Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-04-13
A KISS FOR A BLOW.


A KISS FOR A BLOW.
"Thomas," said Miss Browne to Il
man-servant, "what is the name of Il
family living in tho third house belo'
lis on this side the atreet-the hOue
with the ash-treCs before it? Olive
says the name is Thurston, but chi
dren can't be relied upon in the matte
Of names"
"rhat be the name, miss" sal
Thomas. "Leastways, it's Thursto
on the door"
"TImrston! A pretty set they mus
be, too! That Thmston hoy pummel
Oliver within an inch of his life when
ever he goes into the street. cam
keep Oliver in the house, and | can
bear this thing any longer. Why, tn
poor child came home yesterday will
his nose bleeding. and mud on his new
suit, and | have made up my mind t,
send Il line to young Thurston's faith
er'
"Shall | take it round, miss?"
"Directlv," and Miss Nora proceeded
to indite this frigid note:
"MR TnURSToN:
DEAR SIR-YOu will doubtless bC
surprised at q note from a stranger
but | feel obliged to call your attention
to the behavior Of your son toward.
our little Oliver, who can scarcely gc
into the street without receiving q
blow from him. | have endured this
sort of thing till endurance is no long
er virtue, and must request your
early interference. Respectfully
II. BROWNE
The next day she received this reply
"Mr. Thur5ton regrets that MIS-
Browne has been put to any inconven.
ience by the conduct of his grandson.
and begs to ask if Master Oliver did
not provoke the quarrel, and bear his
part in il"
"Our Oliver provoke a quarrelr'
cried Mis- Nora, "What an insOlent
old man" and straightway returned
"IR-l cannot believe for an in.
slant that our Oliver was to blame in
the rffair. have inquired into the
and it seems that the blow
was entirely mpruyokcd. | am only
as!on'sh,d that you should uphold
your grandson in such grave fault"
II. BROWNE"
M, Thurston thinks that if YOU
can secure faithful repcrt of the
affair from Master Oliver, you will
lind that it is six Of one AID half.dczsn
Jf the other, so 10 speak. Mr.. Thurs
ton also begs that you will reorganize
vour own child's manners before ofter-
ing suggestions to your neighbyls."
of | can secure a faithfnl report
from Oliver! When will impudence
cease? WCmIn-like, she meant to
have the last word.
MIR. THURsTON:
"SlR-I Can rely implicitly On our
divers word. And if | fail to reor-
lanize the manners of our hey it must
Dc because your own furnishes him
with sucl evil examples.
II. BROWNE"
" hat an ass that Mrs. Browne is!'
'ail Grandpa Thurs;on 10 the person
who had been doing up his tender cor.
'espondcnce for him. "Give it to the
'imp'eton hot and heavy this time,
luce. You werenot savage enough in
'Our last"
81 propose we drop the subject here.
She's born sCold, ani will have the
asst word, say what you WILL" and as
irandpa Thurston was paralyzed, and
ould only hold pen by proxy, the
correspondence came to standstill.
"Thpy found my last unanswerable,"
hOught Nora. "What common people
hey must be, to bring up child so
'adly! Shoddy, no doubt. I'm glad |
Ion't know them-that people are not
bliged to know their neighbors in the
ity. They must be insufferable.'
Miss Nora Browne had been left in
barge of her sisters household, while
hat lady and her husband Travelled
broad, unhampered by Master divers
resence. Her home was some hun.
red miles away inland, and her ac-
uaintances in the city were few and
ar between, while even these few
7ere generally out of town at this sea.
On uf the year. However, she was
nrprised one morning by call from
riend, who, having become tired of the
FOUNTAINS, had returned to the city
Or few days.
"How lonesome you must be, Nora ?"
aid Miss Elphinstone. "You must
rop in upon us often; the horse. cars
IN within block of our door, And
'e'll have such larks! Blythe. way,
'e are going down the harbor tomor.
Nv in Cousin I.uciuss' yacht--he's Just
ONE from Europe, you know, and
ou must join us."
an. sure don't know" said Nora,
never having heard of Cousin Lu.
us's' existence before"
"Never heard of Cousin Luciusl
'ell, live and learn. But you'll Gomez"
"Wild horses couldn't keep me at
ome, thank you"
The next day Thomas and old Rus
t took Miss Nora down to the wharf,
here the Sunbeam was ready to put
1t. What day it wasl Not a cloud
the whole wide heavens, and "Cousin
ucius" on deck, brown.bearded and
hite handed, with great liquid eyes
I'd smile that set the pulses beating
hen it beamed upon one, and that one
to be girl of twenty with
untenanted heart. The party was
lite a family affair, Mr.. and Mrs.
phinstone, their sons and daughters,
Ith one or two friends, making up the {
L.
"This is a regular snare, Nora" said /
len Elphinstone, when they were Z
opping down the harbor. 81 don't
ow how you will feel about it, my 8
ar girl; but, you see. we are not
ing to sail for the day merely, but t
t into the broad Atlantic, and along
A c0agt and haavan Lon,,n ..,h A