The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-15

NJ VIYa'o HRI2ND.
Mr.. Jones has quite . habit o.
eulti,a;ine suddss friesdsbips, vhish
have every appearance Of blooming
eiernsily, bot which soos 0ithsr il
toe Waters esld blasts. Ny wife,
les, scqnisisios 10 Mrs. Mortinsl
Movbrsy, WITH Vhea she eesaas &c
quainiei last ssaasr While % vsrs
Guarding ous Of town. Ms. Morsi
aer Mpwbray had Der sarrisss viti
her. and created auits . ssssa.ios; il
fact. every lady 10 the house Wa ssgsl
70 bscsas her sonA1so.; Au, the ami
sb,s Aepor,aess Of Mss. Josss. sos
binesi. I doubt ret, With Der is,sl
Iec,ual sceoopiishos,ss. rendered bel
tie fhvorits: ssa shs il sas Oh.
daily occupied the spare ss.s in sas
coach.
| We returned 70 the city q!
ter The Aovbrsys. hst ~ wife
although usually very I'm On qses
tioos Of etiquette. waived her priv
:sees and made the tsss call. obs
~as grscieusly rees,vsA and ssme
homo in high spirits. All thst even
ing she could Dc soshing bet talk o,
Mrs. Mortimer Aovbsay. "osca Or
elegant ss,ab!ish@ess," che ssiA. 50
footmsn. with mansers lie o sriRce
waited ., the doos. The dra wing.
room vas perfection. Mn. A"sbr.y
Lad on euch . svest cap. and looked
- LADY like. Her ,assDers vsrs mes,
aristocratic :"
In fs~ DAYS Nrs. Mortimer Now
hysJ rs'rrssd ny -iis's cali. soniug
10 q shining new carriage. and With
q new spaa q: horses. Her equipass
created quite sensai;nn ia our street.
Mn. Jones. soon after this. began
10 sci a. it broodieg over emo vass
design, which D4s being yet quite ma
tnrsd, sh- deemed IL wissst to DO 81
lent respecting 1t. At last. however.
the mighty sscre. VS. broached.
IL vss thinking. Jcses." she said.
Gee night. jus, ~ I sss comparing nv
sell To sis.p. ".hs; ~e ought to give .
party. No, . regular ball. indeed.
on, eeiect entertainment. where a
;,w consenis' minds may BE- hrouzh,
together Now I d.,est parties. bu,
a, the d.i;cscy Of ny wisss nerves
doe. no, s!lcv Of her being thvarfed,
I made nc ohJ.ction. though I sighed
to myself.
"Of cour.., nv asar,' / said. "You
know best.
"WeTl sak shout thirty" continued
N. wife. There's Mrs. Wharton.
and Mrs. Horace SSirn. ard Mrs.
Pres. and the tire. Misses TreIa.-
psws." and thus the dear creature ran
% until she had mentioned about
forty nsres. and / saw that her ''se-
lee. p.rty Of core .ais' souls" wss 60
ins to Be. after Gil. . crowded rous.
"yoa have forgotten the two Miss
- Howell" / sa;d at last, when my
Hiis stopped n. waos Of breath.
TIE svc Misses Howell we're auis-
BE. intslllsens. end pretty girls. ic
whom l took . particular interest, b.
cause their father had once bssn On
chipping merchant. bot hav-
Jog Income reduced sad died bank
rups. the sisters we're compelled to
esrn . hvibecd BY stsodisg in q store.
They bad numerous rich relations,
hut, With . spirit Of proper indspsn
dsncs. they preferred 70 work for their
nain,euanee instead Of eating the
bread Of charity. had lons sourish-
ished . rsnantie idea ofsssing the m
married veil. and bad consequently
made il . pcist always r. invite then
to ovr parties. to pFsiss then highly
to the young asn,lsmen there. and in
every other Indirect way to sssist is
reslisinR ~ pet scheme.
NJ ~ifs, hsrst"f1re, had seconded
me il ny plsn; set % the present o.
cassos che hssisatsd. add I knew that
there vas soasshine the matter.
"Ahsm 7" shs said q last. "Ahsm
The Misses Howell are very nice girls.
to b surs-that 10. in their place
but - il y to b . selset party. and -
havs already mentioned rather too
many. and - Ma Asvhray nay net
want to meet oil sorS Of people, and
&C."
"Stop. ny dear. said With . Sigh.
for / cav taa, ~ favesitss we're not
to hs invited. you have given req
zone enough" And I sighed sgain-s
nigh eloquent Of pssivs rssigossion.
Ny wife heard 10y 6Ghs. acd her
tender heart We touched. She paus-
I'd in embarrassment, and. perhaps.
rven revo!vsd the idea Of yielding 70
ny wishes, but. in the end che raised
herself on her elbow. and said:
Mr.. Jones. do listen u reason
You don't know how foolish you make
about thoss Howell girls.
They've hsen unfortunate, to be sure,
ani they're very psssable indeed; bu,
there's . prejudice. you ere aware,
sgsinst girls who stand in stores; and
Who knows but what Mr.. Mowbray
would take olIense at nv inviting such
persons to meet her? She's very par
ocular. and % excessively high bred.