The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-01-23

Portable spring beds aud good
cookery that they are 50 fond Of
not yOn.p
"Johnr
I'D be willing TO wager good
round sum on the truth of my AS
sertiou,7 said |.
Because you have no relations
YOURSELF
"Thank Providence for lhat "
said |, devoutly. 81 was reared in
a foundling asylum, and have no
body to thank but myself for my
tOlerable success in this w0rld.r
"It's no reason you should find
fault with mine,n said Kitty, with
her bright, blue eyes full OF tears.
"And Mr.. Speakwell is such a
spiritually mind man, aud dear
Uncle Silas loves you just as it
you were his only son, aud Cousin
Joab is SO Interested in our chill.
dren.n
I'm so much obliged to EN-"
said |, dryly. But slept all last
week OH soft cushions laid in the
bath.tub; aud We had fourteen
people here over the anniversaries;
and was obliged TO give up my
room for a month last winter to old
MIR. Maueswell, not to speak OF our
being halt.poisoned With Aunt
Louisa's hygiene messes in the fall.
When the poet said, There's no
place like home,' | presume he
meant when there was no relations
visiting. "ril tell you what, my
DEAR with the sudden inspiration,
GIVE a great mind formally to deed
over this house to your relations,
il they will agree solemnly tOleave
me in peace for the rest of my life,
wheresoever nay set up my iarp-
ily tents"
"Nonscnsew said my wife. ADO
90 up stairs and change you things,
aud brush your hair, aud get ready
tor tea. They're all waiting in the
best parlor, and | was expecting
your return to see about hiring
some cot beds from the village ho-
tel, to put up in the attic for those
little Speakwellchildren You see
Aunt Louisa has the blue bedroom
aud Cousin Joab sleeps inihe little
wing chamber, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Speakwell will have our room,
and
Indeed p said |. Sand we are
to sleep IN the barn, | suppose
"Don't be cross, John,s said my
wife, appealingly. "One must be
bospitable, you know. Aud | earn
easily make up the sofa.bed in the
back parlor for our use, for week
or so.D
| said nothing, but ground my
teeth in silent despair, as ! sprang
upstairs two steps at time, tn
make what | could in my toilet by
the aid of ten by twelve glass
hung over the wash stand of a
spufly little bathroom.
The Rev. Mr.. Speakwell was a
big man, with a still bigger voice,
and limp, faded little wife, whose
sole earthly interest seemed cen
tered in her four white.eyed, freck.
le faced children. Uncle Slas and
Aunt Meicent were silent couple,
with excellent appetites, aud two
small boys who giggled and snick
cred at each other in the intervals
of the conversation.
Cousin Joab talked necessarily
with his mouth iull, and the two
Miss Wilinerdings served as geDer'
al echoes to the Test, while Aunt
louisa devoured lobster salad al
libitum, aud kept on seuding up heI
cup for more green tea until tren.
bled for her nerves.
}. While my wife, careful aud trou
bled, looked ready to drop with the
bospitable exertions she has made,
I aud |, sitting a mere cipher ut The
head of my table, felt as If | was
!, keeping boarding house, without
any pecuniary eInoluments there
y for.
! "My trunks will be up on the six
y o'clock train," said the Rev. Mr.
: Speakwell I'M trouble yon, Coti-
o sin Poyntz, to send au expressiuan
/ othe depot for 'em. And If there's
4 any apartment in the domicile,
) Cousin Poyntz, that could be fitted
!, up as study for my use, 1t would
/, greatly facilitate my intellectual
! occupation during my sojourn IN
the suburbs of this great city. Aud
q | must beg that You keep tue house
y very still during the hours which |
q devote to study"
y Here my wife looked at me
L ayhast, thinking of little johnny
D aud the baby.
"Never mind, my DEAR" | re-
:. marked sotto voice, "we can easily
oct 'em boarded out somewhere
And,r went on the Rev. Mr..
y Speakwell, :" ! should esteem it a
. favor if horse aud buggy could
e he procured for my daily use when
e ooil,n to DIR, Dos N. III the city, as
: the motion OF the tram disagrees
8 with my nervous system"
+. 81 dou't happen to own a ear
|. rage. but | might buy one" said l.
! uThauk you. Cousin P0yntz,