New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-19


aunt's portrait. girls 7 IN, Ill th. ,,irls,
And Washington had TO sit still with on 'no gS
charming eyes fixed critically upon 20 aide dawn
under the table and evade them, pub vi 0o"''' Nv
was obliged TO remain above. , .,o aunt want nm
.i,rnh an and the cousins agreed that lie cci
t,,nIv had Caroline's nose which mado Flushlegtoh
feel vaguely that he ought at least 10 onof W 10
w." PRESENTLY one of tho girls whispered 70 her
mother. who laughed iudulgcntly What 90 you
1nk this silly child wants me to ask Sou now ,ss
what YOU look like with your college cap ana gown
on! Will you put them on. just to please nef oh
SO Flushington had to put them o. ana "a III
slowly up and down tho room ~ thein leeiinu az
the time what dismal spectacle he was making ol
himself, while the grls were plainly disapnolittebu .
and remarked that. somehow they had 1nous"' 'n0
academicul costume moro becoming
Then began molly maintained cateci'isin "p Ii
his studies. his amusemcnts, his friends anu us
mode of lire generally; which lie mot with uneasy
shftnrs and short tnid answers. shat they dld not
appear to think altogether satisfactory. ..,
Indeed the aunt who by this time felt the potted
with something of severity in her tone, whether he
went TO church regularly; and he SAID tnat nc
didn't 90 to church. put was always regular a'
On this she observed coldly that she was sorry to
hear her nephew was DisSenter; ana r. ushinslou
much too shy to attempt TO explain we ms ni
derstandng; lie sat quiet and felt miserable WHO
there was another uncomfortable pause.
The cousins were whispering together ana laugh
ing over little private jokes, auu ne, hlttr INC
manner of sensitive men. OF course imagined tney
were laughing at him-and perhaps be was not very
far wrong on this occasion. SO be was growing
hotter aud hotter every scconO lnwardiy cuTslhg
his whole race and wishing that his father mad been
a founding- when there came another tap al 'he
door. c,,,.io
uunr Fred You remember old Sophy --no. you
can't You were only baby when she came 10 I'VE
with us, but she'll remember y01. She Desged so
hard to be taken, and so we told her sue ihish'
come gu mere slowly after u.s.
Ana then an old person in black bonnet caGe
feebly in ana was considerably aneeteu wngn s 10
think as my dim old eyes should see the chlld Ne
nursed on my lap growed out lnlo coiIeee gen,
tlcman! And she Rugged fIdshihgioh anu WtpO va
his shoulder till no almost cataleptlc Win Coh
fusion. :....,
she confessed 10 certain feeling OF disappointment
mith TInShjnrtou: he had not filed cut. she said,
S. fine as ned promised to fill cut And when sh9
oSknl n he recoilectcl how he wouldn't be washed
unless they nut his little wooden horse on the
washstand and what business 1t WAS 10 make MN
swallow his castor.Oil. it made fIusblhgtoh leei
like fCOl. II,
This was unite bad enough but at last the girls
began to 90 round his rools, exclalmin9 at every
thing admirng his pipe and umbrella RACKS MS
batlao horns and his quaint wooden kcUtIeh oI'lcT'
mt they happcned to come upOn his French novel,
aad being uns0phistlcated colonial GirIs Win
healthy igr ORANGE OF such literature nheF w"'eu
His presence Of mind hid gone loLg before, anu
this demand threw him into violent Preparation
he C0HlU not invent. anu Ae vas pam
his brains to find some portion oil the ta!c whcl
would bear experimentation there was another
knock at the door . j., -, -,
AT this FlushnatOn VAS perfectly dumb with hOr-
ror; be prepared himself Dlanky foT another aunt
with fresh relay Of female cousins. or moro old
family servants who had washed lin IN his III
fancy and he sat there covering.
But when the door opened, tall fair-halred
g0Od-looking young fellow. who from his costume
hal evidently just come up from the tehnIS'ceurt'
came bursting in impulsively.
Oh sag : he began. have yOu hcard-ha'e you
seen Oh, beg pardon, didn't see, You Know no
aided. as he noticed the extraordinary TACT thaI
Flushugtcn had people mp.
Oh. let mo Introduce YOU said IIushington,
with a vague idea that this the proper thing
TO DO Mr.. Washington, Mrs. no, don't know
her namc-my aunt-lny cousins
The young man, who had dst been about to re-
tire bowed and stared with sudden surprise Do
you know, lie said slowly to the other. rather
think tlatS my aunt
I'm afraid not whispered Flushngton; she
seems quite sure She S nine. .
sWcli Pve got an aunt and cousins I've never
seen before coming M to-day, said the new conner:
and yours uncommcnly like the portrait OF mine
.If they belong to yOu. do take them away SAID
Flrshngton feeDly; / don't think can keep up
much longer -,
the aunt "is il something we are not TO know
lie SAYS he thinks there's been a mistake, and
Won re not my aunt explained flushugton.
'Oh. docs he she SAID, drawing herself up in
dcnantly; and what does he know about i'll
didn't catch his name, who IS he
Fred LushugtOn, he said; that's my name
and who are you, if he $ Fred Washington she
inquired, turning upon the unfortunate owner of
I'm Frederick Flushincton, lie ammercd; I'm
sOrTy-but cal 1 help 1t!
Then you're not my nephew at all, sir" cried tho
amt
THANK you very much said Flushngton CRATE
fully.
you see her real nephew was explaining TO her
'thcre isn't much light on the staircase, and YOU
must have thought his name over tho door was f.
LushingtOn," so in you went. You know! The
porter told me you'd been asking for me, so /
Loo, al i'm here ia see had
heard OF YOU. and here YOU are.
But whv didn't he tell me she said. for size was
naturally annoyed to find that she had been pour
ing out all her pentnp affection over perfect
stranger, aud She even had dim idea that she had
put herself in ratrora ridiculous position which of
course made her feel very angry with Fiushrngton.
why couldn't lie explain before matters had gone
How was I TO known pleaded Flushington:
darrsay have aunts in Australia and you sal you
were one of them. thought very likely you knew
best
accnsngly: you must have had some object-l
cannot say vhat-in encouraging my mistake; OH
I'm sure OF it! ,,, $3.50,
unhappy FlushingtVn; Il thought 1T was all right
What else was | to dor
The cousins were whispering and laughing to-
gether all this time and regarding their cousin
with shy admiration, very different from the man
ner IN which they had looked at poor Flushington
anu the old nurse too. was oyerOyed at the ex-
change, and declared That she felt sure from the
first that her master Frederick had not turned out
SO understood as him, meaning Flushington.
Yes. yes said LushingtOn hastily. quite mis-
take, both sides quite sure FlushingtOn isn't the
man to go and intercept any fellows amt
Il wouldn't have done 10 for worlds if had
known y ho protested very sincerely.
'Well' she said, little Modified, Pm very sorry
we've all disturbed you like this. Mr.-Mr. Flush
ngton' the unlucky man said something about
not minding il now) and now, Fred, my boy. per-
haps you will show us the way to the right IoUmsT
Come along, them sad he E I'll lrun down and
tell them to send up some lunch they did not ex-
pain that they had lunohed already. You come
too, Flushington. and then after lunch you and
will row the ladies up TO Byion's PoolP
Yes. do come. Mr.. Flushington.' the ladies said
kindly, just to show you forgive usv
But Washington wriggled ont OF it to begin
with, he did not consider he knew, his neighbor