The Irish standard., 1890-11-08

lowed the captain of the vigilantes
along the pier.
! Mr.. limerick proceeded to Montivedeo,
where he hoped to catch the regular
steamer for Rio de Janeiro.
| CHAPTER XIII.
| While Mr.. limerick was chatting under
the restraint placed upon his move men is
| by the iron walls of all ocean steamer,
occurrences in New York were taking
unexpected and almost Sudden turns.
From the day when Armida saw Eu-
gene Hregy picked up in an unconscious
condition after the collision of the gro
Gerry wagon and the carriage, her in
terest in him had been on the increase
and, what was more, was undisguised.
| After his final recovery she insisted
shat all the supplies in that line for the
house should he purchased from the
Harlem grooery. To this OF course no
one made any aemur, nor could they
reasonably, SO long as Eugene supplied
goods Of quality good enough for their
! USE But after awhile Armida's interest
| had increased to such an extent that
she had spoken to Eugene regarding
! the benefits which might accrue to him
| in after life il he possessed at least q
few accomplishments So to give the
suggestions some practical shape she
had suggested giving him lessons in
| music herself and he had eagerly &C
copied her offer.
| The result was that Eugene's pres
ence at the house near to Gramercy Park
! became such frequent occurrence that
Mrs. Delaro very naturally remarked it
! and in confidential moment referred
to the fact when speaking to Mr.. Will
coz. The old mans reply was that he
did not think there was any inproprie-
| ty in Eugene coming to take the les.
sons, inasmuch as he understood he re-
turned the favor by giving Armida an
| opportunity to prevent her knowledge
! of French from rusting by means Of con-
| versation in that language. AT the
same time he pointed out, in as careful
a manner as his frank, open nature
would permit, that 1t would be advisa'
! BILE not to leave the" young couple too
much alone. In this opinion Mrs. De-
laro readily concurred and she resolved,
| in view of the fact that so many highly
bred young ladies had lately eloped
| with loW-born coachmen and street-car
conductors that she would exercise at
least little care in watching over her
beautiful daughters association with
this young grocer to whom she had
taken such a fancy. Not that she real
| ly imagined Armida was IN love with
| him, but inasmuch as his lot in life
seemed to be cast i'm so different a chan
mel to Armida's she thought it we'll to
enforce her notherly prerogative just q
little, as precautionary measure.
1t was rather strange lat least SO. Mr.
Wilcox thought) that Armida's regret
over the absence of Percy Lowell had not
been as marked as that Of her mother
or as sincere as he knew his own to be.
| The Englishman had found warm and
lasting place in the old mans heart;
his society had been half the pleasure
! Of old Wilcox n Later years, and he
| missed Percy sadly.
/ 1t was one night about the time when
| Percy was being invited to permit one
of the card party at Buenos Ayres to
shed his hearts blood, that Mrs. Delaro
and Mr.. Wilcox were sitting in the Ii
brary, wondering part Of the time and
discussing during the remainder in re-
/ gard to the probability or otherwise Of
Percy Lovers mission being one which
would terminate proftably--at least so
far as the object was concerned-or
whether it would be only one more to
add to the already long list Of failures,
when they heard notes OF music in the
/ parlor and the voices Of Armida and
1 Eugene. a Fiji
ssDear me- said Mr.. Wilcox ''but
this matter is getting serious. Here's
that young grocer again. He was here
last night, too; he'll begin to think he
owns the place very soon, and all be-
cause he happened to- be laid up q week
i or two on account Of an accident, II
would have been better Tor all con-
Scerned If he had taken the 1--WE hundred
iollars we offered him; we should then the
have been rid of him with All 9obliga-
stions canceled. & lsss
I'll