Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-23

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BODY: ED there tn Nrg was thrt day,
and nobr IT, oould -v'a-lr it, And todmorc
ha3ds Sophia ~o.orr.iy NO h + c''r.a-r, and
ctr they go for lie and love, AMI the story is
told
They como back again and settle in the
Becchcs. which has lain vacant since Mrs
Temple gave it up They began their mar
ricd life with every promise of happiness and
with the brief sunshine of this life warm and
bright about them May | relate one little
incident
Exactly month after their return home
Egerton Doolttlc came in one morning and
asked to see Sophia privately; and when he
was alone with her, and the door shut he
drew a long playful out of his pocket.
Look here, Sophia, he says i'll voice of
alarm, "look ut this
The bill announces that in n neighboring
city there is to be for one night only per-
Torrance of The School for Scandal with
Mr.. Lanigan as Charles Surface and Mrs
Lanigan as Lady Teazle.
II call it a serious thing for you, Sophia, y
Egcrton SAYS If you will take my advice
as a relative, | should keep Percival in the
background You will observe it is only for
one night, and as prudential matter should
keep Percival i'll the background
Does she.
Come here, sir, she says to her husband
after ESerton has gone. "Do you see this''
She shows him the playful, and he looks a
little foolish and conscious.
81 want to see the Lanigan, Percy she
says You must take box for us both to
see the Ianigan."
You are testing. Sophia"
Never was more serious in my life |
must, and will, see Mrs Lanigan"
SO the abashcd husband has to take box,
and in due time they are waiting for the cur
tain to rise.
Now, which is Mrs. Lanigan" Sophia
asks, after the play has begun
"Therr, Percival says, 'in the satin
DRESS
1.-The blue satin dress: Surely THAT is not
Mrs. LaniganN Sophia puts very impress
sive emphasis ON that
"Yes, that is She" Pcrcival replies, with
obvious awkwardncss. He feels very much
ashamed Of having admired her He can see
nothing in h'r now at ALL
Mrs l.anigan is not the woman with the
long train" Sophia says, resolved to disbe-
lieve him. In fact, She implies that it is quite
incredible that THAT can he Mrs. Lanigan.
Yes, the woman with tie long train" he
replies
why, Percval, YOU said She was so pretty. "
"Well, YOU know" Percival says, shat was
in Australia"
Had She the same nose in Australia" in
quires Sophia, crushing her husband by this
sarcasm.
And hereupon Mrs. Sophia Brent sets to
work and picks the renowned Lanigan to
pieces, from her eyebrows to her toes, and
makes it as plain as Euclid to Percival that
she is not at all progressing; and Percival,
having the woman of women at his side, be-
lieves all he hears, and begins to remember
now that Mrs. Langan's complexion was
sometimes a little doubtful SO you see,
reader, that Sophia, with all her charms, was
| only mortal woman after all, and would let
fly an arrow at rival as swiftly as any of
| her sex. But it mattered nothing to Mrs.
| Lanigan, who was three times recalled. And
it mattered nothing to Sophia, who only
wanted to punish her husband, and never
loved him more tenderly than that night.
| And so it really comes to this, that need not
have recorded so trivial an occurrence at all.