Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-09

ms agreed tnaE ne certainly nau OaTOllne
nose, which7msde Flushington feel vaguely
that he ought at least offer to return it.
Presently one of the girls whispered 70
her mother, who laughed indulgently.
What do you think this silly child y ants
me to ask you, Fred ," she said. " She
says che would so like 10 zee what you
look ike with your college cap and gown
on VIII you put them on just to please
her ?"
50 Washington had TO put them on aud
walk slowly up and down the room In
them, feeling all the time what dismal
spectacle he was making OF himself, while
the girls were plainly disappointed, and
remarked that somehow they thought the
aeademical costume more becoming.
The cousins were whispering together
and laughing over little private jokes, and
he, after the manner of sensitive men, of
course imagined they were laughing at
him, aud perhaps he was not very far
wrong on this occasion. So he was grow
ing hotter and hotter every second, IN
wardly cursing his whole race ami wishing
that his father had been founding, when
there came tap at the door.
At this Fiushington was perfectly dumb
with horror he prepared himself blankly
for another ou5lay OF female cousins, or
more family servants who had washed him
in his infancy and he sat there covering
But when the door opened a tall, fair
haired, good-lo0kiug young fellow, who,
from his costume. had evidently just come
up from the tennis court, came bursting in
impllsiyely.
"0n, / say !" he began, "have you
/ H.. Z
didn't see, You know p he added as he
noted the extrao Urinary fact that Flushing
ton had people up
oh, let me introduce you" said Flush
ingtou, with q vague idea that this was the
proper thing to do. Mr.. Washington,
Mrs. no, l don't know her name
my aunt, my cOusins.
The young man who had just been about
to retire, bowed and started with a sudden
surprise. do you know" he said slowly
to the other, " rather think that's my
aunt p
I'm afraid not, whispered Flush
ingson " she seems quite sure she's mine.
Well, I've got an aunt and cousins I've
never seen before coming up to-day" said
the new conner and yours Is uncom-
monty like the portrait Of mine.
II they belong to you, do take them
away !" said Fiushington, feebly. q
don't think I can keep up much longer"
What are you whispering about, Fred:"
cried the aunt sis it something we are
not TO know?"
=" He says he thinks shere's been a mis-
take, and you're not my aunt, exclaimed
Flushington.
Goa, does he?1 she said, drawing her.
self up Indignantly; aud what does be
know about i'll didn't catch his name
who IS he p
Fred Washington, he said CHATS
my name"
aud who are you if he's Fred Lush
iugton ?" she inquired, turning upon the
unfortunate owner of the rooms.
81 N Frederick Washington, he stam-
mered {" I'm sorry-but can. help it."
"Then you are not my nephew at all,
sir, cried the auas
Thank you very much" said Flushing
ton, gratefully.
a. You see, her real nephew was explain
Jog to her, there isn't much light out on
the staircase, and Won must have thought
his name was F. Lushington, so in you
went, you know The porter told me you'd
been asking after me, so looked in here to
see whether anything had been heard Of
you, and here you are"
Bat why didn't you tell me p she said,
for abe was naturally annoyed to find she
had been pouring out all her pent.up sffec-
tons over perfect stranger, aud che had
o dim idea that she hai put herself in
rather ridiculous position. which. of
course, made her feel very angry with
Flushington.
Why couldn't he explain before mat
ters had gone so far p
How was 1 to know pleaded Flush
ington " daresay / have sunts in Aus
trslia, and you said you were ons Of them.
| thought very likely you knew best"
3" But you asked after Uncle Samuel"
she said, aceusingly "you must have had
some object-I cannot say what-in en-
couraging my objsCs; Oh, I'm sure of it. d"
" You told me to ask after him, and
did, said the unhappy Flushington Z" 1
shought it was all right; what else was l
TO do?"
The cousins were whispering and laugh.
ing together all this time aud regarding
their new cousin with SOY admiration, very
different from the manner in which they
had looked at poor Flushiugton and the
oh nurse too, was overioyed at the ex-
change, aud declared that she felt sure
from the first that her master Frederick
had not turned out so understood as hun
meaning Washington.
" Yes, yes, said Lushington, hastily,
"quite mistake on both sides quite sure
F.ushington isn't the man to 90 and inter.
cept any fellows aunt
g l wouldn't have done it for worlds if I
had known, he protested very sincerely.
q" Well she said, little Modified, ''Tm
very sorry we've all disturbed you like this,
Mr. - Mr.. Flushington tine uulucky
man said something about not minding it
nowl and now, Fred, my hoy, perhaps
you VIII show US the way to the right
rooms"
Come along, then, j." said he I'll run
down and tell them to send up some lunch.
They did not explain that they had
mnehed already.) You come, too. Flush.
ington, aud then after lunch you and will
row the ladies up TO Byron's Pool %
zee, do come, Mr.. Fiushington, the
girls said, kindly, just to show you for
give Us :"
But Washington wriggled out Of It; to
begin with, he did not consider he knew his
neighboF sufficiently well, as they had a
n0ddi1g acquaintance before, and besides
he had enough of female society for one
day.
Indeed, long after that he would be care
fui in fastening his door about lunoning-
time, sud II he saw any person in Cam.
bridge who looked as # she might BY any
possibility turn out to be a relative ne
would Zee do n q back street.
SH0RTsGHTEDNEs N GERMANY.-The
evident increase Of shortsightedness among
E1glish children gives painful interest to
the facts collected by Professor PAuger
about the appalling prevalence OF this