Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-10-17
AUGUSTA EFpDY MoR1N OCTOBER 7s7a
NO. 25O.
Gales ano Sketlbes.
4 MODERN CINDERELLA.
Continued from Yesterday. }

'Sam i started, for | thought the
voice came from the same room where |
tancicd | was alone-"Sa no; the
voice came from the room beyond the cur
tain. and that voice was the voice OF the
Spendthrilt-"has the young lady come -
| could only hear one voice, Sam answered
50 softly "And my mother not in!
Rather awkward, for don't even know
her name. Look on her trunk heard
sam go into the hall. IL shall be glad
enough when we can shut up this board
ing house. She makes the eighteenth
mother has taken in As if it wasn't all
his fault that she had to have me i'm her
house, where she ought to have been!
No. sab, there 5 and a W." Sam
intended to whisper. but his voice came to
me clear and distinct.
''Is she up stairs In there! You stu
PHI why didn't you say SOP
hoped that was the beginning and end
of our intercourse, but he evidently re-
garded it incumbent on him to come in
and entertain his mothers boarder. II
the doors had not been cut with IL view to
his height, he would have had to come in
sections. He looked ten feet tall. and
equal to some more muscular labor than
dawdling about his mothers house.
II am very glad to welcome you to
Philadelphia, though it would have been
pleasanter had my mother been here to
present us. have never been so happy
As to meet you before. -
was surprised at his cordialty.
Doubtless, though, on our departure this
would he Xplained-address of welcome,
extended by son, so much. did not
shake hands with him, though he evident
ly expected that greeting. Julia had said
we were to behave like friends, but to
shake hands with stranger, and he n
spcndthriit, was too much. "Thank you.
| am glad to get here. though | wish the
TEST of my family could have come with
me-"
II wish they might. am sure you
llatter Us greatly if, on so short an ac-
quaintance with our city, you think your
family would enjoy it too. Why can they
not come -
'They are coming. My uncle and sis
ter will be here very soon. The train was
late.n
"Indeed, Mother neglected to tell me
we were to be favored with two young
ladies'. Though she has had so much on
her mind for weeks. that it is hardly to be
wondered at
"Did she order dinner for usp We
shall want a substantial dinner when they
get here
'Certainly. Travelling in his country
is hungry work Our station restaurants
are so abominably conducted. wonder
people with delicate appetites don't
starve.r This country. he wished me to
understand he had travelled. BY his pat
ronizing tone he probably thought this my
first appearance from the backwoods. l
decidedly wished hadn't come. He stared
so rudely when said nothing, and even
worse when made remark. 'Is this
your first visit to Philadelphia? 1t is
rather an unfortunate time. the city is SO
overrun with queer people who have come
to see the elephant
| told him had come to see what he
called the elephant.
Pardon me, hoped You came. | was
vain enough to think YOU came, partly TO
crafty us Was it all on account of our
having Q something to show you9"
Il came solely for the Exhibition,
though don't believe | shall be repaid
for my trouble He had the rudest way
of looking at me, and almost laughing in
my face when spoke
You said your uncle was coming.
Have ever seen him ?"
a third person is hardly the one to
ask"
tried in every way to make him under
stand that | wanted to be let alone; but
he seemed obtuse to my meaning, and
persstently revived the one-sded conver-
sation.
"You came from Maine, believe Is
not the climate of Maine most delightful ?'
lie was trying to be cynical.
ESPECIALLY March,
II imagined you snow-bound until
June
"Oh, no. our climate i, tropical. March
is our most oppressive month"
always have disliked those people who
assume such ignorance of the eastern
boundary State, and think polar bears our
boon companions.
II am delighted to have my impression
corrected. ''Would it be safe to go from
this cold climate to Maine in, say July ?"
perhaps, if you kept near enough an
iceberg
That | could do easily. | believe vou
live in Maine. The climate Of Maine is
good to her inhabitants, however Are
all in Maine given such complexions?"
Had been able to speak. certainly
should have called Sam. Such personali-
tv was most offensive. 1t seemed hours
that had been alone with him, but by the
clock saw all my discomfort had been
crowded into one half hour.
Il have never met any one from Maine
before Are they yall so-cold, SO brusqne,
in Maine ?'
Can it be possible you have no one
from Maine this summer? Those in board
ing-houses have great opportunity to
study character. see you have profited
by your position"
position of landlord - And he looked
very much amused at the thought ''Well.
our friends and the travelling public have
been very kiaa TO It's this summer. Se-
rously, think of inserting slip in the
dailies, ''thanking the public, ETC.. hope
by strict attention, etc. to merit their
patronage through the winter months"
You know the Exhibition lasts only three
months more, and then l am afraid our
friends will all desert u.s. He became
quite pathetic when he spoke of losing his
boarders, but knew we'll enough by what
had overheard that he didn't enjoy keep
| inu a hoardinu houSa apy mora than did