Show A PRUDE mr and mrs georgo russell were a pair of matrimonial who acro making their hasl essay at housekeeping in ft pleasant little cottage near alio eca they biad taken for tho nuil llroy had bestowed alio various tasteful and ingenious articles of furniture dij alric a brac of which lhoir wedding presents chaeny consisted after 1 great deal of amateur carpentering and papering and painting lio had been pronounced complete and a very happy month ot undisturbed c e a tec had followed at of time each lad remembered certain dear friends whom they had asked to visit ahcin no sooner biad friends been with reminders of their promises than they promptly made their appearance thero wai but one delinquent MM russells bosom friend eugenia cray and pho was to follow very soon in residence at lotus lodge fransic antly so christened by ho romantic little were miss corric temple another bosom friend ot mrs rus bell s mr frank turner and mr man martin the two gentlemen being great frienda of alio hosts these five young acro all well educated and enlightened of having a for celluro in his or her liello circle which was quite as well do orvid as lucli reputations usually arc though none of them could have laid claim to absolute erudition cv cepl perhaps mr marlin who was professor in a great college and looked upon as a rising man in their several ways flioy were all by the desire forfeit improvement and had come off for their holidays accompanied by vast numbers of books and manuscripts and scientific instruments and art als mi doriala tor iala so far however although mrs russells guests aind been willi her a week none of tace articles had been called into requisition and tho days lad passed in a dolac far nian tc eugenia will be here tomorrow to morrow eaid mra russell lo 10 her husband ono pleasant evening looking up from a letter hc was rc and then and not till then our party will bo complete you think so said mr russell hesitatingly taeng hi pipe from his moah and looking finlly fic lly into the bowl tn avoid his cifes eyes why I 1 thought yon acro very fond of eugenia alio latter sad so I 1 am my dear I 1 admira her immensely but could we possibly be gelling on more comfortably and pros than we arc here arc frank turner and an ie temple who vc been shilly all months coining to terms most hc pitifully under the spell of aliis judicious ju aided by a shining example of marital felicity anil as for MM tin why you hos an odd fiort of a fellow and what hard to suit and vet how evident it is that hea down to tho round with hi as they nic now I 1 almost dread tho change and fear rugenia may be a mistake eugcnia a mistake george I 1 wonder at you and besides you know how anxious ive always been to bring mr marlin and eugenia together true said her husband bini ling ive long seen that maitin ought to marry he thinks too much of himself and matrimony is good fur that sort of thing foil dont mean to say that I 1 ever made you think less of h biow could I 1 when you are so much better and than I 1 am indeed george im afraid you dont do conr duty by me I 1 am al was asking yoa to correct my faults and you wont why should I 1 asked her huband hu hand shrewdly we do capitally as wo are arid arc diun i ca that can stand being told of their faults even it by possibility they should chanco to esno one or to 0 O but georgei mould never mind especially from you do arv mo aad see how well ill lake it at this point tho was interrupted by the entrain 0 of s abat pallor maid who camo to announce tea it happened that during this meal mr martin stated that lio must go to alio llio city the next day and would bo returning on alio evening train abc very ono eliat was to bring misi gray so it was clial ho should introduce and act as her escort a pan which was accordingly executed and with such success thit by the amo they reached their after a pleasant drive together in the summer gloaming they had come almost to feel that they old friends it works beautifully said mrs russell to her husband as they sat that evening on the moonlighted moon lighted burch observing alio pair who mere now alio llio special object of their thoughts miss geay all in stretched at enec in a hammock aad mr martin bat near by in a garden chair and gently tho hammock string at a little distance the forms of mr turner find miss c bo scon el rolling about the paths and mrs observing all this felt her a content at breakfast next morn n when the delicious country cream and butter and fruit had received their full of attention and every one was in liis or her best humor the little solemnly proposed that they should that corx in begin their of scalf im bv entering into ft agreement to tell cich other of mis in grammar and whenever any member of tho parly should detent such on abo part of anny other member her proposition was warmly indorse 1 by nil present with ono miss gray was silent dont yon speak eugenia ansil mrs ll observing thi you mind being told if vou should mako a mistake which 1 liopo not certainly replied miss gray but do you know I 1 hardly think this a thought of vourse avo seen it tried before and the result was not penant pk nant it has been my experience eliat people will sooner forgive you for finding them guilty of n moral transgression llian for proving them at in grammar or pronunciation I 1 have scarcely known any ono who could take that sort of tiling well and it is hardly f bo expected eliat sik shining exceptions to the general anlo can have been brought together under one roof lot us provo it said minnie looking around aliu able why it would he 1 contemptible weakness to bo d by a thing as that dont you all agree with me in thinking wo could stand alic test certainly replied mr martin and besides it is not to bo expected that our will bo very eielt speak for 3 lf mr mirim said ibliss gray it is rather u din giroua tiling t put that sort of accuracy to iho lul what do others say A hearty in mr lan being expressed by all alic ion was according acco iding parsed of course no ono is going to on eugenia said her friend you iv rc a swell at this kind of tiling at school and bouvo been developing it ever sinco neither can wo hope to catch mr martin nodding ll 11 is 0 lias been the do highl anil despair of my life ever since ive known him where the most of us say for example lie sas flail you pure and simple or where wo say something near akin 0 o you him it is a distinct did and a distinct you and when lio lias occasion to mention his own name il is a atit martin mar tin and nt maran as our slovenly habit i so also with etc wo can expect no triumph in that quarter purists aro not impregnable said eugenia smiling 1 I have known them to slip undoubtedly but I 1 dont consider myself a ennst said mr martin with direct mendacity you will leavo your chance at me miss gray I 1 dont doubt you shall meekly 1 will bear my reproof yes said rugenia smiling demurely wo shall fcc for my part 1 am delighted said mrs russell you haie given us just tho impetus wo needed lugenia I 1 macint to begun aliis long ago mcall to my dear said her ins band there is number one in the list of corrections suro you dont mind of course not said mrs russell with a egiy good humor that was perhaps a trillo overdone if it is perfectly that you arc right A short d seus sion of the point n suad result edof course in mrs conviction said mr russell im afraid ashes likely to haic a hard jiuu of it not being up in these kind of things these kind mr russell said eugenia number two anyone who had been looking would have observed a gleam of triumph in mrs russells acci at this thi s these kind bt things certainly said mr sell why not because faw is singular gray you cin no more ire abc acc kal than you fan say of course said minnie eagerly the idea or these tuble orace chair or alic tr soon why minnie liivi you turned against me too sa d her husband certainly you turn against me id like to know dear me said cirrio temple 1 I begin to shake in my I 1 wish I 1 had plead guilty at birst and kept out of it if you please carrie said miss gray plead is a regular erb said mis temple all stop talking altogether 1 I don t know but aliat ill follow your example mr turner was beginning ijo was promptly pounced on by alio oilier hut what my dear fellow impossible taid mr martin 1 I am surprised to see eliat our mistakes aro more of grammar than pronunciation pro nun jhc a shun if yuu please mr annin feair miss gray your utterance 11 the word is very distinct andi but ili ly not correct according to the dictionaries thank you very much for telling me said mr martin iu his tone there was something portentous in this civility as eugen a shrewdly suspected and sho that iu his heart lie her so alic prop oscil an adjournment to alio llio bitting room and an appeal to tho dictionary tio nary alio llio party this pretty liello room which was mrs russells Rus most successful effort in the way of furnishing and decoration probably moie than uno of them felt eliat aliis thing had gomi far enough ii not d to say so so they all waited re while the dictionary was consulted and miss gray vindicated this dono mrs russell perhaps kiili some idea of leading the anio channels said suddenly did I 1 ell you that wo put tho abouna this room ourselves very creditable to ou I 1 m sure my dear said mi is gray sir iliin well call that word ift ilo it its all the sabuo to you a as in far mrs russell in of herself was perceptibly discomfited her husband who had been wat ahng her closely perceived chis and realizing perhaps eliat his little wife was not i of strength with regard to language ho aa d what docs it ill matter these minute technicalities of speech are not very imp n tant it should if one tells iho truth for my part I 1 hao very little sympathy v illi this ao aochi coi of culture corrected miss arn laughingly af courso said mr martin why whores your greek gono to hashed upon him a venomous glance webster annl orar was lint laar in clui liniT baito ibo tit bial ul abo third sir turner meantime had strolled off to alio window lie now returned cigar case in hand baying ita far too lovely a day to bo spent in dry discussions omo one como out on the lawn me while I 1 smoke my cigar will you misa carrie you must need change of after your haruMi ug experiences Jur raMing corrected carrie why know than that it was evident to the close observers present aliat mr turner was not ho had in truth a somewhat nature and lie biad binally decided to ask mis miss s temple to marry lim becaro he con her pliant and dependent tant sho shoved know better alian he did in any issue whatsoever was bol agreeable to him so now lie merely bowed without speaking and went his cigar alone hov those lack oyce men always look they are cross snail temple making an to acm unconcerned mr turner might lave for a stage mat then fan gand dear if you dont arnd said mis gray that word is on tho farst syllable but really it scorns too bad 10 be 0 o captious let us try to of something else want haa become of the expedition to alic fishing village ive always imagined that a place of that sort would go so picturesque if you saw one 3 would bo disappointed said mr hussell th crus a i great awo chancy between the real rind ibo ideal 1 I liu ny yon anro right kiihl miss ray amt I 1 and tho call that word I 1 resist alio llio vou see however ns to the fishermen 1 cannot help thinking I 1 should be interested in seeing lliam at work and in their own homes homes said mr martin dont that word by applying it to their wretched hovels I 1 assure the siim lor in llroy live is indescribable eliat word is squalor I 1 beg to stale said miss gray what ha hai i become of your lalin mr martin thin was too much for minnies equanimity she burst into a little laugh and made a motion to clap glicr together but remembered herself in time mr mailin for his part thank you ns politely as before even anoro to t o perhaps but it was more than ever apparent eliat lie did not enjoy boing found in the wrong he went ott to presently accompanied by his hoit ami when tho three ladies wore thus left alone gray turned to mis aud said now honor bright minnie dont on think weve had enough of it I 1 been caught so far but I 1 feel the discordance discoid ance 01 the situation as lucli as any of you mr kusell ku sell docs not like it at all ami ill venture to say there ha been more hard between you and him in alic hour than in the lefly hint preceded it air Marl iiii of whom I 1 had almost made a real friend is now lundy anil mr turner lias been thunder bolts at carrie and carrie hc salt feels rather resentful ami sore dont you sec it was all a mistake no minnie 1 I am not willing to wo anro scicli a petty set I 1 dont mind a bit only I 1 did get a little provoked with mr martin and was so glad you paid him back the idia of him asking george eliut had become i his greek miss gray looked across quickly at miss temple and put her linger on her lip a warning ahk h alio was not perfectly bierc alic other iod As for mr turner miss temple 1 think ho hiis behaved absurdly if this is his disposition I 1 im elul to know it he ho can brow bent mo like that I 1 ic I 1 coul I 1 catch him in another mistake nt I 1 pounced pounce 1 when alic gentlemen presently came in there were still visible evi of but a deposition to let by gancs be bv gonos was manifested and mr turner approached approAch cd quite ably 1 I have b ean making enquiries lie bewail put ia miss promptly mr turner said nothing ho did not even lork at miss temp c but those nt whom lio did look found that ao tho reverse of pleasant poor carrie ashes done for herself now commented mrs inwardly in great distress of mind mis j temple if aho left hei olt under mr ban carried it off with spirit we are in disgrace she whispered to with a little laugh mr martin is really mite as angry ia mr turner but it i ii more controlled kind of anar it is rc illy most preposterous said eugcnia wish hed he d make another nils take we have all biad our in the evil haj its of careless speech mr martin said presently with the c of miss gray she it seem is impregnable 1 I dont to hope that Luge ii concealing her elation but while I 1 think of it let me say that alio llio word 3 have just used is by authority as well as custom col with the f elidea elided I 1 don t know why it should bo l vil lias a sound but so it is so abo with saving the companas comp anys ave hoard yon treat that word in alio same punctilious manner bill the dictionaries give really misa eniy put in mr insull 1 I dont know is ever I 1 knowel a gal as knows 13 much as you knows auy mistakes in that sentence if so dont put them down to inc its quotation we must present you 0 o our friends as tho great north american you should have u pla card jo hat collect hung mound borr jcck mr kussell please no to alio llio but in my ui I 1 must except to taju pronunciation eliy don you hire a liall and civo a lecture miss mr kni cili it aud schisms sms if I 1 did I 1 should not pronounce as if it were a word of two vl nor irani nor as if it had three as most do may I 1 ak said mr Hns sll whether by any chance yo ever make a mistake anid i my os cape cn tjay is nure good luck or else 0 because of the leniency of my comman S ia a liell indeed lewk sometimes at K I 1 err for instance aoth n vou d induce me to y cra for cark achis country or to icik of a I 1 hen though 1 acknowledge the correct 1 of both of I 1 doa want to go so far la my fm at purity of language as to merit the epithet applied to me by a clever man I 1 knew who called mo A grammatical prude mim gray laughed ny sho recalled iho expression aud mr martin might have been to am lc significantly that night ahon mr and mrs kiib adl found tham clec flonc iho former opened the conversation ly saying whit do you think of your experiment now 0 george said minnie helplessly how unpleasant it hw been unpleasant I 1 must admit 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