The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-17

"What forf"
ITO give the gypsies-
NONSENSE That's my AFFAIR."
When she saw that he did not mean to
give her tho money she loosed from her
arm shining gold bangle, set with little
brilliants, and tossed IL into the plate
which the gypsies had handed round. The
deputy brother seemed annoyed at first,
then he began to laugh, and redeemed
the bracelet with thirty florins
Andreas G,krbr buttoned up his coat
II should be fool, merely fit for u
strait waistcoat, II offered myself In such
n family I" thought he: and with that he
turned 20 the lady on his other side,
10 whom he had only just been intro
duced and whose name he had not caught,
and began TO make himself exceedingly
agreeable.
And next day the Gyurkovics family
left Pesth for their country seat, Mamma
Gyurkovics taking homo with her the dis
appointing conviction tsat her fourth
daughter was not the success that she had
expected.
1t was eight months later and already
mid-autumn. Andreas Gabor was spend
ing some time in the country with his
relations, for the quail shooting, ana
suddenly he remem bered that no was In
the noi ighborhood of the Gyurkovios.
II ought 20 go and call. he explained
60 his people. II was always meeting
them in the winter at Pesth.
IL was arranged that they should go
shooting in the direction OF the Gyur-
kovics house and drop Gabor TO pay his
visit; so il happened that no found him
self one middleday, with n gun on his
shoulder and tired pointer at his heels,
in front Of the great old country house,
Just outside the village, which he guessed
must he the Gyurkogics home.
II hope know them we'll enough to
drop In and take plate OF soup without
ceremony, he thought hungrily, as he
stepped across the courtyard, The house
certainly showed no signs of ma9niflcence
and testified in no wise TO the aesthetic
tastes of ITS inhabitants. In the great
empty, sunshiny forecourt some guinea
fowl were scratching up the sand; on
the paling "A lot of milk cans and wooden
tubs were stuck upside down to dry.
Not living soul did Gabor encounter
as he stopped softly into the corridor which
ran along the front Of the house. He did
not dare penetrate farther in that direc-
tion, fearing to stumble upon one of the
young ladies in negligee perhaps, and
turned instead toward the laundry, under
the big mulberry tree, where the week s
washing was going forward and whole
swarm of maids were passing To and fro
with baskets Of linen, while the ironing
board stood in tho shadow Of the over
reaching thatch. The gontlemcn's shirts,
with hemstitched fronts, which required
special attention and careful treatment,
were sorted out and put ready for Miss
Elias iron. For here was Ella herself
with white handkerchief tied over her
hair and her sleeves rolled up above tho
elbow, her cheeks pink and warm from the
heat of the iron, which from time TO time
she tested against them.
As she caught sight OF the approaching
sportsman and recognized who he was, she
gave cry and made a rush for the house,
almost losing slipper in her hurry to
escape. Two or three Others of the girls
who were engaged with tho family wash
ing-and who were also tho Miss
Observation-Disclosures their sisters ex-
ample: only the genuine washerwomcn
stolidly stuck to their business.
Andreas Gabor went back TO his rela-
tions' house, and I'm the course OF conver-
sation retaied this curious adventure TO
his cousin; tho latter pursod up his lips
what would you hayeY' he asked. N Mrs
Gyurkovics has such u lot of children
that she Is Obliged TO set them oil To work
The sons who remain No home attend to
tho farm, the daughters manage the
kitchen and dairy. They scrub cook, iron,
prepare the market produce, make all sorts
of still room confections."
Andreas Gabor claspod his hands: "If
you could only have seen them in Pesth !"
"Of course because they spend down
there what they earn here In u years hard
work. suppose In town they pass for
grandoes--ehy They work tho whole year
in order To enjoy that fortnight In Pesth,
and stint themselves In nothing as long
as it lasts. F"
Miss Ella Gyurkovics was not little
astonished To find that, In spite of the
ironing episode, young Gabor repeated his
visit TO her mothers huuse early in tho
partridge shooting season. Ho found her
in tho forccourt as no approached over
seeing some workmen with cloth cover
ing her pretty hair from the dust This
time she did not attempt To escape from
him, for she had given up tho hope of inn
pressing him with her grandeur; she
made room Tor him beside her on n heap
OF empty sacks. and when he sat down
She let the cover slide of her hair on to
her shoulders. She spoke of oil sorts of
indifferent subjects. Then he suddenly
interrupted.
"Do You remember, Ella, that last even
ing Mt Pesth. when we danced together
did not thiuk then that / should ever
see you like thisl'
The girl grew very rod; then with a
quick, natural impulse she turned and
looked the young man full in the face.
at matters very little i did not please
you particularly that evening-nor can
please you much now ~
"You are mistaken. Both then and
now you pleased and please me very
much, indeed"
but better that evening in Pesthy'
"On the contrary, much better here in
Tamasi ~
Tho girl shook her head doubtingly AMI
looked down at her leather country soled
shoes just showing beyond her cotton
skirt. Tho farm man came TO fotch tho
sacks and they had To move, Elias heavy
shoes making orunching on the gravel
as the young lawyer walked beside her,
"Why do / please you best here In
TamasiY" she asked, looking at him over
her shoulder with n smile.
Because here | dare to hope that by
the side of man Of small means--"
lie did not finish. Ella interrupted in n
very low voice: "It would depend SO
very much who the man was ~
"lf 10 woro ~
Ella seemed 90 weigh the proposal for u
minute or two then she answered, please
speak direct 10 mammal
Andreas Gabor went 20 Mamma Gyurko-
vics straight away. Aiterward Mamma
GyurKovics said 90 her daughters: II al
ways knew that it was ~scessary 90 i'm
ureSS IA man. but 1 had mn idcu thof