Morris tribune., 1884-01-23

married to the son OF his old friend and he
had not failed to mention the fact to Nellie
when that young lady reached the age at
which the feminine mind is supposed to take
more or less interest in such matters But
Miss MoaieboiJ shifted the air disdainfuly
through her .sretrousse'' nose, and replied that
she hoped papa would succeed in getting rid
of her to some aborigine, throwing out at the
same time dark hints to the effect that in case
the child of the prairies should suddenly be-
come deceased, ,eheha no douhsa &. Barnum
would part YiH one of his Wild men from
Borneo, in oder Chat al hopes of a suitable
alliance for her might not be frustrated. At
the close of one of these outbursts, she would
generally weep copiously, which action al
ways reduced Mr.. Henderson to state of
servile humility, and insured Miss Mollie i'm
munity from further aldsionl to matrimonv
But now the young man who had fitted in
such will.o,.the- yisp fashion before her
mental visiaA Ssh many years was coming
to New York. The trip was to be made,
his father had written Mr.. Henderson, for
the double purpose of giving 'fthe boy" Che
was 26) CHARGE to see the sights of great
city and afording the other gentleman an
opportunit Of rexisiting the scenes of his
yOuOil3 VhiSlt no luI. h6uu6FSOu 1EIOTmGQ
Mollie parenthetically while reading the let
ter to her, were about four miles back of New
London, Conn.,, and not, SO far as he was
aware, of a particularly inspiring character.
'sNow, Pansy, darling said Mr. Hender-
son when the letter-reading was finished. 81
don't want you to marry young Gordon or
any one else unless you do so entirely of your
own accord But I do want YOU TO treat;
him well, and make his stay as pleasant as
possible
ssOf course I'll do fAasss papa q replied MOL
lie dutifully, as she Aatsapon the sofa tapping 1
one Little foot with Bheofher and gazing upon
the orfaph in reflective manner. aof
course shall be polite to him, but really |
don't want.to marry him and go out west to |
live arnga the prairie dogs and sleep in a
wigwana
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The day of the Gerdons' arrival was a mo-
nentous one for Mo ollie. and when. -seeire her
middle age and fhes other 8 Young a' sSs S4|s-
scended to the parlor, it was with a feeling
of some trepidation, as she naturally con-
cluded that Mr.. Gordon entertained ideas re-
ciprocal to those of her father on the subject
of a matrimonial alliance between The two
families, and had communicated them to his
SON. The elder Mr. Gordon was first pre-
sented md MolHe found him anything but
an Indian in looks or manner. The son.
Johnnie, as his father persisted in calling +
him, was grave, dignifed young fellow,
and returned Mollies rather formal and
some what distant greeting in an equally
cerelnonious and remote manner. Their
conversation was not at first particularly
iliiant or interesting In lieu of a more
estive topic Mollie venfured few gen
erai remarks concerning the weather. but,
Yong Mr.. Gordorf p4 App pea1S5i1 ,td take
the slightest interest," 6(fhe e,}fstSht kSteoaoA
logical conditions q aghs as spessdfiy feduced r
TO state OF hopeless iInbecility, so far as
conversation was concerned But presently
she revived somewhat. and essaved another