Los Cerrillos rustler., 1888-11-30

dosia Brown who, resplondcnt In old gold
and diamonds, was but too ready to re-.
spoud 10 such marked advances.
Aud while Fraucle aud Dick thus playcd
at cross purposes the evening wore on m
the usual way. The guests talked little
scandal, considerable gossip, and between
rubDcrs Of whist introduced enough liter
AIRY conversation To give the correct tone 10
the occas On, tin the entrance OF the colorcd
waiter with a tray ON which were glasses
of egg uogg.
Even Rev Mr.. Putter considered that
m III potation OF this kind was allowable
on Thanksgiving eve and accepted the
agreeable beverage with cheerful smile
II was perhaps "a triiie unfortunate that
he chanced TO take his place. goblet In
hand. directly under the swinging perch
Of the obscrvaut parrot, who just then was
very wide awake.
For as Mr. Puttcr. clevating the goblet
and clearing his throat, was about to-er-
propose a toast, tho wrcJched bird cock
ing his head downward aud fixing his hard,
unw.nking eye with iufuite meaning upon
MIR Puttor, remarked sepulchrally:
Let us pray"
or course only wrong minded people,
given TO unsccmly levity, would see any
thing to laugh at in this, which was per
haps the reason that such "a general chorus
of severe coughing followed the iniuJicious
suggestion, while number OF faces were
suddenly avertcd Old Bynncr, II Is true
shouted "llawl hawn aud young Golden
grew purple TO his ear tips with sup
I prcsse mirth. but these two didn't count
/ 1t was Dck Blake who, coming to the
I fp.gun pT lta stnharrnaaaA Inataau trt..
to create a diversion by loudly inquring
as TO the whereabouts of his friend Sim,
/ whom he had not seen that evening.
| Had MIR Blake known that wicked
| young man among the guests-Bluner by
name-had been slyly plying Sim with
| egg-nogg behind thi window curtains, he
would perhaps not have ventured the
| query.
stint oh, he's chained IN the bny-win-
dow, sound asleep" responded the widow,
with glance in that direction.
! But alas Sim was neither chained or
asleep, and ut the repetition of his name
he suddenly crawled from beneath the
curtain fold, on three legs, and uttering
sound like hiccough strangled In its
/ birth
The moro timd of the ladies uttered
/ hulill etftaAls HUu CdsA lHlplpIlNk NlhHttn
at their male protectors. Miss Dash, gath
I crng her skirts about her, skipped upon
/ the nearest chair Us females do at the ap-
/ proach Of a mouse.
Naughty Sim,r said Mrs. Brown, re-
bukingy. "Mr. Blake will you"
! Tho sudden pause In her ndjuratiou was
caused by the unexpected action Of Sim,
who IN strict justice was usually one of
the most gentlemanly and mild hammered
of small monkeys
/ For instead Of obcdiently approaching
/ Mr. Blake's outstretched hand, Sim rose
on his hind legs and staggered across the
room, wildly waving his hand above his
/ head. Then he chattcrcd aud hiccoughed
| alternately for moment, after which he
/ plunged boistcrously at unhappy Mr.
! Putter, and whom he be In the calf Of the
/ leg. He's mad-hcs got the hydro.
! phobiam shouted MIR Putter, in dire dis.
may as he held on TO the wounded member
with both hands
! II Sim rds mad there was method IN his
madness; for all ut once, having violently
twitched the tail of the Angora cat in pass