New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28

nrf ann mil sIc had sent Glfths down
st"jrs and ,ccn Ecf return with cup % S'rlin|,,
arrovroot. which the old i3dy arbitrarily '''''''
There now. YOU will sleep. and let me near
no moro croans If you want any nm "' t.
call GrifithS. Good night. chllG. Nnc t,wccn
hand Monas dark head WIZ I,,aI a. quickly
a pat and a carcss. and 9llded away DO
Mona was painfully laborns through Ier l ,oiT IN
next morning wien her cousin 10" '"'''
"i'oyN Not ready. Mona? Why. how dolerni I io;l
look, Are Won i'll? thought YOU were shaiiI WJ
last nicht 10 keep ont Of Aunt leh mHI She
could induce you to get into such "A S'IaP oI,,,
,f,In norticiIar, Snapped me up short because
didn't answer papa in quite JohiisoIi"h ,;,,,
guagc and found fault VIM DIrn , 'G IL tb"iIgh,
Mona. &c, back into bed ana u 'ciI NS''
bring you up some breakfast ,,, mimi" said
Thank YOU if your mother won't mihi' ''i''
Nc "0h. I'll make it all right with her, Ard. II
You don't want lecture, It aD3hl NV ,,, Iii
thing you DO to lie snug Tor diE "' cNncr
Aunt Pens got over il niue nu' 'NP'''
yon'vc done for Yourself with her. ,.;...,,,,.
II can't be helped nov. sad Mona 9'Jr''I o,S,
Curlcd mp in an armchair, Mona h'u no. e ,u,,,
dispatched her breakfast when another Nisit"r
invaded her solitude in The person OF MS ny"
iratP and OyerpOwerlng. ,,o I
Nv dear Mona: What is all this hear
don't wish 10 find fault. bat really yonr thotGh,-
less ways ar, very irving as was telling E%nT
aunt only this morning Noa quite dlNturp,u
Miss HYDE last night. ard If YOU are ~. as sue
makes ont remember you have only NourN'" 10
thank for IT, Not but what you're looking much
usual -
It's Only cold. said Mona in the first panSr
oh. th3'', nothing l'ut ~ ! hear you are
lame into tie bargain il won't do you any harm
10 STAY upstair, and if you're are dull. us en-
tirclN y,ur jwn doing Really. Mona, IT Is mos
ngaravating, Your brother would hc very mnch
disnrasrd with yon Such harum-Scalum WAYS
viii make him miserable WEI. good hN-it Is
fine that the tarncttS ard ourselves are an eI
have 70 miss il now. People must pay for their
folly"
Mona sanl, back in her chair as the door closed,
and fears Of moriiticaiion Spranc 70 her eyes
Lack disrlcascA Jack made miserable by her
follv This was worsc than oil Nj her hopes
and Aspirations. pre- rui ard iuiur". grouped thcin
selves round this beloved step-hrofhrr' wh%' -
Mona M least. vas the incarnation oi every thln-
great and good. ANY day. any hour. mc.i bring
the welcome letter announcing his coming or
better stIli-t'r vaudcrcr himself Each caug Of
the front-door he'll louder and more imperative
than usual, brought Mona'S heart into her mouth
with joyful expectation liu; II he returned
thousIflcssncss--, Oh, what could she do 10
cure herself Of her dreamy weys-to make herself
more In 10 Ice his companion
Presently knock Al her 'oor WIS followed h,}
the entrance Of Grifjihs an! GriiihSs stately
little mistress The folds Of Miss lIvlcS rich silk
dress hung from hcr waist S"vrrr and pain. with
out cruWplr: hcr harl, cap and cola" wy" ai-
.n>t"i go a rlrrtr Mona started mp in c9n'ns"I
Locl. ,y,ir n,Ic vim 'oi ard f.ar of her visitor
rc,iv~i ny Ion'% wnrni,cs Tlr terrible Iitti'
aly's fierce huG c,c, ,oo,nrI T., prrc, her through
armed for TIE prcsca, IT, Wona@ hcpc>,Hcss. for
she only laid ccrt'e hand or h'r uiccr's head
AMI asked how SIC vas
"Gr1ith> is qoing ~ mike yo1r loo' com
Portable and then. II you Ike, She shall help Nou
to flush drcesinl"
Tlcr, w.. onlv ono difficulty about ,h. last
70 sHif2h'" costume Nrcmc' ior'h"''nne for NlonHs
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Mona h..cI u1iufllr hu' tie I'ur c,as if
kind. wrrr iuLc1ou> ami w.thert more a.lo 81"
rcia1cd tlr afternoons adventures
And 'ir stranger p-lu Icipe.i vol-lorf Won.
know who II ya, ""
No hgf lc wrs crrtlema9. Tm sun. and
~ ii0d-th" tiudc.t man ever mot except Iclt ="
l"ul hr fh'r'
V, and NDn1f cgrs hrdlcI There hr
=, That's Jack
she pointed - % cabinet photo, framed in plush.
ol % handsome young FELLOW about g dozen years
her senior
I~n : nc hHh',"u" sud Nn.r. enthusiastic
c"'. r"4|rIl t"t brother with a"mlru2 Cos
pm 'GiiIf nW.iN cifi1r" with the rp1i'c
dIr,' interrupted Ter sst"r.V praises, perhaps
y" Ainl fcr ndNaif1"r.
H'.I now H'I' NENl Zen. now Tat ~"
ir'cH Is really >'rp'~" You pr' u on. am 2uIng
y" 'NI'lr Try PONIES % Yer luncheon. ard H"u may
come voc ana tcl q Ht'i' fresh ar \ dTit" th.S
lovely da' won burt either NJ MS, though We
moH not ID" "1ual - 70 plc."
me Pt,.Nhcc' g fI"'' l",1' "n"r"' ~ TO finish
M ~. '"I'N '"' 'h' WH'h otter luncheon
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