, 1860-12-27

30 tnen we must nave carriage and all us
accOmpaniments, l supposel"
"Why, the girls think So" ........
"And what else do they think?"
"What else how do you suppose know?"
"YOu seem TO be their counsellor. Is car
riage all you wantl" s..gaE
"NO, they want to live in the same style that
Mr.. Cartons daughters do" ,.....'... ...-
And what Is the object Of it,"
"0h dear how could you ask such questionsi
What can be the object Of young lady wishing
to appear somehow before the whole town. The
object indeed Did anybody ever hear any one
ask such question before :" ..,...-t
"Well, then, we must hx up the old house,
suppose, and get new furniture, and live in a
new style throughout. Is that what you want Y"
al don't want anything girls want it"
"Ah! they dol Well, you must acknOwl-
edge that they are wiser than their father"
Here Il is again that is another veto; sir,
you would make q good President; you abound
in vetOes." fE ra 4i9 ,1
"The conclusion, then, sir, Is, that we must
live in the same style that Mr.. Carlton dCesr
"why, We ought to live geLteelly, for the sake
Of the girls" 1a rI ~ 'a agi.o5i
"HOw long?" 90 ii. 4a -.s1a.r. sa. g.
What! another vctOl was there ever such
T"But how long must we live gcnteelly as you
say-that is, as Mr.. Carlton docs 7" i'i
"Why, alwnys-what do you mean BY how
lOngl" -. ..l, l. s1 sf. e... 3 .Gnelt
dWhy, mean to make promise :" r,-
Something new again"
"That we shall live genteelly twice as long
as Mr. Carlton does; will that dOlni ,..HI
+" Certainly il will, for twice as much as ask 2"
"But there is another condition"
"What is thati Not another veto, hopef"
20, no, merely condition" e
"Woll, let us hear Il" 20 gN g35a '15c
"That Is, that if Mr.. Carlton doesn't run bis
race in the cOurse-Of twelve months, we will en-
tcr the list and run with him too" v4L4y.
No, nOi we want TO enter the list with him
now"
Ether You cannot enter with them at all
but il you will wait til the twelve months aTe
past, will then get you carriage and its con-
cOlnitants, repair and refnrnish the old house,
and live in style to the utmost Of your wishes.
To this condition you must consent, or be will
ing TO live as we have done, In the same good
old way" aa l.H s.Hrs1a . "a ., sFls
Since we must, then we must, for there is
no appeal from your decision Of course, for
woman never had voice in anything"
From this time the old gentleman heard no
more from his wife or his daughters about the
matter, but he saw that they Were evidently
watching tho Cartons from day to day, aud
longinH to have the twelve months slip by--for
they knew that be would be as good as his word,
and, if so, that happy time awaited them. gas
Six months passed away as the frst begun
Mr.. Carlton drove powerful business-lved in
great style, encouraged custom from every quar-
ter, sold on credit 10 any and every one--gave
splendid parties-cnuntenanc the young beaux
in their attentions 70 bis daughters and solicited
- IN. 80. AZ, ~. ;5,,., -, ,bar,
"s A. a. % th;s ~ ,niss"ta mis- his .ehtsst Oh
-. M ,;s,1s
~ 80 ~ y, ..s 80, h;.,S I'm
me- 1Ts soa's - Sua = ,ha .sas. c;,v ,%an
s..,iS ~. ~ -. = IN ~, !.
!. s;,.I NJ ~ .,,,,;n,, y ,hoss M tr;ens N
~ 'Sha ~ ~ sneo,,e.ssJ s him ~ - into ~
co,,n,rv snj ,nsks M e.ss,,n. ,,oS su,e nnon
m, I;L. .n ..a,sroha' .',d S,sn, Mr.; into
hanL,nn,cv ,s 4 vero n 4 p,omsnt' n IN
,,-inLIine n ~ svs sYiiSss'4in = ~
'",,,-e ~ y :. ;,a q.
One morning y MIS-; 1enton sno ,. ner Saugn1 ~
ters were looking oat o. the window, Y me ~ ~
rectlon ~ NJ: Ossi.Ons s'ore, tney ~ ~. 4.
Deneon ve,O.s ~ s.OIs. ens ..oH - ',
apparently WIN AZ nnnsna. degrse o lnterest,
Wnat can t9at mean mean! SAG MIA 1eh,en' ~
Snreiy sometnlng mas happened, otnerwiSe az,
benton woaloat nnger tnere so-tnere muss oe
death IN ne iamily--aId Grape a. the door,,
b iSometnlng more ulan thati mStner, sag
one o. me daugnters-"ia " iather wouldnt sop lor
that 50 long. u, -. =. /,
Z what can n De- thent'' said she-"snrely
can't imagine. . ~
so Ars. Benton waited Tor MT. bentoa 70 come
along an1 explain. .,
MelL MI Benton; Z, sa'd she "wnat Is the
Nothing very remarkable, SAID he" the