The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-17
! TWO PERAHBULATORS.
I BY AGNES CARR SAGE.
Observation-Disclosures
HOH, JACK, jack You are my one

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nessi" And little Mrs. Henley precipi.
tated herself headlong upon her broth
er's breast, regardless of consequences
10 a very stiff and immaculate shirt
bosom. at was so good of you TO come
early, for never was woman nearer the
verge of nervous prostratioD. You
know the Whist club meets here to-
night and that Charlie has been sud-
denly called out of town on i1npor-
tant business. Then this morning the
cook had a 1are-up with Ruth, the
nursemaid, and took French leave; Sill
yerman {; Co. have failed to send the
fan-such q beauty painted in orchids
which l ordered for first prize; the
baby has Just cut tooth and is-well-
not quite 80 angelic as usual; while
now, to cap the climax, here comes 4
note from Mrs. Sherman saying she is
down with mn attack of la grippe and
cannot be present this evening; SO one
table will be short, as it is nearly four
o'clock. altogether too late to invite
anyone else"
And when she paused from sheer
want Of breath all Jack could calculate
was by Jovel"
He succeeded in looking SO syInp9
thetic, however, that it was like tonic
to his depressed sister, who soon raj
lied. ,"For you will help me out; won't
you. Jac&?"
'Sure; if can. But, though there is
considerable Of me, 1 hardly think /
could divide myself into two, and the
fellows in camp decided that golf and
basket ball were more my forte than
cooking. Too apt to sugar the soup
and salt the Strawberries"
"Then you sla'nt make the coffee or
turn out the ices" laughed ,drs. Henley.
down to GIfverman's, see the manager
DIT somebody and demand that orchid
han or his life. And, oh, Jack, would il
re an awful bore to take Harold with
For in his little carriage? The poor
child is really suffering for breath of
fresh air, and it would be a positive
charity TO Ruth and Inc, who haze
huadred things to do"
Now, il Jack Finton had not been just
the big, unselfish, kindly chan he was
he would certainly have refused this
last request. But as it was, he said:
IAN right; trot the kid out" and said
il with u smile, too. Nor would anyone
have supposed him victim on the
altar of fraternal affection as he strobe
down the crowded avenue at the fash
ionnble hour. pushing before him a
pretty pink and white canopied per-
anibuiator. in which, under soft white
fur rug, nestled that scrap OF humanity
1s called lis nephew.
Wonder If 1 have the true pater-
iamilias air?" he thought, as he OBJ
served sunGry quizzical, giriish Elances
east in his direction. "AnG. bless my
soul, what if 1 should meet her!" his
mind reyerting, as it had done very
often of late, to a fair com Pagaon de
voyage with whom he had crossed the
ocean three months before, but whom
Sle had not seen since they parted on
the wharf, their homes being in diff
ferent cities. "Dearlittle pocket Venus!
She, too, hal married sister living in
b and said she frequently visited
here. Wish"
But at this juncture his mcditations
were rudely broken by his coming into
violent collision with another wicker
equipage advancing from the opposite
direction. One which might have been
n twin to the one he was Wheeling.
"Begorra, and can't yc Ike afthcr
lookin' where you're a-goin"" ex-
claimcd the Celtic maid who was the |
propclling power of the second tiny |
turnout, and as he appeased her wrath |
with humble apology and one OF his |
winning smiles, he discovered that they |
were right abreast of Silvcrman & COS
vast emporium, where everything is
sold from a paper of tacks TO Il dia-
mond necklace. Most imposing it was,
too, with its gayly dressed windows and
deep, tiled vestibuie.
This, likewise, appeared to be the OBJ
Sective point of the nurse girl, who, as
Jack cried out in disgust: "Cracky,
have 1 got TO tote the kid through all
that crowd" volunteered: NO, sir,
He's sound aslape, so ye kin jist Fave
him right here in the restabull, as LIN
to do NINE" and she pointed to
1, row of occupied and unoccupied baby
carriages lining the spacious en-
trances.
"Hope the 'restabull' is safe place"
Jack, rs he located his charge
with the rest of the waiting infants.
anyway, 1 won't be five minutes"
But he counted without his host, be-
ing sadly ignorant of the ways and de-
laws of retail merchants. The saleslady
referred him to the floor walker, the
floor walker 10 the packer, and the
packer to the manager; all OF which
consumed so much time that five min
utes heightened to so, and the electric
lights were twinkling in the street
when he at last emerged, the orchid fan
buttoned up in his breast pocket, picked
put the perambulator with the dainty,
pink-lined, lace-covered top, and start
ed homeward-