, 1881-06-17

cheek Ol my young nOpelul dS sooii 40
Miss Wycoff disappeared, which timely
punishment he has never forgotten.
Harry had not ceased sobbing when
merry-looking girl bounded into the
room.
'Oh, cousin" she exclaimed, Il have
come to ask n favor"
Angie Walker was cousin OF Toms $,
and of course one must be obhSlnS TO
ones husbands relations. l knew, how
ever unreasonable her demand, must
obey: She ratified on:
I've engaged Will Macon's company
to the Martha Washington Centennial
leap year party, and | can't get IA car
riage for love or money. Lend me your
rockaway 2
The carriage was gift from my father
only the Christmas before, and had not
used it a dozen times, as Tom had been
irving to secure horse that L could
drive without danger.
Angie must have observed my hesita-
tion. Coming toward me with hands
clasped and fearful eyes, she said:
Cousin, all the other girls have en-
gagged every buggy, rockaway and We
hicle of every kind at the livery stable.
Please please%
just at that moment Tom came in. He
knew nothing of the vexatious ordeal
through which I had passed, and, after
brief explanation from Angie, he IN
sisted upon accommodating her. There
was no time to enter into particulars, so
to please him yielded.
When Angie was gone. and / reclted
all that had occurred in connection with
the Martha Washington leap year party.
Tom was highly indignant, and vowed If
L L., 1Clx 1
sponded to the various applicants, he
should not have consented to allow An
gle use of the rockaway. In his oH-haDd,
husbandish manner he kissed me and
patted me on the shoulder as he said:
"Never mind, dear, they are all young
and thoughtless, and to Judge by all
have heard in regard to the party. they
expect to have n jolly good time, and
will, no doubt, return your hberallty
with interest"
"How?" l asked incredulously, as If
these light headed young people could
repay me for soiling and stretching out
of shape my elegant dress, as l felt sure
they would.
! 'iHow?" he echoed with gustos ''why,
| by sending us rOusing supper. They
! have secured the country for fowls, eggs,
/ cream, butter-in short, everything that
/ is good"
/ Like most men, Tom was extrayagantly
! fond of eating, and more especially did
/ he enjoy rarities and delicacies.
! / laughed.
What amuses you?" he asked 80.
! ''Simply at the idea of those people
! turning aside to send us supper. Ii IS
! ridiculousr ...
/ 'They certainly possess common graft
I tnla ba
! At this moment the servant announced
supper. ..
''Perhaps they do" I responded.
''l}ut had we not better make assurance
doubly sure by taking n cup of coffee?"
'No, no" he replied; 81 shall save my
self for the party supper. Why, they We
ordered oysters and all sorts of fruit from
the city. tell you it will be well worth
waiting for"
"Come," L said, addressing our rosy
trio, ''we will eat"
The little girls sprang toward me, but
Harry held back,
81 want to wait and eat with papa, he
said, with an imploring look; may I?'
Certainly" L replied.
He seated himself with an air of i'm
portance beside his father, who had
lighted a cigar and was proceeding to
feilu the daily paper.
The meal chanced to be very tempt
ing one. We had an elegant cook, one
who had formerly belonged to Toms
father. l was surprised to see dish of
broiled spring chicken. and could not
| help exclaiming:
"'Dar now," said Aunt Sukey, 81
know'd, chile, you'd be 'stonished, 'kase
Use bin nussin' dem young chickens an
gettin' 'em ON de table, an / done bin
make Marse Tom some watfies, kase
knows he's parshell to EN-"
hastily returned to the sitting
to impart the good news
To my amazement he said. 1T is very
| tempting, dear, and I'm sorry to disap-
point Aunt Sukey, but don't want to
spoil my appetite"
1t was in vain l argued that he would
be hungry enough before the feast from
the party could possibly arrive. He re-
fused positively, and 1 was forced to go
back without him, and state the case To
our faithful old cook. q Fl IL .4
She took it more good naturally than I
expected, and said:
''Nebber mine honey. taint no, use to
force him, kase he's gwine to do jest as
he please; but de mex time l takes de
pains to sprize him wild young chickin,
AN II 10 nv lii Eiat W Cut Cll mollU
serve him right if dey don't SEN him a
bite to eat.
l agreed with her, although l knew
she did not mean one word she said, for
Tom was a great favorite, and she was
first to resent the slightest injury, by
word or decd, offered him.
Our children as rule retired early,
and not long after supper, in spite of
their efforts to resist sleep, one by one
the younger ones weie carried OF to bed
in state of inconsistencies. Harry
managed to keep his eyes open until ten
o'clock, then, seated upright in his char
yielded to the power of the sleep god.Ef
Tom proposed enchre, and we played
for more than an hour. At last, thor
oughly wearied, declared I could sit
mp no longer. -.1
Just one more iub," pleaded Tom.
"a fellow gets so confounded lonesome
by himself"
assented and played on until the
clock struck twelve. l then, rebelled
outright and went to bed. - ~
Tom acknowledged afterward that he
did not retire until after one.
The next morning he denounced the
whole tea party" as he called the orig
inators of the entertainment He GER
tainly received no sympathy when he
appeared at breakfast from Aunt Sukey
when she learned that after all no snn,nay