The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-22

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/ GLANCED OVER HER SHOULDER AND FOL-
LOWED HER PEN AS SHE WROTE.
Lucy looked across Ine liable ct me
with face of blank horror, sob, Yer
non, cried, "what are we ever to do?
And X american at thatl This is just
too CHASTITY"
Laid nown my coffee cup and glanced
back at her in surprise. why, what's
upF' exclaimed, scanning the envelope
closely. & A letter from Oxford, surely.
Mrs. Wade, of Christ Church, thought
knew the hand. And she's not an
American
ssNVell, look for yourself!" Lucy cried,
and tossed the note to me, pouting. /
took it and read. I'm aware that / have
the misfortune to be only man, but it
really didn't strike me as quite so terrible.
ssDEAR Mrs. HANCOCK = George has
just heard that your husband and you
are going for trip to New York this
simmer Could you manage to do US a
very great kindness? hope you won't
mind it. We have an American friend
IA Miss Easterbrook, of Kansas City
niece of Professor Asa p. Easterbrook,
the well known Yale geologist, who very
much wishes to find an escort across the
Atlantic. If you won1d be SO good as to
take charge of her and deliver her safely
to Or. Horace Easterbroolr, of Hoboken,
on your arrival in the states. yon would
! do good turn to her and at the same
Mime confer an eternal favor on yours
|ery truly, EMILY WADE
isucy folded her hands IN Inelodramatic
SPAR. Kansas CityF' she exclaimed
with shudder Of horror. "And Asa P.
Easterbrooki A geologist, indeed That
horrid Mrs. Wade She just did it on
purposei"
1T seems to me- put in regarding
the letter closely, 2sshe did it merely be-
cause she was asked to find chaperoH
for the girl, and she wrote the very short
est possible note, in a perfunctory way,
to the very first acquaintance she CHANGED
TO hear Of who was going to America.
Vermont my wife exclaimed. with
very decided air, s'you men are such
siinpletons! You credit everybody always
with the best and purest motives But
you're utterly wrong. lean see through
that woman. The hateful, hateful
wretch! She did it to spite mel Oh, my
poor, poor boy; my dear, guileless Ber-
nardT
Bernard, / may mention. is our eldest
son. aged just twenty-four, and Cam
bridge graduate. He's tutor at Kings,
and though he's dear, good fellow and
splendid longstop ] couldn't myself
conscientiously say l regard guileless-
ness as quite his most marked character
istic.
What are you doings' | asked as
Lucy sat down with resolutely deter
mined air at her writing table in the
corner.
DOING" my wife replied, with some
asperity in her tone. why, answering
that hateful, detestable woman
! glanced over her shoulder and fol
lowed her pen Us she wrote:
Ny DEAR Mrs. WADE 1t was indeed
delight to us to see your neat little
handwriting again. Nothing would give
us greater pleasure, Tn sure, than to
take charge of your friend, who, I'm
confident, we shall find most charming
companion. Bernard will be with us, so
she won't feel it dull. trust. We hope
to have a. very delightful trip, and your
happy thought in providing us with a
travelling companion will add, no doubt,
to all our enjoyment especially Ber-
nard's. We both join in very kindest
regards to Mr. Wade and yourself, and
am ever yours most cordially,
Lucy b. HANCOCK
Ny wife fastened down tho envelope
with a very crushing air. There, that
ought 10 do for her, She said. glancing
up at me trium phantly. II should think
che could see from that, if she's not as
blind rs an owl, I've observed her afro
cious designs upon Bernard and mean to
cbecknate them. II, after such a letter,
size has the cheek to send us her Yankee
girl TO ckaperon. shall consider her lost
s 70 all sense Of shame and all notions Of
deceney. Butshe won't. of course She'll
withdraw her uuobtrusively. And Lucy
flung the peccant sheet that had reused
all this wrath on to the back Of the fire.
place with offended dignity.
She was wrong however. BY next
3 evenings post second letter arrived,
more disconaposing, If possible. to her
3 nerves than the first one.
Mrs. Lucy B. Hancock. London:
DEAR MADAM Il learn from my friend
Mrs Wade, Of Oxford college, that you
are going to be kind enough to take charge
Of me across the ocean. thank you for
your courtesy and will gladly accept your
friendly offer. II You viii let me know