The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31

treat he sat and lau ghed UztII, ITS v7ru
the gunsmith when he was able to speak,
he thought he should have had q fit
bob, you really ought not to do it, y
cried Mrs Bob, when her husband repeat
ed the story.
But have you ever seen the brute"
he returned, chuckling at the very idea
of it,
''Of course have seen the dog" Mrs.
Bob replied, Everybody has seen it except
you, you dear old blind bat. That poodle
is just now the very light of Mrs. Fairlie' s
eyes-i6's like her stick, all her own.
Way, not another woman in Blankhamp-
ton would dare to be seen with either.
But all the same you must remember that
she is q very important person in the
town, in her own estimation if III no
body else's, and it won't do for you to go
offending her. Just fancy il anybody
saw you actually laughing at her in the
street."
'"They did, shouted Bob, with a great
laugh-"I just roared. And I tell you
had to go into Fuller's, the gunsmith's,
and | laughed so | had to tell him what
was laughing at l couldn't help my
self"
ooh! Fuller is safe enough-he won't
talk about it to anybody likely to repeat
it to the Fairlies," Mrs. Bob remarked.
''But, all the same, Bob, shouldn't go
doing that kind Of thing again if [ were
you. Remember, we are new people here,
and it won't be very pleasant il we begin
by making ourselves unpopular"
Sob put on a look of comic dismay.
"11at is the wav Mamie always DULLES
me-" he remarked to Julia '"That's the
way you will bully Steve when you have
been married as many years as we have"
ooh, very much worse than that" am
swered Julia, gaily: and then she looked
at Stephen and smiled and Stephen smiled
back at her, and this sent Bob into suc1
an ecstacy of enjoyment that he was
obliged TO wink at his wife and then bolt
out Of the room to have his laugh out
elsewhere.
But nobody could be offended at Bob
Markham's fun and Julia found him the
most delightful brother-in-law in the
whole world in spite of the fact that An
thony Staunton had his own tender niche
within her heart
And he was so generous, too; for not
withstanding that but a few weeks before
Julia's most beautiful wedding gift had
come from the Markhams, she found
among her letters on Christmas morning
a receipted bill from Botwood of Ipswich
for Il charming single brougham, the like
of which Julia had greatly envied his wife
having the possession, that is if such Il
word can be applied to Il genuine out
spoken admiration for the belongings Of
another person.
Really there was ample grounds for the
remark which Mrs Trafford ut that time
was in the habit of making to such per-
sons as questioned her about the last mar
riage "Oh, yes. am perfectly satisfied
with the marriag perfectly"
Not that such an Endorsement in itself
was calculated to carry much weight with
the people of Blankhampton. When a
woman talked about the happiness of her
neWly-married daughter, the words gen
orally conveyed that there was plenty of
money, and that if Mary or Margaret was
not happy she ought to be. But in this
instance there was the tall and handsome
young husband to show that the bride
ought to thank Providence for her fate,
and also there was the brides own happy
face and air of assured gaiety and salts
fedness, SO Blankhampton accepted Mrs.
TraffOrd's verdict on the marriage with
out a word of disapprOval or even sniff,
and once more the word went round that
the little widow in St. Ewes was really a
very remarkable woman.