The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-12-08
INTERESTING STORY.
JOE'S PEOPLE.


:" Only think of it," said Bessie Gale
lightly. "My husbands people have sen
me tub of apple-butter and roll of rae
carpet for wedding-prese Because,
my mother-in-law's letter says, it isn't likely
have time to do up many preserves yet,
md the rag carpet will save me such
teal of trouble in scrubbing the kitchen
ioorp
Miss MILAN put up her eyeglasses will
l click
They must be regular pre- Raphaelites,
mid she.
I" have never seen them," said Bessie
and l never mean to. OF course, when
married Joe, didn't expect to marry the
Whole family. And so 1 have given him
pretty plainly to understand"
Did he like it {" said Miss MILAN.
The bride tossed her head.
=" don't know whether he did or not.n
said she. . But it's just as we'll to have all
these matters definitely settled at he very
outset"
Bessie Gale was an ideal br.ie-very
'retty, very frivolous, full of vague ides
Int life was pilgrimage of roses and that
t was her mission to enjoy herself as mucl
as possible. She had stepped almost drectl.
from the recitation-room of n fashionabl
school to the altar.
MIR. Gale Joe, " as Bessie called him
was the assistant cashier in bank, with q
good income and a sunny temper. He
regarded his young wife as little less than
perfection, although he found it difficult to
reconcile her type of womanhood with that
mbodied in his mother and sisters, and the
lear old aunts who had alternately scoldet
nd spoiled him in the days of his boyhood
Do you think it is necessary to keel
three girls" said he one dey, with ou
small family, Bessie ~
q couldn't get along with less" sale
young Mrs. Gale, unless, lifting her large
gazelle-like eyes reproachfully to his face,
'yon want me to make perfect drudge OF
myself"
My mother will come here, il you like
'essy, and instruct you i'm"
mo, she WON'T quickly interrupted
IRIS. Gale, coloring to the roots of her love.
auburn-gold hair. "rll have nc
nother-in-law in this house."
Joe looked hurt, but he said nothing
more.
Mary MILAN says / must be resoluto
or shall be conquered" thought the bride.
And wheE Helen and Honora Gale, her
husbands sisters, from Primrose Hollow,
elegraphed that they were coming to New
,ork for dnys shopping, and woul6
unch with their new sister, Bessie wire,
,ack most uncompromising message tina
II would not be convenient and i'm.
nediately invited Miss Millian to eat crat
lunch with her at Delmonicos upon the
same day.
oh, you're doing splendidly, said Mis-
MILAN to her, when she learned of thi
deed of prowess. . They'll soon get tiret
of obtruding themselves ON you at this
rato.n
All this diplomacy, however, did not pro-
tect honest Elihu Gale, her husbands elder
brother, from dropping unexpected in
.pon them one evening, when they were
entertaining few friends at n little supper
previous to a theatre party.
Joe, ursophisticated mortal, joyfully
welcomed the young giant from the rural
districts, and made room for him, as If he
had beeR guest Of honor; bnt Mrs Gale
pursed up her cherry lips and scarcely in.
clined her head when Joe called out
Bessie, my darling, this is my brothe
Elihu Wasn't it fortunate that he CHANGED
10 come in this evening, of all others, wheI
ge are going to the theatre"
Joe enjoyed it, certainly. So did Elihu
But Mrs. Gales displeasure was but toe
evident.
Sister" said the young man, bluntly,
when the moment arrived for him to take
his leave, I'm afraid You are not glad to
see me-"
TO tell You the truth" said Bessie,
,rigidly, g am not"
Nor" said Elihu Gale. " Why not r.
Because" said Bessie, " think it will
be altogether better if my husbands famil,
and I see as little as possible of each other,
We belong to different world, as yourself
must see. 1t is impossible that we should
harmonize."
" Think so, ell ?" said Eihu.
81 am certain Of it" declared Bessie.
So Elihu Gale went back and gave his
mother and sisters description of Joe's
wife
Scarcely six months had elapsed, how
ever, when cloud of vague, unanticipated
trouble doomed up on the horizon. Mr.
Gale went abroad on some mission for til,
bank, to be gone several weeks; and, t
he surprise of all concerned, he did moi
eturn when the allotted time was up.
81 always thought SO, said Miss Mil.
ian, with shrug Of her velvet-draped
shoulders. 'These Gales lived deal too
,xtravagantly for people of their means.
Johnson" ITO the seryant) "if Mrs. Gale
calls here and asks to see me, mind, / air
not at home"
Bessie was bewildered. Cold glance,
vere turned towards her; suspicious whis
,ers met her ear one very side; Miss MILAN
openly " cut her in the street, and trades
men sent in their bills, with various degrees
Of insolent persistency.
90 What does it all mean Z" she said to
herself, with creeping chill at her heart
Why does not Joe write, or telegraph OF
omething? What shall l do? | cannot.
.annot live So"
In the midst of her fearful perplexit,
here came a prodigious humping at tb,
door, and in walked Joe's tall brothG
Eiihu.
What, crying, little Bessie said lie,
kindly. This won't do. What is it all
about p
My husband :" sobbed Bessie, glad to
.est her throbbing head against the tender
I'm. They say he has embezzled tt
,ank's money-that he is a-defaulter."
Then they are uttering pack of lies,
said Elihu, cheerfully And you and ]
sister-in-law, ought to know that, If no ON
else does"
60 The landlord has mt M n bill on iii,