The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-06
THAT THERE BROWN.

the doormat and bowls until the return
of his proprietors. But the bowls now
heard by myself and my wife were dis
tinctly human, and proceeded from our
4 binary department at the passage end.
pething must have happened to
bsha! We sprang from the dinner
bic. and made one bound Ito the
chen door. With instructive delicacy
listened moment before bursting
g. The outcries never ceased, though
akimes they sounded strangely mufled.
a burglar dropped in for late af-
4 boon visit? Was he garroting the
faithful creature who had refused to
3 cal the whereabouts of the plate
ket? Igrasped the soup ladle-which
q lad unconsciously retained - with
vous determination. We rushed in
ietly.
There was no burglar. Only Loosha
llind the scullery door, with her head
trapped up in q towel, was giving vent
u bursts of emotion which might well
I'VE aroused the envy of the poodle
"a stairs. With compassion, slightly
npered with severity, we questioned
81, girl. She took some time to coax
out of the chrysalis or pupa condition,
but finally emerged from the folds of
tie towel and explained Mother--who
'lould have known better. having but
klrief twelvemonth since inferred her
cond-was now receiving the address
of potential Third, himself wild
Wer with nine membranes. In JUS
ce to the aspirant, we may mention
4 at he was fairly well to do, being
Sired joiner by the name of Mr..
own. In Loosha's bittercst moments
e. deprived him of the prefix, calling
= n simply, and for short. THAT There
brown"
- The fell news had only just been
brought by Loosha's little stepsister En-
incline, though Loosha had had pre-
monitory warning in the way of creeps
down her back whenever she had en-
uountered the designing Mr.. Brown for
some time past. 1t had been adjoining
in her mind. she said, by degrees as
there was something up: and this very
afternoon he had upped and spoke, most
barefaced, on the identical doorstep.
Says he. Mrs. Hemmans, l will not de-
ceive you, that it was just through you
dropping in in a friendly way to 'elp at the
laying out of her as is gone land her only
buried eleven months) that my attention
ms in a manner of speaking drawed to
8&u; and in homely way, putting the
ing plainly for your thinking over quiet
yourself, will say You have three and
similarly nine, and both being unin-
hbijed, why not make one extra large
= out of your medium and my full
ed?' Which table, Loosha parenthet-
lily observed. would ultimately prove
. deathbed.
III We tried to soothe the aggrieved
hdmaid by every means in our powe1.
ing within three days of Christmas
!, and having proposed to entertain
representative members of our re-
ctive families-between whom, all
l. year round, great enmity exists at
social dinner, the prospect before us
las overshadowed by Loosha's grief.
matters came to crisis she would as
Ike as not take to her bed and remain
There for two days. At the end of her
period of sackcloth and ashes she would
we knew by previous experience. reap
pear as fresh as paint and quite recon
ciled to the dispositions of fate. But in
the meanwhile what would become of
us? Itried to argue. Ireminded Loosha
that her mother was still young, active
and industrious; and that one could not,
while deploring the act of Mr.. Brown,
>revile him fer his choice ola successor
Ito the departed; that that successor
might be called, even now, pretty
woman; and that men would be men,
no matter how foolish it was. would
have continued in this strain. but that
Loosha became hysterical.
''She amt young" she screamed;
with me twenty-thre how could she?
And she amt pretty: or if she is she
ought to be ashamed of herself! And
both my father an Emmeline and FL
Ifred's father would say so if they were
here! And if she does (which at her
time of life is disgrace-I shall drown
myself"
+ Then she went into Mysteries and
drummed the floor with her heels and
41s back of q chair with her head in
mite an alarming manner; and l was
Irrdered out of the kitchen that she
might be unfastened and the inevitable
remediats applied. It took whole gill
~ Tarragon vinegar and the best part
4 the tail feathers of our Christmas tur-
~ to bring her to anything like COM
peure.
That was threedays before Christmas.
Ne have got over the dinner and the
meeting of the clans without any casual