The record-union., 1894-08-18


tangled tresses, and deity winding Owe
her fingers the other ones curls, unit
any one would have thought her trav
cling hair dresser, and when the three
neat little chip hats were on their neads
anu they had worked over each other
not ungainly apparel with wlsp broom
IN barbarously playful whlIn, Aunt MI
randy sat down in chair before then
in grateful admiration with the enthusl'
astic remark: "There amt three finer or
| Fifth avenuer' which brought shame
dazed but proud light into their swapping
eyes, the quick flush OF emulation into
| their cheeks, and to their lips the CRATE
tul tribute TO their unaccountable COM
panion OF.
''Hully gee! Git on ter wat de fairy's
didp'
Upon which they went awkwardly,
because now somewhat consciously, To
their table and ate like ravenous beasts,
l-while Aunt Mirandy could scarcely watch
their outlandish actions closely enough,
for the mists which constantly gathered
III her Old and happy eyes.
Now, girls-you amt goin' TO be pest
cred about any ivin' thing-but what's
your names anyhow" asked Aunt MI
randy encouragipgly.
De dead right ones, or Gle ones US
sashays roun' on?"
''Oh, just your short, common every
day ones. They'll do"
.'She's Name de Terror" said one,
jerking her head toward the one with the
! Grecian knot, 'kaSe she's the slugger OF
the combination" a. which Name stole
a glance OF conscious pride at the sur
prised old lady.
"Mame's a nice name," she responded
reflectiveiy.
AN she's Sal Smuggs,' retorted the
young woman of local prowess, Viclonsly
tweaking the nose Of the girl with crinkly
ringlets, "kase her nose is de best part o.
| her!u
Here the girls laughed heartily, and
Aunt Mirandy perplexedly joined.
'DiS 'ere side pardner," continued
Name with affected compassionate toler-
ance, as she Iugged at the SHINING braids
| OF the other, lis de one as breaks our
hearts ter git 'long wild. Dey call her
| Chub Slivers roun' Ge Bow'ry, kase dey
aim no free lunch layout dat kin stan up
agin' 'er. It's a sorrer ter keep dis kit
ten in chuck, Pm givin' ye it straight.
! Dom yer see SHE'S hungry am hOller after
| dis stunnin' banket?"
The girls laughed at this pleasantly.
and Aunt Mirandy laughed in an amazed,
pitying way, as she wondered what man
ner of language she had stumbled upon.
well, Name and Sal and Chub," she
began briskly as she arose from the Ia
bic, you're just goin' TO have the happi-
est day You ever had in all your lie II
you never get another"
Look out fur de trac's an de chapel,
now!'' whispered Sal to her companions,
who at once began looking glum and sol
emn.
Not a bit OF it!' rejoined Aunt Mi
randy, whose quick ears had caught the
lugubrious prophesy. tits boat ride;
al outingW
.Lordi-it's de Tombs an thirty days
on de Island!' whispered Club Slivers
neryously. wriggling and lodging like
a young partridge ready to break for
cover.
Not bit of it." stoutly reasserted
Aunt Mirandy in alarm. Now, you
poor little fools, do [ look like detect
i've or policeman, or a missionary?'
''Nope!' shouted Name heartily.
You're de plush jay of de townW
added Club Slivers IN tones of reassur-
ance and approval.
''De easiest angel dat's lit on our route!''
gurgled Sal Smuggs, with smile at the
| earnest old lady and wicked leer at her
| companions.
81 should think so!'' calculated Aunt
| Mirandy with swelling pride. IN 70 airs
neither We're just all going to be friends
together. Come on now tor au outing;
ali day, mind you, down by the Seashore.
/ y
py and natural and yourselves, and do
what you like and say what you like and
have what you like every blessed minute
the livelong day!'
Poor OLD Aunt Mirandy! To keep these
| hopeful pledges Will at least temporarily
trail your banners Of practical religion in
the dust!
\ half hour later the four were wedged
in among the masses of humanity throng-
ing the great pleasure boats which daily
ply between the seething city and the
soothing sea.
Aunt Mirandy, already wearied from
her unusual mental and physical eXer-
tions of the morning, nodded and started
and gulped and snored, all of which drew
forth untranSlatable sayings from her out
landish charges tor time; but the gentle
influence OF the. to them, wondrous eX-
perience soon subdued them, stilled
them, perhaps awed them, Tor to these
waits, whose tarthest confines Of obser-
vation had been the outlying towering
walls surrounding the dreadful quarter
where they prowied like rats, or the
rivers edge where they occasionally
skulked TO the water like fever-drlven
beasts, it was all a mighty voyage of dis
covery.
The islands of the bay, with their sinu-
Gus shores, their glowing coves trimmed
by emerald verdure and cameo-like
villas above; the forests, the parks, the
! holne-hung cliffs Of radiant river shores;
the innumerable ghostly harbor craft;
the great Liberty Statue, with extended
torch hundreds OF feet above the pennants
| of tallest ships spars; the trOWning forts
with their cannon cleaning. in the sun
and silent sentrieS with their solemn,
measured march above; the Narrows,
where tho tides play wild and tercely;
the lofty, luminous Highlands of the
Jersey coast, fading into indistinguisha-
BILE line of mist and haze, where the far
sand-dunes and waters meet the sway
! ing fogbells with their dOlorous throbs;
the lightships rocking lazily with the
tide; and then, as the steamer skirted the
| Long Island coast, the boundless ocean,
! bringing the first faint consciousness oi
measureless immensity they had ever
known all toned and touched and ten
derly tinted by the impalpable breeze
swung pendulums OF the seas ever chang
ing lights and shades wrought upon
their souls so deep a spell that they at
last sat mute and still, long after the
! thousands had scrambled from the steam
| er's decks, and only when Aunt Miriam
DIV, scourged from the land Of Nod by the
stern hand of Silence, awakened with a
snort which diverted the deck porter
from surly reproof at delay, was the
| blessed spell and enchantment broken,
when they scrambled like merciless
imps to the summer day pleasures of the
shore.
AS they left the great iron pier and
passed the lines of artfully arranged
nick e-dreaded dens of tal1irs and shams.
| Aunt Mirandy noticed the trio's glistenIDg
eyes and craning necks, but she wheed-
led them past these, and finally, by
gentle wiles and promises OF future gaye-
ties, enticed them to the beach, where
thousands, for miles in either direction,
were waIlowing in the sands or tumbliug
in the foaIning surf.
In trice she mad tnem among the