The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24

since she came into this house! What
was this change IN her? She was afraid
/ to speak, lest the intense rebslious anger
she felt should gain the mastery. Was
it she that had these wicked thoughts OF
George poor, kind, unsuspecting, low
ing George? She felt little faint, for
the windows were closed and the room
stuffy with the odor of the new furniture
and the atmosphere of the workshop;
everything here seemed to her common
place and repulsiye.
Glow about those plans Of yours now,
Ella, eh?s cried George
This was too mnch-her over tired pa
thence broke down.
! George she cried impulsively, and
her voice sounded hoarse and strange to
her own ear. George, must speak
must tell you"- and then she checked
herself.
She must keep command of herself, or
she could not, without utter loss OF Dig
nifty, find the words that were to sting
him into sense of what he had done
and allowed to be done Before she
could so on, George had drawn her to
him and was pattlng her shoulder ten
derby.
I Il know, dear little girl, he said, Il
know: don't try to tell me anything.
I'm so awfully glad you're pleased; but
all the money and pains in the world
wouldn't make the place good enough
FOR my Ella.
She released herself with a little cry Of
impotent despair. How could she say
the sharp, cruel speeches that were strug-
Cling to reach her tongue now? It was
no use; she was a coward, she simply
had not the courage to undeceive him
here, on the very first day of thereunion,
too.
.'You haven't been upstairs yet, " said
George, dropping sentiment abruptly.
"Shall we go up?p
Ella assented submissively, much as
even this cost her, but it was better, she
reelected, to get it over and know the
very worst. However, she was spared
this ordeal for the present. As they re-
turned to the hall, they found them
selves suddenly face to face with dingy
man, whose face was surrounded by a
fringe of black whiskers, and crowned
by shock Of fuzzy hair.
sWho On earth are your demanded
George, as the man rose from the hitch
en- stairs
''No offense, sir and lady. Peagrum,
that's my name, fust shop round the cor
ner as you go into Silver street, plumber
and sanitry hengineer, gas fittin' and
hartistic decorating, bell angling in all
its branches. l received instructions
from Mr.. Jones that / was to look
into a little matter O leakage in
the back kitchen sink, also to see
what taps, if hany, required seein' to,
and gently to put things straight like.
So / come round, 'aving the keys, just to
cast heye over them, as may term it,
preliminary to beginning work in the
course Of q week or so, as soon as I'm at
at lbity to attend to it pussonally."
sob, the landlord sent you? All right,
then"
Correct, sir" said the plumber affa-
bly,. while I've been ere I took the
freedom of going all over this little 'ouse,
and nice coy little 'ouse you've made
of it, for such mouse as it is. You've
done it up very tysty, very tysty you've
done this little 'ouse up, and I've some
claim to speak, seem as how I've had the
decoration throughout Of many 'ouse
in my time, likewise mansions. You
amt been too ambitious. which is the
error most parties falls into with small
'ouses; now the parties as 'ad the place
before you, by the name O Runmles-
well, Idessay they satisfied themselves,
but the 'ouse never looked right, not to
my taste, it didn't"
George, get nd Of this person, said
Ella, under her breath, in French.
Unfortunately, Georges acquaintance
with that tongue was about on a par
with the plumbers, and he remained
passive.
The plumber now proceeded to put
down his mechanics straw bag upon the
hall table, which he did with great care,
as if it were of priceless stuff, and con-
tanned fragile articles. Having done
this, he posed himself with one elbow
resting on the post of the staircase, like
a grinny statue of Shakespeare.
"Ah," he said, shaking his touzled
head, s'this amt the first time I've been
ERE in my professional capacity, not by
a long way. Not by a long way, it amt.
Mr.. Rummles, him as / mentioned to
you afore, and nice pleasant spoken
gentleman he was, too. In the tea trade.
Mr. Rulnmles, he allus sent round for
me whenever there was hany odd jobs
as wanted dom, and in course was al
lus pleased to get 'em, be they hold OF
! hotherwise."
"Er-exactly," said George, as soon as
he conld put in a word, s'but you see,
this lady and p
The plumber, however, did not aben-
| don his position, but seemed determined
that they should hear him.
II know, sir; see how things were
with you with ,arf glance, but afore
we go any further, it's right you should
know 100 am, and all about me- jest
ear what I'm goin' to tell yer, for it's
something out Of the common way,
though gospel truth. It's a melinlxly re-
dection for man in my station in life,
but" land here he lowered his voice to
a solemn pitch) 1--WE never set foot in
side of this ere 'ouse without somethink
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