The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-10

= listening 10 various planS Tor m
r restoration to strength and beauty, be
o sldesa great deal Of conversation quit
too delicate to bear pen and inkl
Q The next morning was handed owe
4 10 the tender mercies of an umbrell,
Q surgeon, and his face was certainly
. study as he examined me- My fractured
4 ribs, my warped backbone, and gen
, orally broken-up condition, evidontl,
: made great impression upon him.
, for, adjusting his glasses, ho looked
: searchingly at Adolphus and asked,
/ dryly; "You didn't make mistake
! and bring the wrong umbrella2 This
isn't worth mcnding.n
Possibly I'm the best Judge of that" "
with his most lordly air,
"All right, all right. sir; II you don't
mind paying twice as much as you
would for new one, I'm sure I've no
objs ction to put my work on it." And
then followed a discussion as to my
dress and equipments. that was in
tcnsely interesting to me, for | knew
how much depended upon it. II some
delicate color were chosen my life
would indeed be gay one. for should
be reserved for full-dress occasions,
but, alas! how soon it would end! as
fade | must, and SO be thrust aside into
some dark corner and forgotten! So
was thankful enough when Adolphus
decided (being of Il literary turn) that
| should be thoroughly red.
Remember. | want it as soon as
possible" was the last direction; and
the surgeon, looking after his retreat
ing back, observed, "a screw loose
somewhere in that head; cranks are
thicker than usual this year" And
then he fell upon me, and such
wrenching, and pulling, and straight
ening of ribs never happened to one Gf
my family before, | am certain and
squealcd and groaned at every pull;
| but it was done at last, and then came
my dress, which went on comfortably
and fitted to charm, and | should
have been quite satisfied if the surgeon
had not discovered at the moment
fact that tried vainly to hide, namely.
crack in my head
This is the mischief to pay" said
he; my crank will make it hot for
me If | don't make a better Job than
this" And he turned me thoughtfully
over and over in his hands,
There is no use to try and glue
that head up; thero'll just have to be a
new head, and know whore there is
the very thing. at my ncighbors, the
pawnbroIicr's, on that broken cane
that | saw there the other day, that
will be just the style to suit my dude
customer"
| felt this to be fatal move, for
how would the cane-head ever accom-
modate himself to his reversed posi-
tion in life; and by the time my would
be friend came ambling back, was
thoroughly depressed. although |
realized at the first glance that my
new head was much handsomer than
the old; and In spite of the fact that
we were regularly joined together by
a massive gold ring, nothing could
change my foreboding that the union
would never be happy one.
Promptly on the following morning |
Adolphus called and FASTENED me to |
the abode Of the fair Arethusa. who |
received me with delight, and cx-
pressed her admiration in most elo- |
qucnt terms, saying. Just fancym
and How awfully jolly" (Oh, yes, she |
was very English indeedD a great many |
times in all her choicest tones. This, of |
course, was very soothing to my feel |
ings, but | was not long allowed to
bask In the honoyed words, for pick
nicking was the order of the day, and |
| was Immediately called into requi- |
sltion, and my troubles began. At the
fret Whit of wind my head made a |
violent effort to resume his natural |
position, and drag my pretty dress in
the dust an effort which rescnted |
and strained every bono to prevent.
and in the commotion that cnsued
there was another hat catastrophe, |
but this time it was Mr.. Radcliffe who
was the sufferer, and much diversion
his antics afforded us, rs he ambed,
and lcapcd, and scrambled, and climbed
back and forth on a stone wall in his
pursuit Of it, and made himself gnner-
ally ridiculous in full view OF his lady
love, as she stood cool and serene in
the rosy shade which, in my gratitude
for holding me firmly aloft, shed over
her in profusion. | am sorry to be
@bligod to state that his race Was en-
ltvened by occasional breezy express
sions, to which Arcthusa and politely
closed our cars.
"Why, my dear" said she, sweetly.
when, red and disgusted, he rcjoined
MS bearing captive tho muddy hat, Il
am afraid so much exercise must have
fatigued you so soon after breakfast"
The words We're sympathetic enough,
but unfortunately there was d full
blown twinkle in her eyes utterly at
variance with them, and it was this
that Adolphus' quick glance took in at
once, and to this he responded irrita-
bly,: ooh, quite understand. | dare
say you deliberately pushed my hat
off with that detestable umbrella 70,
the sake OF seeing me make myself
why, Dorphy, how can you say
such things! I'm sure it was very
pretty to see you play with the wall
so nicely. had no idea you were SO
agile"