Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-05
THERE BROWN.

The lcoplc who occupy the ilat imme-
din.cly b-rclth ours arc great diners
out: nnl ~ Ayir Dog Is Of sociable dis
position he coilmully burrows under
the doormat aud hpTli until the return
of his proprictoIs. Bnt the howls now
heard by myself AMI my wife were dis
tinctly human. and proceeded from our
culinary department at the passage end.
Something must have happened 10
Loosha! We sprang from the dinner
table, and made one bound 10 the
kitchen door. With instructive delicacy
WE listened momelr before bursting
in. The outcrics never ceased, though
at times they sounded strangely muffied
Had burglar dropped in for late af-
teInoon visit? Was he garroting the
too faithful creature who had refused 10
reveal the whereabouts of the plato
basket? grasped the soup ladle-which
| had unconsciously retained - with
nervous determination. We rushed in
quietly
There was no burglar. Only Loosha
behind the scullery door, with her head
wrapped up in a towel, was giving vent
to bursts of emotion which might well
have aroused the envy of the poodle
down stairs. With compassion, slightly
tempered with severity, We questioned
the girl. She took some time to coax
out of the chrysalis or pupa condition,
but finally emerged from the folds of
the towel and explained. Mother-wbo
should have known better, having but
brief twelvemonth since inferred her
Second-was now receiving the address
es Of "a potential Third, himself wild.
over with nine membranes. In jus
tice TO the aspirant, we may mention
that he was fairly well TO 10, being o
retired Joiner by tho name OF Mr..
Brown. In Loosha's bittercst moments
she deprived him of the prefix, calling
him simply, and for short, THAT There
Brown"
The fell news had only just been
brought by Loosha's little stepsister En-
incline, though Loosha had had pre-
monitory warning in the way Of creeps
down her back whenever she had en-
countered the designing Mr. Brown for
some time past. 1t had been adjoining
in her mind. she said, 10y degrees as
there was something up; and this very
afternoon he had upped and spoke, most
barcfaced, on the identical doorstep.
SAYS he, Mrs. Hemmans, will not de-
ceive you, that it was just through you
dropping in in a friendly way 70 'elp at the
laying ont of her as Is gone land her only
buried eleven months) that my attention
was in manner Of speaking drawed to
you; and in homely way, putting the
thing plainly for your thinking over quiet
by Yourself, will say you have three and
me similarly nine, and both being unin-
cumbijed, why not make one extra large
table ont of your medium and my full
sizedT' Which table, Loosha parenthet-
ically observed. would ultimately prove
her deathbed.
We tried to soothe the aggricved
handmade by every means in our power.
Being within three days of Christmas
day, and having proposed to entertain
the representative members of our re-
spCctivc familics-between whom, all
the year round, great enmity exists-at
a social dinner. the prospect before us
was overshadowed by Looshas grief.
Ii matters came 10 crisis she would as
like as not take TO her bed and remain
there for two days. At the end of her
period of sackcloth and ashes she would
we knew by previous experience, reap
pear rs fresh rs paint and quite recon-
ciled to the dispositions of fate. But in
the meanwhile what would become Of
us? Itried TO argue. Ireminded Loosha
that her mother was still young, active
and industrious; and that one could not,
while deploring the act of Mr.. Brown,
revile him fer his choice of a successor
to the departed; that that successor
might be called, even now, "a pretty
woman; and that men would be men,
no matter how foolish it was. would
have continued in this strain, but that
Loosha became hysterfcal.
"She amt young. sho screamed;
with me twcnty-threc, how could she?
And she amt pretty; or if she is she
ought to be ashamed Of herself! And
both my father an Emmeline and FL
fred's father would say so if they were
here! And if she does it--which at her
tliIc VI ilc 10 81 uisEIuSc-A Sudil uIOWH
myself!'
Then she went into Mysteries and
drummed the floor with her heels and
the back Of chair with her head in
quite an alarming manner; and was
ordered out Of the kitchen that she
might be unfastened and the inevitable
remediats applied. 1t took whole gill
Of Tarragon vinegar and the best part
Of tho tail feathers of our Christmas tur-
key TO bring her 70 anything like COM
posure.
That was three days before Christmas.
We have got over the dinner and the
meeting Of the clans without any casual
ties other than those wo were bound to
expect. And Loosha is preteinaturally
bright, sharp, tight and brisk. AS she
goes about her work she sings. Come
Buy My Colorcd Erin" is favorite vo-
cal exercise with her. But II has been
superseded by Take Back the Art"
And, from the piquantly expressive
meaning Loosha infuses into the opening
lines, il is plain that she applies them to
Mr.. Brown, whose addresses have been
discouraged, and whose matrimonial
plans have been circumvented, thanks to
tho prompt action taken by Loosha in
tho matter. 1t may bo mentioned that
our handmaids baptismal appollation
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