The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-03

| going 10 milwaukee, on business next BlOn-
day.
But there's Sarah AIMS teeth," said Mrs
Pollexfen, piteously, land my new bunting
dress"
They'll keep" remarked the husband, cal
lousy.
"Pollexfen," said the lady, with acerbity
"if I'd have known what matrimony was, I'd
never have married your
Mr. Pollexfen laughed and lighted his
cigar.
Mrs, Pollexfen secretly vowed that she
would be quits yet with her lord and master
"Ill have my summer party" thought Mrs
Polexfen. "Ill asked the Joneses, and the
Browns, and the Robinsons, and every liv-
ing soul in town, and I'll have it while Pollex-
| fen is gone to Milwaukee. | won't be buried
alive here all summer under the tamarack
trees and wild blackberry bushes!"
So on Tuesday morning Mrs. Pollexfen
| took the train to Philadelphia and sent out
her invitations.
Quite an informal little summer gathering,
you know, my DEAR" SAID she to Mrs. Fen
wick FoXglove, who was her dearest friend
and confidant. 1.-TWO or three violins and
French horn, creams, waterloo and pate de
tois gras."
She ordered her refreshments from Du
Poulier's, garrisoned the house with confec-
all white pufflngs and blonde lace over le-
mon -colored silk, from Madam Elsette's, and
tiattered herself that she was quits with Pol
leXfen at last
Hell be in dreadful way when the bill
comes in," thought she. But, dear me one
must pay ones debtsto society once in awhile,
and he can't eat me, when all is come and
gone"
In the meantime, Mr. Phineas Pollexfen
himself, instead of being stealing across the
continent in the direction of Milwaukee, was
quietly bargaining for cold roast fowls, oys-
tiers on the halfshell, and an unlimited sup
ply of cigars and Rhine wines, at the commits
sary departments of the Fortunum Hotel
For the little fiction regarding Milwaukee
had been set afloat by Mr.. Pollexfen merely to
keep his wife out of town until after certain
entertainment which he proposed giving to
his bachelor friends and the members of
club to which he belonged club which was
Yclept "The Lively Crickets"
"lf Louisa were to hear of it, she'd be tor
menting me to death to let her give party
too" thought Mr. Pollexfcn. "And business
is slack and times are hard, and altogether
it's just as well to keep close mouth about
it. These women are SO unreasonable
The eventful Thursday evening at last came
and so did the Lively Crickets
viewing the fair and fluttering crowd who,
were already beginning to assemble That's
new dodge of PoleXfen's. We never had
ladies at meeting of the lively Crickets be-
fore Wonder what Mrs p. would say if
she knew"
Dear me, ma'am " said Betsy, the maid,
as she fastened the yellow laburnum bios.
SONS into her mistress ebon tresses, there's
such a-many gents down stairs. Flocking in,
ma'am, just like swarm o. bees"
as there?" said Mrs. Poexfen, nervous.
ly. do help me with this glove button, Bet.
sy. l told Kate Lee and the Miss Muggle-
stons to invite all the young gentlemen they
knew"
"Yes'm," nodded Betsy "but these gen.
tlemen amt young. They're mostly bald
and mddle-aged, ma'am, like MASTER
"Never mnd-they're gentlemen, all the
same" said Mrs. Pollexfcn, preparing to hur-
ry down stairs.
she made her appearance, rather red and
flushed, among her guests, just MS Mr.. Pollex-
fen's voice was heard at the foot ofthe stairs,
bawling out:
"Smithers, old fellow, I'm delighted to see
you! Walk up, walk up, Potts Make your
self at home, Dawson You'll find cigars in
the little room off the parlor, and I'll never
forgive any man who spares emp
dent of the honorable society of Lively Crick-
cts, stumbled into Mrs. Pollexfen's presence,
with face of blank amazement.
"1o our servant, ma'am I'm sure said Mr..
Smithers who was not al taHin ladies' socie-
ty. "PolleXfen never let on as we should ave
the pleasure ofmeeting your
And just then the band, which Mrs. Pol
lexfen had Gagged up in the back verandah,
like so many disconsolate mice in trap,
struck up the Beautiful Blue Danube"
"Music, eh ?" said Rackette, the honorable
secretary Of the Lively Crickets, poking his
host under his ribs. "Pollexfen, you rogue,
what does all this mean ?"
I'm blessed if knoww said Mr.. Polex-
fen, staring around, with bewildered eyes,
81 never ordered those fellows herew
And springing up stairs, two steps at
time, he found himself gsa giS with Mrs.
PolleXfen, in lemon. colored silk, with tulle
puffings, and all the elite of West Brownson
Street and its vicinity gathered around her.
"Louisap
"Phineas'
"What does this mean"
81 thought you were in Milwaukee,
Like tangled threads of electric fire the
words of Mr.. and Mrs. Pollexfen crossed one
another-a Babel of confusion.
Mr.. Pollexfen turned scarlet
u just nave inc Lively CTlCk-
cts here while the house was empty !" falter- |
ed he, feeling the full disadvantages of his
position.
"And l." said Mrs. Pollexfen, rising supe-
rior to any momentary embarrassment, "con-
cluded to invite few friends while you were
gone to Milwaukee"
Mr.. Po]leXfen wheeled around on his heel |
"Tel EN- to strike up reel-a Jig Yankee |
Doode-AnyHing :" shouted he. Gentle
men, take your partners for a quadrille, and |
let's begin to spend the evening in earnest"
Never before had the Lively Crickets par
taken of so elegant and recherche collation. |
as that which was spread before them that |
night in the Pollexfen dining-room Never |
had Mrs. Pollexfen's young lady acquaint- |
ance enjoyed themselves so heartily.
Such lot of gentlemen, you know w said |
they. Two or three partners for every girl |
And dear Mr.. PolleXten had ordered oysters |
and Rhine wine, and all sorts of delicacies |
with the ices and lemonade. Such delight |
fully original thing, you known
So that, upon the whole, the Pollexfcn par
ty was success
Mr. Pollexfen paid all the double bills with |
out word of murmuring and Mrs. Pollex- |
fen observed. graciously, that really that club |
of Phineas's was far superior to what she had |
imagined"
And they were both satisfied, and neither |
ofthem ventured to find any fault with the
other.
Wanted.