The Dillon tribune., 1883-10-06
NIECE AS WE'LL AS DAUGHTCR
A Too Happy Father Reminds an Unc,.
that He Too May smile.

A Too Happy Father Reminds an Unc,.
that He Too May smile.
Mr.. J. s. Browns a in gloomy frame
Of mind. Mr.. J. F. Brown, on the con.
trary, was as smiling and chip err as a
spring morning. Mr.. j. S. Brown
crooned modify over the ledgers and
complained of the pale ink and rusty
pens, while Mr.. j. +. Brown smiled aal
smirked and hummed gentle IL .by
over the pages of figures before him.
"Humpl!" gruLted Mr.. j. s. Brown.
bitterly.
ala, ha, ha," softly laughed Mr.. J.
F. Brown.
aBrown, !" said Mr.. ]. S. Brown. lift.
ing himself up from his desk and turn
ing around on his stool; "Brown. / feel
called upon to reprovc you for the friv.
olity you have exhibit ID during the pat
week. You lave neglected your work
You have arrived here lite every
morning and left here early every a ter
noon-your business has been done in a
loose and incompetent manner, ami a.
natural result our mutual int rests are
suffering"
Mr.. J. F. Brown looked grieved.
Never before had he been atl.lre setl in
terms of reproach by Mr.. J. S. Brown.
"But Browp," expostulate Mr.. j. T.:
Brown, "you seem to forget that"
II forget nothing" interrupted Mr..
J. S. Brown; II am perfe ely we'll
aware that you have new bal'yd ugh
ter up at your house. How cou Il for
get it, when am reminded of tho fact
every fifteen or twenty mi utes. 4
daughter, Brown, is good enough and
has, I admit certain advantages IN her
way, but I submit, Brown, that
, daughter is no excuse for the excessive
levity and coltishness Of which you have
been guilty for the past week"
I'LL don't understand" stan,-
mered Mr.. j. +. Brown, bluslling deep
".
II will be more explicit will ex-
plain" continued Mr.. j. S. Brown,
still maintaining an air and tone of
frigid austerity: "since the birth Of
! your daughter you have been worldly
not heard you, every hour of the day
since that event, whistling to yourself
certain lullabies and tunes supposed to
have been invented purely for the Graz
die and the nursery? Need I remind
you chat frequently, when You should
have been making out invoices of
canned tomatoes and picked Goldfish, I
have found you dreamily humming a
frivolous song entitled 'Peek-a-boo to
YOURSELF"
"!sh, my dear Brown" sighed Mr.. J.
F. Brown, sadly, @you do not appre-
ciate how sweet boon ones daughter
is to one."
"There you go again!" exclaimed NJ.
J.. 8. Brown. "There You go again
with your maudlin sentiment. Your
daughter. indeed! Well-I-I-well-
oh, bah!''
And Mr.. J. s. Brown nearly chokrd
with chagrin and disgust, while Mr.. J.
+. Brown sat mutely by and nerrorsiy
bit his finger-nails, and vainly tried to
keep the tears from trimming over his
eyefids.
you seem to forget, Brown" sail
Mr.. j. F. Brown finally, very trem.
ulously and very tenderly, "you Sc III
TO forget that while she is my daughter,
she is your niece"
Mr.. j. s. Brown started as if he had
been toying with the business end of an
electric battery. A new and bright
idea seemed to have dawed upon him.
his lower jaw fell, his eyes Orenel to
their widest capacity, and a look of
combined establishment and pleasure
crept over his face.
Brown, murmured Mr.. j. s. Brown,
family and unsteadily, "say it again and
say it SLOW"
"You seem to forget" repeated Mr..
J. F. Brown, shat while she is my
daughter she is at the same time your
niece"
SWELL, I snum!" exclaimed Mr.. J. $.
Brown, II never thought of that"
1T is, nevertheless, an incontrovert-
1ble fact" solemnly added Mr.. j. +.
Brown.
$50 it is, Brown, SO it isl" cried Mr..
J. 8. Brown; @and I am indeed an
uncle! Ha, ha, ha-an uncle-woopee!
Well close up the store-the clerks
shall ha~e holiday-and, Brown,
come closer to me, we'll have Lemons
ade and cigars all around till we can't
rest! Your daughter, my niece Brown,
old fellow. I congratulate you!"-Den.
Der Tribune.