The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-12
Teds Account of New Years.
A Good story We'll Told.

leu. lJs quite neaVy one, you see, IOr
chap of ten but can't make out
such mass of scrawl Here mamma,
suppose you read It."
Before Mrs. Gloss could reach out her
hand, Uncle Joe, Mr.. Gloss bachelor
brother, interfered with, " Let me have
the boys letter; always did like that
young scamp of yours"
After smiling at the down hill ten
dency of the superscrlption, Uncle Joe
soon became absorbed over the pages
that began in text hand, continued in
spider tracks, and at last rose to the
dignity of hleroglyphics.
The Gloss family, tired out after the
holiday season, were having domestic
evening in the dining room. The
library, artistically hung in old Spanish
leather, lacked the Embellishments that
grow out of daily use and oppressed
one like a great bronze extinguisher
the long drawing-room, the convention
al New York parlor, was too like
mammoth and splendid hearse to ad-
NIT even of its proprietors feeling at
home in 1t. So about the dining table
were gathered Papa and Mamma Gloss,
the Misses Lou and Rosie Gloss, Mr..
Sorghum, a gentleman of many smiles
and compliments, of many suits of fine
clothing, of dog cart, and a gorgeous
living generally, and Uncle Joe, unmar-
ried, crusty and rich. There was also a
young fellow named Fred. Tremaine,
but he was only a chap in papa's office
at small salary. Though he had six
good feet of uncommonly good looks,
still he was very modest. "And no
wonder" as Lou whispered to Rosie.
" He ought to be. Twelve hundred
year, indeed !"
Sorghum remarked in his sweetest
tones, "How seldom a poor dog of a
bachelor like me has the chance of en-
joying happy family gathering
A sigh, carefully given out for only
Rosie to hear, was graceful hint of his
dissatisfaction with a bachelors ex-
istence.
Mamma Gloss clapped her plump
hands in little ecstacy, and answered
" NO one can have any idea of the peace
and content Of family life." A smile
both maternal and encouraging showed
that Mr.. Sorghum was an approved
candidate for the position of son-in-
law.
Lou, who was clever, and had lofty
bearing, a marble-white skin, and won
derful rows of coal-b black scallops on her
pretty forehead, made properly in
nocent and girlish comment on the
bachelor remark but Rosie, who was a
confiding blonde, with big gray eyes,
said nothing, and kept on with her
crochet work. Sorghum used inwardly
warm emollient of Wall street invect-
i've, and wished himself the Afghan
stripe that could so hold her attention.
Just then Charlie Hedge (of the young
stock brokerage firm of Hedge & Sor-
ghum) dropped in, and nodding famil-
iarly to his partner, Joined the family
circle by taking a place at Louis side.
He exclaimed:
How jolly! A regular boom in
domestic evenings, eh, Miss Lou 2''
Now Uncle Joe was sixty at least,
tall, gr;zzled, clean shaved, heavy brow
ed, with cast iron look that seemed
expressly made to Withstand humbug,
and steel cold, sharp eye that could
pierce the neatest coating of sham. Hav-
ing at last finished his reading, he sat
while shading his face with his hand;
then looked up suddenly, as if he had
made up his mind to something, cast a
searching and discomforting glance
around the table, and asked:
"Who would like to hear Teddy's
letterp"
g." said Sorghum, with the livellest
interest. "Ted must be capital boy.
He is your BROTHER This last in an
aside to Rosie)
"Fine boy" confirmed Hedge. "Saw
him here New Years. SO cheeky.
Cheek is business capital. Ted will
succeed. Let's have the letter"
" 1 think my Teddy is very bright"
remarked Mrs. Gloss, land so L always
keep him away at school, where he has
the best advantages"
" Yes" (" answered Uncle Joe, with an
inscrutable intonation, "boarding school
is such an advantage to child of ten."
"Oh, yes, undoubtedly" sighed man.
ma, with pensive look at the diamonds
on her nice fat fingers; "and we mothers
sacrifice everything to the good of our
dear children.n