New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30

B There was something so dlsconcerteu III i'O11dr
and manner that burst out laughing; Ou" t ;ve
went on Well, | think it is rather, wheh i"alors
next door You're Jealous Gresham yo,i re CO.. the
You'll see they will only have askea YOU ntinueI
evening And then another thing, Go H., asi,
they have asked me into the honSe, "n and three
father and mother for the eVenlns -
daughters! Fancy wanting three anxiousy still,
with an uneasiness that seemed quito un@ IT, in
able. there's nothing nothing oIu' sbouId have
asking three dauster enouch TO CO. and it is hard
io 70 he left behind Your mother vas no thl
nrssd " vas she ? Eh, MostynG she ulu ho' 'ninN
it Oddr , said without noticing
Ii 1T remark and began rummaglng ah3ne ''T
heap of letters awaiting MN Ie 9 askeI into the house
200 Whv declare there Is not one LOT you ~ o.,
What can il mean turned eagerly TO Cr esnaln
who was sitting with his back 20 me- anu 'H''
heard stihed, choking sounc. $780,. rlooo
tits very odd said as returned 10 my place.
The whole thing is odd: can't make IL OUT 800,
Mostyn' sad Gresham very solemnIy, IL Sou
knew what il was t0 write nne-and twenty nOIes
like that in one day, bet you anything ypI t isHo
YOU would not write the thrtleth. II you GoLiu hep
it, never knew such hand as Lazy heII ~" Ia
why il took ages 10 compose those notes anu 'ne"
write them ,npt acclaimed very
uneasly ouite at a loss 10 understand GresIam
nnacco1ntable behavior 'You are more incompse-
hensible than yesterday. o.. =. i'm. sol
Young man., said Gresham VIII, ~ ter
euniv every one of those nine and-t twenty letters
was nenned bV this fair hand he held up ms iaIIe
shanelv brown hand as he spoke and II u dOes
NOT ache like fury this morning. my name - uoe pU
Gresham The fair hand proceeded to helP ltseh
LARGELY to butterod egg; and the owner Went ON;
The first took me half an hour al least ana tneh
7 cot INTO such an awful Ness with some OF tueih'
had TO write Lady Newbys all over again, because
mt at the end " Pray bring your gun" And the
DArcvs' too lust because | must needs sign myseIi
r. Gresham know shall never get myself OUT
of signing Julia b. Merivale now.
But. Gresham, l gasped. Gresham you
didn't ., .,o latter
calmly. L thought. while was driving nome tne
dav before yesterday what 20 II WOMB nc 10
write round to all the neehooIs inviting men f 10
ball nj Mervale House and the state inc oiI cnip
would be in when all the notes OF acce ptance began
to pour in. And then what could 40 out ses
up early next morning ferret onI az T,, o ~
oId Sir Thomas He IS sprv as OlackDlru III
this moments and lie little thinks he niue thlnhss
of what Tomorrow morning viii bring 1orth'
Gresham laughed till the tears anne mo ms eve
| did not laugh. sat staring at him. De"nueIeu'
hOTrOrs;ruck. -, -, go,
oasped Gresham still shaking with laughter.
What is the matter. man : You look as II you haH
been attending your own funeral:
But Gresham | cried, Gresham, lot s0ouheS5
sake. tell me You are only Joking. You never could
Vow hold your tongue and listen to me said
Gresham wipne his eyes . Bv George. IL lhe
richest thing ever heard of, much less ever ana l
came home in such fume about 81 Thomas SMUT
ting up his house like that, that couid not eeV II
of head. i luOuElt u IL Oh VIZ
and then when II occurred TO me 10 SEMI out MS III
vitations for him, and to ask myself 10 stay III nc
house the idea tic]lled me so much tnat hahg II
had TO do IT, could not have helped u 10 save my
life Besides It is a capital way TO get on WIN
Beatrix staying two nights III the mouse. l
thought we'd have Tower to stay TOO Hes ways
Jolly and dances no end. And then ! thought we
ought to have poor old Lady ID and the Two girls
Old Lady hi has been uncOmmOnly ciyu TO INC
Meriyales aud so | thought we could n0t mss ueI
out: and the girls are not bad, and they dance
rafting we'll | wrote all the invitations 10 stay IN
the house first. Let me see ION lower anu 0lu
Lady hi and her daughters you see they are 700 I'i
oil TO drivel. and-Oh Of course Lady NewOy ana
her daughter The daughter isn't much ont
conldnt tnInk OF anyone else who had been cIyl TO
THEM ard was not q relation. You see could not
do =, ith any relations. The MerIvales would write
directly to any they were intimate Wlth' anu aSh
all kinds of questions about the INVITATION ana say
thew had had nothing TO do with II, ana ASK 10 nave
IT, scnt To them to see and then there would he no
end of a row and, hang il theg might DAP upon
me. aud then it would be all up W tn BeatrIX. /
do hope and trust did not sign myself wrong 10
any one else and send it without knowing
sRnt what will come of 1t all. Gresham sald
what on earth are you 10 40 Wien ~ al ''
ont as come out II must : E. ~,
Hang il, 1t won't come ont it can't When all
the letters come IN tomorrow Whal ritu .IioS wv
They can't 20 writing round 10 ieVeryDOdy TO say
us All mistake. Anyhow ! bet anything you Ike
LADY Merivale won't. Shell not let such chahce
slip through her fingers, She make ann slVe ~
zee # size doesn't. Anyhow I've done my best.
can do more. t,1 eoii
Who can tell what may come OF IL ra..,o.oo
a Great deal if we have any lEck. Let me see;
ron mt me Oft. Where i All yes. ana
GRESHAM began again. Lady ID, ION lover
LADY Newly; oh and thought We ought 10 nave
an,tber man SO asked young Butler. He's rather
an oaf but Lady Merivale likes HIM Then. OF
course. asked YOU old man. and myself TO stay ID
the house too. / thought u would be Joluer thah
going for the evening. In, MOstynF
e.WeU Gresham | said We are both IN the same
boat
q thought that would not make a bad party in the
he. - continued Gresham complacenllN. l. sdiu
onlv two nights and thought We had better dance
ne first night ! did think OF asking lew more
people to stay l should have liked oid Mrs, Deul-
ron and her daughter. and DICK BOwlcS, nut iheu
Won see | did not know how many rooms they hal;
and though some are sure to say no. Thought
be on the safe side ,. .1Lo-,l
never be able to put all these people up. Ihey are
sucb a lot in themselves that they nave hoI nan
the room one would THINK ana then OncIc "40 'N'
ladies' maids and the foOtmen. - H..
Hang the ladies' maids said Gresham dlscon
certed never thought Of them. On they mus
shake in somehow am gag pu et n 70 sSH og
the nelahbors | asked everybody within elghl
miles. and SAID they were to bring their TRENDS.
nsej everybody that is here Gresham rubbed hl'
lands everybody except that cad Iyrreu Ht
lives only five miles OIL. but really one must araT
the line somewhere Tyrrel was an ardent al
mirer OF BeatTlX.
.Ho,l thinl, il most dreaGfully rude said /, be
ginning at last to pluck up heart, and to enter ht'
| the spirit of the thing. ,r,,
Wont he JUST rejoned Gresham gleeI ,h y
| Then the next thing that bothered me was whei
! To fix for the Dall. | thought the 9TH OF January
~ first Int that runs it rather close on the Harrlng
Ton ball and also | decided there ought not 10 %
less than a mont his notice. SO finally settled OF
| the 10th. To-day Is December the 9TH 1hai VIII
i can't Imagine how you thought it all out
| said admIlngly. ,a,
| well, Halter myself 1t is not thihg any Oou.
would have zone he replied conceltedIy.
| Certainly no in the world but yourself
| All headpiecel headDiece" aud Gresham tappc
! his head significantly 1t doesn't al"aEs come ou
! in exams Gresham spoke from experienced, Du
| in an emergency like thH now, you see what 1t cal
do for you
If it doesn't get YOU into a scrape, and that
| nasty one, in the meantime