, bin an inch OF bis life whenever he goes
ont emit keep Oliver in the house, and
I cam t bear this thing any longer. why,
the IA or child came home yesterday win
his nos e bleeding and mud on his new SUIT,
and | have made up my mind TO SEND line
70 Young Thurston's father"
6. Shall I take /! round, MiSs?"
uDirectly.;' Ard Miss Nora proceeded
to indlte this frigid note:
j." Mr.. TharSton:
uDear Sir,-You will doubtless be sur
nrised at q note from Il stranger; Dut feel
obliged TO call your attention to the beha-
vior OF your son toward our little Oliver,
who can scarcely 60 into the street without
receiving blow from him. have endured
this sort OF thing till endurance is no longer
virtue, and must request your early lntef-
ference. Respectfully, ID. BROWNE"
THE next day she received this reply:
"Mr. Thurston regrets that Mrs. Browne
has been put to any inconvenience by the
conduct OF his grandson, and begs to ask II
Master Oliver did not provoke the quarrel
and bear his share in It,"
sour Oliver provoke quarrel " cried
Miss Nora. "What an insoent old man,"
and straightway returned:
"Sir,--I cannot believe for an instant
that our Oliver was to blame in the affair.
I have inquired into the matter, and 1t
seems that the blow was entirely unpro-
voked. I am only astonished that YOU
should uphold your grandson in such
grave fault. ID. BROWNE"
secure faithful report OF the affair from
Master Oliver you will find that it Is six OF
one and half dozen OF the other, so to
speak. Mr.. Thurston also begs that you
will recognize your own child's manners
before offering suggestions to your neigh
bors,"
"If can secure a faithful report from
Oliver! When will impudence cease?'
Woman.like, she meant to have the last
word.
"lMr. Thurston:
"Sr,-I can rely implicitly on divers
word. And il fail to re6rganize the man
ners OF our boy it must be because your
own furnished him with such evil exam
piles. Fl. BROWNE"
"What an ass that Mrs. Browne isl"
said Grandpa Tburston to the person who
had been doing up this tender correspond
ence for him. "Give 1t to the simpleton
hot ooh hooyu fh:c t;r,o MOO Von weren't
savage enough in your last"
81 propose We drop the subject here:
She's born scold, and will have the iasl
word, say what you will"; and as Grandpa
Tburston was paralyzed, and couio only
hold pen by proxy, the correspondence
came to a standstill. ' ;,
"They found my last unansweraoN,, !,
thought Nora. "What common pe99pII
they must be to bring up child 80 oaol!
Shoddy, no doubt. Pm glad don't know
them that people are not obliged TO know
their neghbors in the city. Ihey mus' os
insufferable." ,o,, ,o,, :,
Miss Nora Browne had been lett III
charge OF her sisters househoia WINE .nu'
lady and her husband travelled ABROAD, ua'
bampered BY Master DIVERS presence
Her home was some hundred !iies away
inland. and her acquaintance IN Cue city
were few and far between, While even
these few were generally out OF town al
this season OF the year. However, she was
surprised one morning by call from 9
friend, who, having become tired OF the
mountains, had returned to the city for Q
few days. ~ rEZ =al1Gs ~ !.
"How lonesome you must be, Noral y
said Miss Elphinst0ne. You must drop
in upon us often; the horse-cars run with.
in a block of our door. And we'll have
such larks! BY the way, we are going
down the harbor tomorrow in Cousin
Lucius's yaeht--he,s stinst home from
Europe, you know--and you nanSt Join u.s.
Pm sure / don't know" said Nora.
"neyer having heard Of I Cousin iLucius's'
existence before"
Never heard OF Cousin -Iucius! Well,
live and learn. But you'll come"
"Wild horses couldn't keep me at home,
thank you.'
The next day Thomas and old Russet
took Miss Nora down to the wharf, where
the Sunbeam was ready to put out. What
day 1t was Not a'cloud din the whole
wide heavens. and "Cousin Luciuso on
deck, broWn-bearded and white-handed,
with great. liquid eyes, and smile that set
the pulses beating when IL beamed upon
one, and that one happened %: be Q girl or
twenty with an uatsnapted heart. The
party Was quite q family affair Mr.. and
Mrs. Rinhinst tone, their sons and daug bters,
wiiheno or two friends, making up the list.
This IL q regular: snare, Nora said
Ellen Elphfnstone, when they were drop
ping down the harbor. 81 don't know