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thpught 30 beautiful -dtar. dearIMe, what
q Very shabby place sadIAlarien/ Lsnox, As
wiith her husband they alghlel /al Tho door
ora peat lIttla cottage. XIII
Why, my ldvo, you know itsfast Spring,
thp leaves are hardly oct, and the rose bush.
eso1ly budding Yet you may form some
IDA Of Vow II will look ID summer; SEQ the
vines trained ever tho windows Look at
tha garden sputs here rnd there bother no.
elected 20 he Ishto butt I.i
Riihr neglected added bis wife, break.
ing ID upon liia, lshodll think s6 Why,
there's q netttc bush--Spd such miserable
littlo stuntodb trees aud straw : litter, and
ela heops;-.tfther neglected And tho
ddor how id.fashioned aud ugly H. take
eaFe-l am sure you Oan hardly stand Up
straight ID this narrow low studded liule
ball dqte4t low ceilings, codniry Or no
eonniry And this bill Of parlor hardly
large enough 10 turn about In Il can't and
t;won't like that Nov Jet Mo see the
kitchen oh, horror she exclaimed, holding
up her hands, either noticing not Or deigl.
iag not TO notice the expression Of uheasincss
that sat On her husbands face look at the
hearth--,of BRICK as Tn alive, and itakcs up
hate nIgH -wlndsws-anu suen pattern Tor
paper It makes me nervous to look at it
--criss cross. Ike spiders crawling over q
web now Henry, you can't expect me to
live herep
Her husbands fine; manly looking fellow,
half sighed as HE answered.. should be
very unwilling 70 submit you to inconyeni-
ences such as you seem to dread, but there
Jar D only this and the new cottage above. on
the hill That you know is three hundred
dollars a year. two hundred more than we
should pay forIthis-a and then the expensesI
.Oh Henry dear, don't go talking about
expenses your business is 50 good, it viii
warrant littlc outlay, you told me SO your
self Come, will economist in other things
lust look noT at these dingy. black clos
the really dismal places-I shoulhht won
der II they were filed with rats ana vermin.
Npw let's 90 up stairs see how the paper Is
torn OF and patched = and worse, aud more
Gift, there is but one upright chamber in the
house; Ncthdr's last words to ms were. do
get upright CYLINDERS forIthey look SO pref.
III when they are well furnished And here
in front Of tile house is a wretchsd great
hole
h A.Butfin summer put ib Tenfy
lsOhE I know what you would say. I
stdppose there II water there sometimes, but
half Of the year it will be a most detestable
sight Then the Trees so close to lbe house
I've always heard that trees make j house
very damp and uncomfortable !; I'm
sure you won try TO makc.m live in such
a place, after all the comfort We been used
to, Come let ids go--fsr really, i am quite
melancholy already
/ Henry resigned the key. only lalf con.
WINGED by his wife's r9asbning lie loved
hdr, wanted To make her happy bat just
starting in life how was he to maintain
agtr aud extravaganza He liked tho little
cottage. but was persuaded against his bet.
ter Judgment ~ refuse n
About an hour after, plain carriage
drove up and d sprighby young man lifted
a sweet, bluefyed girl 70 the ground. say.
Ing as be did %, Nowprepaae 70 be disap,
pointed
am not ID the least with the exterior,
she exclaimed paasng ,-'oh how canning
--how neat ! what fine place for a garden
aud those dear little trees-and this will
derness Of roselbushes | declare. never
was SO pleased with anything in my life.
/ The door Looks ike what have seen in
/ pictures of old country houses--and on do
/ look aud see die vines clambering over ev
cry window, When they are loaded with
/ blossoms, and lde roses are out, il will seem
like Paradise 81
fTha entry III rather small and low re
marked her husband. 81 h
oh, not BIZ too small and as to low
ceilings, 10 ! cottage like this, they are quits
apropo Now did you ever see-a quainter
pleasanter little parlor--just the place, fol
YOUR mothers nice old fashioned furniture
Tue sofa shall be there, right between thos.
pretty little shadows, and the CHAIRS here
and tho table there ;--von't it look so cosJ
and eornfortahle q she asked her blue eye
sparkling With pnalloyed pleasure '
low could the young man help kissing
thas pure. innocent brow upturned to hin
so lovingly
i sNoE the Kitchen she cried, elapping he
\ h4hds-stheres just what 1 hoped. It's jus
Bit Of old times as I thought il would Be
May Be you don't like brick hearths shut
do Many frolic have I had in grand
mothers kitchen; this Is like il only
smaller edition. There she used to sit, in
corner Like that, and her smile always lool
edso heavenly This dos make me thin
other ss
Do you like the closets = asked her hu,
band, throwing oPsn The doors