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


Pretty soon there was a most awful
sound. Alhambry said she Thought the
help had broke all the dishes, but it was
only the gong for dinner. It was q
splendid dinner, and they cheered up
and went out to see a theater afterward.
Alhambry can't remember what thea
ter it was, but it was real handsome
play, and the young gentleman that was
keepin company with the young lady
was just too elegant for anything. and
every time Alhambry saw him come in
she couldn't help saying, "Oh. Nepl isn't
he lovelyI''
Now, Nep, he didn't feel to admire
him so much. and he didn't like to have
Alhambry, neither, SO says he:
''Alhambry, l rather guess your a
favyrite OF black hair, for all you mar
ried man with red.
Perhaps am, amt your says she.
mo, | amt. or I'd have got black
haired wife" says Nep.
"You talk like looks was everything"
says Alhambry.
$50 they seem to be. says Nep. 1.-THE
way you've been goin on about that
black haired chap that struts like our
old turkey. seems to me 1t amt correct
for a married Lady,
eff can't look out Of my eyes be-
cause I'm married." says Alhambry,
'sit's rather funny"
'srll take the same privilege then"
says Neptune You're looldn at that
chap because he's handsomer than am.
Well. that girl on the stage is hand
somer than you, Alhambry, an I'm
goin to look at her all evening. Just
see how taper her waist is, and what
big eyes she has, and how yellow her
hair is. wish you had hair like that
Alhambry; golden hair.
''It's wig" says Alha1nbry.
That's all envy" says Neptune, and
he kept staring at the girl, and saying
how pretty she was, until Alhambry
couldn't stand it any more She knew
he was doin it out Of revenge. But she
felt her chin beginning to pucker, and
when her chin began to pucler she was
gone. And pretty soon she began to
sob. She couldn't stop herself, and the
more she tried the more she cried. At
last Neptune had to take her out and
home. and she couldn't stop all the way,
and they detracted lots Of attention in
the cars and one old gentleman that
didn't know they was married folks, but
thought they was beaux, says to Alham-
bry; says he:
Miss. I'm old enough to be your
gran Their" says he, "and if you need
perfection, ask fur it."
''She's with her husband, sir" says
Neptune 81 guess that is perfection
enough and Alhainbry says:
"And you'd better mind your own
business. you horrid old thing.
Nep said afterward that he never fell
SO mortified III all his born days.
After they got back to the tavern they
had real bad time of it. and Alhambry
told Nepthat he could get a divorce and
go and propose to that thing in the gold
en- wig if he wanted to.
1t was her fault to begin with. going
on about black hair and mnstachers.
Our sect is unreasonable on such sub
jects, I must confess, but Nep hadn't
been married long enough to hold ont,
and finally he owned up and said that
ne didn't think anybody was as pretty
rs his own precious Ally, an specially
not painted up ac-to-ress of forty, and
she got quiet and laid down onto the
sofy, and Nep tried 10 think what he
could do to cheer her up, and he remern-
bered she was great favorite Of ict
cream. SO he thought he'd 60 down and
get her some.
So he slipped away, locking the dool
behind him and taking the ssey. The
keys had tags on 'en with the numbers
Of the rooms, and he just looked at his
/ 10 remember It, and saw Il was mum
( Der nine de got the ice cream ulixed---
I trawbsrry and vanilla-zand up stairs b