San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-25

know there Is WIN eaiS
lock of the pink room door"
looked-as felt-bewildered.
Yes" assented, helplessly.
"Well, Charlie" in impatient tones don't
you understands
~ confess to being still at sea, my dear"
said, with abject humility. "But go on.
Unfold your plan, and my feebler intellect
will try to follow The uncle who appears
first upon thescene, Uncle Simon, think you
said, is to have the pink room, and there Is
something the matter with the lock OF the
pink room door | think ! have mastered
these two important details" And apresr
Don't you seep my wife went on with
growing excitement 1.-The lock has often
stuck fast before 1t did the last time Uncle
Simon was bere. We could not get 1t open
for ever 80 long Don't you remember 50
what more natural than that it should go
wrong on puesdayT And she looked at me
triumphantly.
"But, my child" murmured, ut won't
go wrong as you call It, on Tuesday. Things
never do go wrong when they ought to. Its
only when they didn't ought to-" concluded
vulgarly
LOT course, you silly boy, l know that
But then, you see, I'll make it go wrong
snake it go wrongp repeated "What
do you meanr
Ella regarded me witheringly: then said:
Really, Charlie, you seem as if you were
being stupid on purpose Why, Of course,
when Uncle Simon goes up to get ready for
dinner | shall simply lock the door Then
we can pretend that the lock has stuck fast
again and that we can't get the door open
When Uncle Gregory has gone to bed-you
know he always goes quite early-we can let
poor old Uncle Simon out and give him
splendid supper to make up for the loss OF
know And Them she concluded, "he will
be away in the morning before Uncle Greg
DRY is up. So there you arep
gave vent to a low, prolonged whistle.
You are a most Machiavelian young
woman. Nell" ] said gravely. What
diplomatist you would have made!"
Yes" modestly: II think it rather nice
little plan 1t came 10 my head this after
noon while was putting baby to sleep"
There are two rather serious objections,
however" observed. after putting at my
pipe for some seconds in silence.
We'll = rather sharply
'Well--it seems an uncommonly sneaky
Ilnd of thing. doesn't It'll Even for u.s." With
a grim smile.
oh. no." promptly Not when you get
used to the idea thought so myself at first,
Dut it soon wore OFF
An" | murnlured. lost in admiration of
this remarkable and easy code of morals.
You said two objections. Charlie" re-
sumed my wife Nv EJt was the other"
How are you so sure that my uncle will
arrive frstF' | inquired. If it should
chance to be yours | Couldn't give much for
he success o! yuur plan Mr.. Carper is
very respectable old gentleman-but | think
Won could hardly call him sweet tempered
He -
Now. d0H't make objections, dear" in
terrupted Ella. decisively. 81 know your
uncle will come first, because he always
comes early in the afternoon, and Uncle
Gregory never comes until the last train be
CAL possibly get before dinner time"
Besides sud weakly, there will be nc
opportunity for II" i0"k to stick fast, /
imagine don't t..l.. my uncle locks his
bedroom door. Men don't generally
never do"
"Oh, it doesn't want to be locked, you
silly boyl If left the key inside, how could
fasten it outsider Really, Charlie, you art
much less intelligent than | thought you
were"
bore this accusation meekly and in 81
lence | was thinking what fearful row
there would be if the imprisoned uncle got
out before the appointed time and found u
entertaining the enemy at dinner Then a
sudden feeling of compunction took possession
Of me.
mo, by JoveF' | exclaimed, rising from
the sofa, and taking up position Oh the
hearthrug, 81 won't consent to any such
| plan. It's certain to miss fire somehow. and
| then We'll be in a nice scrape. Let the two
| old fellows come and have done with it. II
they disinherit us both, and ignore our sons
| future, it can't be helped, I'm heartily sick
of all this pretense, and underhand nonsense,
and won't have any more of it"
But Ella, after dismayed pause, wept and
entreated so, and, in short, cajoled me in the
way women do cajoIe us when they like. tc
such purpose that at last gave in and con
sented, whereupon hyperbolical letters were
written 70 both uncles expressive of our
pleasure at their projected visit, etc. and
permitted myself the luxury OF being in al
exceedingly bad temper for the next few
lays
The Hateful Tuesday arrived in due course
and by Elias special request came home by
much earlier train than usual The after
nom had passed without bringing Uncle
| Simon. Our evil star was evidently III the
ascendant, for at half-past 5 Fly from the
station drove up To the door. and from II
stepped-UnCle Gregory
looked at Ella witheringly
Never mind, DEAR she said in hurried
tOues at can't be helped III manage
Just leave everything to me"
muttered few maIedictOry, remarks un
der my breath. and went TO the door with