The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-15


found number nine. Didn't seem as il
be locked the door good after all, it
opened 50 easy, and there was the room
just as he'd left it. the gas turned down
low and all a kind Of morantic twilight,
and Alhambry ON the sofy. And he
shuts the door and goes up as easy and
kneels down alongside of her and says:
'Open your mouth and shut your eyes,
Tootsy. Zere, isn't Eat doodg and
popped spoonful of ice cream into her
mouth, which was open.
My sakes, what yell follered. Over
went the cream Smash went the saucer.
Away went the spoon.
"Ohi OIL ohi' screamed somebody.
Who it was Nep couldn't say, only it
wasn't Alha1nbry; some other woman.
"Helpl Murderi Murderl Murderi' Next
minute the room was full of folks
There was fat lady in big pink wrap
per screaming with her eyes shut, and
Nep in the middle of crowd that want
ed explanations.
Il thought she was my wife, says
Nep. Couldn't think of anything else
to say.
He tried to poison me, says the fat
lady; .'put something In my mouth that
burnt me-"
'Twarn't only ice cream, said Nep.
"Tell you thought 1t was my wife. and
/ was feeding her for fun"
Well. there was the ice cream and
saucer on the floor to prove it; and, come
to see, Nsp had looked at the number on
his key upside down, and had took 6 for
o. as a waiter explained. But the fat
lady wouldn't believe him. and she just
stood and called Nep everything that
was dreadful. until Alhambry, hearing
the noise, came running ont Of her room
and took his'part.
Seemed to him then, he said, as if his
cup was full and runnin over, for when
Alhambry has been crying her face puffs
up most miraculous, and she looked like
she was most dreadful inebriation.
Finally he just yanked Alhainbry
back to their room by her arm, and an
old gentleman that had sat all the while
on the stairs and slnoked-most proba-
bly, the fat lady's husband--he tended to
her the same way, and all was earn
again. But it was long before them
poor critters slumbered. IF they thought
their trials was over they wus mistook;
they was only just begun
They didn't wake up until eleven
o'clock next day, and then Neptune was
as solemn as a screech owl. He wouldn't
talk none, and he wouldn't go nowhere,
and after awhile Alhambry got tired
of it, and went to takin her things out
of the trunk and putin them inty the
beaury. All Of a sudden she screeched
out.
why, Nepip
"Well?" Gays he.
1--WE found out what pa wanted to tell
me about this trunk" says she.
.Ah," says he.
There's flap in it. says she. "A
kind of secret hiding place Oh. Nepl'
We'll. says Nep.
There's a pocketbook full of money
here. says she. 'sPa has hid it to sur
prise us. How kind and good. Nep,
there's two hundred dollars, all in new
five dollar notes"
''If there is, it's not yours" says Nep.
Why, pa put it there to surprise us,
says Alhambry. "You don't know how
good and thoughtful he is yet"
"Alhambry," says Neptune, you're
just guessing. Like as not your pa has
left 1t by mistake, or it may belong TO
somebody else. Don't calculate it's
yours"
sOh,. I'm sure" says Alhambry, "and
I'm going out to spend it all"
"Alhambry," says Nep, ''as your hus-
band, ! forbid You to spend cent of
that money until you've written home to
inquire"
Il don't need to inquire, says Alham-
bry. "Pa put it here fur me; a wedding
present.
"Why, it is as plain as the nose on
your face, Nep."
mime is pretty plain jest now," said
Nep. Worse than my red hair" Then
he went to the glass and stared contem-
plative at himself 81 am a sight for
wedding towerr' says he.
''Oh, you look good enough" says Al
hambry. But he was gloomy again, and
pretty soon he went out. They'd had
breakfast Then Alhambry took the
pocketbook to the windy and looked over
it. 1t was quite an old one, but the bills
was new and crisp as cowcumbers. There
was some old papers In the divisions.
Scraps cut out. All dated at the time
her pa wus in Washington.