THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELI), 1A DECEMBER 10, 1878. that I know be can put me out of the house at any time If I should happen to displease him. I tell you, Margaret.that man Is capable of anything, lie does not care a fig what any one says or thinks. He follows his own whims. I got so vexed that I started off with the very scantiest of leave-taking. And what do you think he Is going to do V" the lady concluded, taking a seat by her cousin's sofa, and becoming a little more friendly, sluce Bhe had the opportunity of 'venting her anger on some one else. " lie Isn't coming here)'" exclaimed Miss Fairfield. " How could you know?" said the lady, pettishly, vexed at the other's pen etratlon. " Yes, he Is coining here, and what for the Lord's only knows. I be lieve hint to be Insane. He certainly doesn't cure anything about me; and as to Clarence, he really seemed to take a dislike to him, though the boy took every pains to please him. He does like Mr. Burkhardt, but I don't imagine he is sufficiently In love with him to cross the ocean In order to see him. He has absolutely no other friend here. It Is the greatest piece of folly." "When will he come J"' Miss Fair field asked, rather wondering at the ex cessive annoyunce which the proposed visit caused Mtb. Rurkhardt. "Oh, In a month or two; and per haps sooner." " He may be more amiable when he gets here," the cousin said, desiring to soothe. " I don't see how he can go away without giving you the house." " He will be hateful I" exclaimed the lady, rising to pace the floor. " I al most wish some accident may prevent his coming." Glancing at the invalid as she spoke, and seeing the look of as tonishment on her face, she added fret fully. "You don't understand at all, Margaret. Of course I do not want to displease him seriously, and every hour that I spend In his company I am In danger of doing so. He Is opinionated, eccentric, and suspicious, and I have to hold myself In as I would hold a horse that wants to run away. I am sure he sees me fretting, and is delighted by It. How can I feel secure that I may not fling out something that will enrage hiniy" " To be sure," was all the reply the other could think of." Here Jeanette,Mrs. Burkhardt'smaid, put her head In at the door to ask where the lady would have her supper. " Why, we may as well have it here," she replied.glancing round the pleasant, airy sitting-room. " It is the only well aired room in the house. The dining room is like a vault. And, Jeanette, will you ask Mr. Burkhardt and Mr. Clarence to come here V' The other two came in presently, the young man greeting his mother's cousin somewhat carelessly, then sitting down by a window and sulkily whistling out into the night while he waited for sup per. Mr. Burkhardt was a fine looking man, blonde, and with a pleasant face. Looking at him, one perceived where the son got his fair hair, blue eyes, and fresli complexion. The gentleman, though like the others a little out of temper at the lack of preparation for their coming, gave the invalid a polite and friendly greeting, and did what neither of the others bad done, asked for her health, and how she had got along during their absence. She, also, had for him a different welcome. " I am glad to see you back," she said, with a smile of real pleasure. "Well, I declare, I am complimented," exclaimed the wife, with a laugh which was not very mirthful, .'Cousin Mar garet Is glad to see you back, but she ouly expressed herself astonished to see me." Miss Fairfield colored, and was silent. Bhe couldn't say that a pleasant greet ing was likely to call forth a pleasant re ply. Supper coming in created a diver sion, and by the time It was over their rooms were ready for the trevelers. When the invalid was alone, Mrs. Conners came to her room again a min ute. " It is my opinion she'sgot her la bor for her pains," she whispered. "She's come home as cross as two sticks." " Hush sh sh I" whispered Miss Fairfield, glancing fearfully toward the door. The reign of terror had begun again, and she was longer the grand lady. There was another arrival in Saxon that evening, but the comers were ex pected, and came with smiles on their faces. When the Bound of carriage wheels was beard at the gate of the Wil- sob cottage, Charles Wilson ran down the garden walk to give his brother and sister welcome, and Hits Meeta came out and met them on the piazza, giving each a hearty kiss. " Where'ls mamma " exclaimed the bride, in alarm, noting not only her mother's absence, but a certain quiet and lownees of speech in the two others. " Mamma is not very well," Meeta said gently." She has been in bed since yeBterduy. I think it is nothing but a cold." 1 Come right up and see her, Eu. , gene," cried the youn wife. going hastl- ly toward the stairs. But her sister stopped her. " Not now, Anne. She was asleep when I came down, and it might give her a start. She had some headache this afternoon, and I want to keep her as quiet as possible." While speaking, Meeta exchanged a quick glance with her brother-in-law. ' Yes, Anne," he said Immediately, "we will wait until after supper. You should never startle one who is sick with the headache." The young wife looked from her sister to her husband, then turned to her brother who was standing by. "Charles, what is the matter with mamma V" she asked. The boy hesitated and looked to Meeta to answer. " Come Into the parIor,;Anne,and I'll tell you all about it," her sister said cheerfully. " It is nothing to be fright ened at. Only don't let mamma hear us talking in the entry." Clinging to her husband's arm, Anne Thayer went Into the parlor and sat down, pale and trembling, overcome by a terrible presentiment of trouble. " Now see how foolish she Is," Meeta said laughingly, pattlnir, then kissing her sister's palo cheek. "Don't come home with such a face as that. Mamma has taken cold and is a little feverish; and, instead of letting her go about the house in a miserable manner, half sick and half well, I insisted upon her going to bed yesterday. I was in hopes that Bhe would be able to be up when you came home, and so was she; but Bhe is not. She is probably going to have a short run of fever; but that Is nothing to make you look so frightened, Anne." " Let us see her right away," urged the younger sister. "Go up and find out if she is awake. I can't be content till I see her." " Well, since you are so silly," Meeta said, smiling. " But first let me take off your bonnet." " No ; Eugene will," said the bride. 1 Go now." " O Eugene, I feel dreadfully 1" she exclaimed the moment her sister had left the room. " Something is going to happen." And she leaned against his bosom and burst into tears. The shock from her joyful coming home had been too sudden. He soothed her as a loving young hus band might, took off her bonnet and shawl, kissed, coaxed, and tried to re assure her. " Mamma Is awake," Meeta said, com ing down. " But she won't allow you to come up till you have had your sup per. She told me to bid you welcome home." " I can't eat a mouthful till I have seen her," sobbed the bride. 1 Now do be reasonable, dear," her husband urged tenderly. " If your mother has any fever, it is not prudent for you to go into the room both tired and fasting. She understands that per fectly. I will go if you wish it ; but I won't allow you to go till you have eaten. See, now, I begin to play the tyrant." And he fondly smoothed the hair that was ruffled against his breast. " Well, do you go," she said, " and tell mamma that I am glad to get home again, and that I won't be kept from her ten minutes longer. Go aud see just how she is." To be Continued. What Was His Occupation ? "E3, sir," remarked Smartington, X " I can tell a man's occupation in five minutes by talking to him. He's sure to let it ont in some way can't keep silent about business he's interest ed in." "Don't say so," remarked his friend Crank, as they both settled themselves upon the top of a White Mountain stage coach. "Well, now, here's this new comer, he in the straw hat and specta cles, that's going to ride beside us, sup pose you try him." "All right, my boy, he's an easy one by his looks." When the stranger had settled himself in his seat, proffered a cigar, which was accepted, and lighted his own, Smarting ton began : "Mighty fine cigars, sir : got 'em in Boston V" "Yes ; some Judge Gray, of the Su preme Court, gave me just before I started." Smartington winked athis companion "You gentlemen of the legal profes sion, always use a good article of that kind." "The article is a good one, but I am not in the legal profession," replied he or the straw hat. "Oh, beg pardon. Splendid mornlug this for a stage coach ride, isn't It?" "Yes, but much better for a tramp through the country." "Then you like a good walk. And I suppose you are used to itdon't mind fatigue, eh?" "Oh, no," said straw hat: "I've walk ed hundreds of miles; rode, too, on horseback, as well as on muleback," "Where did you ever walk most?" (Smart eyed him sharply; he couldn't be a tramp.) "Down south during the war." "Indeed 1 Did you ever see any of the Union generols." 'Certainly," said the stranger, smll- ing ; "knew Burnslde well. He's a good pedestrian himself. Little lMill. Sheridan, too ; he looks better on horse back than on foot. Sheridan 'b ride, you know. I was at Winchester. Fight ing Joe Hooker's a splendid fellow; with him in two campaigns ; rides well, walks well, talks well." "Ah, then you're a soldier, I see," Bald Smart decidedly. "Oh, no, slrl I wish I had been one, but I never shouldered a gun in my life." Smart looked a little disappointed as his friend nudged him and gaveachuckle at his Becond failure, but he returned to the charge again. 'I suppose business and amusements will be lively this fall." 'Yes, there's every indication of heavy freights from West to East this fall. I think Vanderuilt will try to make some change in his lines that will require fresh combinations East. He is more rctielent about his plans than Tom Scott ; I'd rather talk with Scott ten minutes than Vanderbllt half an hour, as fur as information's con cerned." "Well, which, on the wholo, do you railroad men think Is tlnablest,Scott or Vanderbllt?" "Well, I knew the old Commodore better than Scot, although I always found the latter very sound and practi cablebut bless you, I'm not a railroad man," said the new-comer, laughing. "Indeed I then I suppose you don't object to the stage as a traveling convey ance." "No, not in this part of the country nor the dramatic stage, as an amuse ment at home." "Nor I ; though I prefer a good Shak- speiian play to the variety show and burlesque the present day don't yon?" "Generally ; though both may be en joyed," Bald the straw hat wearer. "But you certainly have seen Edwin Booth, Barrett,and McCullough,haveu't you?" "Oh, yes ; know'em well : and Forrest and the elder Booth, Charles Keen, elder Vandenhofr, Macready and others, such as Gus Brooke, Gustavus Vaughn Brooke, you know aud Jim Murdock, an excellent Hamlet, now a reader Why, I've helped Brooke dress and make up for his part in the Corslcan Brothers poor fellow, lost at sea." neauy," sum tsmart, " you appear well posted about actors." "Yes, sir; knew them all before and behind the curtain." ' Not in the profession yourself?" ' Oh, no, sir ; never spoke a line in that way, or faced the footlights." " Think there will be much specula tion in stocks this fall?" " Well, there may be some in the sliver stocks-ln San Francisco ; they'll steam up mining stocks well this full, and Wall street is hungry for 'outsldes after Its long fust. Goldspeculation'sflat tened out ; money's easy ; English con. sols 841, our bonds a shade firmer, say 7i for the 5's, and I Bee North West and St. Taul have advanced at the New York Exchange." " Y-e-e-s. But if you have dealt in stocks I s'pose you would feel encour aged, eh ?" " Well, I don't know how I might feel, but I don't deal in them ; I leave that to the brokers," Another nudge and snicker from Crank, and Smart began to have a dim perception that the stranger might be quizzing him, but he rallied again : "The currency question appears to be a pretty important one just now." "Yes, so it is. I had a talk with Sherman before I left Washington. I think he is on the right track, and hope he will stick." "Hope It won't ollend you if 1 say some of our business men would like it if Congress would take six months' more vacation ?" "Not a bit; I wish they would it would save me lots of work." " How so ? Are you a member or a Government officer ?" " Good gracious no, I hope not ; I like my own business better." " Well, now," said Smart, fairly run to earth, "I'm blessed If I shouldn't like to know what your business is. You seem to be fumlliar with every one, and yet not in any. A Supreme Court Judge gives you cigars; you walk and ride with Generals in the army ; are nested on railroad freights, with free access to Vanderbllt and Tom Scott; know all the actors on the stage, and yet are not one; are posted on stocks, and don't deal in 'em : familiar with Congress, and not of it ; will you ex cuse me if I ask you plump what you do for a living?" "Certainly," said the stranger, "al though I should have thougnt you would have surmised from my conver satlon 1 am a reporter for a newspa per." Afraid Sho'd be Kissed. A man was once walking along one road and a woman along another. The roads finally united, and man and woman, reaching the Junction at the same time walked on from there to gether. The man was carrying a large iron kettle on his back ; in one hand he held by the legs a live chicken, in the other a cane, and he was leading a goat. Just as they were coming to a dark.decp ravine the woman said to the man : " I am afraid to go through that ravine with you; it is a lonely place, and you might overpower me and kiss me by force." 1 If you were afraid of that," said the man, " you shouldn't have walked with me at all. How can I possibly over power you by force when I have this great Iron kettle on my back, a cane in one hand and a live chicken in the other, and am leading a goat? I might as well bo tied hand and foot." 1 Yes," replied the woman, "but if you should stick your cane into the ground and tie the goat to It, and turn the kettle bottom side up and put the chicken under then you might wicked ly kiss me It spite of my resistance." " Success to thy ingenuity, oh, wo man 1" said the rejoicing man to him self ; " I should never have thought of such an expedient. When they came to the ravine he stuck his cane into the ground and tied the goat to It, gave the chicken to the woman, saying : "Hold It while I cut some grass for the goat," and then, low ering the kettle from his shoulder, im prisoned the chicken under it, and wickedly kissed the woman, as she was afraid he would. The Bereavements of a Little Boy. T AST month a bright eyed, pretty Aj fellow of four years of age was taken by the conductor of a train to the Pal mer House. The child was quiet and obedient, but occasionally the tears would stream down his cheekB, and though he did not cry, aloud, the heavy sobs shook him, while the tiny hands tried vainly to hide the baby face. He was all alone in the world, and the love and kindness of strangers were all that comforted him. About bis neck was a ribbon, to which was attached a card, with the following inscription : "To the Masonic fraternity Forward the orphan to San Francisco; Howard Asso. elation, New Orleans." Very tenderly did the ladies at the hotel care for the child, petting and caressing him, until he forgot his sorrow. He was the last survivor of the family of Henry E. Wil cox, of New Orleans. In the past three weeks his father, mother four sisters and brothers had died of yellow fever. The Association, learning that he had relutions in San Francisco, telegraphed as to the disposal of the child. The an- swer was prompt. He would be fondly loved by ills friends In that city, and they wanted him at once. There was but one way to send him, so the poor little fellow was committed to strangers for the long trip of nearly four thonsand miles. Everywhere he had met with the greatest attention, passengers on the various cars taking entire charge of him and attending to all his wants. Ladies in Chicago took him to the west bound train, and after giving him a bountiful supply of toys and dainties, left him to the kindly care of the conductor. . Another Story of Lincoln. Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky says: While I was in Congress, during four years, I had frequent interviews with President Lincoln, and never, during all that time, did I hear him utter an unkind sentiment. I was told by Secre tary Stanton that at the first Cabinet meeting after the surrender, the question as to what should be done with the Con federate leaders was under discussion. 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