The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-12

sleep by daylight tchildren's noises annoy
thom terribly. Good evening, sir. per-
haps your wife would like to come up
and see the dogs perform"
"Thanks, you're very kind, but Mrs.
Through is not feeling very well this
evening"
How Mrs. Through felt when she
heard who her neighbors overhead were
is more than type and words can ex-
plain. She declared she would waylay
those dreadful people. seize their dogs,
and kill them-throw them out the win
dow-drown them-anything. rather
than have such vulgar, disgusting
wretches in the house.
Fortunately. however, for the Eb-
rough peace of mind, the Rafilnos went
"on the road within day or two, and
there were undisturbed slumbcrs on
tho second floor. The new tenants
were nevertheless determined to move
as soon as they could, but they arranged
to have little "housewarming" first.
They were quite delighted, when their
friends arrived, to learn how many peo
pie could be packed in the two parlors
of a flat, and that there actually was
room for two sets in quadrille. Every
body had chatted and danced, cake,
ices, coffee and wine had been served,
and another dance had just begun
when the bell of Ebrough's own door
rang. The servant opened it, and Eb-
rough, hurrying out to greet the late
arrival, whoever it might be, found in
his hall Professor and Mile Ratllno,
with dogs, drum, rug and all. Worse
yet, fully half of his guests saw them.
"We've just got home from stop
gap" explained the woman, "and we
heard the music and dancing down
here, and saw two or three carriages at
the door,a and just said to the Professor,
says ], Let's go down and give free
show to their friends. The Professor
he was rather otlish about it, not that he
minds obliging neighbor, but in our
business it's awful difficult to deadhead
your best friends without somebody
finding it out and wanting to be dead
headed too. But when reminded him
that you once got out Of your comforta-
BILE bed at the dead of night and came
up to see if burglars weren't going
through our fat, he just said That's so,
Jane Maria, we'll do it, and they can
encore every blessed thing on the pro-
gramme, if they want to- So here we
are; which room shall we lay the rug
in?"
"You're too kind for anything"
gasped Through; "but our friends are
just about going home some of them
have already made their adieus-I can't
thank you enough, but"
Nonsense, Through" said Tom
Moxon, bosom friend of Ebrough's and
good fellow, although not of the most
refined tastes; "you shan't do us out of
any unexpected fun in that way. Come
right in, Madame, you, too, sir come
into the front parlor-more people can
see there" And right in his own house
and before not only his dearest friends
but some people whom Through knew
were very fastidious, "The Marvellous
Performing Dogs Lulu and Sprite,'
went through all their tricks, and some
Of the lady guests pronounced them just
too cunning for anything. Then, while
her husband was packing the ladders,
trapezes, ETC., in the rug, "M'le"
Raffino went among the guests and dis
tributed her husbands business cards
informing each person in strict con-
fdence, that during the summer months
the show might be engaged, for private
entertainments, at twenty-five dollars
per sight, travelling expenses paid
The Ebroughs never heard the end
of it. Tom Moxon's sweetheart dis
cardcd him for his share in the affair
and as Tom could not avenge himself
on her, he ''cut" his old friend. Some
of the guests to whom Mrs. Through
had been most attentive never made
their party call" and were chillingly
polite whenever she met them after
ward. The Ebroughs moved, trying
to redeem their lost standing by TAX
ngextensive apartments at firSt-class
family hotel, but all to no avail, and
they finally changed their base so radi-
cally that they now occupy a cottage
on the outskirts of Philadelphia.-NeD
York Hour