Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-06-17
Mr.. Cartwright's carefully boarded sixty

where they were broken, ana nao Deen Be"
ed again, were singularly apparent, every
time her eyes rested upon them.
These blinds do look dreadful !" she said
to her husband, on the day after the carpet
went down. sCan you remember what they
! cost
Eight dollars replied Mr.. Cartwright
so much The wife sighed as she spoke
sYcs that was the price. I remember il
very WELL
Il wonder what new hangings would cost !!
Mrs. Cartwright's manner grew suddenly
more cheerful, as the suggestion of cheap
er way to improve the windows came int
her thoughts.
Not much, I presume" answered bel
husband.
Don't you think we had better have il
done?
'Yes,' was the compliant answer.
will you stop at the blind makers, as you
20 to the store, and tell him to send up fol
them to-day. 1t must be attended to at once
you know, for cousin Sally will be here or
next Wednesday.
Mr.. Cartwright called at the blind makers
as requested, and the blind maker promised
to send for the blinds. From thence he con
tinued to the store in which he was employ
ed There he found note on his desk. from
the friend to whom he was indebted for the
one hundred dollars.
sDear Cartwright,'-so the note ran-li
it is possible for you to let me have the one
hundred dollars loaned you, its return to-
morrow will be a particular favor, as have
large payment to make, and have been dis
appointed in the receipt Of a sum of money
confidently expected
A very sudden change of feeling did Mr.
Cartwrig ght experience. He had, in de-
gree partaken of his wife's pleasures in OBJ
serving the improved appearance of their lit
tie parlor but this pleasure Sss now sue
ceeded by sense Of fpainful regret and NOR
ti6cation. 1t was nearly two hours before
Mr. Cartwright returned, an answer to his
friends note. Most of that time had been
spent in the vain effort to discover some way
out of the difficulty in which he found him
self placed. He would have asked an ad-
vance of one hundred dollars on his salary,
but he did not dream that prudent step,
and for two reasons. One was, the known
character of his employers; and the other
was involved in the question of how he was
working out this advance. At last in sad
ness and humiliation, he wrote brief reply,
regretting his inability to replace the loan
now, but promising to do it in very shor,
time. Not very long after this answer was
sent, there came another note FROM his
friend, written in evident haste, and under
the influence of angry feelings. 1t was in
these words:
i enclose your due-bill, which I, yester'
day, thought good for Its face. But, as it is
worthless, I send it back. The man who
buys new carpets and new furniture, instead
of paying his honest debts, can be no friend
of mine. | am sorry to have been mistaken
in Henry Cartwright
Twice didthe unhappy man read this cutting
letter then foldiugi up slowly, he conceal
ed it in one of his pockets. Nothing was
said about it to his wife, whose wordy ad
miration of the new carpet, at morning, noon,
and at night, for the next two or three days,
was continual reproof of his weakness 70,
having yielded to her wishes in matter
where calm judgment and principle Of
right, should have prevailed. But she
could not help noticing that he was less
cheerful and once or twice he spoke to hel
in such q way that she thought positively
ill-natured. Something was wrong with
him but what that something was, she did
not for an instant imagine.
At last the day arrived for cousin Sally
Gray's visit. Unfortunately the Venetian
blinds were still at the blind-maker's, where
they were likely to remain for week Ion
ger, as it was discovered, on the previous af
ternoon, that he had never touched them
since they came into his shop. Without
them the little parlor had terrible bare
look ; the strong light coming in, and con.
trasting, harshly, the new, gaudy carpet,
with the old, worn and faded furniture. -
Mrs. Cartwright fairly cried with vcxation.
I'VE must have something for the win
dows, Henry said she, as she stood discon.
solate in the parlor after tea. 1T will never
do in the world to let cousin Sally find us
in this trim
'Cousin Sally will find welcome in our
hearts, replied her husband, in sober
voice, 'and that, I an sure, will be more
grateful to her than new carpets and win
dow. blinds
The way in which this was spoken rather
surprised Mrs. Cartwright, and she felt just
little rebukcd
Don't you think said she, after a few
moments of silence on both sides, 'that we
might afford to buy few yards of lace, to
put up to the windows, just for decency's
sake7'
No. answered the husband, firmly.
I'VE have offered too much already
His manner seemed to Mrs. Cartwright
almost ill-natured. 1t hurt her very much.
Both sat down in the paror, and both re-
mained silent. Mrs. Cartwright thought Of
the mean appearance everything IN that 'best
room would have in the eyes of cousin Sal
ly. and Mr.. Cartwright thought of his debt