Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-03-18
From the Olive Branch.
THE 7 WO Bird E S.
BY MARY A. DENIsoN.

thought so beautiful dear, dear me,
what very shabby place. said Marion
LenoX. as with her husband they alighted
at the door of a neat little cottage.
why, my love, you know it's just
Spring, the leaves are hardly out, and the
rose bushes only budding. Yetyou may
form some idea Of how it will look in
Summer see the vines trained over the
windows! Look at the garden spots here
and there--rather neglected TO be sure
but
Rather neglected. added his wife,
breaking in upon him; | should think so.
Why, there's a nettie husband such
miserable little stunted trees; and straw
litter and old hoops rather neglected.
And the door--how old fashioned and
ugly take care-I am sure you can
hardly stand up straight in this narrow,
Iow-studded little hall. detesI low cell
ings, country or no country. And this
bit of parIor hardly large enough TO turn
about in-I can't and won't like that !
Now let's see the kitchen; oh, horror =
she exclaimed, holding up her hands,
either noticing not, or designing not to
notice the expression of uneaslness that
sat on her husbands face, 'look at the
hearth--of brick, as | am alive, and takes
mp the half the floor. High windows, too!
how | hate high wndows--and such
pattern for paperl 1t makes me nervous
10 look at it--crss cross like spiders
crawling over web; now Henry, you
can't expect me 10 live here
Her husband, a fine, manly looking
fellow, half sighed as he answcred--'l
should be very sorry 10 submit you 20 IN
Iconveniences, such as YOU seem to dread,
but there are only this and the new cottage
above the hill. That you know Is three
hundred dollars a year, TWO hundred more
than we should pay for this--and then
the expenses
'Oh! Henry, dear, don't go talking
about expenses your business Is so good
it will warrant little outlay, you told me
so yourself. Come, will economist in
other thngs-justl look now at these dlngy
black closets s'--he half agreed with her as
she opened the really dismal places
shouldn't wonder if they were filled with
rats and yermjn. Now let's 60 up stars
!see how the paper is 1oFsAF 1ooFA and PatcSS; P.SS one
and worse. and more of it, there spy Us Is
upright chambeFin iis house; SSS1g.sht Il
last words TO me were, do get Gfssgza1
chambers for they look so pretty when |
,hay are all furnished. And here in frontE
of the hpnee. is a wretched great hole
But in summcr,' put in Henry.
'Oh | know what You would say. |
suppose there is water there Sometimes but
half of the year it will be most detes'able
sight. Then the trees so close TO the
house, I've always heard that trees make
house very damp and uncomfortabIe-no
I'm sure you won't try TO make me live
in such place, after all the comforts I've
been used to. Come letus go--for really
I'm quite melancholy already
Henry resigned the key, one half con-
vinced by his wife's reasoning. He loved
her, wanted to make her happy; but
lust starting in life, how was he TO maintain
style and extravaganza ? He liked the lit
tie cottage, bat was pursuaded against his
better Judgement TO refuse il.
About an hour after, plain carriage
drove up, and sprighhy young man lifted
a sweet, blue-eyed girl 10 the ground, say
ing. as he did so, Now prepare 10 be dis
appointed.
Il am not in the least with the exterior,
she exclaimed, pausng-'oh how cunning
how neat, what fine place for garden
and those dear little trees-and this will
derness of rosebushes declare | never
was so pleased with anything in my life
The door looks like what | have seen
in pictures of old country houses-and Oh,
do look and see the vines clamberlng over
every window Then they are loaded
with blossoms, and the roses are out, 1t
viii seem like paradise
! "Fhe entry is rather small and low,
remarked the husband.
sOh, not a bit too small; and as to low
ceilings, in a cottage like this, they are
quite apropros. Now did you ever see
quain,er, pleasanter little parlor-iust the
place for your mothers nice old fashioned
furniture. The sofa shall be there, right
between those pretty little windows, and
the chairs here, and the table there; won't
it look so cosy and comforiabee ? she
asked, her blue eyes sparkling with una[
loyeG pleasure.
How coald The young man help kissing
that pure, innocent brow, uPtuEned 70 hun
so loviagIy.
Now the Kitchen she cried, clapping
her hands-'there, iast whatI hoped . h,s
Just biz of old times as thought II would
be. Maybe you don't like brick hearihs
but do Many froiic have had in
nrandmniher's kitchen. ihis Is Ike il. on