Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-30

hahh 9Ou repeatedly.
 He was very little better thnn tha
 then as his amt singled but one girl aft
 er another We won t have any forlna
 nonsense between cousins, l" she said
 "You know them all by name already
 l dare say-this is Milly, that's Jane
 here's Flora and Kitty and Margaret
 and that's my little Thomasina eve
 there by the bookcase. !"
 Poor Flushington dueked blindly it
 the direction of each and then to then
 all collectively. He had not presence O
 mind to Offer them chairs or cake O,
 anything and besides there was no
 nearly encugh of anything for all ot
 them.
 | Meanwhile his aunt had spread her.
 self comfortably out in his armchair ana
 was untying her bonnet strings and
 beaming at him until he was ready to
 expire with confusion 'I do think. ''
 she observed at last, "that when an old
 aunt all the way from Australia takes
 the trouble to come and see you like this
 you might spare her just one kissp'
 Flushington dared not refuse He tot. tered up and kissed her somewheIy, abopt the face, after which he did not know which way to look, he was so terribly afraid that he might have to go through the same ceremcny with the consins which he si.nply could Tot have sur. vived.
 Happily for him, they did not appear 70 expect it, and he balanced chair on Its hind legs, and resting one knee upon 1t waited patiently for them to begin n conversation. He could Got have uttered q single word.
 The aunt c2me to his rescue ''Yon don't ask after your Uncle Samuel, who used to send you the beetles?" she said reprovingly.
 "No, said Flushington, who had forgotten Uncle Samuel and his beetles too. No, how is Uncle Samuel9 Quite well, l hope "
 Only tolerably so, thank you, Fred. You see, he never got over bis great loss. "
 No, " said Flushington desperately, "of course not It was a--a large sum ol money To lose all at once.
 Il was not referring to money, " said she, with a slight touch of stoniness in her malnet. T was alluding to the death of your Cousin John. "
 Flushington had felt himself getting on rather well just before that, but this awkward mistake-for he could not rec. ollect having heard of Cousin John be. fore--threw him of his balance again. He collapsed into silence once more, in. wrdly resolving to be lured into no more questions concerning relatives
 His ignorance seemed to have aroused pathetic sentiments in his aunt. q ought to have known, she said, shak- ing her head, "they'd soon forget us in the old country. Here's my own sisters son, and he doesn't remember his cous. in's deathl We'll, well, now we're here We must see if we can't know one an other little better. Fred, you must take the girls and me everywhere and show us everything, like good nephew, you know. "
 Flushington had a horrible mentai vision of himself caroering about all followed by long proces. sion of female relatives--a fearful pos ability to so shy a man. Shall ycu be here long?" he asked.
 "Only week or SO We're at the Bull-very near you, you see, and I'm | afraid you think us very bold beggars, Fred, but we're going te ask you to give | ls something to eat. I've set my heart, 10 have the girls--haven' t you, dears?- 'n lunching once with Q college student Il his own room "
 There's nothing So extraordinary in l. assure you, protested Flushing. on, "and--and I'm afraid there's very title for you to eat The kitchen aud 'uttery are closed" "-he said this at a 'enture, as he felt absolutely unequal to aclng the college cook and ordering nnch from that tremendous parsonage --he would rather order it from his tu- or even-'but if you don mind potted am there's little at the bottom of this in, and there's some bread and an inch fl butter and marrnalade and a few iscuits And there was some sherry this norning
 The girls all .professed themselves cry hungry and contented with any hing, so they sat round the table, and DOT FlushiAgtcn served out meager ra- Ions of all the provisions he could find, yen to his figs and French plums, but here was not nearly enough to go round, I'd they lunched with evident disillu- thinking that the college lux. " of which they had heard so much ad been greatly exaggerated.
 During luncheon the aunt began to ,udy Flushmgton's features attentive 7. There's strong look ot poor dear [ imon about him when he smiles, !" she 1 id looking at him through her gold l ouble glasses. "Therel Did you catch [ girls? Just his mothers profile . lrn your face 9 leetle more toward the | indow, so as to get the light on your ose. Don't you see the likeness to your B 1nt's portrait, girls?" { And Flushitgton had to sit still with h the girls charming eyes fixed crit. D ally upon his crimson countenance. 0 longed to be able to slide dow1i under p e table and evade them, but of course ' was obliged to remain above r He's got dear Carolines nosep the r mt wont on triumphantly, and tho lsins agreed that he certainly had il roline's nose, which made Flushing 4 ] feel vaguely that he ought at least tl offer to return it. h Presently one of the girls whispered her mother, who Iaaghed indulgent- s] What do you think this silly child h nts me to ask you now, Fredr' she i, d She says she would so like to see S, lat you look like with your college ? and gown onl Will you put them d just to please her?'' fl