The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-27

room, where Euphemsa opened and smut
toy, and David wrought havoc in the
kitthen closet In a vain endeavor 70 ma
been ordered to produce instanter. for an
experiment Such a dish OF tea was brewed
according to Instructions as had never feea
the tea was green, and lot English break
fast. which, by all precedenI, Is the thing
io HSavv Stone c9ns sne evarvbdv ell
the Boston innovation great success. But
there was no attempt at table in the
par or that night, They all sat around the
dining table in the old way, and had sally
Lunn and preserves and sponge cake as
usual. This worried Euph mia. All through
though engaged in the game OF bac gam
mon with her own David. thougAtleSsly
her pretty stt little tricks of poating and noc&
scolding her upward glancss, her dimpies,
All OF Which were the y oqng mans , LEI
felt that TO have been present at the parting
of these two, who were as good as p ON
indelicate
AS they stood before the Franklin stove.
which gave out cheer. ul glow upon IN. Inc
cold hands in his and swung them TO and
Weighing on your mind"
david" said she, there is. Who's AIDE
nyin' 1t. Betsy Prig? It's the tea ball: /
don't believe we can ever live up 10 it..
She was aware that her lover would have
no idea of her meaning, for, fond as she
was of him, there was no Disgusting the fact
Of his provincialism. Everybody was proyin-
cial in Bangford except herself. Other peo-
pie read much, and the same sort OF
books but somehow or other Euphemia
had managed to get out of them vivid
glimpse of another world where life was
arranged on a very different plan from that
followed by her village. world she longed
to see more nearly, and in which she knew
instinctiyely she could make herself place
If ever a natural gift for society was born
Euphemia Randall. and the most exciting
functions at which she had so far assisted
were chicken sociables and silver weddings:
oh, what vistas of imagination the tea ball
had opened up. After her first amusement
at the mistake about 1t she was rather net
tied at her ignorance, and RECALLED all the
pictures she had seen In the Illustrated pa
pers and magazines of afternoon teas.
Would it be possible to reproduce any such
In Bangrordd sa no never neT inner
And she answered poor David in that
enigmatic way. looking up at him with an
elusive smile as she repeated again, Il don't
believe we can ever live up to Ii.
THAT sounds like nonsense. don't see
but what you managed Ii pretty well to-
rather have my tea drawn in teapot than
cooked up with these new-fangled notions.
/ hope you amt going TO take to notions
Euphema."
He put on a stern expression, which be-
came him wonderfully. Euphemia admitted
TO herself that he would cut nne inquire
young men in the pictures Wore she even
fancied him with his hair parted IN the
middle and a boutonniere- Then, she TOOK
he belonged to the great army or the COM
monplace, who have only scorn and con-
tempt for frock coats and buttonnole Do
kayS." David considered these latter adorn-
ments sissy"
Euphemia sighed as she slipped her hands
out of his firm grasp NO, DAVID, dear,
chair before the fire and leaning forward
to gaze in the glowing Goals; Il don't
Psst s4 hSe aeng with as
much like to-day as yesterday was like
the day before. for that's the. way to be
happy, and Innovations are mistakes. But
sometimes I wish-David, do you think !
have an astral body?'
III don't know" replied that gentle
the conversation. 81 havn't thought much
about astral bodies, anyhow. That's an
Well the young girl pursued half TO
body / should send it now TO a dinner
party in Boston dressed in pink satin
a big, splendid ball-and waltz with princes
and lords until midnight,when 1t should
and me. where we could talk the whole
thing over. oh, how 1 want to know how
a dinner party IL like really-and a ball!
She caught glimpse of his face full OF
such bewilderment and wonder that she
"Oh, yes. you dear old David. You
mustn't mind my nonsense! And she
coaxed, and wheedled, and petted him until
he went away at 10 o'clock more in love
than ever. What misgivings could he have,
even after that startling exhibition OF
fore, with her arch. bright face. smiling at
him out of the dark as he trudged along?
She was queer, to be sure, but then she
had always been queer That was a part
of hpr ba "a
half mile out Of his way to pass the
house he hoped to buy before next sum-
mer, not with the intention Of living there
alone. IL he was sure of anything In the
world 1t was that Euphamia would be his
wife by that time.
Euphemia, taking a last look at the tea
ball before she went to bed, had an I'M
pleasant conviction that David had dis
tinctly bored her that evening, and for
asleep to dream, not of him, byt enchant-
ed lands, where afternoon tea is as much
a matter of long-established custom as
in her New England village. And SO, I'M
awares, the wife Of Judge Bond had made
the little rift within the lutte
She was amused at getting a letter not
long afterwards, full of naive thanks for
the pretty gift. winding up with the pa
Tive up to it," Perhaps something of the
country lassie's longings crept out between
the lines. AT any rate Mrs. Bond put
down the. missive and fell into fit of
thoughtfulness over her cup of coffee as
she sat at breakfast In her charming din
ing room, which looked out upon the
Charles river and the blue Brookine hills
beyond. The first impulse had been to ask
the young girl TO come and stay a few days
with her. She knew what widening of
horizon would result, but, being a wise
woman. she hesitated. for If she were TO
send her guest back disconnected with her
old life and not able to help herself to a
new there would be more harm done than
good. She told her husband of her doubts.
Man like, the Judge pooh-poohed.
Have her down by all MEANS" said he,
Il know what bewitching specimens of wo-
mankind can come out of the wilderness,
Ell, my dear? Trot her round TO some of
your receptions. take her to the theater
have little dinner at the Country Club
and send her home wide awake and with
some new ambitions. Perhaps she may
come across husband here, who knows %
His wife smiled There had been some
talk of the young man in the hardware
business when she had been at home for
her annual visit in the summer. But he
had only been a little cloud in the future
no bigger than a mans hand. She had a
womans natural instinct for match maxi
ing, and the Judges last words had un-
consciously swayed her toward a decision.
So the invitation was written and sent
Euphemia, in tremor OF excitement
packed up her simple wardrobe i'm the fam
lily trunk. took a fond farewell of David
who went down to the station to see her
of. with many misgivings, and landed in
Boston the happiest girl who ever set foot
within its cultured precincts.
She stayed three weeks, and at the END
OF that time returned TO Bangford trans
formed. She had had an intoxicating taste
OF social success, for everyone had liked
her and let her know IL frankly. She was
hair, her large blue eyes and fresh color
while the clevernesS with which she 'cstgpt