The Press., 1892-04-28
Copyright, 1891. by American Press Associa-

MISS CatncafI entered Cne OrdWluS room in evening dress and very per l turbed frame of mind. Her brother fol- lowed her in like physical and mental habiliments.
 'sThere's no use cutting up so rough about it, Evvy," he said. "Pm in no end of scrape as it is.
 "You certainly have done your best to get into trouble" she returned, ''and as usual one mans trouble means several women's."
 ssBut how am to get out of it7'' he asked helplessly.
 .sHow like a man that isl" she said. flaming herself vigorously.
 'sThat's all right. But you are a | woman, and woman has resources.
 s.Mother is woman. Why don't you go to her?''
 ssMotherl' he repeated. ''She wonld be so Mustered she'd never think of any thing but recriminations for me. Be- sides, Ev, you are in something of my fix yourself"
 s.I am in no trouble that am aware of, except this that you have thrust upon us," she said. .. | -s =E
 s'Thanks for the old synonym"
 'sBut you will be good sister and try to help mel?
 "What sort of wedding present are you going to give meY' <l-s Anything you want, from sewing machine to a brownstone house."
 'sThe usual promise of futurity. Se- riously, Ralph" she said, 'sdo I know all about this matter? From college you go abroad. Mamma gives you letter to her old friend, the Marquis de Mer- ! veilleau, whom you found in his old l chateau in one of the provinces" -
 "Without an idea of the English lan- guage, and wild to learn it. "You offered to teach it to him." .I gave him lesson every day for six months.
 And what were those lessons. oh. shade of Addison?"
 'sl only did it for a piece of fun, ; | sighed the young man. ''It was his in nocence-he knew me to be fresh from college, and he took me for 8 savant, an authority on the gift of tongues. He did not know that in college we do not con- fine ourselves to the classics, so long as l athletics help us to our degree" You mean fellow, you taught him all the slang phrases you knew, and he thinks them the most elegant English"
 "l tell you, peeyishly cried Ralph. II did it all in fun.'
 "'One mans neat" said his sister. "Well, you did not know there was a daughter in the case"
 ''Oh, yes, did," quickly responded Ralph. But she was away from home, ! and l had no idea of ever meeting her. When my six months were up, and l went into Germany, the marquis had Marie come home, and for several months more he taught her as l had taught him."
 "All the slang he had imbibed from you. When you went again to see him l you met Marie, and at once fell in love | with her." 'sShe is divine!"
 'sOf course l am divine to Tom, hope. The upshot of it was that you proposed and were accepted, and the marquis at once insisted upon bringing Marie to visit us, you having enthused him with your description of our insti- tutions Marie is certainly charming and she has brought marvellous set of gowns with her from the atelier of Felix. She has been in her room this hour past, preparing for Mrs. Montgom- ery's ball, which, en passant, is to be a particularly smart function" Mother has not met them, thenY said RalDh .sOh ! remember. she WAS dressing when they came. What will she say when she hears them talk?' ''They may use French" suggested