Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-02-26

Lodge 50 the house. The Lodge will
meet here"
"What do you mean3" inquired
Mr.. Ma,phin, nervously, for he saw
curious look in the lady's eye.
take off your osercoat, and come
in the parlor, dear" smiled Mrs. NJ,
sand You viii see"
Mr.. MatphiD obeyed, meekly. Mrs.
Matphin ushered him into the parlor.
He was astounded. She had hung a
curtain across one end of the room
from which a string arrangement ran
to the piano. Jimmie, the son,
bright lad of II, was seated, hesi'le
him was chair on which MIR. Mat |
phin seated himself at the piano and |
played q pleasing air and then jerked
the string and the curtain parted, dis |
closing what?
The ugliest of the very ugly aggre-
CATION of ancient Black Crookers who
formed the "Adamless Eden" aggre-
CATION of monstrosities. There she
stood, dressed, or rather undresssd.
IN tights, painted in the regular or
thodox fashion, CHASTITY powder all
over her frightfully ugly face, dab
| Of red on each cheek, dyed eye-lashes
and the regular shadows under the
eyes. Her skinny arms con,rasted
terribly with her padded legs, her
awful wig was painfully horrible, and
her lack-lustre eyes-well she wa
very close to the audience and was as
frighlful vision as human eyes had
ever rested upon.
"Mademoiselie Celeste, of the 'Ad-
amless Eden combination remark
ed Mrs. Matphin cheerfully to her
husband, striking up a lively air on
the piano. "Mademoiselle, you will
begin!"
Then the Qneen of Hideosities ex
ecuted a sort of cow caper and ad'
vanced to the front. and commenced
to warble a so-called song. accompa
MED by some sort of movement
much affected by such danes upoi
; the variety stage, when Mr.. Matphii
shrieked, 'swhat in the name of al
that's horrible have you got here? ?
"The Lodge you attend regularly
D or rs,her a member of the city c"un
: ell. You see, darling, I am lonei
without thee and as you seemed de
termined to go where these wood
II lines twineli,, it occurred to me tia
would bring the woodl'ines hithei
$ So last night, after you left for tn
Council Chamber, l went TO the hot'
e where the company was boarding an
}. I engaged Masiemoiselle Celeste Che
l. right name is M'Guffey. Bridget.
ii top with Us till the walking is hette
She gladly acceded, accepting for ht
l. services, her board, which is all 81
AZ gets from the company, anyhow, an
ticket to New York when we tire {
Y her. Go on, Mademoiselie!"
e. And Mrs. Matphin struck up
y dance which Mademoiselle Celes
Is Immediately essayed.
s, "Sttp it! Stop it," roared M
he Matphin. ''Aren,t you ashamed
u bring such a spectacle into yo
~ house, before the very eyes of yo
81 eliild?"
n "My dear, I didn't know that the
IT. was anything wrong about it. u
|e- saw such a performance last nigh
ey and whatever is fit for you, is fit t
VI your boy, Or ought to he. l am tryi
to make your home happy, darlin
II and as you want Maaemoiselles, vi
u" tl,elr no. skirts, and paint, and hlon
'ot wigs, and all that, the ught l wor
re have them here. AS I don't ws
Mahomet to go TO the mountain,
at thought it best to bring the mounts
re- to Mahomet. Mademoiselle, plet
to favor US with, ''Oh, I'm daisy"
'g. SLOW long do you propose to ke
in this female monstrosity in the house
an he demanded of his smiling wife.
ses ''Perpetually, or rather when
bis has gone through her programme, a
when another. similar company con
at, this way shall let this especial Nj
n't emoiseIle out and engage new o.
" AS this is the sort of thing you vi
md | shall, as dutiful wife, see that J
er- have it. We shall enjoy a vari
'et, show in this parior every evening
It's, further notice. ="
IN Mr.. Matphin rose with stral
ust and lurid fire blazing from his e,
Advancing promptly to the i'nprovi
lur- stage, he tore down the curtain
her one hand and with The other gras
Mademoiselle by tue ear and led
Tat forth.
Ina, ..Do you desire to go to !
our York 2" he demanded sternly.
.ars ..Faith and it's mesilf that's ,
we'll shootid here, he corral" rep
and this native of sunny France.
ise- ..If there is a place farther f
any Toledo than New York l will 81.
les" purchase a ticket for You thit
less The fare to New York is just SIS
sen- Here is the money, with 81 TO
sleeper and meals on the road.
rea, on your clothes, if you have any,
her skip. The train leaves in two ho
rect There is hot stove in the Isl
inn House and the time intervening
She can spend there. Only get out of
om. thonse "a soon as possible. / wisl