New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01

hands she brought from rcsaHratcurs far across Town
delicacies wrapped in brown paper and cardboard
boxes. Little cartridges, with their round, puny
breasts stabbed with slettos OF fat, and their hollow
insldes stuffed with trulcs pasty patties with hoicS
in the top into which you poured highly spced goou
things she took out all her wedding silver ana cut
glass, rubbed them with channels, and hcaped Thorn
high with sugary deIcacles She and George poured
vincs-both red and ycllow-Into tho beautiful DO
caniers Unclo Erasus gave her, which, on the 'aOc'
blazed like monsrous gems. When George came
homo and she proudly showed him the table. all
cleaning under tho candles with glass ana SILVER
satlny dsmask, and the napkin In the centric richly
embroidered in silky dropping roses he was over
whelmcd with pride in his clever Tootoo 10000
herself all delicious expectation, put on her lace
dress with thr diamond star George had given her
fastening the velvet around her mock
Well, everything went of beautifully RoscDuh
was charmed and charming, Tommy was gracious,
Maria looked quite stylish and you would never nave
guessed tho terrible excitement she was IN II
II had not been for her checks, which were pur-
ple ard looked as II, had you STUCK q
hin into Them the blood would have spurted out and
strnck the opposite wall. All was iovial and easy
conversation sparklcd. and Tootoo was In the seventh
heaven when that wretched Absalom spoiled every
thing Maria had gone into the kltchcn and closed
tho door. Suddenly 1t burst open, ana hor 'o'oc'
loud. strldent, terrified, filed the air:
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There was crashing and rattling I'm the kitchen, a
whi,o thing flashed through the doorway and under
the table where It clrclcd around furously Rosebud
stood on her chair screaming Too'oo, pale as a
spirit had Just enough presence OF mind left rot to
stand up but she drew up her feet and sat on them
George and Tommy caught their heels over tho top
rung Of their chairs and stared AT each other. while,
tearing. scratching utterlng agonizng news, banging
into the chair legs with force which caused the whole
chair TO vibrae round and round went the blghtcd
Absalom. vcntrc a terre.
That was the end of him. Soon after he died,
choosing place Of sepulchre. the corner OF tho
drawer in which Tootoo kept her laccs. Here she
found his BODY curcd up stiff and cold. and watering
It with her tears put II I'm An cmpty bonbonlhere
She couldn't bury It in the courtyard Of the iat As II
was all paved, so with many tears and injunctions
she Entrusted II to Maria who to bury 1t in the
garden OF the cousin in HOb0kcn.
"You say there are trees in her garden,
Maria, she said gloomily, bury him under one Of
them. my poor Absalom!"
Maria promised while Absalom's parents looked
on with langud interest.
To George in the evening Toooo told her melancholy
tale. adding:
Pm glad gave II TO Maria George; those simple
uneducacd people are much moro faithful and
obliglnS.'
Moanwhilc Maria on the Hobokcn fcrrybrat had
softly cleared the bonbonnicc OF its wrapplngs. and
taking coup d. oeil OF her fellow passengers opened
IT prccplatcd the mortal remains Of Absalom into
the unfce.ing bosom OF the river. ...