The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-29

! why it Is. / nate to be put down by any
body. But there's something in that look
shuts me up like a jackllnife.
The brush was in Kitty's mouth now.
! She removed it to remark sweetly:
II trust we sha'n't disturb you, gentle
men. Make yourselves quite at home.
| We do not intrude, do we?''
| Raeburne commenced to stammer q re-
| ply. but there was evidently something in
| the situation that overcame him, for he
stuck fast. | took advantage of his con-
| fusion to slide "The Carnival of Crime"
under neighboring sofa. Then turned
to Kitty and said bluntly;
| eve didn't know you were at home.
Why didn't you advise us?"
''My dear" said Kitty, turning to the
blonde maiden, without noticing my ques-
ton, "let me introduce you to Mr.. Nal
1 colin, gentleman who sometimes deigns
to guido my faltering steps in search of
| the beautiful and the true. Mr. Malcolm,
let me present to you the upper section
| of my friend, Miss Window"
While Kitty was speaking I was bowling
in my most faultless manner to the beau
tiful head THAI rose above the screen like
Raphaers cherub But when she came
to the name of the fair unknown
! Strengthened up so suddenly that fancied
( could hear my backbone click like an open
clasp knife.
Miss Windomp' I repeated. Then I
| looked at her and glanced at Fred. Both
| had turned beautiful peony color.
transferred my gaze to Kitty's demure
| face. There was a twinkle in the corner
| of one of her eyes that was irresistible
threw myself into an armchair and burst
into loud guffaw. Kitty's occurrences
went all to pieces in moment and she
went off into fits of laughter. Fred and
the girl hesitated little, meanwhile 60
ing through those physico-mental pro-
cesses Familiarity known as turning all
colors of the rainbow" and looking seven
ways for Sunday" But Kitty's laugh
was contagious, and presently they were
forced to Join us, he looking rather sheep
ish and she with most charming blush
on her cheeks and fiutter of the down
cast eyelids that added considerable to my
admiration of her pretty face.
"Well,' said Kitty, after we had in
measure recovered our equanimity, 'fMr.
Malcolm, if you will fold back this screen
we will come out, and then you can be
presented to the rest of Miss Window"
''That reminds me of story" said |,
proceeding to remove the screen. The
ladies came out and took seats. Fred
ensconced himself ON the sofa beside his
fair inamorata, who indeed seemed moth
ing loath ,.. :, az, .4,,,,,,,
asked Kitty You must know, Miss
Window" she went on, turning her gray
eyes pensively upon Fred, that Mr.. Nal.
colin, like Mr. Raeburne, is a person of
whom our sex is apt to be 'deuced fond
That is the phrase, ell, Mr.. Raeburne?"
Fred clasped his hands entreatingly,
and besought his tormentor in dumb show
to have pity.
sob, let up, Kitty, do" put in, cor
at least let up on me. I've done nothing
to call for any such sarcastic remark on
your part"
"All right" said Kitty. I'm mute.
Give US the story"
"You all know Mr. Claverhouse?" 1 be-
gan; ''at least by reputation
They, of course, had all heard of that
celebrated wit.
II met him ON board the yacht of a mu-
tual friend, last summer" | went on.
SAT dinner Mr.. Claverhouse was very
entertaining, as usual. By and by he got
to telling us about his yacht, the Fear
less. He became quite eloquent in de-
scribing the splendors of her cabin. You
m-m-ust know, said he, that She
e--e--'s very well done up inside.
Wh-h--y, she--e--e's got two pier
glasses that arc be--bc-auties You
look in one and you see yo-yo-yo-your-
self down to here indicating his knees.
Then y-y-ou tack across and look in
the c--o--other, and y--y-you see your
self up to here indicating his chest.
Full view in 1.-TWO shots. So con-
cluded |, I've gotten introduced to Miss
Window in two shots
The telling of this Renaissance had the
one good effect of relieving the awkward
ness of the situation, which three of us
ut least We're willing to put behind us.
After this we slid into q general con-
versation. Fred was at first trife shy.
But as it appeared that Kitty had con-
Guided to ''let up on us, as | had sug
gested, Fred gradually came out of winter
quarters and beamed on us again with his
usual conversational warmth.
81 didn't know" he said to Miss Win
dom, chat you and Ki--Miss Kitty were
acquainted. How long have you known
each other?'
LET me see, !" returned the girl, looking
over at Kitty, chow long have we known
each other, Miss Clyde?'
Then the two, for some inexplicable
reason, went off into another fit. 1t is
astonishing how much laughter that can t
be accounted for is INDUCED in at times
by the sex.
"Oh, dare say It's very amusing" ex-
claimed Fred, in fluster; "but don't you
think it would convey more information
| to us who are not in the secret if you'd
answer my question:"
Come here, Fred, " said Miss Window,
resuning her gravity and her perpen-
| dicular at the same time. 1--WE some
thing to show you. May l?' she asked Of
| Kitty, as she passed her.
Kitty shrugged her shoulders, and the
| young girl evidently taking this as q sign
| of assent, led her swain to the further
| end of the room, where kittys easel
stood near a back window, There they
leaned over picture which stood upon
the easel, but which was invisible to me
! from where sat Seeing them engaged
together turned to Kitty and demanded,
"Wll you please inform me now, Miss
Clyde, how this School for Scandal stu
alton has come to be precipitated upon us
two offensive mortals2"
"Nothing easier" quoth Kitty. Then
she relapsed for moment into an amused
chuckIe, Excuse me, Malcolm, but il
was so funny. When You two men got
out of your chairs you looked for all the
world as if you had just been carried
around from the Eden Musee."
| | tried to appear amused, and waited