The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-01
Ais Niece.

frame of mind. Mr.. j +. Brown. on
the contrary, was as smiling land chip
per as a spring morning. Mr.. j. S.
Brown crooned moodily over the ledg-
Ell s and complained of the pale ink and
rusty pens, while Mr.. j. +. Brown
smiled and smirked, and hummed
gentle lullaby over the pages of figures
before him. M. j. S. Browns counte-
nance was dark and forbidding. From
Mr.. j. f. Browns face there beamed
radiance which illumined every nook
and corner of the counting-room.
"HumphH' grunted Mr.. j. S. Brown,
bitterly.
"Ha, ha, ha," softly laughed Mr.. J.
F. Brown.
Brown" said Mr.. j. S. Brown, lift
ing himself up from his desk and turn
ing around on his stool; Brown, feel
called upon to reprove you for the friv-
olity you have exhibited during the past
week. You have neglected your work
you have arrived here late every
morning and left here early every after
noon-your business has been done in
loose and incompetent manner, and
as a natural result our mutual interests
are suffering"
Mr.. j. +. Brown looked grieved.
Never before had he been addressed in
terms of reproach by Mr.. j. S. Brown.
''But, Brown" expostulated Mr. j.
+. Brown, ''you seem to forget that
II forget nothing" interrupted Mr.
j. S. Brown; Il am perfectly well
aware that you have new baby-daugh-
ter up at your house. How could for
orat II whon I an, rop,in1oI Sf 10 60
every fifteen or twenty minutesP A
daughter, Brown, is good enough, and
has, l admit. certain advantages in her
way, but ! submit, Brown, that
daughter is no excuse for the excessive
levity and coltishness of which you have
been guilty for the past week. "
oil don't underestimate STAN
mered Mr.. j. F. Brown, blushing
deeply.
Il 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 and
tleshly in your manner and converse
ton. Do you think 1t was in keeping
with your dignity to make your APP
pearance in this store that morning in
a condition bordering, I may say, upon
hilarityP Was it right that you should
execute secular saltatory movements up
and down this counting room while adj
vising our employees of the fact that
you had spick-and-span new daugh-
terP Was it proper that you should
subsequently invite us all out for
lemonade and n cigar apieceP Have
l not heard you, every hour of the
day since that event, whistling-yes,
Brown will repeat with increased
vehemence-eOhiSttiag to yourself
certain lullabies and tunes supposed to
have been invented purely for the So
lace and edification of the cradle and
the nurseryP Need remind you that
frequently when you should have been
making out invoices of canned toma-
toes and picked Goldfish, have found
you dreamily humming frivolous song
entitled 'Peek-a-boo' to yourself? And
is it for me to recall that frequently,
when you should have been here re-
ceiving consignments of dried apples
and brown sugar, you have been sky
larking about town, squandering your
money for nursing bottles and paregoric
and tin rattles and flummery of that
kindP"
"Ah, my dear Brown" sighed Mr..
j. +. Brown, sadly, lyon do not ap-
preciate how sweet boon ones daugh-
ter is to one.'
"There you go again. exclaimed
Mr.. j. S. Brown. "There you go again,
with your maudlin sentiment Your
daughter, indeed! Brown, 1 am sick
and tired of hearing eternally and ever
lastingly about your daughter Your
daughter-your daughter daugh-
ter-it's the same old song from morn
ing till night, day in and day out!
Well-I-I-well-o bahpa
And Mr.. j. S. Brown nearly choked
with chagrin and disgust, while Mr.. j.
+. Brown sat mutely by and nervously
bit his finger nails, and vainly tried to
keep the tears from trimming over his
eyelids.
"You seem to forget, Brown" said
Mr.. j. F. Brown, finally, very tremu-
lousy, and very tenderly, "you seem 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 dawned upon him. His
lower jaw fell, his eyes opened to their
widest capacity, and look of combined
establishment and pleasure crept over
his face. His whole appearance was
that of man before whose comprehen-
sion a mighty revelation had been
spread.
Brown" murmured Mr.. j. S. Brown,
family and unsteadily, ''say it again
and say 1T slow"
You seem to forget" repeated Mr..
j. +. Brown, "that while she is mn
daughter, she is at the same time youy
niece"
well, l snum!' exclaimed Mr.. j. S.
Brown, II never thought of that"
ut is, nevertheless, an incontroverti
BILE fact" solemnly added Mr.. j. f.
Brown.
$50 it is, Brown, so it is!'' cried MI
j. S. Brown. "And / am indeed an un.
Gle! Ha, ha, ha-an uncle-whoopee
Wen close up the store-the .clerki
shall have holiday-and, Brown, come
closer to me, we'll have. lemonade and
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