The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-08-06
aAEnongh Of what2u Mi. Carlton

efI 3 ia; ten, 4 !, : :.
Enough Of whatG' Mr., Carlton
looked surprised.
Enough of insulting reference to
my act of yesterday answered Mr.
Bray.
@Insultingl What do you meant"
And Mr.. Carlton drew himself up
and looked quite as indignant as his
neighbor.
"My words are very plain, You
understand the kings English, 1pre.
sume2"
81 had supposed so. But yours is
q dialect with which am not famil-
lar, and | must beg you to supply
glossary"
@Let me do that" said the clerk of
Mr.. Bray, stepping forward at this
juncturc."
"Do so, if you please, and j will DO
a thousand times obliged And MIR.
Carlton moved back pace or two.
awaiting the clerks explanation.
"Permit me?' The clerk looked at
Mr.. Bray.
"say on, Thomas" was answered.
"When Mr., Carlton sent in for the
two hundred dollars yesterday you
were annoyed about something, and
returned rather an uncoutteous re-
fusal-one altogether so unlike your
self that | could not do you the iu-
justice of letting it pass to our neigh
Dor unqualified. Sol softened. the
refusal, to make it sound as much
like a regret for not complying as |
possibly. conld, i knew that you
would think and feel differently in il
fewemenepts, andE was not +nista-.
ken, as the ofiertdcheck proved
This is the glossary; Mr.. Carlton,
which you asked, and trust that it
will make all clear. Did | do right
or wrong, Mr.. Bray9p The young
man turned, with halftimid look,
to his rather passionate employer,
whose words were of so uncertain a
character that it was hard to calcu-
late the direction of their impulses.
A moment of silence passed, and
then Mr. Bray said, with feeling:
Fright, Thomas, right And |
thank you forsuch judicious conduct"
The young man bowed and retired
to wait upon a customer.
For a little while the two men
stood looking at each other, each so
impressed with sense of the ludic-
rous that the muscles Of visibility
were all in play.
"You have the glossary" said Mr..
Bray, at length, a broad smile cover
ing his face.
Giving the clcarest meaning to
your words, moment ago SO full of
was answered, with as
broad a smile in return.
"You won't refuse my check, | pre-
sume," and Mr.. Bray turned to his
desk.
"Just try me" said Mr.. Carlton, in
q voice that left no doubt ofhis mean
ing.
"Will two hundred be sufficient"
"You can make it three if you are
over to-day"
"Three hundred lis, Mr.. Carlton"
said the merchant, the thermometer
of whose feelings had rizen from zero
to summer heat, "and whenever ]
can accommodate you in matters of
this kind don't fail to command me.
If, as it may happen sometimes, /
should be a little untameable, my
clerk there will act as a cushion and
prevent you feeling the schock of my
temporary ill.nature. Ididn't know
before that / had SO discreet an assis.
tant."
There was a warmer atmosphere
in the house of Mr.. Bray on the even
ing thatsucceeded thisrather clouded
morning, than on the one which pre-
ceeded, when the shadow Of single
angry moment was large and dense
enough to cover the whole household
with a leaden pail. Little ecurly.head
leaped into her fathers arms almost
upon the instant Of his return, and
hugged him with all the outgushing
love Of her innocent heart; and Eddy
and Willy, the trouble of the past
evening forgotten, were ready for
their romps and enjoyed them to
their hearts content. Tie mother,
too, was smiling and happy. That
evening was marked as one of the
green places III the home.life; and
but for the impulsive act of single
angry moment the previous evening
would have lnft with aN.or,, bnn,.t