The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-06

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crate their various eccentricities even q
Hhe had done.
L.l,as was such pretty, dove-eyec
confidlng little thing.
She should not be tormented at O.
events, he resolved.
IT Johns folks" were to be met an
conquered III single combat, he woul
do 1t alone.
And so he looked down with a smil
on her innocent face, and reptile
pleasantly to her timiGly-l4azarded oh
servaiions, studiouslv yelling the cul
rent OF his thoughts; for as they neare
the old homo, Lilias was evidentl
growing nervous.
1t was Il fine old brick house, as MI
Fame could see, in Tho cold Decembe
moonlight, surrounded with alterna
rows of Jeaae,s naples and evergreens
with lights cleaning in all the windows
and ''Johns folks" were all assemble,
at the door to welcome the new marie,
couple.
Fitst aud foremost stood the "es
capped Mormon" tall venerable gentle
man, with ~ flowing board and q suit O
pepper and salt, with a red neoktie ant
| turnover collar.
" Welcome, my children, welcome. .
said this relic OF the past, with patron
izing mir, as If the whole house belonged
| to HIM.
81 shall use my every effort to render
your stay ut Laurel Farm agreeable.
"You're n little late," glauclng re-
proachfully Mt the clock, '.and Tn
afraid the roast fowls will be spoiled.
ut always disagrees with mo to eat
overdone poultry ; but of course this
will not happen agail."
'Oh, no, indeed, pa |" IIillas eagerly
said.
Aunt Grace stood in the background.
grim, bony female, with her face tied
up in handkerchief, and dress OF
badly dyed merino stud, made in a
most outlandish fashion.
"You'l have to sleep in the garret.
chamber tonight, Lilias,' she said
gioomify.
eve had yours whitewashed and
cleaned, and it amt dry yet"
"Eut 1T was cleaned thoroughly only
last fall, aunt Grace"
IL can't help that" said aunt Grace,
with snitlle.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness, and
amt one to live iu tho dirt.
You woul;in't ask ME or your step.
father to turn out of our rooms, would
you?"
ooh, no {" cried Lilias.
Dorcas and Keturah sat knitting on
either side Of the firo, evidently in a
rSIJ III uuiIvi. y - -
1--WE were invited to tea to Miss
Plumb"go's tonight" said the eldest
sister.
"but Keturah thought we'd ought TO
stay and welcome you fust," said Dor
cas-.
''And the trains late, and We shan't
be i'll time to go there now" moodily
added Keturah.
but some folks don't care how they
Inconvenience other folks, said d orcas,
ns she extended fnbby. mittened
hand to her new cousin-in-luw without
looking ut him.
II am very sorry" pleaded Lilias,
with q troubled fIce.
"Well, then, Grace" said the Sec
ond Advent muu--a stout, rubicund
little fellow. with q red nose, and HAIR
as white as silver-''let us have supper
served nt once.
"What are YOU waiting fors"
And MIR. and Ma. Fame were com.
PEELED to seat themselves without loss
Of time at the tab Q. without an op2or-
tunity to remove the dust of travel, or
to refresh themselves alter their Jour-
ney.
Mr.. Fame had indeed yentured to say
something about towels and fresh water,
but Lillas whispered--
''Nover mind just now, doar.
Sri
and Ks,urah like punctuality. For this
once, do oblige me p
Mr.. Fame looked around in some sur
prise.
aore were he and Lilias, the right
ful ownors of the house, placed in the
position of sccond-rate guests, of no
great lmpurlance one way or the other,
while ''pa, aunt Grace, tho rescntful
sisters and the Second Adventist
re4gned supreme, and Lilias hardly
dared to express an opinion Of hor
own in their presence.
But he made no comment, to Lillas
great relief, and endured everything
with the serenity of an Aristotle.
Enrly tho next morning he descend
ed into the cellar, where aunt Grace
was skimmiDg milk, and looked sharply
about him.
"My dear aunt Grace" he said cheer.
fully, "will it Inconvenience you if ]
use some OF these shelves for my chomi.
oAls ??
"Your what2' said aunt Grace, drop.
ping her cream-spoon III amazemeut.
Il intend to use this cellar as lab.
oratory," blandly explained Mr.. Fame
"nnd and as some VI the ohemoals are
cxploslve-----''
81 had better move tho pans ont te
the sprinS-house, gasped aunt Grace
"But Dolcas and Keturah are YER,
timid, and----" ......s s4.. 's'n
"In that case" said Mr.. Fame, .'per
haps they had better remove themselves
to tue spring house, too. .....
II really cannot exist without my
| scientific studies" .''
Aunt Grace snt down and thought il
over.
Was she, after having lived for sixt,
odd years in peace and quIetness, to b.
blown up like n torpedo at last2 -
There was cousin Yorke, in Wales.
would not, perhaps, bo such COM
Portable home as this, but there woult
be u" chemicals.
NJ. Boyle the recreant Mormon, wa
cozily reading the paper by the fire
l. IL, III I'll