New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05


chandler will get on. Aud YOU should think of
her beauty, you know; doubtless it Will console
YOU when Slr Peter cuts YOU of with the Gus
tomary shilling
suppose hnd better cut my throat and put
an end 10 IT,. said SlOOks dismally. and then
overcome, no doubt, 10y the melancholy of this
suggesliOn-he breaks down and gives way to
tears.
| say. don't do that. you know exclaimed
W iid.ng Indignantly. Weeping all over the
place won't improve matters, and will only
make you look worse fool than nature in
tcuded, when you 60 ont of the room. II YOU
have put your foot IN IT, nj least try 70 bear mis-
fOltule like a man. Look here, angrily, II
YOU are going 70 keep up this hidc0us boohooing
II leave the room, and you too, 10 your fate.
Its dOwnr ght indecent. They will hear you
IN the next house il you don't moderate your
grief.
oil, this was severe
L shouldn't care if they heard me in the
next town. said Mr.. Shocks, who was quite too
far gone for shame.
There Is lust one chance for you, ana Only
one said Wilding slowly. have an idea.
and you must either follow it, or-go to the
altar
TN follow ANYTHING eagerly. What is it ?
You have proposed to Miss Katie soiemnly.
Now 90 and propose 20 the other three
As Wilding gave vent TO his idea he turned
abruptly on his heel and left the loom.
I'll DO it, said Snooks valiantly, drying his
eyes and giving lis breast tragic zap, "Hd'-
ever comes of IT,. .
Going into the hall, he saw Hetty standing
near an entrance; a little way beyond he1 was
Katie. cOnveIsng with a tall and lanky youth.
Not daring to glance IN the direction Oh the
latter. who plainly expected him TO come
straight to her on the wings OF love, lie turned
and asked Hetty 70 dance. -
They danced. and then Dit vas custom with
the ball-gOers in that mild suburban nelghOor-
hood) he drew her out under the glef ming stars
Z no that a
since was the scene of her sisters happiness.
There he proposed in due form. and was again
accepted. HetIy s.conduct, indeed, was pelhaps
a degree more pronounced than kates because
she LAID her head upon his shoulder, and he felt
he was by all the laws of sentiment bound I D
kiss her Her nose looked lovely In the ipaie
moonlight; so | daresay he did not fund the
fulfilling of this law difficult.
After that he had some more, a good qeal
more, champagne and then he proposed 10
Miss GeoI gle, who also consented TO be his.
There now remained but one other step to be
taken. He crossed the room, and asked the
| Youngest Miss Browning TO dance. lie was
getting rather xed by this time, and was on
/ the very point of asking her 70 marry nm III
! stead. so customary had the question grown 10
HIM now. Miss Lily, however, declined to
dance. on the plea that she was tired' ana
could exert herself no mole that night. With
/ questionable taste he pressed the matter ana
/ begged her 70 give him one, just one Al this
she told him FRANKLY she did not admire MS
/ style OF dancing, when OF course ehueu tne
converse ion so he asked her 10 come Tor
m TGa lals" spot delivered Himself Of the
ornate speech that had already done duty three
times that night. forget what IL was pul
know it wound up with the declaration that he
adored her and wanted. 70 marry Der. -,
Its extremely good of you, I'm sure, SAID
the Youngest Miss Browning calmly. But
unciyil rs fear it must sound, don't want to
Don't You, by Jover said snOoks hastily,
Wen, that's awfully XII No, no" pulling
| himself up with start; | don't mean that
YOU know ! mean it's awtuuy h0Trid, You
| know In fact warming 20 his work through
sheer gratitude, you have made me miserable
forever; you've broken my heart.
/ Dear me, how shocking said MISS LILY
/ frivolousy. Let Us hope Time Will mend IT,.
I'm not very sure you dld not SPEAK the truln
at first. really believe it Is kind, my refusing
YOU. And now, NJ. Suooks. If l were you
should 20 in and say goodnight to mamma, be-
cause YOU have been having good deal Oh
papas champagne, and 1t Is trying to the cou-
stitutiOn.
snooks took the hint, babe farewell 70 Mrs
Browning, who, TO his heated lmr gination, ap-
peared to regard him already with moist and
mothery eye, and, taking Wndngs aim, drew
him out of the house.
We'll ? said the latter interroGatlyely,
L don't know whether it l. well OF jill, re-
turned he gloomly. But followed your adj
vice, and proposed to EN- all
And they accepted youF
The most of EN-. But Lily, the youngest,
she
I ALWAYS said she was a sensible girl, put in
Did YOU p with much surprise. Well, she
refused me sort of said she wOuldnt nave NE
at any price. so you see You VeIe wrong
L always knew she was one Of the most IN
telligent gDls ever met MI; " nulhg !e-
neated. in a tone 30 difficult that bis companion
fcr once had sufficient sense 10 letrain from
! demanding an explanation.
The next morning, as Katie Browning turned
fine angle of the hall that led TO her rather
s9nctrln whittier sense of hllal duty beck
oned herr she almost ran into the arms Ol her
three sisters, all cOnvergng toward the SAINT
spot from different directions. Slmultaneously
,hev entered Mr. BrOwnrigs study. lie called
If n library but that word is TOO often pro
famed for me To prOfane II, 50 shall draw the
line at study But 10 return. Miss Lily, De-
ing the youngest, was OF course the nIsO %
raise her voice.
come 70 tell you about II, SAID she III tone
replete with triumph.
r. i so sweet to the mind of youth to ouidC
lis elders But 'On this occasion only the
elders re fused TO be Outdone. lhey each anq
all BETRAYED a smile OF Inward .sajlsI acuuH' anu
then they gave way TO speech. - -,
No. thew said in breath. They dld not
mean 10 doubt or be impollte; they only mean
- HE curate,' said Hetty in a composed bu
plainly conten ptuous whisper. 1t was stage
whisper. g., NJ. Coone.;,
promptly.
.perbaps Henry Simms,' suggested Katie
with some sympathy. Then turning 10 :, he
father she said, with conscious blush, 1t Il
very strange, papa but l TOO had propose
last night. ,o.lt1a..,
il a breath.
'Eh p said papa, pushing up his spectacles. II
was fat and pudgy, with sandy hair and
Aabbv nose. He was a powerful man. TOO, anC
one unpleasant to come to open quarrel WIN
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