The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-03-20
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A FAMILY JAR, AND WHAT CAME
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10 the supper table as usual, but not sp-
parently, in our usual good humor
By all, mean our family, whichcon-
sisted offather, mother, my two sisters
Clara and Lizzie, Bob and myself
rr Bob Carver was one Of our family, aa he
said, "by brevet." His mother and my
mother had been friends in girlhood, and
hal never outgroWn their intimacy. Ever
since Bob had lived in the city he had
boarded at our house, and he seemed like
one Of us.
he. was jolly good fellow, and appear
ed to think good deal of us all, espe-
clally Clara, who, by the way, did not seem
to care particularly for him, though, Of
course, she liked him "well enough" as
we all did.
The relations between these two had
caused me some painful consideration.
liked Bob very much, and would have been
glad to have him in the family more fully
than by "brevet" Beside this my regard
for him made me feel warm sympathy
for his unreeiprocated affection for Clara.
was in love myself, and thought that If
Maggie Cranston showed as much in1if-
ference to me as Clara did sometimes to-
ward Bob, that should have been mex
pressibly miserable
Beside this, Clara seemed to take good
deal of pleasure in the company of that
stupid Jim Bayne, whose chief delight
seemed to consist in talking about relig.
ion, politics and other subjects, which
bored me intolerably. I was nineteen,
and poetical. ...-.s
It always seemed to me that Lizzie
would hsYe suited Bob better than Clara,
anyhow They were both fond of music,
and often played and sang together; but
they never got along smoothly together.
They did not appear to agree about any
thing but music, and they quarreled about
that. Yet they would still practice to-
gethor. Their voices harmonized well,
and supposed they tolerated each other
for the sake of the music.
l could never understand Lizzie's con-
duct toward Bob. It was absurd. Some
of his ideas that she argued against with
all her might, when he stated them, she
as warmly defended In conversation with
the rest of u.s. believe she delighted in
being contrary.
Mother sometimes rebuked her for her
petulance to Bob, but father said II made
no difference,-it was customary for musi-
cal people to quarrel. He was quick
tempered himself, and Lib was more like
him than any of the rest of US were
Butto return to that December even
ing. As have said, the weather was bad.
For that reason, suppose, the boy had
failed to leave the evening paper,
When father came in, he asked for the
paper, and said, "Confound the boy"
When Bob came in, he asked for the
paper, and went up stairs to change bis
boots, grumbling out something about
hanging the boy to the nearest lamp
post.
The girls were in bad humor, because
they had been unable to get out shopping
that afternoon on holiday shopping ex
pedition while mother was worried be
cause the bread had not turned out well
andthe buekwheat cakes showed q tenden
cy TO become sour. At5
Mother said something about the bread
said she had been over the baking near
ly all day, and II seemed as though 1t new
er would rise. She said, think eithel
the -four or the yeast is bad
Father, just to be disagreeable, ldsup
pose, said, "a bad workman always com
plains of his tools" asa1
Mother flushed up instantly She wa
good bread-maker, and she knew /
She said, "That don't apply TO me, w
generally have as good bread as any one
Don't you think SO, RobertY
Bob, who looked as though he wa
working out some problem in menta
arithmetic, answered, 81 don't presume :
criticise the fare at my boarding house. 2
This was improving % things rapidly, :
Bob calling our house his boarding hous'
After supper Bob went up 10 his rooT
and smoked cigar, and afterward cam
down in more social himor. In accol
dance with previous arrangement, b
and Lizzie sat down to practice an instr
mental duet.
Isat in theparlor reading, and, 50 Ion
as the music ran smoothly on, paid .
attention to it; but suddenly there was
discord, and then 1t ceased.
You made o mistake there, said Bol
pointing to the music.
"No, it was you, said Lizzie, : an
there Is where Il was, pointing at one
the hieEoglyphics with which composei
disdgire paper,
beg pardon said B0bI 9butI cou
not have made such a mistake, as 1 a
quite familiar with the piece. played
with Miss Peterson the other evening, Al
she made the same mistake you did, ,--on
she saw il when pointed i out
H0h, yes she would sec that black "
white, If you pointed u out Wpat p
Miss Peterson to do with me r.
g surely thought that you and n
lived long enough 10 the same house
gethef and were sufficiently intimate
mot friendly--to allow me 70 differ vi
you sometimes, and even 70 quote autho
ty In supporto Of my own opinion when
was at variance with yours.
Whatever friendly relations there We
need not continue. You have chosen
define your position In the house as q
Of a mere boarder, and, as slnh, had
right to fout smother young LADY in 1
face, and claim that because she made
mistake, must have done 50, too. 7
talk queerly aboutthis music, anyhow.
You arc as familiar with the piece as
pretend, why did you practice it2 1 knl
you are not right about that Rlsta
andI donh believe you thinK you 3
II ansn had given Bob carver tae
so directly, | suppose he would b
knocked him down. As II Was be Jun
"a up, without q word, and Went 70
room.
with great animation, end WAS az me
as q Dlfu uubu hdc SfeAAp W boAa
Her apparent triumph over the mat
fingered me, and / bluntlY told her
ind been ill-natured and unlady-ll
whereuDon she informed me Chat 9
dren should De aeen and not heard I
At breakfast next morning AZ q
had apparently recovered our good hun
but there was something leiced 81
Bo6's paysty, / noticed that he and
le said nothing 70 each other When
lels, he ald Ne would not be bacls 6o z
per- ffla always dined d0Wn towns
thia Nae not Altogether unusual no
bit myself appeafe9 % noticclb exc
CLARA. who looked e. Lizzie witlia soFi
aItold yoa 81 BlaHoe
Bob came home late that eYefiNg.
wc dia nst zee him until next moFni
AL hreakiast Lizzie seemed about %.