New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-01

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sanctum-prnk glaze and muslinl On the lends
| pink glaze and muslin r..
Now come. Wilfred, make haste and dress We
put butte nhole on the dressing-tabic Ior you
| You're to dress in cooks room, says my wiIe'
Everything has gone beautifully up to the present.
sherry for him-poor Booseyoott! Don't the leads
| look charming and the temporary staircase Is y
great success. How do you think harriette anu
quite too consummate,' said !, flying up the
stairs As dressed reflected on my nt,Ie paw ~
the arrangements had settieu at lI,oV 20 Give
hoped most of my guests would have gone TO give q
| little wholesome hot supper to chosnLi Few "nV
should be asked privately to stay III ,n ms no, OF
| course Maria was cOgnizant but what sle was noI
! cOgnzant of was that had asked old Blossom anu
old Shagg generally called : B' ami p. az oney
were ALWAYS together: getting mixed nmVItueo y,
both very well-informed men, and often most
useful to me. Although the best OF irends tney
were never known to be civil TO eacn o,net '1e na
quaint sarcasms were always pointed the one
| against the other. | discovered they had dress
suits of an ancient date, and as they hhled ,noy
should like ~ know me en- fannie as wen as On
garcon. in a weak moment | asked them to our
party never venturing to tell Maria ,
| l was down just a. the first knock was nearu.
Such fine stately walters Stodge mas sent,
whispered Maria: and there's linkman ana
policeman TO keep the line, e-.., .ho,,.od ora
Mr.. and Mrs FItzwaillham spots, snouleo ono
Vi . On how.de,do. dear Mrs Potts So kind of
you to come early and dear AnnaDeile 700. Lazy
Fullyiames Will be here, 80 at last you VIII meet
! Then ensued an awful twenty minutes OF no
arrivals, a forced conversation being kept mp the
while by poor Maria, to whom the time seemeu
| treble IT'S length. At last another knock .
i daresay the Fullyjameses and Lady Eva saiu
my wife A.. c.o.o,
Mr. Blossom and Mr.. Shagg. SAID the o.alety.
/ could we sunk into the ground Malta
| looked at me inquirlDgly. II.
'Oh, forgot my dear; two old friends OF NINE
distinguished men, joint authors Vi SINUS Aoi
| Snobs" aud other works. M,
To see those two old fellows come 1nl Ihey
both looked AS if they had borrowed suits from
/ N,+b had Ippu iu,pulPu "A
! for low comedians; large suck-up collars, open
! in front and Lehlnd. with strings depending; huge
neckcloths; seedy and roomy black cotton gloves;
! boots very easy and slit about over the toes
Blossom his face bright red and ms rev gray mars
straight on end. brought up bad nat ana tnlch
stick Shagg whose purple nose and cheeks we're
| traced with dark veins like rivers on map, hau
! large handkerchief with flags of all nations IN
! his hand. Blossom smelt OF brandy anu water
| Shagg of smoke Mrs Potts put up her glasses
| Maria scowled Miss Potts and fiarrette ggglel
! (which Blossom noticed, as heard him say, Hate
sir. Blossom Mrs. Penfcd Mr.. Shncg. Mrs.
| Penlield; my daughter Mr.. Blossom, Mr.. Shagg,
'' .uow'de-dt, ma'amP said Blossom. We call
! your husband our !ad" we do. Freud to meet his
lady 60, H. ,.,y,..,..
! Sharc: L always call hun my toy Ioure not
even truthful, Blossom. Truthful or not, you re no
| fit company for ladies; grumDing ana GROWING
! behind the bars at the geological Is your httest
place Don't YOU know better than to split mans
and argue in female soclety' Tax what you call
brains to a chValTOuS tnlng 10 the women
kind. -iIonored to make the acquaintance OF 4lrs.
aud Bliss Penheld I'm sure said shagg. with a bow
which split something with lcud report. il1h-
ored to make all ladies' ACQUAINTANCE Dnt especilly
my boys" wife aud daughter, as caii MN. IN
, an old fellow now, but time was when L was
| difficult to cut ont, maam
Blossom.
Maria made stiff bow and looked daggeIs at me;
- The two old fellows here began to shuttle ronnd
! the room, mumbling 10 each other. Mrs. fotts
| smiled superolll0usly. !, . ,,.o , .to soid
1T is quito experience for US to see what
extraordinary people really do exist, ,,.m;a 1..
A ring at the bella note. Poor Maria, saw
her grow pale. 1t from Lads FullyJames, anu
ran as follows
My DEAR MRS. PENPELD,-We are all so dis
apponted. but Sir James has just heard of the
death of old Lady Blk, his greataunt. AS she
was always 80 very kind 20 our dear second boy we
d, not like 20 20 out the very night hear the
news send footman with this line. feeling sure
you would Ms Pen If @ost sincerely yours
' ~ ELIZA FULLYJAMRs.
p s.-Poor Lady Eva is dying to go to you, but
she has Que now to take ner.
.Ah, said Mrs Potts it's all very fine, but
never thought they'd come. Tomorrow is the great
reception at Awberry House for that eccentric Grow
Prince of =. I'll wager they 20 there What
fuss thew are making about that young man. she
continued L should very much like 10 see him
myself We may be asked yet. through tho
Croaker Toadies. you know. NO; tauy Laiy
nm sue [ don't care whether they come or not,
said / nsttled we have a very agreeable circle of
literary aad artistic friends he. here Mrs aGt.s
e. thev will 10 doubt. be with Us soon. and help US
tn a CHEEKY evening. What the specia! ATTRACTION
of the Fullyjameses is. never could discover; we
rae nothing TO gain from a Prvy Councillor and
Trder secretary. AS for Lady Fullyjames posing
for eing clever as Dlue-stocAiHs' ~ Hil'a'o' Ho
much. say what might
Maria was upset she began to think her party
failure. and she writhed under Mrs. P0ttss Ill
concealed smile OF satisi action soon a sprnkiing
of Our friends and relations arrived but, alas! no
| Uncle ShortIuan no Black Missionary or American
poet: the Desert explorer came fuddled having
evidently made up for lost time no Ienaie uocto5
| oniv the usual ordinary encourage we lived among
| daily and whom there was To my thinking no
! snecial cause to entertain at such inconvenience.
Bouseycott, when sent ior' nad ais tou
him: he was far past playing though he already
! threatened to me for his two gulneas unless
! noid INSTANTLY. Stodges stately walters mad fol-
f".ysd hls example; their leader ! found, when
! aiming Mrs Potts to the refreshment room, seated
on the stairs crying Dltt1Ly asneu I, T ht
| only too late how badly he had behaved 10 MS
! mother vhen the temporary stairs gave way Win
crash nader the weight Oh BLOSSOM anu nna aHf
! tered covering my friends with grease the PINK
Claze and muslin in the passage caught IRE, Wnlch
e. snhdued with the greatest dlihcnlty, the de-
stpnction Of the house being at ono time imminent.
strong smell OF onions crept up IRON the Kitchen
on the leads and thence peryauehh ese,y r1o.p od
| niohtj thoroughly convinced of our defeat.
| 'Wiltred SAID poor dear Maria almost IN tears
what failure / wish bad been guided by you,
and given no party at ALL | really can't 60 on
smiling; that nasty Old Blotting. or whatever his
same IL has spilled a whole cup OF coffee all over
my dress and quite ruined it. It's past G 50 D and
nervish and over-tred. What useless expense =
| OH dear, oh dearV
had lust returned from seeing Booseycott and
all the stately waters of the premises IN caos,
under charge of the police at the risk OF alarming
the entire neighbOrhood
Yes, my dear, Pm afraid we can't boast much H.; !
replied aDsenty, for now was conscious I OF uae
nresenre of two smart-lOokng young men ala not
Know. The face OF of them seemed, neverthe,
tass familiar to me although for the life OF me-