The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-05-21

had telf OF every eepeTAte garment on
| the Eook snA clswed . pound of
plaster OF ahe wall that he suddenly
remembered tbss lsip aRifs had taken ilis
dress suit down ssaifs that morning to
have it cleaAed.
And nov ssOss the texatious query.
Should be pat on hls everyday suit
again. jnss to So Down and get his
broadcloah ? OF might lie venture 20
eneak down just % be was ? Il was 30
awful bore to have TO dress and undresa
loo. olasa bat then on The other hand
il would BE- m appalling thing to meet
that lovely, gOldea.haired maid in tho
hall. or on the stairway, in his present
ssanty array.
Ia was bothereome dilensna, and
Mr.. Thomas, hsies . uasns zswone
| miId Iittle oath or 4ewp.. ard pranced
arOusda iasias lhe wardrobe IN . vain
attempt so4i"d way ont Of kis per-
plexity. Then suddenly his .tees
became snssngssd in 9 ssray set OF his
4 EIenriesta's crinoline, and the more he
kicked The closer they ci.sssg to him. :.
Finally, with . heart-rending groan,
he pAe down on the hard. cold floor,
aud went reaignediy TO work, trying
70 unfavel the tanglc.
4 While thus engaged, he heard some
one softly enter the bedroom. ard
leaning forward, he peeped cautiously
, out through the hAlt-open door to
zee who the uhtfn1eiy intruder was.
To h,s utter contasion he saw the
, lovely nymVh Of the No. 2 slippers,
standing coinpOsedIy before his wite's
D toilet set, contemplating her own
pretty pink and white face in the
{ mirror.
, AT any other time, and in almost
D any other plight, Mr.. Thomas would
q have lost himself in admiration OF the
e sweet picture bnt now he cast alter.
nate glancee at the unconscious damsel,
n and as that little pile Of Eaiment OF his
that wss lying just out of his reach, on
the carpet.
p For somo moments he was undecided
5 how TO act, but finally concluded &c
Il keep quiet, and wsit patiently tor the
. fair apparition to vanish. This, how.
D eYeF, she seemed in no haste to do, hu'
, turning her attcniion to aslovely blus
1 ailk evening dress that Henrietta had
!, LETT lying on chair, she aPostrophizs'l
& it thus
i "Oh, you precious beauty, you're toe
"a sweet for anything! Pm going to Try
q you on" And suitinR the action TO tht
;. word, che began removing such articles
OF l,er own apparel M would interfer,
!. with the trying.on process.
Il Now, some idea OF poor Thomas
o nervous trepidatiOn may be gathered
. from the fact that, at this critica
}. iuncture, all the early teachings of /.
sainted mother, aud Ill his ample stool
. OF innate mOdessy OOEed ent at the emo
Of his fingerr, and he Sat there, on til,
s floor, like . crooked marble statue
staring hslplessly at the strange, mys
It teTious transformation going on before
o him.
lie wanted to con2h, or whistle, ol
b sneezc, just TO let the sweet innocen
/, know that thsra wss somebody "behid
o the scenes" bus he couAn's utter I
sound and 60 ne resolved 20 ''sis out
n the performances, if it lasted al night
"a and that too. without going out TO
b "refreshnlents" between she acar.
. Finally he cav the lovely arms slil
u ont OF sight, Into Ghe sleeves OF III
. blue silk dress. and hia eyes woul'
of follow the movements OF the graceful
undulatiug figure as it advanced. seced
i ed, and fiOaled round in trout OF tn
. large mirror.
: "Zounde, but ien't shs beauty !?
" muttcrsd our incaTcerAted benedict
. under h:s breath. 81 wonder why i
u thunder che don't go on the stage, ehc''
o make . sensation in less. than ~
y Hark, whai's that S''
= "TI,as'' was the sound OF the from
door closing, aud welI-known toot~tep
: coming slowly bat surely up the stair
!. way, aud an icy littla shiver erep
: dawn oor heFO's spiIral column. - h
> Thought OF the sharp, grey eyes that
:. he telt sure, would not View tn
innocent little scene as leniently ~ b
. might desire. He caughtope glimps
!. ot pale, startled little figure creeping
out Of the blue silk dress, and then b
= crswIed softly back into tho dsskea
= corner Of the wasdrobe, and caadlip,
up 70 > pile Of caFpet-rags, he'll hi
breath, and swaived developments.