New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-08-06

over viii try. another trick. Now, my
dear, now spare my ears" putting mp
her fingers to them. mo use, no use;
shan't listen; he comes back, he comes
back!' Escapes, laughing and nod
ding. Aside But il he do it will
be no thanks to me-"
SCENE II.
Green street. Everybody knows ali about
everybody, except the host and hostess,
who are delightfully."- innocent and igno.
rant-0nly just passab!e, you know; in
short, not quite sethe thing"
Enter LADY BLANCHE MAL1NGERER and
MISS DELANEY, almost the last
arrivals
Lady Blanche Are we the lastp @,
how shocking! Not the last? o, how
lucky! Dear Mrs. Goodheart, who
have you got here? Everybody. How
d 'ye do? how d 'ye do? how dye do2''5
al around.
Miss Delaney How dye do? how.
dye do?"
They seat themselves and conjecture
who Is to be their fate. The party Is
nearly complete and is being rapidly
coupled by Mr. Goodheart, forid, short
breathed. anxious, white waistcoated;
paper in hand, he has gone the round
Of the circle, but no one has yet been
brought up to Miss Lila Delaney.
TIE door opens and-a thunderbolt
falls, It admits Mr.. Theophilus Stacer,
late and hurried, and he is Miss Delan-
cy's man.
Heknows herp O. will he kindly
take her in to dinner?
The gentleman bows. the lady bends;
Theophilus feels his heart humping
against his waistcoat. Lilla's is throb-
bling. III her throat; the eyes of the
room are upon them, and-they know
how to behave themselves.
Theophilus- lovely day! So
warm!''
Lila Delightful! So cool!''
Theophilus Have you been-any-
whereof
II Lila .'E Eve y II mean !
Theophilus-..I ut -ah-pleasant-
er indoors =
Lila 'Pleasanter about Of doors.
Yes.''
They were out on the staircase.
Theophilus, hoarsely and low IL
la, this is dreadful! But what are we
to dop We cannot have everyone star
ing at us; we cannot let them triumph
over us.
Lilla-'.No, no; whatever we do, not
that"
Theophilus-..Can you put a brave
front upon itp It is but for an hour. -
Lila, energetically- CAM feels
herself heroine in distress, and dares
the worst that misfortune can do. II
can, and will. y
The0philus-sI am so sorry for you
lit is for you that mind
They are at the turning of the stair;
Lila trips over the mat in her earnest
ness and impressiveness.
..Pray-pray don't you mind Theoph
Col. Stacer; it is-it is for you that I
FEEL
Theophilus - confidentially "We
shall have to speak to each other''
"A tiny pressure of the arm.
Theophilus- "You will speak to
mep''
A nod.
They are at the dining-room door.
Lady Blanche is there before them; is
there anything she can do to separate
the pairP 1t Is really quite too awful,
quite too hideous! She can explain it
to the Go0dhearts afterward; turns
round and says, "Lilla, Lila, my love,
I know you hate the fire or the sun-it
is just in your eyes; do come round
and sit BY me; positively you must. =
Obtuse host-':No occasion, Lady
Blanche. The blind can be let down. 8
aside -'.H Hang it all! am l not to
have the arrangement Of my own din
ner tablep''
Wretched hostess, who has just
learned the truth upstairs Colonel
Stacer, 1 am afraid I must ask you to
TO come and sit here by me. It is SO
awkward we are such an awkward
number; but fear | must part some
one pair. !"
Indignant husband, in an unmistak-
able will e-master-of-my
tone. My dear, Stacer is seated. We
do very well as we are.
Company in general (aside) go Blum
dering idiot, he sees nothing even
yetg'
Tragedy proceeds: A deep gloom,
terrible shadow pervades the meal; bY
the time the first course is over every
one who did not before know the
frightful state Of the case has been in
formed Of it, and In consequence an
intermittent fever Of delight, alarm,
and curiosity makes every other topic
flat as q pancake. Who can talk while
that is going onp Who can do any
thing else than cast surreptitious
glances up and down the board, varied
By awful browns and internal threats
directed against the miserable author
Of che mischief One, tongue, however,
never flags, never tries, nor stops to
rest; and that is the tongue of Stacer.
Stacer talks on. and On, and on.
Stacer appears to have laid up fund
Of information upon every conceivable
topic, which he Is now steadily giving
vent to; even when the ladies rise, and
Lila rises with them. and he gives her
back her glove, which had fallen un-
der tho table, and he talks still. Haw
good he is. how kind. how thoughtful!
and how very, very sorry she is for
him!'
But upstairs all the commiseration is
for her.
my poor child! My dearest Lila!
How unlucky! Such mistake! Mr..
Goodheart will never forgive himself!'
The last asseveration is Mrs. Good
hearts, and she is nearly weeping.
Lady Blanche consolingly-''Yes ,
my dear Mrs. Goodheart, it was un-
fortunate, most unfortunate, and shows
ahemi that people should be con-
versAnt with-with what goes on. OF
course you did not know; another time
you will try to know, will you not, my
dear2"
Mrs. Goodheart WARMLY will
never ask people to meet each other
again unless I know the day Of their
birth, and their godfathers and god-
mothers. and and (sObS).