Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-24

before he married.
'Indced.n
Yes. Shes rather prim in her ways.
pie" ''AS al country peo-
"Ahl she must be very dfs,grceablc."
"Perhaps; but Que needs to live with
ner to fad it ont" 4
And you live with herr
J.. Yes. She will live here I suppose till
somebody marrics her.
Then She has a logerlp
y never heard Of one.o a
'And yet she is not precisely ugly"
with wicked twinkle in his eyes.
NO, not at all; only commonplace,
conceded Lily.
inc dinner progressed as far as the
dessert 1t was pclcd.ap one, to be
safei but what eou' i any one expect who
came without anuounc NJ himself, Mrs.
harry assured herself. Mr.. Bake was a
famous dner-out; he knew, moreover,
how to make himself agreeable over
adlnner Of herbs, and then there was
her English plum pudding to top off
WIN. How plump and delicious it
looked as it came upon the table, and
what royal odor it emitted. She cut it
with pride in her micn. She tasted it
ana shot quick glance at Mrs. Harry,
but said nothing The guest was quietly
nloollng a. it and talking brilliantly.
Presently Lily who had been listening
to him, attacked it. She turned pale,
and gave her plate little angry push.
Then Mrs Harry, having helped every
body else, settled herself to the enjoy
ment Of her pudding. Sue, regarding
her, saw look of CONSERVATION gather
upon her face She uttered an excla-
nation as if she hal been wounl lei.
"Suc, she criel, angrily, you carried
the wrong pudding to Mrs. Burke.
This is the poor-man's pudding, regard
less Of her guest.
q carried th2 pudding the cook gave
me- !" returned Sue.
''No wonder Mrs, Burke thought it
TOO good for poor folkso put in Lily,
sourly.
They both glowcrcd at Sue. They
were obliged torepress their wrath before
their guests, but they were too full Of
Indignation to talk nationally or CO.
herenty. If Mr.. Blake guessed that
there was thunder in the ar, he was a.
facetious and anecdotal as usual, ignored
the atmospheric changes, and did not
hurry away. But when he was obi ged
to take his train at last, the thunder bolt
burst about Sues head.
j s.snsy= -~.sss-.a--..s..s point. after all
my directions to the contrary say,
Mrs. Harry; Mrs. Burke had her Eng
lish plum pudding in spite Of me"
u hal nothing to do wish it," re-
turned Sue; ut was as much a surprise
to me as to you"
'Pity Harry hadn't been here" said
Miss Lily, ignoring Sues version. 'If
his wife isn't to be mis- rcss in his house,
it is time he knew it. A poor mans
pudding to set before Mr.. Gus Bake,
one of the most lastidious of men y
'Tm very sorry" said Sue. 'Tt
wasn't nice pudding"
Nor nice thing for you to do in an
others house."
Mrs. Capulet, I had nothing what
ever to do with it, :" protested Sue.
"Sasan Capulet, l don't believe a word
you say"
"And if were sister, you or I should
leave the house."
And 50 it happened that Sue packed
her trunks, and Il Jury Capulet had such
version of Mrs. Burllo's pudding that
he did not dream Of recalling her
Sue went to a friends house in the
city, who had promised to fud her a
situation.
In the meantime Mrs. Capulet's SER
wants confded the story of the plum
pudding to Mrs. Burke herself, and Gus
B.ake's part in it. Mrs. Burke fcltit her
duty to write Mr.. Blake and repeat the
whole affair, and through him to help
sweet Miss Sue, who would never hurt
fiy, out of her trouble.
Mr.. Blake smiled over this letter. So
they had made it hot for Miss Sue. lie
had suspected as much. He went to
call on his friend, Mrs. Barnes, and re
quest her cooperation. He was shown
into the music-room, and met Sue.
80" he said, shaking hands, ''this
IS the result of Mrs. Burke's pudding"
And then Mrs. Barnes entered.
4 came, " he said, ito consult you
about the affairs of a friend Of mine who
las come to grief. Her case is even
worse than that Of the man in the South
who burnt his mouth eating cold plum
The upshot of the consultation was
hat Sue had position, a little later,
where Mr.. Blake was intimate enough to
irop in at his pleasure and carry the gov
'rness off to the opera, or for a few hours
eereation in the Park behind his span;
md 50 it happened that one day Lily
md Mrs. Capulet received the wedding
ards of Miss Susan CapuIet and Mr..
iustavus Blake, which was all owing
. . Mrs. Burke's pudding.-Harper's
Disposed OF.
Bobby was evidently very much per-
'lexed. 'T want to ask Won Mr.