New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16

Thu nil stoye George, George Junas ~,
phyxIatcd-pcrhaps dead and sprnglns up ouio'o
out of tho room, with her wrapper shr's si~pp'"e W
door frame Ia.
Tho asphyxiatcd guest Is discovered DONG UP no.
hack hair by the Hight OF a gas Jet Ine a'mospno'
is dense and fun OF floating sooty particles "h'cn
bcnr touched ,ransmuto into smuts. In me nhse VI
murkincss the gas fame Is yellow Dnr ~ n.''
there arc mutual embraces and CONGRATULATIONS Inv
guest with bowed head and harpns III ncr nou a
coils her hair In the gloom the hostess scru,i""s |
with n curious eye At last Tootoo, unable 10 Dear
the weight of unanswered speculation
"IIavc-havc you washed your iaoo'
"Why, OF coursc-why?'
"wcll, rs Just little bit black round your nose
and your eyes,
+" Blarkt what do you mean, Am turning into
negro''
She consults glass, and, for the hrst hme' secs
clearly the ravages made in her beauty by the I'M
t,,oJ nor,orm,nces Of the stove. At breakfast she
.rne,rs with rasped redness about her visage ana
confcssos 70 having operated It with nall brush
So Maria the wouldbe assassin departs, ocihSereh,
and fearful by turns, and Katy reigns in her stead
Katy is a buxom Importation from the Old Country
obtained cheapy in consideration Of her recent arrival
she's really very pretty says the IIausfrau buoy
antly: such nice pink checks hope you won't DC
drifting with her.
There IS no nccd for inc warning NJ ma"
horn ~ nature or art-te Apollo Belvidere In the garb
prescribed by ldnguld and efete civllzaron-couid
allure Katy from the performance OF duty. She Is
dcncr,teIy determined 10 please; she evinccs bois
crous desire to learn At table she gets into state
Of crimson excitement in her anxicy to DC e1pedou
She loses her breath and gasps.
Really. Tootoo., says George plaintivcy, as Katy
Gourshes out OF the room, It's very peculiar the way
She gasps DO you suppose domestics In tho oid
Country arc broken. wndcd' She makes me feel as
II ! had been running
Tootoo attempts TO smooth away these rough edges
She cultures and refnes Katy. buys her aprons and
and masses sentence on the cotton sack with tho
rink pineappie- sprinklcd II, in which Katy on
a certain Sabbath morn took Joy in arraying hersef
After time Kays drcful energy subsidies, ana both
her color and her gaspIng go down But shc Sill mas
moments when she relapses into her primal barbar-
isms. She stands by the table, her hands pousY
folded and goes of into dreams, and when George In
his softest voice. says gently, some water, Katy,
please she gives the most exaggerated start and Tor
a moment is distraught darling this way and that In
an agony At these moments OF confusion size IS wont
to let her jaw drop.
Sc Don't Won think she's improving?" asks Tootoo,
glowing with pride at her success In subdung this
untutored spirit. Don't you think we could soon
ask people TO the house -
If YOU could only make her stop opening her
mouth she would be perfect. But thar, you know IS
rather awful II makes her look so foolish; people
will think got her cheap out OF some idiot asylum
Now George how can help that. l can't say
10 her shut up your month"; Ct sounds so dreadfully
rude
We might speak Of sonc one who does II, when
she's waiting on tho table and say how bad 1t looks
DO you suppose she has sense enough 10 take the
hint"
They try th!s plous fraud. George invents won
derfuly constructed story of man who couldn't keep
his mouth shut and Who In consequence of this simple
ard easily conquered failing, wrecked a splendid
fortune Tooioo throws in appropriate comments,
looking guilty. At intervals these conspratorS look
slyy under their eyedS at Katy as she fits uncon-
sciousy round the table, with red cheeks, her bending
body accompanied by series Of gentle creaks