Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-02-18

ANU went Oh the reverend Mr
Sparkwell should esteem it a favor if .
horse and buggy could be procured for my
daily use when going to Doctor Dosem, in
the city, rs the motion of the train disagree,
with my nervous system
don t happen to own carriage" said
|. But might buy one"
Thank you, thank you cousin Poyntz,"
said Mr.. Sparkwell, blandly.
" And if there's any other little thing
you should happen to want" added. "pray
don't be backward in mentioning it,"
No, wont, cousin Poyntz," said the
reverend gentleman, with the utmost
gravity.
And am bound to say that he kept his
word.
For three days | endured the swarm of
visitors which literally infpsted my home.
and then made up nay mind that patience
had ceased to be a virtue.
! IN put a stop to this thing" said /.
came home ena night with tragcal
expression on FAY face.
Katherine said | to Eay wife, I'm
ruined"
What :" cried all the company at once
"Those shares in the Western Union. YOU
know" said |, shifting my forehead.
D." Yes, dear" sasped poor Kitty.
they have sOne down" said l. " Not
worth penny"
ooh, JOhnm
Il wish had taken your advice, and let
en alone" said !. " But after all it doesa't
somuch matter, as if had no friends"
! looked beayninGy around at my wife's
relations. They returned the glance by the
blankest of stares
"f ! can borrow two hundred dollars
| apiece of all these dear kindred" said |.
with obtrusiyc cheerfulness, "and request
uncle Slas to endorse my business notes"
couidn taink Of such thing hur-
riedly interrupted that gentleman.
should be most happy to oblgo," said
cousin 'Ioab, " but ann quite cut of funds
| at present"
And l. said the Reverend Mr.. Spark,
well, pushing back his chair, "must save
what little share possess in the worlds
AIthl lucra to pay my passage and that Of
| my family back to Minnesota"
" Surely" cried !, "you will not 20 away
and leave me IN such pccuniary straits as
these
The Rev. Mr.. Sparkwcll significantly bat,
toned up hi, pockets.
Its every mans business to look after
himself, cousin Poyntz," said Ike: land !
don't scruple ia say that it is dowuright
dishonesty for a business man like Yourself
to get into such financial dillicutic,."
And in fifteen minutes every cousin in
the lot had upon one excuse or another.
vanished from the roonl to puck and pre-.
pare for immediate departure.
! looked at my wife my wife looked ut
mo. burst cut laughing: Kitty began to
cry.
MY dear" said |, cts an easier lob
than thought it would be. didn know
but that it would be necessary for me to
catch the SNAIL roX, before | could rot rid
of your reations.'
: Bat are We very pnor. John? Mad
must we give up this dear little cottage?
On, how cruel it is Of cousin ,Ioab, and Mr..
Sparkwcil, and uncle Siias, and all of them.
net to help YOU! hn.c Mariana Wilmer.
ding has five thousand dollars that She
wants to put cut at interest, for she told ME
SO only yesterday, and"
"Y0s, exactly" said /. Z" But probably
she doesn't regard me as COED invest
ment."
After all have done for them y sobhed
my wife.
Relations are only human, my dear"
said !.
The company took their leave without
much ceremony Of adeux, and that after
noon my wife came to me, with tears in her
eyes.
John" said she, will you tell me how
much money you have lost in that hcrrd
Western Union stock ? Because would
rather know the worst at once"
Lost" repeated looking up FROM the
newspaper which | was reading in uncle
Slas' favorite easy.chair. now vacated for
the first time in many days "Why, who
said had lost anything?"
"You did"
"Excuse me, my dear; said nothing of
the kind. merely stated that the Yves
torn Union sha"'S were not worth a penny.
Neither were they, to me, as had sold out
al! possessed a week ago"
"John!
Yes, my dear
How could you?i
every easily" said !, with latent smile.
My DEAR | think if your relatives had
stayed another week should have com.
mitted suicide"
And you told that horrid story lust to
get rid of thCm?'
made that unimpeachable statement
with that precise intention"
They aoerc rather trying" confessed
Kitty. And | think they might have
helped you little when they thought you
were bankrupt"
" They will not come visiting here again"
said quietly
And WAS right. They did not.