The Forrest City times., 1892-03-18
THAT THERE BROWN.

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 The people who occupy the fat inn mediately beneath ours are great diners-out; and as their dog is of sociable disposition, he commonly bur. rows under the door, and howls until the return of his proprietors. But the howls now heard by myself and wife were distinctly human and proceeded from our culinary depart ment at the passage end Something must have happened to Loosha! We sprang from the dinner table. and made one bound to the kitchen door, With instinctive delicacy we listened a moment before bursting in. The out-cries never ceased though at times they sounded strangely mufied. Had a burglar dropped in for late afternoon visit? Was he garrotting the too faithful creature who had re- fused to reveal the whereabouts of the plate basketp l grasped the soup ladle-which 1 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 we'll have aroused the envy of the poodle downstairs. With compassion, slightly tempered with severity. we questioned the girl. She took some time to coax out of the chrysalis or pupa condition, but final ly emerged from the folds of tho towel and explained. Mother--who should have known better. having but brief twelvemonth since inferred her second was now receiving the addresses of n potential third; himself widower with nine incumbrances. In justice to the aspirant we may mention that tired joiner by the name of Mir. Brown In Loosha's bitterest mo- nents she deprived him of the prefix. calling him simply. and for short
 That There Brown"
 l The fell news had only just been brought by Loosha's little step-sister Emmeine. though Loosha had had a premonitory warning in the way of creeps down her back whenever she had encountered the designing Mir. Brown for some time past It had been a-dorning in her miud. she said, by degrees as there was something up; and this very afternoon he had upped and spoke most barefaced on the identical doorstep. Says he, 'Mrs Hemmans 1 will not deceive you that it was just through you dropping in, in friendly way. to clip at the lay ing out of her as is zone (and her only buried eleven months) that my atten- 1 ton 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 simi- larly nine; and both being unincum- bijed, why not make one extra large tablo out of your medium and my full- sized" Which table Loosha paren- thetically observed. would ultimately prove her death-b bel.
 reminded L0osha that her mother was still young, active. and industri- ous; and that one could not while de ploring the act of Mir. Brown. revils him for his choice of successor tt the departed; that that successor might be called even now. pretty
 woman; and that men would be men. no matter how foolish it was, 1 would have continued in this strain. but that Loosha became hysterIcal.
 She aint youngl' she screamed
 with me twenty-three. how c0ult shep And she ain't pretty; or, if sh, is, she ought to be ashamed of her
 self, And both my father an Emme
 line and Elfred's father would say SC
 if they was here! And if she does | | which at her time of life is dis.
 grace--I shall drown myselfm
 We have got over several days with
 out any casualties other than those we were bound to expect. And Loo. ] sha is preternaturally bright. sharp ] tight and brisk. As she goes abou
 her work. she sings Come Buy My ] Colored Erin" is favorite vocal ex
 ercise with her. But it has been su perseded by Take Back the Art T And. from the piquantly expressly, meaning Loosha infuses into the open ing lines 1t is plain that she applies them to Mir Brown whose addresse : have been discouraged and whos' ] matrimonial plans have been circum vented. thanks to the prompt actiol taken by Loosha in the matter
 Loosha's mother, like many small meek looking people. possesses a con r siderable amount of determination If she really entertained weaknes r for Mir. Brown. that weakness was no to be put down with the strong arm , Loosna realized that she tells us, a , she stood on the kitchen floor am
 met those black. beady eyes. so iik
 her own True. she opened no paral
 lels. but dashed upon her subject in
 way peculiarly distinctive. Emme
 line and Elfred. seated on two chair against the wall paused in their con ammunition of bread and treacle on hear