Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19


as long as | don't see her more than
woonst year.
s'she do that for your daughter
impossible, Monsieur ~
ssShe do that tor your son y Mr.. Steldl,
ye lie :"
The way in which these two gentlemen
uuarrelled, without showing the least
sign of coming to blows, gave the waiter,
who was not far off, an altogether fresh
view of the possibilities of human nature.
| Obviously there was world i'll which
| gentlemen cared more for their physical
| than their moral skin.
Take yourself of, my dedu-frere. In
effect, She adopt Ferentz, my son. She
| leave all to him.
'sYe're fool, Steldl-that's what she's
| been maxim of We, the old screw of the
world As il she'd lave a penny TO
| any but her own niece Lucis, atther
| dom all she has for the darlin' child ~
| Steldl was the sort of man who would
be given to Struggling his shoulders, like
a Frenchmau III a play so he no doubt
much for Miss Lucis, or | shall have
hear. | know not till now she have done
50 much for the daughter OF the black
sheep; but what shall school-bill be,
| after all +, Bah "a bagatelle. But a
commission in the Foot-ah, that is
| another shoe And you consent not TO
see your own flesh and blood tor the sake
of bill of 4 school ~
"I'm a betther sort of father than to
sthand in me own child's Wee of
fortune. And We sit there an tell me
she's spent the price of a commission ON
| your son-unless It's in the Marines,
where they'll believe the tale.
"RIroie lie gtatiilopuue Monsieur o'Brn.
am father of Ferent4 Steldl lieutenant
of King Georse-
"And of Lucis Bridgita o'Birn, that'll
he III the shoes Of Miss Molloy."
The two fathers emptied their tunblers,
and the Major rang for more. Neither
meant to lose this sitting match it he
could help it, that was clear.
"lf didn't know said Steldl slowly
and iinpressivcly, there is no school in
the land who shall teach for no pay, |
shall not believe. But she shall but toss
one bone 10 nne hungry dog-that shall
he all.
Now, Major Birn, though he had
never met his brother-in-law i'll the flesh
before, was u citizen Of that world which
knew that the refugee had taught fencing
in his time, and had won several bets
that he would make bullet mark ont a
pack OF cards. so, instead OF retorting
with charge of lot whisky into his
brother h-law yellow face, he contented
himself by saying with an angry grin
IAN what Ii We say when tell We my
wife is with her own sisther this very
dee, as thick "a bees in hive p
, The Irishman, though he had kept his
, temper the worst. won the match after
all. Steldl leapt from his chair with a
volley of language that proved his own
temper to he no deeper than the thinnest
: part of his skin.
Your wife, you fortune hunting Irish
beggar Your wife with Miss Motley ?
: So that's why you've been keeping me
here =" He threw the rest of his liquor
into the fire, and sent blaze up tile
/ chimney. Then he buttoned his coat
deiantly, saying Il will see Miss
| Molloy.''
Y AN that 5 what Icall mighty waste OF
' good drink, said Major O'Birn, gulping
down the remainder of his own. "les,
i We may go, Steldl. won't bother even
. to see her door shut in your face-though
faith, it would be fun
e "And | tell you, Monsieur" cried
+ Steldl, raising his voice into a sort o
scream, that it is my wife which is nov
with Miss Molloy y
The two husbands glared at one another
II fiercely. And, short OF running the risk
e of being knocked down by the other, tina
: was all left them to do. Words had don,
), their worst and they Were evident,
not men of deeds.
e No. Miss Bridgita Molloy had no
q turned out bad sister after all. Sh,
c would never even acknowledge SO mucl
) as the existence OF the Major and til,
% Count, and had an odd way of speaking 0
II the married Miss Molloys as if they wer,
}. widows ; but She did not visit the sins 0
" the fathers upon the children. At Il Yer,
st early age, too early for them to make 4
Of deliberate choice between their father ans
:, their fortunes, She had sent both tn
le little Ferentl and the little Lucis Brdgit
= to good schools, and, as they grew bigger
I. sometimes had them TO Chatterhnry 10
a, the holidays to meet their mothers, VIII
y accepted the arrangement more REASONABLE
a than mothers always will. For tGa
OF matter, neither Couut nor Major care
lg to be bothered with a baby, nor Away
Is with a wife. SO that the two yonn
lie children were removed from evil inhuepr
TT as much as Law in Miss Molloy's power
IL, She was a very strict aunt and terribl
X exacting patruness but she meant To i
q kind, and was really kind in her ow
+; way. | never saw much otthe children
er but liked what did see. Ferentz was
az fine, frank. hieh.spirited Young t4lov
without apy OF his fathers vices n
If often the way with the sons Of prodig;
w fathers. and Lucis was almost a. brett
as her mother had been when she aloue
nd with I'M. Major. Rathcra tui-t yirl
used to think but atuiabla. and with
he dash Of her aunt Biddy', good sen,
about her wav of speakius. But il ",
We on. of Miss Molloy's canrie-. that ii
tie left hand which she held ont 10 one sist
ed should know nothing Of how thu, rirl
an hand wa held on, IL tn. other. Meth,
as mother, neither child wa. ever her cue
at the sam. tim. A. tn. other moth
m and tn. other child. doubt il F.ren
i knew that he lad a ron.in I,nris. or j
nd that she had a rnnsin F4r-utl. Nj
as,ur4dly each If tn. mothers l,.liyy
&c. that sha alone was favored win Il
sisters bounty. That reserve VA a
me Of Miss Molloy-, very strongest f1ihl,...
led one NAV ur6p4rly can n fpihl. .,ror
Ill, She would never tell evsl, M. her lawy.
Is more than sh- Thought absolute
in necessary about ANYTHING and III
all conrs. wen 1ba. with ali her 90
rec business analitias' uonld sometimes n
trv little mistakes ont OF which fanud