Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1895-04-13

the following week when ne and Mrs.
". came 10 pay their promised visit.
was deeply affected at this mark
Of confidence, and at once handed
over the amount, and after another
pathetic scene between Mrs w. and
Mrs. c. we tore ourselves away.
punctual to the day our distin.
xuished guests arrived, and right glad
we were to see them. Our country
home had seemed dull since our re-
turn, mainly owing. no doubt, to the
absence OF the dear friends to whose
society we had grown accustomed.
The General was capttvatsd with
our rural abode. He thought Of build
ing just such a house himself; and
nothing would do but I mustS show
him over the premises which
did. pointing out every nook, corner
and apartment, with a conscious pride
which my friend's praises served in
no way to abate
| The first furry over, wt~ere just
getting cleverIy settled doxp, and be.
! ginning to enjoy ourselves IN earnest,
! vnen an event occurred to mar our
! pleasure.
The house was entered by burglars
! ore night, and ransackel from top to
! bottom. Our own loss, though bv no
means misunderstanding OF all the
! plate, and over Thousand dollars in
! money-we could have grinned and
i borne; but Mrs. Wydeswarth's dia-
monds-we had never eeen them, but
they must have been splendid-and
the Generals pocket-book, fat with
untold greenbacks, that was what
crushed us.
"Never mind, my dear fellow,
said the General with the fortitude Of
hero; "mv chief regret is on your
account 1t will compel me to defer
payment of that little loan few days
longer. On the whole, Pm rather
glad / didn't think Of returning it
! sooner though, as the loss would then
have been yours.
I begged him not to think Of such n
trihe; and when I offered to- replenish
his purse till another remittance came,
he slapped me on the back, and called
me "a trump"
On Mrs. Crnmplehorn's birthday,
which followed close upon the burg
larry, Mrs. Wydeswarth insisted on hel
acceptance of a magnificent breastpin,
which had somehow escaped the vigil
nnce Of the robbers Mrs. c.. would
have declined the gift, could she have
done so without wounding her friend'e
feelings; but It was manifest she
couldn't. SO she took it.
Just then the General put = letter
in his wife's hand.
GLOW provoking.' the latter e1-
claimed when she had read it.
',What my liteo'
"Whv. that Fannie Fitz Blodcitt
should. Just at this time, take it into
her head to get married and insist on
my being present. in fulillment Of a
promise we made each other at school. "
'It IS a little inconvenient, said
the General, gravelv.
There's no help for X; l must give
if up'' sighed Mrs. Wvleewarth Il
couldn't think Of appearing on such
All occasion without jewels"
"Of course not, the General as.
scntcl.
MY dca7 Aspas;a. interrupted
Mrs Crumpie0o-n- hat grown
very familiar with her friend by thi.
tine my Jewels are at Your service
They are very plain, no doubt, a com
rari~on with those Won have heen &C
cus.o ned 70 wear; but such the,
are. vou'rr welcome 20 their use.
NJ .'ear- h.. Nr> vs. :eeline
v.se too usnv for her.
The situation was extremely DEL
ct sl,e:v hu,v nov T. act.
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