The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-09

hands and . sbapely 6gnrs- that's the
woman" answered uenry Maclene, e.
| thasissticaily. 1 e' = e''''''
~You can give Q better inveAtoeya6l
the woman than yoR en- sf ehs'bCuse5'
@Never mind, Pll try il again" replied
the brother-in-law cheerfnlly.
sWhen ?" asked Mrs. Madame. - r
sI psomised 90 losk % che house by
gaslighf, answsrsd Hsary MAslane
To-nights gaAight 2" asked the wo-
man, wonderingiy.
"Of course," was the decided reply.
Prccrastination IL the thief Of time.
II Is my duty 20 cry stop tAiefp"
In the meantime, thiAk IN anAn1ge
to look at the house myself" !" said Nrs.
Maclane. "What is the name Of the lady
am to ask forf"
"MrsL Ellis, was the reply.
II never knew any one by that name.' y
commented Mrs. Maclane.
"Nor l." said her brother-in-law.
Mrs. Maclane looked puzzled. She had
been thinking Hal must have met some
old friends. 81 e a
At the supper table that night she turn
ed to her brotherin-law with the query !:
"Hsl, what possessed you to tell Ms.
Ellis we wanted the house just as you
found it? You know we have more fur
niture than we can stow away comfort
ably"
"She didn't understand me-" replied
Henry Maclane. "Women are dreadfully
dull of comprehension"
And men are incoherent and equivo-
CAL" retorted Mrs. Naclaue. For in
stance, you told me you. had never heard
of Mrs. Ellis She told me you were an
old friend"
"She wasn't an Ellis when knew her, y
replied Henry Maclane. "She was Sue
Monroe" -
81 did not see the sister" added Mrs
Maclane. She had gone for walk /
win decide about the house tonight"
The next morning at the breakfast
table came note to Joshua MAclsne
from the house agent, saying that Mrs.
Ellis had withdrawn the house from the
market. a,
"How provoking r. exclaimed Mrs.
Maclane. awe had decided to take it.
Just think, Brother Hal, 9 she said, - her
brother-in-law entered the breakfast-room,
" that lovely house with which you and
fell in love is Withdrawn from the mar
ket %
"Ah - he said, in an interested wsy.
Any reason given 2?
"Not a word answered Mrs. Maelaae.
4" / think folks ought TO know their, own
minds better than to put house In the
market one day and withdraw it the
next"
"Perhaps there has been q change of
base," suggested Henry Maclane.
You were going to look at it by gas
light" said Mrs. Maclane How did it
impress your"
Every pleasantly" was the smiling
reply. h8f
"Brother Hail." said Mrs. Maclane,
bending searching glance on her brother
in-law, "tell us all about it. Of course
you went to look at more than the house
by gaslight. Do you know Why this
house is Withdrawn from the dnarket?"
The lady has concluded to occupy it,
replied Henry Maclane.
"Does not the house belong to Mr..
Eilis?" was the next query.
"No," he replied. . IL belonged to the
Monroe estate, and fell to the sisteT's
share"
"Hal," said Mrs. Maclane, gravely, "our
neighbor yesterday suggested Miss An
derson as desirable alliance for you"
"Tell your neighbor am like the house
Withdrawn from the Market" was the
smiling answer.
"Just tell me this, Hail." said Mrs. Mac
lane, in a coaxing way {" did the fair
haired woman you met when you went
house-hunting ever wear the flaxen carl
and the pale blue ribbon? You see am
putting two and two together"
Your figures are units Of the same
denomination, and you can add them"
was the frank answer. "The stray lock
belongs to that fair head"
"And it all came about from my send
ing you to look after a house," mused
Mrs. Maclane.
"Yes. The results we lunoOneciously
attain often exceed in greatness the intent
we consciously pursue" was the philo-
sophie reply. Seeking for house for
you, in no enviable frame of mind, have
found a wife tor myself, and my frame of
mind is s"-he paused and turned tolh
brother. Joshua, perhaps yen can get
at it if you go back to the day when yon
fell in love with Bess, and add fifteen
years of separation and loneliness 20 it,
and then suddenly find out you have be-,
loDged to each other all through the fu-.
ture. 1t makes q very neat sum Of, hap
piness, Joshua" be said, with radiant
smile.-Harp~'s Bazar.