The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-12-20
From Arthur's Home Magazine.
NlNEIsrE CAMP BELLSS DREAM.
BY MRS. HARRIET L. FRANCIS.

II Was the first cool autumn day. T.
air was just chill enough to make fir
grateful, and Mrs. Campbcll, in brigh
laced morning gown aud SNOWY collar
Was fitting about the room, looping ~
the curtains, ARA giog the ornamcut /
on the muntel, aud making everythin,
look as neat as possible. She wus rs,he
ahandsome woman, with coquett,sh way
aud her lingering glance, every time SIN
passed the mirror, told plainly that he
bright eyes aud rounded checks were no
repu'sive in the least to her sight, He
broad forehead, aud look about he
mouth, told close observer thst ther,
was stamina enough in her character, i
she had been placed in circumstan noes I,
develop it, to have made her noble wo
man but, SO far in li( Dit had frittere,
away on triass, till the curls on her brov
| seemed an emblem Of herself, light, su
pericial, graceful, appealing to the frothy
surface in each con npanion she met no
going down deep into the soul, to NEE,
tho sharp abrasion of hard, pure gems
that break up the surface of contracting
minds, and bring to outer sight the
beautiful kaleidoscope Of thought God
has pluced in the hidden iutricacies Of
the soul
"Oh! what . superb dress One,
two, three-yes, eight founces, aud each
one pinked with fawn colored ribbon
such delicate contrast !" CALCULATED
Mrs. Campbell, as she stepped around
into the shade of the curtain, and took y
Ion. stealtby gaze at the passing lady
" l suppose she thinks she is the best
dressed woman 10 the place; and don t
believe anything calls her out this morn
ing, unless it is to parade her clothes
but she does not look we'll in Aouuces,
any way, and would not have her coarse
blowzy hair for all her fuery;' and Mrs.
Campbell, with rather an unpleasant look
on her fair face, twisted her own glossy
corls around her finger. aud, taking up
her sewing, seat, d herself by the cheer
full CRATE.
The quiet, uubroken hour, and pleas.
ant surroundings OF her room, lost their
charm, ss she turned over aud again in
her ina, what a similar dress would
cost, and fall hat even prettier than the
envicd lady's. That their rent would
soon DO due, and the children needed
warm winter garments, aud her husband
could not go through the cold weather
again without an overcoat, would rise up
before her, and jar i,h her own ambi.
tious desires, aud the collision was far
from pleasant; but she had been induIs.
cd too long to deny herself now, and she
q1ieted conscience by promising to econ
omlze in other things, and waited impa.
tiently for her husbands return at ni.ht.
to make new demands upon his earnings
1t seemed rather an unpropitious hour.
for Mr. Campbell came 10 depressed, al.
most into silence, by the unexpected
cold day, that SCENE, but the harbinger
OF the Improbable but expensive winter;
and little lda's merry play, aud cheerful
pratt!e about the school, could hardly
awaken an answering smile. But Mrs
Campbell was polite, and she waited for
the depression to pass away with the nee
toast, cake, and exhilarating tea, aud
when her husband was arrayed iu com
fortatle dressir gown aud slippers, she
sat down by his side, and brushing the
hair back from his temples, with IA ca.
ressing motion, she made known her
wants.
1t MIR. Campbell had any weakness, it
Was pride in his wife's beauty; and as
her bright sparkling eyes turned to his,
and the soft glossy curIs tossed down
over her white tetupies to- roses on her
cheeks, and the full red lips parted with
an expectant smile, his hand inyoiunta
rl'y closed over bis pocket book, ready to
give her the contents.
Home! How that word thrilled
him, as it shot into his mind unheraid.
ed, and apparently without any conn.c.
lion, and changed the whole current Of
his thoughts. Before him rose pretty
cottage, with two bay windows in front,
and trellised porch over the door cover
I'd with vines, dozen trees, and grassy
avn in front, and little garden briyh,
With flowers by the side-lda and Frank
chasing each other down the gravel
walk-snd he and N:nette Watching
hem from the slightly open, window
Il had been the haunting dream Of his
life since he first saw Ninette; and as the
years rolled on, and it grew more and
more like an airy phantom that he could
not grasp, yet tantaIizing him with the
highland be begun to dread it, US we
10 the memory OF angry, tauntiug words,
hat rsnkle in the heat, ever bringing
smotions Of pain.
" But, Nina, when shall We have
home, if We lay out all our earnings iu
iress !" The words came up spontan.
'ously from the thought, rs the plant
sends out the flower.
"Oh, sometime; We can rent awhile
1et; let me have these clothes, and will
,ot ask for any more for long time, and
will save in something else. Those
blankets for the child dren q beds--we can
% without them this winter"
No, wife, l had rather spare nv
'vercost. Health demands warm, vet
irhssana porous bedelcthss FOR childsen;
nd if | cannot give them wealth, or even
] home, l will try to leave them herit.
~ Of strength" This vas said ia suoh |
J sad, desponding tose, thst il sln,ost
'ngered Mrs Campbell, aud she flung
ut with pout, something about his al.
Ways rping on home; and. for her
,.re, she did, not see Why he could not
,e centented 10 rented house!
Because ! want to set out plants,