Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-07
The Stpru Tetter.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT,

held a guest-fresh, new and dainty.
The breeze stirred the frilled curtains ;
the late afternoon sun shone on the
creamy walls, and the soft light filtered
through the young leaves of the chest.
nut and family tinted with green the
pretty picture over the bed.
No wonder Mrs. Jack looked satis-
fed; no detail for comfort or beauty
had been forgotten. She and Jack
had been married only few months !;
this was the finishing touch to their
cozy nest, and any young housewife
might have been proud of the result.
Just then Jack rushed in, bearing a
letter. He stopped on the threshold.
"Whew! What magnifcence
Might poor worm venture in ?"
"Nonsense, Jack 1t isn't magni-
fcent at all, only pretty and restful.
Come in, bad boy, and tell me what is
in that letter."
"You know Cousin Elizabeth ?" ask
ed Jack, as he settled himself in big
easy-chair and pulled his little wife
down beside him.
eyes, indeed, dear. You remember
I saw her the summer we were enga-
ged, and liked her so much Such a
sweet face and gentle ways! But she
seemed. too old to be your cousin
more like an aunt"
"Father was the youngest of an i'm
mense family, and Cousin Elizabeth's
mother was the eldest, so there were
many years between them +, indeed,
father and his niece are nearly OF an
age. You knew she was married ?"
"Yes, an old love story, wasn't it ?
A real romance"
"Well, Mamie, what do you say to
YOUR new room being christened by
this ancient bridal couple out on their
antique honeymoon"
"Oh, this isn't their honeymoon.
They were married long before we
were, and that was ages ago. Besides,
they aren't so old, and I am very glad
to have some of your people for our
first guests. You've been such per-
feet dear about this room What does
the letter say?' He read it:
"Dear Boy and His Dear Wife: l
have so longed to see you in your new
happiness, and now comes an opportu-
nifty. The colonel has come to Massa-
chusetts on business, and I am with
him Would il he convenient for you
to have us for a few days? Do not
hesitate to say so if it would not. If
YOU really do want US, couldn't Jack
meet the colonel at the Grand after
his business hours Wednesday and
take him out to your home? 1 have
an engagement that will keep me until
evening, but can find my way to you
easily. With dear love to both.
"CoUsIN ELIZABETH"
"P. S.-I do want you to see my
colonel. c. E.
"wednesday, that's day after to-
morrow" said Mr.. Jack. II shall be
so happy to have them! I'll write at
once, but she gives no address ! Never
mind, you can assure the colonel when
YOU meet him how pleased we are.
There's the dinner bell!"
That night as Nan was taking hair
pins out of her bonny brown locks she
casually remarked to Jack:
"What did you say the colonel's
name was? don't remember it."
Jack looked puzzled. "Why, didn't
1 tell you? Colonel-Colonel- jim
go! I've clean forgotten that name
for the moment. No matter; it will
come to me in the morning."
But in the morning it was just as
far away from his memory as ever.
There was such a downpour going
on in the outside world that Nan in
sisted that Jack, who had a cold,
should not 60 TO the city, and Jack,
nothing loath, settled himself for a
comfortable morning by bright open
fire. Suddenly he threw down his
paper.
"Nan," he said, in CONSERVATION,
chow shall I ever find the colonel at
the Grand hotel? 1t will never do
for me to 90 around inquiring for the
colonel who married Cousin Eliza
beth ="
"Jack !' cried Nan. "What fix
we are in! What can we do? Can't
YOU think of the name? Bend your
mind to it"
Jack bent bis mind to it, meantime
pacing the floor.
"It seems to me as if it were some
thing like WALKER but it isn't that" "
"Perhaps it's 'Trott,'" suggested
Nan. "Or 'Trotter.'
"No; it's an odder name than that,
but what it is can't make out"
"Jack, this is awful We can never
let them know we don't remember
their name. After that lovely clock
they sent us when we were married.
Cousin Elizabeth is such dear, for
getful soul, she'll never remember she
didn't send us any address; but she is
very sensitive, and if she gets into her
head that We didn't care about her
coming, it will break her heart"
"Ha have it !" and Jack snapped
his fingers and executed jig on the
heartbrug.
"What, oh, what ?" cried Nan.
"Well, III 60 over to the postotfice
and telegraph to Sue for Cousin Eliza,
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