Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-30
A Matter of
knowledge -
JULIA rRUITr BISHOP


stitches. and then looked mp with an
expression that was almost like sur
prise.
''why. Mr. Martini" she said. in that
gentle little tone of hers; II am sure
I thought You thought"
Il thought you thought" roared the
Judge. what do YOU mean by all that
c*Dglomeration. Ms. Martin? Did
you really think anything on the sub
ject? No. madam. YOU cannot prove
that you did. What you took for
thoughts were merely impre ssionS.
and very inaccurate ones at that.
Your impression was that was sat
isfied with Leonora. a week ago that
might have been true. but now IL is
not"
Mrs. Martin arched her eyebrows
% express surprise. because she was
counting more stitches and could nos
speak just then.
Fourteen. fifteen. sixteen" she
said. presently. What has Leonora
been doing. Mr.. Martini
'Oh. il all comes OF not having taken
her when we - Ethel" said the
Judge. stiu tramp. NNSradly and care
Ethel ourselves: or rather. 7 raised
her. for You are n slave TO that fancy
work. which the gods confouud,-
now look at Etheli tried To get YOU
70 send for both Of them. but YOU
must let YOUR sister take Lconora. and
now she comes 90 US. and the result
shows that your sister was n woman
totally deficient in Judgment, Mrs.
Martin. totallyi"
Yes. hut-ninc. ter. c-lev-cn-what
has Leonora been doing. Mr.. MARTINI
"Noing. ma'am? She has been do
ing nothing. II is the things she has
said. You know very well the plans
I have been making Tor her-a hand
some girl like that-a girl that could
marry anybody. ma 'arn-auybody,-
and I took pains 20 throw Jerry Cor
dovan's son into her society. and 7
really thought She was pleased with
2im-and SO last week I limited thai
nothing would delight me more. And
what do YOU think she said. Mrs Mar
tin2 What do YOU suppose Miss Leon
ora had the effrontery To- say 10 me?''
II am sure I don't know" said Mrs.
Martin. helplessly.
"Why. she Strengthened herself up
and said: Uncle Ad, I haven't the
slightest objection TO your contin-
ming TO choose my dresses FOR me. or
even my hats and shoes. FOR don't
like shopping; but I am going 20
choose my husband for myself. II YOU
please Think 81 iti The migrate
ful mink said that 10 met That comes
OF % ding girls after other people have
rai.cd them And ever since then
she's been as cold "a ice 10 Frank Cor
dovan. and has had no eyes for any
body but that Morris boy-a nobody.
IA private secretary TO tenth-ratc
congressman"
Maybe YOU don't understand Leon
ora" suggested Mrs. Martin. as a
plausible way out of the difficulty.
The tramp mp and down the room
ceased and an apoplectic countenancc
WAS turned upon the lady with the
fancy work-and John, the colored
servant. who had come in 10 put on
more coal, remarked TO the cook
few minutes afterwards:
"Hi. de ole jedge suttingly do take
ON when he lose his temperl Ef Le
could jes' stan Oft an hear hisself u
rarin' an pitchin' when ne get riled
he'd sho' put himself IN de lookup TO
distu'bin' de peace!"
Mrs. Martin. how do YOU suppose
I have ever been able 90 obtain my
present position at the bar without
heing a judge Of human nature a. well
p Of the law? DO you not know that
I am considered the best Judge OF men
in the state-that ia has been re-
marked i'm the press that have the
faculty of reading men at glance? -
and do you insinuate that / am not
able TO judge a slip OF a girl. not 20
wears old? Nonsense, know al
about it, 1 know that she j. a per
verse young woman, bent on her own
destruction. II she marries a nobody
ike that secretary. I'll never see her
again--never. No. madam. will rot
All, here's my girl Where YOU have
been this morning, little kitten?"
Little Kitten, leaning her head Oh
his shoulder-"Down TO the book
store, Uncle Adj, Go get that magazine
you wanted"
Uncle Ad, radiant-"Ah. just see
that! She barely heard me mention
that magazine; and yesterday il was
90 get my umbrella mended. She
never forgets her old Uncle Ad, does
she. pet?"
Pet, twisting the topmost button OF
ais coat and smiling up at him ra-
diantly-"You were quarreling when
came in, you know you were Didn't
you know that you are not allowed to
quarrel? What was il about, sir?