Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-11

every time AIhambry saw him come in she couldn't help saying 'sOh, Nepi isn't he lovelyf 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 a man with red.
 Perhaps am. ain't your says she.
 No, ain't, or I'd have got black haired wife" says Nep.
 "You talk like looks was everything.n says Alhambry
 ''So they seem to be, says Nep. 1.-The way you've been goin on about that black haired chap that struts like our old turkey. seems to me it ain't correct for married lady"
 "If 1 can't look out of my eyes be cause I'm married" says Alhambry fits rather funny"
 ~'.I'll 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 lcCk 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. Alhambry. golden hair.
 Its wig. says Alhambry.
 That's all envy" says Neptune, and he kept staring at the girl. and saying how pretty she was until Alha1nbry couldn't stand it any more She knew he was doin 1t out of revenge. But she felt her chin beginning to pucker. and when her chin began to quicker she was gone. And pretty soon she began to sob. She couldn't stop herself, and the more she tried the more she cried At 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 Alham bry; says he
 Miss, I'm old enough to be your | gran'ther." says he. ''and if you need perfection. ask fur it."
 ''She's with her husband. sir," says | Neptune "l guess that is perfection enough:" and Alhalnbry says: And you'd better mind your own business, you horrid old thing" Nep said agterward that he never felt 90 mortified i'll all his born days.
 After they got back to the tavern they had real bad time of it. and Alhambry told Nep that he could get divorce and go and propose to that thing in the gold en wig if he wanted to.
 1t was her fault to begin with. going on about riack hair and mustachers. 1 Our sect Is unreasonable on such sub 5ects, l must confess. but Nep hadn't been married long enough to hold out, and finally he owned up and said that he didn't think anybody was as pretty as his own precious Ally. an specially not a painted up ac-to-ress of forty, and she got quiet and laid down onto the sofy, and Nep tried to think what he could do to cheer her up. and he remem- bered she was great favorite of ice cream, so he thought he'd go down and get her some.
 So he slipped away, locking the door behind him and taking tha.key. The keys had tags on 'em with the numbers of the rooms, and he just looked at his to remember it. and saw it was num- Der nine He got the ice cream mixed strawberry and vanilla-and up stairs he went again and along the passage, and found number nine. Didn't seem as ii he locked the door good after all. it opened so easy, and there was the room just as he'd left it, the gas turned down low and all a kind of morantic twilight, and Alhambry on the sofy. And he shuts the door and goes up as easy and kneels down alongside of her and says:
 Open your mouth and shut your eyes Tootsy Zere, isn't zat doodY anG popped spoonful of ice cream into hel mouth. which was open.
 My sakes. what a yell follered. Ovel went the cream Smash went the saucer Away went the spoon
 "Oh! oh! ohr' screamed somebody Who it was Nep couldn't say. only i wasn't Alhambry; some other woman Help! Murder! Murder! Murderw Mex minute the room was full of folks There was fat lady in big pink wrap per screaming with her eyes shut, ani Nep in the middle of crowd that want ed explanations,
 'l thought she was my wife," say Nep. Couldn't think of anything els to say
 "He tried to poison me-" says the fat lady; "put something in my mouth that burnt me-"
 "'Twarn't only ice cream" said Nep ''Tell you thought it was my wife, anC was feeding her for fun"
 Well. there was the ice cream anC saucer on the floor to prove it; and, com to see. Nep had looked at the number ol his key upside down. and had took fo 9. as a waiter explained. But the ia lady wouldn't believe him. and she jus 5 stood and called Nep everything tha was dreadful. until Alhambry, hearing , the noise. came running out of her room and took his part.
 Seemed to him then, he said, as if hi s cup was full and runnin over. for whel Alhambry has been crying her face puff 7 up most miraculous. and she looked ik she was most dreadful inebriation.
 Finally he just yanked Alhambr. " back to their room by her arm, and al