The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-01-23
PAsCAGOUIA, MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, JANUARY % 1890

said the reverend gentleman, with
tue utmost gravity.
Aud l am bound to say that he
kept his word.
For three days | endured the
swarm of visitors, which literally
infested my home, and then made
up my mind that patience had
ceased to be "a virtue.
"Iil put IA stop To this thing"
said |.
came home one night, "A tragi-
cal expression on my tace.
"katherine," said TO my wife,
" | am ruined.'
What ~ cried all the company
at once.
"Those shares in the Western
Union, you know said 1, smitling
my forehead.
"Yes, DEAR gasped poor Kitty.
"They have gone down,' said |,
''not worth "A penny"
I'm, JOhn!
~ wlsh | mad taken your advice
aud let 'em alone said l. 1" But
after all il doesn't SO much matter
as ii | had 10 friends"
looked beamingly arOundat my
wiie's relations. They returned the
glance by the blankest OF stares.
"lf | borrow 500 II piece from
all these de kindred, n::said l,with
obtrusive eheeriulness, and re.
quest Uncle Sllas to endorse my
business notes.
81 conldn't think of such IA
thing" hurriedly interrupted that
gentleman.
should be most happy to OBJ
lige, but am quite Oatoi funds at
present." said Cousin Joab.
Sand H. said the Rev. Mr..
Speakwell, pushing back his chair,
"must save what little ! possess Of
lucre to pay my passage aud that
0i my family back TO Minnesota"
"Surely," cried i, "you would
not 90 away and leave me in such
pecuniary straits as these"
The Rev. Mr.. Speakwell signii.
canlly buttourd up his pockets.
at is every mans business to
look after himself, Cousin Poyntz,n
said he, sand | don't scruple to
say thar ii is downright dishonesty
for business man like yourself to
get into such financial difficulties
And in fifteen minutes every
cousin in the lot had, upon one ex.
cuse or another, vanished from the
room, to- pack and prepare tor iur-
mediate departure.
| looked at my wife. my wife
looked at me. | burst out laugh.
Ing. Kitty began TO cry.
"My dear" said |, "il'san easier
job than thought it would be. |
| didn't know but what IT would be
necessary for ne To catch the small
pox before ! could get rid of Your
relations"
Z" But We are very poor, John,
and we must give up this dear lit
tie cottage. Oh, how cruel it is Of
Cousin Joab aud Mr.. Speak
and UGcle Silas, aud all of them
not to help you! | know Mariana
Wilmcrdlng has $1,000 that she
wants to put out on interest, iol
SHE told me only Yesterday, and
"Yes, exactly said |. But
probably she duesn't regard me as
a safe invest ment.n
f" After all have done for them
sobbed my wife.
" Relations are only human, IVY
DEAR" said |.
The company took their leave
without much ceremony or adieux,
aud that afternoon my wife came IL
me with tears In her eyes.
"John," she said, "will you tell
me how much money you have lost
in that horrid Western Union
stock Because | would rather
know the wol st AT Once.o
Lost y r. peated |, looking up
from the newspaper which was
reading il. Cucle Silas iavorite
chair, now vacated for the first
time in many days. "Why, whu
said | bad lost anything ~
You did,
"Excuse me, my dear, said
nothing of the KIND. merely
stated that tue Western Union
shares were not worth u penny.
Neither rere they 10 me, as | had
sold all | possessed a week ago.
"John 7!
"Yrs, my dear"
/" How could yoniv
"Very easily said | with a la.
tent smile. "My dear | think il
your relatives nad stayed here an.
other week should have commit
ted suicide"
"And you told that horrid story
just to get rid OF them |"
81 made that unimpeachable
statement with that precise inlen-
ton"
"Thpy are rather trying con-
fesstd Kitty. "And l think they
might have helped you little
when they thought you were a
bankrupt
"They will not come visiting
here again." | said quietly.
Aud was right. They did not.
A little mt of u girl wanttsl more
aud more buttered toast, till she