Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-29

but, bagman's daughterl feel as if allied to
blackbeetles"
"Her father was about to be taken into
partnership when he died." argued the cap
tam.
IF he had been partner, that would have
been another matter, and 1 should not have
been so panied and mortified; but he was not,
and man takes his position by the place ne
occupied when he died, not by that which he
might have occupied had he lived. Why, II
Sidebottom had lived and been elected Mayor
of Nottingham in the year of the Princes
visit he might have been knighted, but that
| does not make me Lady Sidebottom."
"You call him bagman," said Captain LAM
bert, 'butI should say he was commercial
traveller"
"And does that mend matters? Do seven
sy1ables make difference? A dress improver
| is no other than hustle, and an influenza than
cold in the head"
"All know is" said the Captain, that his
daughters are deuced pretty girls, and as good
pair of ladies as you will meet anywhere. I've
known some of your grand ladies say awfully
| stupid things, and I can't imagine Janet doing
that; and some do rather mean things, and
Salome could not by any chance do what was
unkind or ungenerous. I've deuce of mind
| to propose to Janet, as have been chiseled out
of my $50.
"Chiseled outr'
"Yes; out of my annuity. If the will had
been valid should have had that of my own;
but now have nothing and am forced to go'to
you for every penny to buy tobacco 1t is dis
gusting. I'll marry Janet. 1 am glad she is
widow and available. She has a hundred and
fifty per annum of her own, and is certainly
left something handsome by Baynes."
"Fiddlesticksr' exclaimed Mrs. Sidebottom.
II will, indeed, unless 1 am more literally
treated. 1 hate to be dependent on you for
everything. 1 wish 1 had served caveat
against your getting administration of the
property, and done something to get the old
will put to rights"
Mrs. Sidebottom turned green with anger
and alarm.
II will go to Philips wedding breakfast or
dinner, or dance, or whatever he is going to
have, and snatch a kiss from little Janet pull
her behind the window curtains and propose
for her fl5O, will"
Lambert's mother was very angry, but she
said no more. She knew the character of her
son; he would not bestir himself to do what he
threatened. His bark was worse than his bite.
He fumed and then turned cold.
But Philip gave no entertainment on his
wedding day, invited no one to his house: con-
sequently Lambert had not the opportunity he
desired for pulling Janet behind the window
curtains, snatching a kiss and proposing for
her s150
II shall refuse to them" said Mrs sidebot-
tom.
And return to York; asked her son.
81 can't leave at once" answered the mother.
81 have the house on my hands. Besides, I
must have an eye on the factory. Lamb, if
you had any spirit In you you would learn
bookkeeping, SO as to be able to control the &C
counts. do not trust Philip; how can l, when
he marries bagman's daughter? 1t is proof
of deficiency in common sense, and lack of
sense of rectitude. Who was Salome's mother?
We do not know her maiden name. These sort
of people are like diatoms that fill the air, and
no one can tell whence they came and what
they are. They are everywhere about US and
all equally insignificant"
Mrs. Sidebottom had but the ears of her son
into which to pour her discomfort for she had
no acquaintance in Mergatroyd.
On coming there she had been meet bv the
manufacturers wives In a cordial spirit Her
brother was highly respected, and they has
tened to call on her and express their readi-
ness to do her any kindness she might need as
stranger in the town. She would have been
received into the society there-a genial one
mad she been inclined. But she was super
cilious. She allowed the ladies of Mergatroyd
to understand that she belonged to another
and higher order of beings and that the days
in which the gods and goddesses came down
from Olympus to hold converse with men were
over.
The consequence was that she was left to her.
self, and she grumbled at the dullness of
place which was only dull to her, because of
her want of tact No more kindly, friendly