Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-23

you know"
 ssOh !...... indeedl I didn't know. She seemed very ladylike." @ a-s
 Possibly. Of course I know nothing whatever of her. They were already in the carriage when arrived. But there was a very odd recognition between her and a gen. tleman in London, and he seemed most anx- ious>to avoid her. There was evidently more than met the eye in the whole affair. But l know nothing whatever, except that her man. ner was-was- hardly ladylike at the time.'
 ''Oh, indeed......"
 ''I suppose we are very near Seaweed now ?"
 "Yes...... will you allow me to do up your wraps" ?"
 'Oh thanks so much"
 Two or three days later OF, the morning had been damp and foggy, but the afternoon was seemed to have come out to air itself and to stretch it's legs on the parade. Specially two gentlemen must be noticed, who were stroll ing up and down in gay and criticising mood. stHere she comes See, to your right. The girlslIh the eyes. and the red ribbon in her lIaL To your right, mani quick" said gen. lleman No. 1. The lady passed.
 "Why! don't you know who that is?'' in. quired gentleman No. 3.
 ''No; who is it ?"
 s'That's the girl that Mason was talking about-thst there was the row about in the railway carriage"
 By George!''
 "Yes......the people where he is staying, one or two of them, were in the same com. partment when it took place. The man was obliged to get into another carriage"
 'What on earth did she do"
 '.Roxed his ears, l believe. Anyhow, she was very violent, it appears"
 Good heavens! That quiet little thing ! What did she do it for? Had he annoyed her in any way?"
 ''No... .....oh it was the sequel to previous row, they say"
 Well, commend me to your meek looking people !''
 Presently these two gentlemen were joined by third The three nodded, and stopped, strengthened their backs and yawned. Beast. ly day" ''Beastly." "Fine now!" "Tol croucs poodls dlpyggSes '""Rs Fes a'th hne medp the world There he goes now Just dropped his glove" 'Ah !......and who IS he? ''Spryggyns? Don't know Spryggyns? Man that had the row with his wife in the railway carriageq
 "Wife..... Is she his wife ?" "Is who his wife? His wife went back to town heartbro ken."
 "The girl that boxed his ears before a whole carriageful of people y
 ''Ohl l never heard of that Did she though, by love! !'
 '''Fact. Nason.:... you know Mason ?...... We'll, he was there......But she didn't go back to London, for she's Tn Seaweed now .and here she comes again. Girl with red bow in her bonnet"
 Complete silence. The three gentlemen dissemble. Gentleman No. digs a little hole in the pathway with his stick. No. 3 looks up at the heavens with a critical eye and murmurs something about ''more rain." And Mo- 5, who has not yet seen Spryggyn's wife, but IS well acquainted with Spryggyns him. self by sight, looks fixedly out to sea across the spot which the lady must cross also in her progress, And she crossed, quite unconscious that she was being watched. "Well," said No. 3, "Spryggyns must be hard to please"
 Perhaps Spryggyns is pleased. Perhaps it's Mrs. Spryggyns who isn't pleased"
 'Ha! Perhaps Hullo......spot of rain! !"
 "Ha, so there ls......Going to pour. Bye. '' ''Tata......"
 Nos. and having exhausted all the con- densed forms of vaiedietion that occur to No. 2,s mind, ho io f~;.s h;...solf su.th a nod. The three further regale each other other with smile and separate.
 That same day, at the same hour, in one of the green -shuttered, green-verandahed houses opposite, certain Mrs. Tighe had bidden her friends to partake frugally of music, tea and ices.
 The friends had gone, and Mrs. Tighe re- clined, exhausted, on her sofa, while her ''fa- miliar," Miss Cackell, of ''The Laurels," sat by her side and soothed her with gentle fiat. tery:
 ''It was charming So select and yet so an- imated......And what delicious cakes you al- ways do have, Augusta......and what lovely voice Mir. Toddlekins has to be sure !......By the by-fancy my forgetting have been so impatient to tell you too-how was it you asked that Mrs. Spryggyns to ycar house"
 What Mrs. Spryggyns ?"
 ''The girl that played the piano"
 "Played the piano.. Where was then Down stars ?"
 Good gracious, Augusta you sat by her side. and nodded your head all the time. She had gray merino over gray silk"
 "Ihat girl That isn't Mrs. Spryggins. That's Mss Blundell."
 "Was once perhaps. But she is married now to man called Spryggyns.
 "Ohl you must be mistaken. She teaches music to Flossy and Lily. There was her card at the library, and Mir. Potts recommend ed her. She is a clergyman's daughter"
 ''She may be the daughter of a dozen cler- gymen, and yet be Mrs. Spryggyns"
 But Letitia.,, She doesn't wear a rins. Besides, | know Mr. spryggyns and he isn't married"
 There may be other MT. spryggyns than yours"
 "Oh yesl How do you spell your spryg- gyns9 Mine spells his name with two y's."
 ''I haven't any Mir. Spryggyns of my very own, Augusta. The one I mean may spell his name with two ks. All know is that Major Points recognized her the moment he saw her. You know his dreadful way when he talks of good looking girls. ......He made me quite uncomfortable.
 ''Why......what did he say ?'' 'Well-at first it was more his tone. ''Hul- To, he said, ''is she here? ?" And I said, "Is who here, Major Points?" "Why," said he 'that pretty little Spryggyns to be sure !" Of course was naturally curious, and then he told me that there had been fearful scene in the walting-room of the station here, between this Mrs. Spryggyns and her husband, and that she tried to push him on to the rails and the porters had to separate them, and the sta- tion master was obliged to interfere"
 Nonsense
 "It is fact. Major Points wasn't there at the time, and'he said he could hardly believe it but yesterday. when he went up to the station for lis Times, he just quietly said to the station master; Well, Mir. Brown, you had pretty little scene here the other day, it appear and he said he knew the story was true enough because Mr. Brown answered SO very innocently: What scene sir ?'"
 And what did Major Points say then ?'
 "He said: "Oh, come MT. Brown, you know what mean The lady and her 6us- band who had their quarrel out 30 comfort ably m the waiting room the other day." But he says that Mr. Brown had evidently been bribed to keep it all quiet, for all he said was ''Well, so they might have done, sir; but it's the first I've heard tell of it." And then he turned away as cooly as possible, and gave some trivial order to porter"
 "How very dreadful... And Eve actually put her name up for our winter lawn-tennis club"
 Augusta l''
 "lsn't it provoking can't think how they can have been so negligent at the library It will be very difficult to take her name off