Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-02-01
CHAPTER III.
THE wINE-GLAssEs ARE USED

vune, anu tue next evening Nellie
called upon her with her husband
and gave the invitation for dinner
for the following Thursday, feeling
glad when she saw her city friend q
stylish dress, aud the elegant dia-
monds rings upon her fingers, that
she had the new dining-set, wine-
glasses and all, for otherwise she
would hare been 10th TO entertain
30 fashionable a woman as Mrs.
Gen. Rossiter. Now, however, she
should do very we'll, and Thursday
morning found her up before the
sun had brushed the dew-drops from
the luxuriant honeysuckle which
grew before her window. There
was custard to make, with blanc
mango, and sponge-cake for dessert,
and then Nellie tried her hand at
jelly, and got very red in the face,
and was hot and tired, and uncom-
Portable, and gave George a lunch
in place of his usual dinner.
As they were to dine in state at
six, he found no fault with the ar
rangement, and kissing his pretty
little wife, babe her not to do all
Maggie's work and her own too, and
then went whistling back to his
Office, while Nellie rested upon the
lounge until time to arrange her
table. 1t did look beautiful when
everything was completed, and Mel
lie viewod it from every possible di-
rection, admiring her new dishes
very much, but admiring the wine
glasses more, with the graceful de-
canters full of delicious wine.
'They just set it off, she thought,
wondering il Mrs. Gen. Rossiter
would not like her Catawba, and
Delaware, and Iona, quite equal to
the rare liqueurs upon her own
table. She had tasted the Catawba
when she filled the decanter with it,
and when Harry said to her, Me
some, too she started to place the
glass to his lips when, swift as
lightning, Mrs. Fowler's warning
words came back to her, Have care
for the little boy She took the
glass away, and said:
NO, darling, it is not good for
little boys. Mamma can't let you
have it.
Accustomed to obey, Harry said
no more, and busted himself with
his playthings-his horses and carts,
and wagons, until Maggie carried
him off to dress for the dessert at
which he was to appear.
The dinner was great success,
and Mrs. General Rossiter wore her
new white point lace and diamonds;
and George took her to the table
where she praised everything, and
decleared the wine better than that
which had been in her cellar for
years.
1T is so soft and mild that it can
not even hurt child she said, as
she drained her third glass; and lit
tie Harry, who had just come in to
dessert. in his pretty velvet suit,
with his brown curls shading his
face, and his great blue eyes seeing
and his ears hearing everything,
heard what the lady said, and after
dinner was over and the guests had
returned to the parlor, he fingered
in the dining-room and. standing
on tiptoe, peered into the wine
glasses until he found one more than
half full of the delicious Delayare.
Nellie, who cared little for wine.
and who had been rather surprised
at the quantity drank by Mrs. Gen.
Rossiter, had left nearly all hers in
her glass, never dreaming that she
was leaving it for Harry, who
smacked his lips with keen relish
of the beverage which the beautiful
lady had said would not hurt child.
Harry liked it, and examined all
the glasses, draining every drop he
could find, and he was contemplat-
ing an attack upon the decanter
VIXEN Maggie appeared and took the
bottle away.
/ lie was very talkative in the par
lor during the half hour he was al.
lowed to remain there before being
sent to bed, and when, about mid
night, Nellie went to his crib to see
that all was right, she found him
with his cheeks flushed, his hands
hot and feyerish, while he OCCASION
ally talked in his sleep and seemed
otherwised indisposed.
Too much ice-cream. | don t
approve Of little shayers like him