The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-01-10
all the blame, and suffers all the inconveni.

ence. %
But We arc discousing into discourse,
instead Of sketching a sketch. So. "raps-
Mons a nos moaiors, /" let Us return to our
two Sheep. and the fold for their future
lambs Harry carried his point and the
more expensive house was taken. Ssrah
yielded. but Il was with mental reserva.
tion; a determination secretly cherished,
that what was waste,l in rent should be
saved in some other direction. Trust q
woman who has made up her mind. to nc
complish her purpose; for she Wli do IL!
On the first Of January, in a year which
we need not specify, since chronology Is
not important in story like this Mr.. and
Mrs. Prince took their new house. The
gossips in the neighborhood were not liz.
tie amused at the fewness Of the furniture
wagons which brought the outfit. IL was
not to be denied that what furniture did
come was Of very neat and severely cor
rect pattern, but there was so little OF Il F!
Ambitious little wrens, starting in house.
keeping, like Mr.. and Mrs. Prince, are very
ap, to select quarters four times too large
for them. The wrens industriously pile up
and cumber their dwelling with all the np'
parently useless sticks they can collect
which. to them. represent furnishing goods;
and the real home is in little corner, diff
ficult Of approach. So young married folks
are prone to transfer from furnishing stores
any amount Of elegant lumber. at vast ex-
pensc. while the part Of the large house
actually occupied is to the remainder as
wren's nest. Sarah Prince managed better.
She became at once awfilly fastidious.
Nothing which she saw pleased her, and
the result Of her .fnes'e was the furnishing
Of just so much Of tho house Us they
needed. 1--WE can add the rest, as we
want, you know, and get nicer thines"'
The cunning little manager! And they
would need good servants. She would have
no other. Wait ill they had found them ;
for she did not want expensive furniture for
careless maids to ruin-not she." The art
fil little puss!
And so, on the first day Of February,
despite many discussions, it was still the
case that the big house was not half fur
nished, and there had been no need to light
more than one of the furnaces, or TO turn
the gas OIL more than third Of the Jets in
the house. "lf this is the way we are to
live" said Harry, in fret. one morning.
1--WE might Just Us well have taken small
or house." "And that is just what told
you 7" the wife rejoined. Harry looked ut
her with kind Of suspicion, and made a
tour alone through the bare, cold rooms.
-L.r us take a look In q, Hcnke!s, thin
morning" he said, returning to tho charge,
while Sarah was herself cleaning away the
beautiful breakfast set which Harry had SO.
cured by sending 1t home as n present; and
as proof Of his good TASTE. "What, iiar-
~, now, in midwinter. when there is Moth
ing to DO SEEM mol T. LOT i "'uS' 'ooA "
the spring novelties before buy. don't
want to fill house like this with the arti.
cles tina, everybody else has rejected" This
was meeting my gentleman on hls own
ground, and he lett the house ior MS p"s''
ness, confused II not con''nced. ihe!e
was the ''ght OF latent rogue'y !" "'e ''''''
with which she bade h'm soo"''horh'"s
In the course Of the forenoon. the un-
wonted apparition Of weIldressed little
lady presented itself at the counting room
of Henry Princes landlord one Of the
laryes,.real estate owners in Our good city
of Penn. "slrs Prince, | believe" said the
gentleman. She nodded, and he went on
TO saw, 81 hope there is nothing out of re-
pair. already ; and that no attentions are
needed. We think yours is first class
house. and tho returns OH real estate are
,.,llv m ,,n.lr,-
aNo,b;,, of tho art. air. We are very
well ,eeommoda,ed-too well. indeed.
Can ,r,,, Won TO keen a secret from my
husband ?"
"A-wha,-ah? 2" stammcred the gentle.
man, who, being an old bachelor, very
old bachelor. was nervous by right, and
being a real-es,a,e owner was suspicious by
profession, when his lady tenants came to
him. They have such way-,he women
of demanding impossible closets and cup
boards, and expensive paint, and unheard.
Of modern conveniences. which consume
all the profits OF building houses to rent.
Sarah laughed at his embarrassment.
@1rhe terms Of our lease arc payment quar-
terly?"
"Yes, ma'am," said the man, more fright