The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-30

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They were a very young couple; that
accounted for it largely. and while the
affair was certainly ludlcrous il was
not without a touch o. pathos. They
both declare that tIlev nave better
sense nov, and that the like, with
them a. least, shall never occur again,
% there can scarcely be any harm in
telling al about it.
Wien they went TO housekeeping in
a modest way in q fashionable street
in the national capital tents were not
20 high a they are low. They had
many friends, some Of them very
wealthy ones. ard, as her entire life
had been spent in Washington, She felt
that d change from single to double
! blesscdnesS would not alter things ma
tcrially.
While the streets and her friends re-
mained unchanged there was a certain
indcfnable something that shaped it.
self prcsently-she could not entertain
as She had been used to III her fathers
house; neither on such d scale, nor
with such lavish hospitality.
She fretted a little, at first quietly,
then she confdcd her woes to her hus-
band, for She tod him everything, and
I he, good fellow, took it very much to
heart.
Being a lawyer without any cOnsid-
cradle practice, for he was a young
man in his profession, he did not see
his way out Of it in that direction. But
the idea suddenly struck him that he
would try to get some kind of an of
G.:,1 ~l.T$;~- FTI1-- la
friends in the political world, and it
appeared quite clear sailing.
The plan met with his wife's prompt
approval and she concluded on the spot
TO begin the siege by giving a Thanks
giving dinner. Some people might
have thought it wiser to first get the
desired position and then give thanks,
but she looked upon it differently,
rom the point of view Of the almanac
u were.
presidential candidate had lust
been elected and would take his seat
the following March. The minister OF
the church they attended was also the
pastor and intimate friend of his ex.
cellency-clect, and it seemed very
fitting and auepiciOUS that he. together
with his wife, should be hOnOred
guests. There was, also. Il certain dis
!taut cousin Of the successful candidate,
a very ponDouS Old lady with a ter
liDle P''''''''I"l ''I "eI nelSIiooi
HidIrH' "n"ll II was considered WISE
20 ASK an" - cIS'f'dlh her Iherc "ds
young Mr. oe fo,t' VINO Ied cotlIIons
AnI gossip WIN equal taclliE'
While Mrs. Grimm had very pretty
glass and china. in keeping with the
49, % -lSi ii''e1' est,
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sha borrowed bar ,rotbcr.c eory;ce
from, i ,;lror Sam +rraop ~ tho mt
nro.I-ors
mi. nIar ,ro roodiI, feasible oe bar
n~arcn+s took dinner with an elder sis
ter rDon tbot dav No sooner was this
orranramnn+ comn1ctad than # seemed
very ont of nIace TO let Fanny. the col
Orcd maid. wait at table with such ac-
romnanv;nr o,1rht
10 have a hu+Ior They oot one in the
rorson Of Fannv,s father who had come
up from Manassas Junction to spend
the dav with his family, and that was
where the trouble BEGAN.
He an cminen+lv rrsnectabla old
man and when he had rotten himself,
after much grooming and the assist
ancc Of his wife. the cook, into an old
GFSE he SR knew %r 4 shc G proper $ thing hf i l90 to d o.
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