New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
A FAMILY PARTY.

MY dear, do you know You are an extremely
silly sTIr rrordmo,oma I'm made 50. can't help
I'VE are all indeed the children of wrath hut by
Che means of grace we can enter into salvation and
become rcgencrate ,.-l.,
and dressed in uncompromisn2ly old-ladyish
way The little elegancieS ana soIteSSos Tli.oi t
NAV make an old lady charming were evidently not
ronntenanced by her. She had long passed the
foundations and the Vautics of this wicked world
and she would bear no trace Oh tnen uoI ne t
face was of power and 1lgor, win sll99ng,H
marked features; ana IL was strangely reprOuucet
in the upooking, youthful face winch sne ocnt
over The same type. but bearing different
,tamn Lii Warrington's countenancc would never
he like her grandmothers. even when she ha9
equally dstanced her youthful togs 1u GoGv
dress Yet there were the same strong FEATURES
Iroad brow firm mouth. and vigorous ar. Other-
WISE two women could scarcely he less aike'
Grandmamma Warrington we nave sole ite nav o Le
staid stern old lady. The granddaughter may uE
described as an lncoTriglOe !GunE ther had told
Warrington little scamp heI iatltr ny tti
her so n thousand times and she had not oOlecIS1d
Ia the phrase. But when II came TO an extremely
silly girl, and chlld OF "I''l'' BLU ~ sun W
"I no " Won Know. my dear said the old lady with
deem tome of voice which, with her, indicated lhe
Crcatest solemnity, do you know that YOU nave
Harmed vour stockings on the wrong side =
lii went hot all over She had eXerted hersell 70
degree unparalleled IN her career III We nuis W.
deeply impTessing her grandmother WIN hcI El!tue
and industry she had darned par OF StocklIies
This morning. But what was tins Nhat new
horror dawned upon herr Had stockings hot Only
~ Le darncd but was there a right and wrong
u lonnd that you had left them lying about, said
crandmamna, with the same deep so;cnrIty, SO
Looked and found that yOu had been darning them
ON the outside No wonder they took You so long
have unpicked your work. and II IS perhaps Rood
thing that II is useless for II is very badly cone
The prolonged and unpromiSlng conunuahce
Of this solemn manner provoked LII. Al Hlet sng
had really felt ashamed ; but now she determines
80 Lro1rn II ont If only grandmanma had had
ne humanity to laugh at her, the child would have
been glad 90 learn But as IL va ~ ber an onro
1,ocIcts and stretching ont two daintily-slpnereu
1.-THE feet but never darned stoi kings III al! my
lie before. ! can't be expected 10 kHo" io" " "o
It's high time You learned, my poor child, was wa,
the reply. Why nv Gear salu VIE o tbo bciteTto
iooT at this TO her astounding and unaccouhtaole
niece of womauhoOd, how are you gong 10 ilalas"
your house If You marry To dont Know how to do
any of womans work. This was SAID with oeep
mIiYh laoEed down volume of Shelley lay in her
Ian This incorrigibe Lii was capital critic Oh
nHetrv and no i'll verse ma ker herself She was
wont TO be rather proud OF these capacities vi Hc.S
,rIeo In her fathers society But whcn she az
tempted TO raise her voice and urge TINS IN her 0e
fence it died within her; such SUGGESTION w. M
saiS rather fcebly, 1t isn't my fault ,,
II Is not your fault that you have been educated
forau hciress when You don't inherit 1arihlng buV
Dor, ore old enOsgI Yourself to your position
aDJ + vonr father viii not send you to school and
he ought to do that even now-Xou can az t5s
endeayor TO learn what YOU can NOW Iook al tLS:
The Old lady rose and going to cabinet Sc sIche9
for someth In one of its cupboards. eng Ic'ui'I
10 her seat with piece OF me ihlsIh a, ~. 49,
darning She understood her work this will serve
Won for an example better than anything Wh n
can do now with my old eyes. Hhe Ha nt oHI
,nnslin 70 Ill who took it reluctantly. Bat, sald
that vonng lady, after glance at It, this IS not
oT Grsudmamma chucRled Oh. YES it is, my dear
enjv look closer | cannot imagine what Aunt Ann
would have said to you. -, -, ,;aoo r,.od
III looked closer and, with a sigh disco Eered
,bat +Lnre was indeed a faint tracery uDon the
fahric Rnt il was 50 delicate that 1T needed look
ING for Bu,.' said Lii luguhrousiX; doh scc
The use of daTning muslin IKE ms we 4oli mo'l
.ncb muslin aprons nowadays; nor muslin dresses
,No indeed and more's the pity; nothing else
looks so clean and nice for a young guI as Il WHO
''e Knit If costs so much to wash you see, grand
SGn"ts On mncb, WHY, when | was yonr age
yonng ladies would have been ashamed 70 Iet any
one wash their white dresses but t MIN f
time have Ann ana l. when We were asheu "'';
fLr afternoon risen early in the morning 10 ITO"
0i u 100 m and razea out of window. she looked
ver,- nretfv with the Tufhed temper cApleSSS'hS
iseie IN her face and attitude Some OF hrl ItAeI
friends were fond OF saying Una, SUI W ei,arns
wore ~ discount here. Grandlnanma "illV Iooke9
Gis,n"rovingly at the wild soft curls Which lIss,u
alnlff ills iaCe. wen, IL lo "7'
oou' 10, adnoamrsa: trnes are changed and 50 are
barEs / suppose | should have Dackache LOT Il
ycet II I iroued a dress carly in the morning ,
Cr,udmamma only looked at her Win ICON
Witch meant You child of a degenerate age, ana
then She said Well. my dear: II VII! hol eVe T
n backache TO darn your stockings ITO" can Il W
that You have never learned III
Because paIa doesn't like 10 see me sewing ana
when did bring out some atoGAInEs once 81 tGG
he said must mend them with patches Z" StlcA'ils
plaster. and not waste my time on lueIn Nh0H 'O
had better things Tor me to 90. .,, ,ilirc
Patches % sticking plaster, patches or silcklhe
plaster" repeated the old lady with an nlUcsrIi
sblc emphasis while She held her hahus Auo'c AVi
head in horror. Bat Lii was gone. ,.
And on the morrow, she gayly put her BELONGINGS
together and prepared to depart. W ny inS urnd,
sad Gran, who Mas of cruelty outSpohcn hd''li'
i hel,ryc Won are always glad TO leave your 0d
grandmother And Lii SAID hothlns' Dut p ~
not 90 hear. For the accusation was uuc' dIl III
Inheritance OF that unsparing oHtspokehhess was
represented by incorporating trhthluihcss
brief hours railway journey VS. All tlat scpaldVe
her from her own home. At the station she 81" on
the platform her fathers familiar hg1Ie at.ehlcu
BY the two greyhounds, who followed INN every
where. ,v,
well. little scamp, are YOU glad TO get back he
asked as she sprang out OF the carriage. l.
oh SO Glad papa? her answer, as shc
patted the impOrtunate dogs, ana chdeaVoieu W
ward of their muddy paws and afoctlonate Ilcklngs
The boat is here Iii. Are you tired, or Will you
row me hnIne9 Jim wanted 10 come 10 the village
10 got him TO bring ne down; Dut hcs "aiAeu
ION. I'm not tired! That's Jolly. for it's getting
hole all the eooner suppose tie D9I ID hoaiiy
5 much my abode as the house ana laughlhtV
Ill ran on down n the river, Wh'ch was "u' ~"
yards from the railway station.
The tide was with Them so il did not take long 10
Aaye the village far behind, and TO atProach the
Yltary part of the river where Brough atIigtIh
.syed, much TO the surprise Of some OF MS friends
The Iiyer was not very wide here yet there was
Dom N it for pretty island. which pore upon y
s SS group Of trees Dg@h spa encrcIed
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