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Show -'IB 1 THAT "TJlKilE MOWN. 'lli'M I "' 8HBt M Tboxopl who occupy tLAt lmmo- K Pvlyi n dlaUljr braenth oun ar great .liner T d( tm' n nt their do; Lief a loclablodU SrS Br ffi iKMition he cirtnmonly burrow under P Bk Hi tli iloorniAt and Uowli until tlio return i bj jv IB of his propriitor. But tho howU now W iauu ll heard bymylf and my wlf weroilU 1 ?H tflut; U tloctlyhaman. aal proceodfd from oar h IbK H culinary department at tho paue cud r ' V 9 Hoioethiog muat )iav hipionrd to T ' ft IbB 1 Looshat e iprautf from the dinner ! K bW l' table, nnd inado ono bound to the B)b K k kitchen door. With lnitlucUvoriellaicr I M BK woltMMiwl a moment before bun ting ' t IBP IB Tho outcries never cftKedtthonh ff Hfi SI 6t timen they toun Ud atrangely muiUcL ' P "fBv hu Had ft burglar dropped In fornlatoaf K fBld Ifa Urnoon vfilt? Was hu ff arreting tho ff &Bk H '&f creature who had refuscil to I a fAvl B iwe&l the whcrealwut of the plate Wl nBn ffl basket? Iffraapodlhosoupladlo which tjlflLv 19 nik tinconncloutly retnlmd with f r rBU 2& nenrouj ditonulnatlon. Wo rushed In 1 1 IV H quIcUr- i urmLl w Thcro was no burglar. Only Loosha t it if BK B behind the scullery door, with her head ' lM CiBl B wrapped up In a towel, was (firing ont t S faB ffl to bents of emotion which might well i r )il B AT0 uonM cnTT of (ho poodle I I m B down stairs. With composition, sllffhtlr I 'HU 9 t( inI''T,l vrith sercrlty, wo uncMloned 1 Vffj 3) )ho irlrl. blio took some tlnto to co.iz 4 B h out of the ilirysalls or pupa conUUon, Sj 5fx m ljUt finally tmergeU from the folds of Ik T ' Bi B "10 tow Hn explalnod. Mother who issvl B shuull haro known better, harlnff but a r I Eat ' brief twelreinonth since lnterrod her L ft 1B A bucond v.ftnow rfcelYliif? theaddresv i ' i'sBi fl C1t0f QVtnlil11 Third, biuitvlf a wid- fi .iBi H owtr with nine Incumbrances. In Jus fllltlH "5 B 'co '' flfaat, ho may mention VJjtxj X fl tlut ll as fairly well to do, bclnjf a ySfflw fl retired joiner by tho namo of ilr. flGn W H Brown. In Loosba bitterest moments Li -5 55 fl no rv him of Cho prcftr, calllnj Mr jvi sj ll liira simply, uud for short, "That Thsre fsw1! fitt na '' newi ut "'fn iisfft' fi n bronght by Loosha's little stepsister Fm- IVsfx iH intlino, thovh Loosha had had apre- insrv ifrB rS monitory warninu hi tho wny of creeps IwTlf i nil down her back whenever she had en K (t f? 1 fly countered tho designing Mr. Brown for iff?? f fii aomotimoiost. It luul been a-dornin S'1! ES " 'icr tQ'D kno tl T tlirreM as ffifi V l l there was something up, and this very .Cnwi, 11 afternoon ho had upped and spoke, most au l ssV ' barefaced, on tho Identical doorsUp. "tl XmJl brt)s he, "Mrs. llcmmans, I will not de $ "l u Jouf '1t at A J0 throngh you .ft ssssC? I dropplnslulnafriendlfwayto'elpatthe Jf3 Hf - laying out of her as is Rono (and her only V bnriotl eleven months) tint my attention !i VI J was In n inauocr of PicaVlnj drawed to :1 II 1 yui anl In a homely way, putting the i Ij I thing plainly for your thlnVInjoverqnlet It M m byyourstlM will say you have Uireu and H ' 'tvA v mo similarly nine, and both being unln- L ffrfR n cumbijod, why not make ono extra large i BR ft ta wut ' TWT medium and my full it 'y5l( J siiedJ" hfch table, Loobha ivirenthet ' ' iii Hi Ically oImtvw1, would ultimately prove tl.yV, injj B Iter doathbud. IB M ' trl to B00tuo t19 BRrioTtd t 1 I if handmaid by c cry means In our lKtwct . In m w Bing within three days of Christmas I, JL Mm jj day, and having iropoHO-1 to tntertala 'nX I tho re rusuntative uuinbors of our ru w if 8 ft Utttiro families between whoa, all gV ,tjs Wj tho year round, ureat enmity extsts at 1 f Asm MM A l0c dinner, tho prwpcct btforo us ill fli S uaft orcn,niuOVf hy Loosha's pricf. V vi fflsw BH " matters camo to a crisis slio would as M Imltvl wm u no &cr remain t 5; sfflA t HO tliero ' tw0 dy' At tll tniX ' lier I Mijffifa'l Tfi jH.riod of sackcloth and nihes sho i ould MnBm t volnmvby previous experience, reap- 5'v tra poar as frosh as tudnt and quite rocon ?- ffi died to tlio diiosIUons of fato. Bnt In fiUIfr' v '10 oanwhIlo what woul I becomo of jlftiSlf F Ull? I-fWtoarirno. IremlmlodLoonha tilrMlf'' V that her mother wua still youug, actlvo Lf m iflk nnd indiutrlotut and that cmo could not, fjfxR4 '' 4 vrhl.odcjlorinjtho act of Mr, Brown, 4 twHnK - revile bim fcr his choico of a eucceusor IvABn 4 fl J UeiaruUt Utat tliat succesior IsrnfJfF V 1 might bo called, even now, a pretty K nw ' a woman t and that men would be men, m mM )ih 1 no matter how foolUh it was. I would fffi flff- have coutiuued In this stralu.but that I lw! ' ill ' Loofhabocamo hysterical. I !Hr fW ' uo oln y011!?! "ho (creamed! fSP f nf "with mo twenty three, how could sho? Iff? f m '10 nlat Inttvi or ' 'e ,ne r ift ' 7 ! ought to le ashamtnl of herself! And .jfft i ot1 lnT'ftthtT an Bminilino and El j. JiR,ri fL . frwls fnther would sa) so If theywero SUfiF1' 1 1?rt)' n ' iho does H w McH at her llifljfi- I f'ul u irace I hall drown aflJS t I u mytieUr JHar (f I r Then sho wtnt Into lotteries anl uffP? i J 1 1 drummed tho Hoor with htr hwL aud If Iff! I 'haw tD0 ' n chthrwlth her head in fs'rM & iiB f quite an alarming mamiirtnul I was Till! I I jfl 1, ordered out of tho kitchen that the if 11 u f fl S might bo unfa&Utietl and tho inovltablo il i 1 ffl nmcllflts aipllod It took a whole gill j 1 j J LV 5 of Turragon vinegar on 1 the be.t part i J" sssB c' fathers of our Christmas tur- lei sssB) key to bring her to anything like com- i f K posuro. ' t i H That was three days before Christmas Br WohvvoKqt over tho dinner nnd tho l iB meetlugof tho claai without any casual " iBl ties other than thoko wo wero liound to H. cxitect And Loot.hu is pritct naturally li bright, sharp, tiht and brik. As sho it iSsf "twa about her work sho aiu.s. Como Boy My CUored Errin" Is a favorlto local lo-cal exercise witli her. Bnt it has been sapTieded by "Take Back tho Art," And, from tho plquantly exprcwilve meaning Ltxhn infnra intolhe opening nnes. It h plain tint i-h nppllco them to Mr Brown, uho'O addresses liave been dl'conrgcd, anl wlr mttrlmonUl I Isns have b-n circtunveutcd, thank to tho prompt action takon by IxkwIia In the matter. It may bo mentioned that mir handmaids baithinat appellation was originally derived from a iopular novel, called "Loosha of Lam Her More," and read by mother at an important impor-tant crisis. Mother Is quite a literary ,Tson, having worked for several an thors, one of whom was a poetical genius attached to a well known firm of soap-makers. soap-makers. Loosha's mother, like many small, meek looking pwple, posseves a consld rrablo amount of determination. If sho rcslly entertained a weakness for Mr Brown, that weakness was not to be put down with tlie ftroni arm Loonha ro alired that, sho lolls us, as iho stood on tho kitchen floor and met those black boa ly ctm", so Bio her own. True, aim opened no parallels, but dashotl utxiu her subject in a way peculiarly dlstinc Uvo Kmmeline and Klfrcd, seaOl on to chain against the wall, paused in their consumption of bond mil treach) on hearing thomwlves alludcl as poor lambs anl joined their lamentations to BUtcr Loosha s. The tumult ragwl high, though Mrs. Mem mans preserved a calm, svon, stony demeanor, And in tho inid dloof It all That There Brown knocked At the door. No quick change artist ever effected a more wondrous transformation than did Looffha In that minute. Mrs. llcmmans had glided away to put hor cap straight and mooth her ileek jtartlng In tho interral between her disappearance and her rotum, LooaIia and Mr Brown had becomo quite friendly. Mr Brown's mariner was qnlto fatherly, and his features fea-tures shone with smiltm and gin and water. He had been screwing up his courage with that fortifying beverage ' Iooha, as she sent the astonlihcd Lm ' mellno out for u quartern of tho Ust and provldt-d the visitor with n reliable cliair, made up her mind that the doom of That There Brown, matrimonially r (waking, was truled. Mother, without knowing why. filt uncomfortable whin the widowi-d joiner proposal taking the entire family (it was Loosha's day out) to tho World s fair, an 1 Loosha warmly ' responded to th overture They took Emmeline and I3f red nnd tho Islington bns, and That Tbro Brown and Loosha occupied a garden chair seat together outsi lo, mother and the children being stowed in tho Ulterior of tho vehicle. .Brown was fatherly when they starU-9, Portland Head found him affectionate. By tho tlnio they were launched ami 1 the giddy delights of the fair, ho was beginning to think! IMuh-dwrticM What matters It whit ho thought! It was deliberately donoof Loosha, tho betraying of That Thero Brown, lie wandered with tho mother and daughter, vach on an arm, through a fairy land of mingled fog and gis-lUht gis-lUht They visited tho birds, tho beasts nnd reptiles) anl Loosha apptalcd to him for information as to their mines, species anl general habitat, and greeted every remark of his with admiring LorsP Sho never socnicd to notice when ho mixed up tho Boctrhui camel with the water buffalo. bho wtnt upou tho circular switch-1 back with him, mother being too timid to venture, nnd liecomo ncnous In tho mil He of the airy journey, clinging to tho arm of the rartshod widower with feminine squeaks of terror. How enthralled en-thralled she was by his performsneo on tho try your-strongth machine, though the marker on tho dial Indicate, nothing much In the way of n record. The more fascinating Loonha became tho warmer and more perrptring became That Thcro Brown lie nudged her frequently. All tho sensation of his corponal frauio sot mod to have taken up Its abodo in the j elbow to which sho hung. Wash then that tho miserable man uttered tho words which scaled his fate? It may have bun. All wo know for certain is that thoM words once uttered, Loosha's mannor Iwcame distant and off hand. That Tliero Brown put it down to maiden coyness, an 1 renewed the siege with redoubled rashness. It was when tho Flying Demons were about to toko their marvelous leap j through space, and tho popular atten I tlon was uniformly dlvertod to tho cell I lug, that Mrs. Hemmans who was not w itltout a consciousness that for a suitor trembling on tho brink of acceptance Mr, Brown's conduct wan, to say tho least of it, lnadequato felt a tug at her shawl It came from the infant Emmeline, whose watchful eje, unchildllko In Its keen appreciation of the situation, had detected the joiner's arm In tho act of inclosing the flguro of Ioosha unJer tho shadow of her lad fringed mantle After that the widow was taken f alntlnh, aud had to bo revived with jep;tormlnt drop ere the compnny returned to Bruuipton Mr. Brown was not Invited In to Ua, though ho lingered long upon the doorstep. And when ho ha I gone Loosha uncorked the vials of her con-tcmrt, con-tcmrt, and told Iter parent that sho lud Itetn nursing a nddlck in her bosom, but, thank Uod, it was unmasked at lsti Next morning a j recession of four started for the cemetery. Ummellne and hi f red walked In front, hand In ' hand anl bearing votive garlands. In tho presence of tho headstone on which the virtues of her second w ere recorded, Mrs llemmaus renewed hor vows of faithful widow hood. On tho way back tho party encountered That There Brown ,MotierJutunghorVd,MsaIlIooblia afterward, "and walkod by him without t iking no more notlco than if ho was dirt But ho spreads 'Usolf out over the path and sozee, 'Don't you reckonlre jour friends, Mrs llemmaus, mum, at tide time o day, afU-r all us has been said between us And then I pushes In, an ho looks up and met iny i ) o. I give im u culd stare, and you might seo 'lm .shrink, ts if o knowed what was omlu 'lagging your j irdon,' I says, 'but dil you mean mo or my mother? Your mother,' says Tint Ihere Brovm, 'as I think on 1 'ojw w HI insko a gootl wifo to ine and mother to my nine children Which jouwasof a different opinion iaterday.1 I bh irps b.ick on'lni 'when ) im ftj.t ino to marry ou at tho World s fair. Per aps j ou d liLo to 'uvo ru both, as tho fcJaltLal.0 City Morg ins nln t too pur tlcuUrin that way, aud ou may U'long to tho 1'aiglikh brunch of tho dinonuigo Uuu.' Vou'vobcvuandruUtfdauoruicks . tient about my yeors, yon catr say- 1 lm Tliero Brown, wlfli a aruwl Maria,' and he looked imj loring like at mother, 'the 'uinan 'art is iropaUhuons, wpocial when led away by gin and water Overlook Over-look the accident and yon won t have no rroaun to complain.' 'Icon! I noser 'are no nlancn on jou, Mr Brown,' Kays mother, with her eyr cast down andspeakln as if shod got j Ins in her month, 'after what has touk place 'Ho mako your mind up to it 1 soys, as neither mo nor my inothir nln t going to bo no wife to you nor )emrninochll dren, neither And he took an 1 hooked It, did That Thero Brown." St, James Uaxelto. |
