Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-04-14
AFATILY JAR,and WHAT CAME0FIF

AFA1ILI JAZZ, and Hat GAME OF IT
Iremember it as though it had happened
yesterday 1t was the biggest row we evel
had in cur family
Ii Was cold. rainy evening in the early
part OF December. We all sat down to the
super table as usual, but not apparently in
car usual good humor.
By AL, mean our family, which con-
sisted of father, mothe. my two sisters, CLARA
aud Lizzie Boo and myself
Bob Carver was one OF our family, as he
SAID, by brcyet. His mother and my
p.o:her had been friends in girlhood, and
hadnever on grown their intimacy. Ever
since Bob had lived in the city he had board
ed at our house, and he seemed ike one of
Us.
He was jolly fellow, and appeared to
think good deal of us all, especially Clara,
who, by the way, did not seem to care par
ticisry for him, .hnugh, of course, she
liked him well enough, as we all did
The relations between these two had caus-
Ell me some painful consideration. liked
Boo 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 a Warm sympathy for his
unreciprocrated affection for Clara. | was
IN love myself and thought that if Maggie
tTanStOn showed as much Indifference TO me
4 Clara did sometimes toward Bob, that |
,hould have been expressioly miserable
Beside this, Clara seemed to take a good
deal OF pleasure in the company of that stu
Fii jim Bayne, whose chief delight seemed
to Fe III falkirg about religion. politics and
ether subjects. which bored NE intolerably.
vas nineteen, and poetical
Il always seemed to me that Lizzie would
have suited Bob better than Clara, anyhow.
Thy we're both fond of music, and often
l.ayed and sang together; but they never
s9t along smoothly together They did not
appear to agree about anything but music,
s9l they quarrelei about that Yet they
EoHd sti'l practice together Their voices
hlrnonized vel, and I.supposed they tolera-
tsteach for the sake of the music
lcould never understand Lizzie conduct
t'ard Bob. It was absurd Some of his
k's thar she argued against with all her
AIht. when he stated them, she as warmly
Offended in conversation with the rest of Us
/ oe'e7e she delighted in being contrary.
Mother sometimes rebuked her petulcnce
% Bob, but father said it made nc differ
enc L Va customary for musical people to
.a4TrL Hc vas quick tempered himself,
I'd iAo vas more Ike him than any Of the
of Us were.
but to return to that Deceu Der evening.
i have said, the weather was bad For that
i"7'on, | suppose, the boy had failed to
N.,e the evening paper.
"aeu father came in. ne asked for the
!'Pgr, and sad, "Coniound the boy"
when Bob came in, he asked for the pa
- an1 went UP stairs TO change his boots
s'4No-Ins about hanging the boy to the
i-l-est hmp post.
ne gls.s Fcre in bad humor, because
U5! mad been unable TO get out shopping
"a ~. afternoon on holiday shopping expe-
I'"h while mother was worried because
r-s ''ld had not turned out well, and the
''-AFheat cakes showed tendency to be-
e'ne sour.
t',her said something a. out the bread,
' 'ne haa been over the baking all day,
- ' " seemed as though it never .Ould rise.
's sad / think either the -four or the
Yea, is bad"
"a, -,'er' Just to be disagreeabIe, l suppose,
tools" eo''
'i''ner flushed instantly. She was a good !
IN ,r''' maker, and she knew it. She said,
'n'' don't apply to me. We generally
,.; .'v " good bread as any one, Don't you
",ak 50, Robcrt2'
''O VINO looked as though he was work
sO Ou' some problem in mental arithemetic,
'ered Il don't presume to criticise the
~. Al my boarding house."
..m: was improving things rapidly, Bob
s our house his boarding house.
"a l''er supper Bob went up to his room
'u''Aed a cigar, and afterward came
- more social humor. In accordance
Drevious arrangement he and Lizzie
"n 10 practice an instrumental duet.
- h The parlor reading, and, so long
music ran smoothly on, paid no at