The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-11-30

They were very young couple; that
accounted for it largely, and while the
affair was certainly ludicrous it was
not WITHOUT q touch of pathos. They
both declare that they have better
sense now, and that the like, with
them at least, shall never occur again.
so there Can scarcely be any harm in
telling all about it.
When they went to housekeeping in
q modest way In a fashionable street
in the national capital rents were not
SO high as they are now. They had
many friends, some of them very
wealthy ones. and, as her entire life
had been spent in Washington, she felt
that a change from single to double
blessedness would not alter things ma-
ferially.
While the streets and her friends re-
mained unchanged there was certain
indefnable something that shaped it
self presently-she could not entertain
as she had been used to in her fathers
house: neither on such scale. nor
with such lavish hospitality.
She fretted little, at first quietly,
then she confided her woes to her hus-
band, for she told hinI everything, and
he, good fellow, took 1t very much to
heart
Being lawyer without any consid-
erable practice. for he was a young
man in his profession, he did not sec
bis way ont of it in that direction. But
the idea suddenly struck him that he
would try to get some kind of an of
fetal position. They had influential
friends in the political world, and il
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 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,
from the point of view Of the almanac
ias it were.
A presidential candidate had just
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-
ceiiensy-elect. and it seemed very
fitting and auspicious that he, together
with his wife, should be honored
guests. There WIS, also. certain dis
tant cousin of the successful candidate,
q re,y pompous old lady with ter
;riblc predilection for her neighbor's
affairs, whom it was considered wise
ID ask, and to entertain her there was
Young Mr.. de Post, who led cotillons
and gossip with equal facility.
While Mrs. Grimm had very pretty
glass and china. in keeping with the
rest of her modest establishment, 1t
dii Lot seem grand enough for such a
distinguished and critical company, SO
she borrowed her mothers service,
.froi.: the silver soup tureen to the nut
cracncrs.
This plan was readily feasible, as her
parents took dinner with an elder sis
ter upon that day. No sooner was this
arrangement completed than it seemed
very out of place to let Fanny, the col
ored maid, wait at table with such ac-
conpanying magnificence-they ought
To have butler. They got one in the
person of Fanny's father. who had come
up from Manassas Junction to spend
the day with his family, and that was
where the trouble began.
lie was an eminently respectable old
man, and when he had gotten himself,
after much groaning and the assist
ance of his wife. the cook, into an old
dress suit of Mr. Grimm's, he looked rs
if he knew the proper thing to do.
which was far from the case. his wife
had been doubtful from the first. HE
kin drive kerrige jest lovely. Miss
Maria" she said, but he doan know
nuthin' bout wait;n.'"
But Fanny can drill him." Miss
Maria had said. airily, as she set out &c
Thanksgiving services In company with
her husband.
Fanny. dressed in new gown. and
with Q huge white cap on her very
black head. admitted the ruests with a
gravity of countenance ttat w6utd
have befittetl servitor OF fifty years
Fanny had woeful misgivings. Jupiter
her father had not proven a very apt
pupil He ss'-cd many strange ques
tious after ne nod insisted that :. un;