The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-15

Pretty soon there was most awful
sound. Alhambry said she thought the
help had broke all the dishes, but it was
only the gong for dinner. 1t was a
splendid dinner. and they cheered up
and went out to see 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 como in
she couldn't help saying, "Oh, Nepl isn't
he lovely!'
Now, Nep, he didn't feel to admire
him so much, and he didn't like to have
Alhambry, neither, SO says he:
"Alhambry, rather guess your a
favyrite of black hair, for all you mar
ried man with red.p
"Perhaps am, amt your" says she.
mo, 1 amt. or I'd have got a black
haired wife," says Nep.
says Alhambry.
$50 they seem to be-" says Nep. 'The
way you've been goin on about that
black haired chap that struts like our
| old turkey, seems to me it amt correct
for married lady"
"If l can't look out of my eyes be-
cause I'm married." says Alhambry,
"it's rather funny"
"Ill take the same privilege then, "
says Neptune you're lookin 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,
Alhan1bry; golden hair.
'It's wig" says Alharnbry.
.That's all envy" says Neptune, and
he kept staring at the girl, and sayin 9
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 pucker she was
gone. And pretty soon she began to
sob. She couldn't stop herself. and the
| more she tried the more she cried Al
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 Alhaln
bry; says he;
'Miss, I'm old enough to be your
gran ther," says he, land if you neec
| pertectlon AK fur it."
"She's with her husband, sir" says
Neptune. Il guess that is perfection
enough:" and Alhainbry says:
"And you'd better mind your owl
business, you horrid old thing"
Nep said afterward that he never fel
SO mortified in all his born days.
After they got back to the tavern the,
had real bad time of it, and Alhambry
told Nep that he could get divorce ans
go and propose to that thing in the gold
en- wig il he wanted to.
1t was her fault to begin with, goini
on about black hair and mustachers
Our sect is unreasonable on such sub
iects, | must confess, but Nep hadn'
been married long enough to hold out
and finally he owned up and said tina
he didn't think anybody was as prett.
as his own precious Ally, an Special,
not a painted up ac-to-ress of forty, ant
she got quiet and laid down onto tn
sofy, aud Nep tried to think what b
could do to cheer her up, and he remem
bered she was great favorite Of ic
cream. SO he thought he'd so down an'
Eet her some.
So he slipped away, locking the doc
behind him and taking the Ney. III
keys had tags on 'eni with the numbes
of the rooms. and he just looked at hi
to remember it, and saw it was nun
Der nine He got the ice cream mixed
strawberry and yaniIla-and up stairs b