The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-26
Ghe gnteAigsntea.
A KISS FOR A BLOW.


man.servant, "what is the name Of Ii
family living in the third house below u
on this side Of the street the house wit
the ash trees before III Oliver says Ii
name Is Thurston, but Children can't !
relied upon in the matter Of Names"
"That be the name, miss" said Thoma
"Leastwise, it's Thunton on the door,"
"Thuston! A pretty set they must b,
tool That Thunton boy pummels Olive
within an inch Of his life whenever h
goesOut, I can't keep Oliver in the houst
and can't bear this thing any longel
Why, the poor child came home yestel
day with his nose bleeding and mud o.
his new suit, and have made up m
mind to send a line to young Thurston'
iather?'
"Shall take IL round, miss2"
directly" And Miss Nora proceele,
10 indite this frigtd note:
"Air. ThuSon:
"DEAR Sir: You will doubtless DO sur
prised at a note from a stranger; but
feel obliged to call your attention to thu
behavior OF your son toward our it'll
Oliver, who can scarcely 90 into the stree
without receiving a blow from him.
have endured this sort Of thing till endur
ance ID no longer virtue, and must 70
quest your early interference.
Respectfully, H, Browne"
Tho next day she received this no.
ply; ,. r,.
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 1t"
""Our Oliver provoke QUARREL" cried
Miss Nora. "What an insolent old mar, !"
and straightway returned:
"Sir:-l cannot believe for an instant
that our Oliver was to blame in the affair,
| have inquired into tho matter, and 1t
seems that the blow was entirely unpro.
voked: ! am only astonished that you
should uphold your grandson in such a
grave fault. II. BRowNE,"
"Mr. Thurston thinks that II you can
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 man
ners before offering suggestions to your
neighbors"
~ | can secure faithful report from
Oliver! When will impudence cease2"
Woman.like, she meant to have the last
word.
"Ar. Thurston:
"slR:-l can rely implicitly on divers
word. And il fail to reorganize the
manners OF our boy, it must DO because
your own furnished him with such evil
examples. II, BRowNE."
"What an ass that Mrs. Browne isl"
said Grandpa Thurston to the person who
had been doing up this tender correspond.
enCe for him. "Give it to the simpleton
hot and heavy this time, Luce You
weren't savage enough in your last"
u propose we drop the subject here.
She's born scold, and will have tho last
word, say what you will" and as Grandpa
Thurston wac paralyzed, and could only
hold q pen by proxy, the correspondence
came to stand still.
"They found my last unanswerable,"
thought Nora. "What common people
they must be, TO bring up child so badly !
Shoddy, no doubt. Pm glad don't know
them-that people are not obliged to know
their neighbors in the city. They must be
insu Gera6le."
Miss Nora Browne had been left in
charge OF her sisters household, while that
lady and her husband travelled abroad,
unhampercd by Master divers presence.
Her home was some hundred miles away
inland, and her acquaintance in the city
were few and far between, while even
these few were generally out OF town at
this season OF the year. However, she
was surprised one morning by a call from
a friend, who, having become tired Of the
mountains, had returned to the city for a
few days.
GLOW lonesome you must be, Nora!'
said Miss Elphinstone. "You must drop
in upon US often; the horse-cars run with
in block OF our door. And we'll have
Sltch larks! BY the way, we arc going
down the harbor tomorrow in Cousin
Lucius' yacht-he's just homo from En-
rope you know-and you NUT Join US. "
SIN sure l don't know" said Nora,
"never having heard Of Cousin Lucius'
existence before"
"Never heard OF Cousin Lucius! Well,
live and learn. But you'll come"
wild horses couldn't keep mo 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 II wasl Not cloud in the whole
wide heavens, and cousin Lucius" on
deck, brown-bearded and white-handed,
with great liquid eyes, and smile that sci
the pulses beating when it beamed upon
one, and that one happened to be girl OF
twenty with an untenanted heart. The
party was quite family affair, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elphinstone, their sons and daught-
ers, with one or two friends making up
the list.
"rhis is regular snare, NORA" said
Ellen Elphinstone, when they were
dropping down the harbor. ~ don't
know how you'll feel about it, my dear
girl; but, you sec, We are not going to sail
for the day merely, but out into the broad
Atlantic, and along the coast, and Heaven
knows whore, just as Cousin Lucius
pleases. We may be shipwrecked, OF
cast on desert shore. But we shall be
away week, at the very least"
ooh, how superb" cried Nora; and then
her face heightened. "But, Nell, what
ever shall do? have no things"
providence will provide. You see, ]
had no time to notify you after oui
change OF plan; but ] packed up double
supply OF 'things;' so don't worry"
"But there's the housekeeping, and the
servants, and burglars"
"But you've housekeeper?"
"And there's Oliver, and Oh dear! III
delightful, but ought to be at home"
"But your nephew has anurse?"
"Why he's eight years old, Nell. To b.
sure, his nurse lives with US still, and re
CARDS him as the apple Of her eye, anc
Thomas looks after him like detective
still"
"0h, come! throw your conscience over
board" begged Lucius, coming up to clos
the argument