The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-10-07

concerned one way OF Une OIner: I'll 90
and send her off. "
She left the room. and did not return
for five minutes. Then, after sitting
down again, and reading a few pages of
Mrs Browning, she looked up with
smile as if at some joke, which was in
explicable under the circumstances; ~
had to give her the clothes, said she.
did you? | thought you always
did"
Il mean, of course, the laundried
ones she had brought
''Weren' t they Just right?''
bluff, you are getting obtuse. She
took them IN payment. d"
"Mercyn'
81 can make my things last just about
a month that way"
"But how am to manage with only
twenty-four shirts, and at least seven
thrown to the dogs a week ?'
THAT does seem a problem" mused
Tiff, laying down Mrs. Browning poems
temporarily on her knee, Couldn't
YOU buy a flannel shirt, and wear it ever
so long?"
Couldn't you get bathing-dressP"
demanded Huff, with whitening sarcasm.
"O!' gasped Tiff, &" how fearful you
al,0GyS aren'
Suppose the quarrel over, and for a
day or two intense peace. Then came
an episode. ~
"WeI, dears, how do you do?" The
speaker was a fine girl, joyous with
early morning air and unusual excite
mcnt.
Huff and Tiff were transfxed. They
were just starting out for breakfast.
Il was determined to find you in, and
so | came at this hour" went on the
visitor. at has taken us good while to
find you, since papa would hear of it.
The detective says you drank Steinberger
Cabinet yesterday-'
"How dare you enter the same air we
breathe?n Numbered Huff, striding up
to his sister and taking her round the
waist for stout kiss. ''We ignore your
existence"
"What a lovely roomn' exclaimed
Esther, sitting down with Tiff upon the
sofa, with a sweep Of the eyes, and then
bending sideways toward the brides
cheek until cheek and lips met. "You
dearl'
you lovew says Tiff, and they en-
brace.
''Papa says you must be married over
again, 90 through the form and all the
show and Importance, - remarked Esther
with the most fascinating, lazy noncha-
lance "IIe said he never saw anything
90 off so like cotton into flames as you
,l;I ,,,fa thn,tCrh wa
more in love with your Bessie Featherly
than he was. He don't remember for
bidding the marriage at all. -
"Please to tell my father" said HUFF
severely, looking down at his wife, who
held her chin in her hand, that l re-
member his forbidding it Cor as bad as
forbdding iD very distinctly. And
please add that from this time forth my
father-yes, and all the rest of you, is
are-dead to men'
''Dreadful words, those, Will" sighed
his sister, glancing up with compressed
lips. Don't you think so, Bessie?"
Mrs Tiff shook her head and smiled.
''Mr, Thwaite is never in the wrong"
says she, and feels little awkward at
her own assertion.
Esther thought moment, and then
said she would not stay any longer just
now Huff said he would see her home
and then reflected that he could not very
we'll carry out his intention. Esther upon
this explained that she had come in the
carriage. When she had bowed herself
through the open door, she stopped to
throw over her shoulder a roulade of ge-
NAL laughter.
''By-the-way, WILL" she called, "if
we were in the fashionable set, what a
terrible notoriety you two wild things
would have! AS it is, it's like a nice
play. Adeun'
II wishmy mother would come now, "
said Tiff, after the door had closed on
her husbands buoyant sister-who was
also a school friend-and after pause,
or something equivalent to one. Huff
had not descended to the carriage with
Miss ThWaite, for fear of catching sight
of the world-dreaded grin on the foot
man S yiSage.
"Your mother is woman. deal"
answered Thwaite, as if that meant
something unusual, "and it will take q
long time for her to come round as my
father has done"
But you are as unrelenting as you
can be-" suggested Tiff.
Huff would like to have said that as a
young husband he could not be other
wise than he was, but as he felt that this
might be too brilliant a revelation for
Tiff, he remained silent.
In the evening they were sitting, as
was customary, in the cheerful blue
tinted room, Huff feeling very cozy and
aloof from the world and annoying rela-
tives, and remembering his days occu-
patton in the rival insurance Office as if
it were a dream.
The door opened hastily, and a figure
presented itself which dashed their
united calm to atoms.
1t was Esther, pale and trembling, her
ashen face emphasized by black veil
around it, and over her colored dress a
heavy black shawl. Thwaite hurried to
her and took her ungloved hand in his.
MY sister! what has happened to
you?"
"Let me sit down or I shall faint, "
whispered Esther, dropping her head
against his arm. Thwaite led her
to an easy chair and helped her down
upon its soft cushions. Tiff was alert in
opening the window. and then running
to ESthpr'S side 6ndinU her howavar ~