The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-02
give me a generous supply of besf.steak

 and potatoes"
 He complied very graciously while he continued.
 You don't mean to say that ycu, the renowned sleepy-head and lazy-bones of Cedarvale, have been at work before breakfast5"
 Certainly, your excellency."
 "At what time-if may be so bold as to inquire-did your ladyship leave her couch for the plebeian employment oi buTnishinE ?"
 Bob bowed with studied politeness as he passed the bread.
 At five o'clock, if it please your lord ship"
 Mother Carter, turning with affected anxiety to that lady, who was presiding with matronly grace over the coffee-urn "I implore you to use your inAuen ce to dissuade our young friend here from ever again risking her precious health by doing such an imprudent thing as rising at the unholy hour of five o'clock in the morning."
 "No great danger" was the smiling ejoinder, "such a wonderful occurrence will not be likely to happen again in your lifetime or mine. And shall expect to see this followed by some remarkable event."
 "That's so," said saucily, "l wouldn't wonder at all fit should, and l advise you, Bob, to keep your eyes wide opea, a, for there's no knowing how soon it may come"
 l caught sight, at that moment, Of Mar GUS and Della, coming leisurely from the factory together, and thought the advice very appropriate.
 Bob saw them at the same time, and the smile on his face changed to irown watched with half smile his keen, sus- picious glance at their faces as few mo- ments later they took their seats at the table. His response to their pleasant good morning" was decidedly short and crisp.
 |" have obeyed your commands to the best of my ability, Miss Aunie," Marcus said politely as soon as he was seated.
 And left everything in as good order as@
 "I found it," he interrupted, laughing. " Yes, think did."
 "No, indeed, but as good as it was be- fore you came."
 "l think so. believe we made every thing right, did we not, Della3" with a significant glance across the table to her. l caught the glance and understood it. So did Bob, think, for during our brief conversation he had been helping him self to mustard, and being more intent on watching us than paying attention to what he was doing, he had deliberately stirred two or three spoonfuls into his coffee, and ended by planting the mus tard pot in the center of the butter plate instead of the castor.
 AS he caught the glance between Mar GUS and Della, the cloud which darkened his face showed that his suspicious were confirmed. Lifting his eyes at the in- stant, he caught the amused glances of all the boarders and discovered the ridic- ulous mistake he had made in replacing the mustard. He tried to turn it off with a light remark, and taking up the coff:e to drink to cover his confusion, he swal- lowed nearly half of it before he discov- cred its strange sweetening This was too much, and springing up hastily, he rushed from the room, followed by peals | of laughter which not even politcness could restrain.
 "Little girls shouldn't talk loud about little boys when they are at work" Mar GUS said, with comical glance as he overlook me as returned to the shop.
 Little boys don't seem to feel very pad about it," retorted.
 Some little boys do," he said laugh ng, as Bob passed with face like a thunder cloud.
 Poor Bob! It was really too bad to be in such manner, but don't believe it quite broke his heart, for at the wedding of Marcus and Della, six months later, he presented to us pretty little lady whom, with very lover-ike nride he called {" my wifeO