The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-02-15
TWO BLIND MICE.
How They Met Alter Three Years and
How They Parted.

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dear old fellow how do you do. Where
haze you been hiding all these past
years, and why did you withdraw the
light of your cOuntenance from US?
He (graciously)-How glad / am to
see you! But how you have changed,
Lilly! l scarcely knew you. Can't we
find quiet corner and have a good old
Chat?
She (merrily)-Just the thing! Really,
1 was dreaming of you last Wednesday
night. Let me see. You were in Egypt
no, you were in a cozy beer garden in
Germany, smoking your pipe and lis
tening to one of those delightful bands,
DO tell me where you've been.
He (easily)-Well, I've been doing
England, you know, purifying my &C
cent and learning to eat cold meat
breakfasts. But those months will
never figure in history.
She (archly)-Yes, but haven't you
lost your heart?
He (lightly)-How could when left
it with you? Did you have to wrap it in
cotton? Why; it's just about three
years ago that we sat here and
She (nervously)-Don't Harry, please
don't.
He (solicitously) Why, what's the
matter?
She (sedately)-Haven't you heard?
He (heavily)-Tve heard good deal,
l confess; but may be 1 haven't heard
what yOu want to confess.
She quietly - Why, 1 married Mr..
Mountemorris Park!
He (gayly)-O, Lilly! You naughty,
naughty girl. How dare you show your
face here tonight There, there, don't
blush.
She (fervently)-But, I'm not. The
idea of mother
He (eXcitedly)-What!
She (honestly)-Do you mean to tell
me you haven't heard of our twins?
He (dazedly)-Twins
She (muAAgly)-They are darling
boys, Harry, and as sweet-tempered as
angels, and
He (hysterically)-Ye gods!
She (persistently)-Yes, both of them.
He Qaughingly)-Well, well! | could
not have believed such thing possible.
TO think that you, Lilly, only three
years ago, on this very spot
She chastity that subject, Harry.
He (eagerly)-Very we'll. But the
scent of the roses, don't you know, will
hang round it still.
She (thoughtfully)-Let by-gones be
by-gones.
He (helpfully)- let it be. And the
twins? l suppose you have christened
tEom Gautama and Buddha, or some
thing like that, eh? Buddhism used to
be your favorite fad. Is little Gautama
predisposed to collie and does Buddha's
nose suffer from occult assaults?
She (warmly)-They are both charm
ing boys, Harry. Doctor Skuleton VOWS
they are the first twins on record who
recovered from the measles in month.
He (kindly)-I'm sure they're beau
ties. Does Monte bear his sorrows
blessings, l mean. Does he-er-toddle
them on his knee, and all that sort of
thing? He was deucedly lucky to get a
gold dollar for a penny.
She (perplexedly)-Ap penny?
He (nervously)-Pardon my Anglo
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Poor Monte! l remember distinctly his
telling me he intended becoming monk
"a sort of sentimental prisoner of Chill
Ion, you know. But now, l suppose, he
stays at home of an evening and reads
cookery receipts and GLOW to Live on
$500 Year"
She (gravely)-Well, he has his clrb BIS
still, and he stays down at his office
quite late some nights; he has to work
very hard now.
He (dreamily)-Ycs, I've met him at
the theater several times. But one
feels as if one could trust a cat with a
pan of milk when one is thoroughly &C
quainted with the cat
She (uneasily)-Do you know, Harry,
sometimes-odd moments, you know
think he spends good many nights at
his Office. There, just see how he's
flirting with that woman over by the
mantel; the one in that absurd gown of
lilac silk, mean.
He (pettishly) - Nonsense, Lilly,
they're simply chatting.
She (curiously)-Whoi is she? | can't
for the life of me remember her face.
He (hurriedly)-O, some stranger.
Rather pretty, think. Very neat waist
and fetching eyes, eh?
She (smilingly)-You used to prefer
blue eyes once, Harry, while hers are
brown and small at that.
He (hotly)-What. you call those eyes
small? Why, they re large and poetic and
trusting. Did you ever see any thing to
beat that hair or those hands? You
must admit, Lilly, that she has very
small and pretty hand. Look at that
complexion!
She (naturally)-Howe enthusiastic we
are. Why, Harry! what's the matter?
He (moodily)-The matter? Well,
Lilly, it's rather disagreeable for a fell
low to have even his warmest friend
descant in that way about the only girl
fellow ever
She (breathlessly)-Harry!
He (dangerously)-Well?
She (excitedly)-O, Harry, your don't
mean it!
He (feebly)-Well, ahem-yes, You
SEQ, Lilly. she-er-that is, we-er-we
we were married just seventy-eight
days ago.
She (mockingly)-O, Harry! just to
think that three years ago we sat hero