Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-11

Alhambry Jane and Neptune did have most awful time, and so yon1l think when tell you all about it.
 That old hair trunk that Great-gran- per Rusk sots so much by was at the bottom of the trouble. Twas q beau tiful trunk, too, fust of. You've seen that kind stored away in garrets, likely. | Jest the color of an Alderny COW, with leather bands and brass nails and brass handles, and name in brass nails on the side. '.Ruslk' was on this one, and hasp as big as that on barn door, and a great key to lock it with. This one was lined with blue paper with gilt stars onto it. Great-granper Rusk had bought it fur him and his companion when they started onto a wedding tower | in eighteen hundred and four, and his daughter, Alhambry's grandmother, had | took it when she was married and went to Niagara, and Alhambry's mother took | it onto her outing, and A1hambry's pa | took it to Washington when he went | there in war times. Alhambry's oldest sister, Hetty, never forgot that, because her pa put her into it fur fun while he was packing it Git held all creation and wern't never full), and bein obstructive by natur forgot all about it and locked her up. Wouldn't hev found her until he got to Washington ef her granmer hadn't insisted onto it she heard the kit ten mewin inside. So, behold, 'twarn't the kitten, twas Hetty most smothered ] and skeered to death. .- .. | We'll, since that time it had lived up garret mostly with carpet rags into it. Sometimes you'd find kittens there eff the cover had been left up. Twas mighty handsome still, and Great-gran- per Rusk, goin on fur ninety-four, used to take company up to see it and pint out its beauties. Twas jest as good as new, only it had lost one handle and the blacksmith had put leather one onto it, and it looked a little like it needed hair restoratives since the moth year. Kinder plague of moths that came on Ciderville one spring and devoured all the furs and woolens.
 We'll, twarn't only what expected, when jest as soon as the wedding was talked of and it was decided that AL hambry and Neptune Belcher would have an outing, that Great-granper Rusk should up and say:
 "Things hes got to be done good fur Alhambry. Don't spare nothin fur the gal. She is favyrite of fixy things. She shill have my big hair trunk to. travel with Folks shill see that she comes of people that's had things. There ain't trunk like that to be found no- where now. Fetch 1t down, James Peter, and dust it out fur your sister. What you grinin about, James Peter?"
 "Only smilin to think how pleased Bisterll be-" James Peter says. He was clerking it down in New York and knew more about new styles in trunks than Great-granper Rusk did.
 "Very well, my son." says the old gen. tlelnan; ''do as I say and fetch it down" '"
 So James Peter up and fetches it. kin hear it bumpin on the garret stairs now, and granper he went to look at it standin in the spare bedroom.
 "Its been on three weddin's already" says he; "this will be the fourth. Who is that pumpin outside, wonder?'
 "Guess noighbor Jones is borrying a bucket of water," sez I, but I l1nowed 'twarh't the pump. I knowed it was poor little Alhambry sobbin fit to kill herself, and I slipped out into the porch and found her cryin as if her heart would break. her head hid in the ivy vine
 'Alhambry." says 1. I understand your feelin's, but you had orter been prepared for it. and rubbin your nose and forehead into the pison ivy won't help you none"
 Il don't care, said Alhambry. T don't care what becomes of me if I've got to go on my wedding trip with Noah's ark for d trunk. and "Rusk" on it like it was bakers wagon. You've heard ma talk about how she felt when she had to take it, and it's worse now"
 I've heard your ma retail her suffer in's," says 1, but she lived through them So will you"
 No, l shan't," says Alhambry; "Td rather be took for anything than 6 crank 1 won't have that thing poked onto me Elf 1 had a relationship that had any detachment for me they'd rist up in my offense when most need em
 You can carry on when you're mint to. Aunt Becky; why air you dumb and motionless nowS'
 'Alhambry Jane, says l, your great
 granper in naturally quite an elderly aged, old gentleman, and sot. Fur to b' conterdicted fur the first time in hi
 ninety-oneth year might be fatal. More over, though I'm not mercenarious,
 don't advise family that ain't mort
 forehanded than they wish to be offend
 ing a great-granper with property t.
 leave behind him, and that has alread.
 had evil influences brought to bear il
 regard to leaving it to charitable consti le tutions instead of his own ancestors l. What is a trunk, however wounding t d the fashionable inspirations of the heart d to a few thousands to start life with n Be carm, Alhambry Jane, and say t ;e yourself, what can't be cure must be in Id sured, and you and Neptune will b n thankful hereafter"
 r. We'll, Alhambry Jane felt to feel tha
 l was judgmatical in most things. an rs she washed her face in the tin basin out :" side the kitchen door and went.in. He | hr1f