The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-16
STORIES OF THE DAY.
sho Would Be Sister. but brow the Limo
at Being Uncle to Him,

SHo "ouid 30 Sister, but Drew the Limo
Mt Being Uncle to Him,
Macallister McIlhenny was q native
Of Brooklyn.
And he was glad of it, for he we'll
knew that by mere accident Of birth
he might have been native of Phila-
delphia.
Thus do we ever see the great law of
compensation getting in its equalizing
work.
In other respects Macallister McIlhen-
ny was almost a prize package.
With an ambition exceeding his envi-
ronment he had fallen in love with
New York girl
And she was such girl as New York
might well point at with pride.
Conspicuous. by her inconspicuity of
attire, she was dream Of pink aud
white simplicity, u harmony of color, o
melody of sweetness, mathematical
perfection Of good form, i symphony of
lovelincss, lesson in style and glory
in garniturc.
No wonder Macallister fell In love
with her.
And she was kind to him, for a New
York girl is as full of tact us little
dog is of fleas.
As time wore on his uncertainty of
purpose Wore off, and at last he decided
in his own Mcllhennian manner to pro.
pose to her
Repairing to her palatial residence by
the nearest elevated, he passed beyond
the portals and awaited her coming as
he had so often done before, but never
with such humping of his heart, for
Macallister McIihenny had never pro-
posed to any girl except L BROOKLYN
girl, and he knew this one now CON
fronting him was = gray horse of an Gu
tirely different color.
As she entered tho spacious drawing
room Macallister McJlhenny's heart
went down into his boots, but they
were too tight for him anyway, and the
heart soon retrcatcd to its normal place.
For few brief and trausitory mo.
ments he tripped along the primrose
path OF dalliance and dabblcd in the do
lights OF conversation concerning the
weather.
Then he shook out his emotional top
sail to the breeze and squared away.
Going down upon his knees, us is the
custom i'll the place of his nativity on
such occasions. no grabbed her lily white
hand i'll his, and, with beseeching look
heavenward, he thus addressed her:
Denr one, l plight thee my troth. I
pledge thee my loyal love l give thee
all have and ask that thou wilt give
me i'll return only SO much as thou wilt.
With that 1 shall be more than satis-
fed"
Possibly there was in his words lack
OF the tropical fervor tho New York girl
had been accustomed TO, or it might
have been that her native superiority
merely asserted itsolf In any event,
She rose equal to the occasion and above
it, as New York girl may always he
depended upon to do i'll trying moments
MIR. McIlhenny," sho said, with
charming candor, Il had hoped when
this moment arrived, rs I knew it was
bound to arrive, to say TO you that
would be sister to you. And you have
not entirely dashed that hope to the
ground, for l do say it now, and with
the deepest sincerity, but, Mr. McIlhen-
ny, tho relationship must end there.
cannot also be an uncle to you, and if
you want to put up all those things
named in the invoice You have inst
submitted l must ask you to 80 to tho
small shop around the corner with three
gllded spheres over its door. This is not
the place to realize on them"
For period Of duration embraced in
nine ticks of the beautiful ormolu clock
on the mantel Macallister McIlhenny
was i'll bewildering bedazzlement :;
then he rose slowly to his feet, and,
picking up tho remnants referred TO by
tho young woman, he went forth into
the shadows Of the great city and got ON
car going to Harlem.
But no didn't know it until he asked
Harlem policeman where Gates av-
enue was. New York Sun.
a Serious Question.
A number Of the members Of the Yale
graduating class this vnsr have ,nhl;.,,,