Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
FIEL,s DELICATE CASE.

anu interesting glll, VINO would make
nne woman when she came to fill out
but abe never did fill out; ON the con
trary, Time, that stole her years away
robbed her of plumpness, too; and after
thirty anniversaries of that weddinR-dav
she was considerably more slender than
at starting. She wore curls, and black
band round her forehead, and mittens-
not Knowing that these things had long
ceased to make her attractive, and, on o
first introduction, would have struck you
generally as being somewhat of q guy
buta aSbettef wife you would scarcely find
in all England, and that is infinitely more
Important than comeliBess- and tasteful at
tire, as yon viii own before you have been
married for quarter of century.
Excellent at all times, Mrs. Fiel cul-
minated at meals. Call no man happy till
you have seen him at breakfast natural
irritabihty in MIR. Fiels disposition had
been almost entirely cured by little sooth-
ing comforts and tit-bits. lie was So
licitor, with an Office in London, and a
semi detached villa in the suburbs, who
had TO leave the latter at 9 to reach the
former by 10 every morning. TINS neces-
STATED breakfast at 8, but even at that
early hour Mrs. Fiel saw to every detail
herselG 1tirruIfer
1t would have shaken very confirmed
bachelor to have seen her table one spring
morning a few years ago-the linen was
so white, and the tea so black, the water
crosses and radishes so fresh, the MARINA
lade and apricot jam so daintily set out,
the eggs so new looking, the loafso brown
and crusty, the dry toast SO crisp and
thin. And when she heard the tread OF
herIhusband's foot on the staircase, and
the flourish on his nose which invariably
heralded his approach, she rang the bell
for the appetizing little covered dish,
which matched and fitted the slop-basin
to be brought up. This contained frizzled
sausage, q kidney, or the savory thigh
of chicken. May such be your only do
mestic broils ....- ...-.
A hale, neat man, with sharp gray eyes,
and q very good opinion of himself, en-
tered and looked at his letters, selecting
and opening me at Obce.
"Well, Martha" said he, "the Chip
chow has arrived at last"
you don't say so Then Mr.. Lobyear
will be here presently. Will he come to
stay with us, do you think ?'
81 don't know You had better have a
bed ready; though expect he has not
come to England with the idea of shut
ting himself up with an old man and wo-
man four milss from the Marble Arch
Still, as everything will be strange to him
at first, he may accept my invitation for a
night or two" rr} ~. r..1rf-
This Mr.. Thomas Lobyear is rich, is
he not?"
"Will be, I suppose. At present he
probably depends upon his father, who
has given me very liberal orders, absurd.
ly liberal orders, about him. From living
so long amongst savagss, the old man
must have lost all idea of the value of
money. However, there is plenty of it
accumulating, and it does not matter to
me- -rrlI- .,-a.. .....
Don't you think" said Mrs. Fiel," it
might be we'll to have Sarah home?"
Sarah, the only child of the Fiels, was
at a finishing school at Clifton, but she
was seventeen, and a woman.
''Ah, ah, ah r. laughed the lawyer "At
your match making, old ladys From
what l am advised, he is proof against
your attempts Besides which, it would
be something like breach of trust; old
Lobyear has evidently got other views
for his son than marrying him at present
at any rate to an English woman" s.
Why, he would never go and match
him with heathen, with ring through
her nose, like pigP
laughing =" if he could discover new
weed or a fresh variety of black bee
tie by it, he certainly would"
Itwas of good augury for Mrs. Fiel
when her husband laughed, and better
when he replied to her observations, in
stead of looking deaf and grunting, which
he generally did if she alluded to his
clients or their business; for it showed
that he was willing to be pumped, and
Mrs. Fiels thirst for information was
great though il was rarely slsked. In the
present instance, however, the lawyer
thought he might require feminine aid in
the task which he had undertaken, and
was therefore not unwilling to admit his
wife into his confidence.
"Ah," said he, "that was curious idea
for rich man to Danish himself CON-
pletely, and give up civilized life, for the
sake of studying botany and butterflies in
Japan. For poor man, indeed, it would
be explicable if he expected to make
something by it in the end"
"But from what you say, Mr.. Lobyear
has more money than lie knows what to
do with as it 49,"
".Yes; he was we'll off originally, and
got good property through his wife be-
sides, -s-.q ..... .....
Yah, poor man; dare say grief for her
death gave him craze"
stFudgel" exclaimed Mr.. Fiel, somewhat
rudely. "He was glad enough to be free
to tgo hunting on his favorite hobby. II
she had lived another year. II is my
opinion that he would have bolted and
left her" rr-TC
-sAhJ WELL" said Mrs Fiel, ait is for
tunate thing for him, or at any rate for
this son, that he fixed on so good man OF
business as yourself to look after his in
teress"
We'll" replied her husband, COM
placently, "cOnsidering that the bulk OF
his property is in houses situated in a
rapidly improving neighborhOod, and that
the tenants are up to all sorts of dodges to
avoid having their rents raised, perhaps
an agent who was not sharp might miss
an advantage here and there. For in
stance, there was an application for re-
newal of lease the other day, and dis
covered that the tenant, who had been
paying forty pounds year, had underlet
for the last three years at hundred and
ten"
e. E"Lor, how sharp you arel"
"Well, I was not born in Yorkshire for
nothing. / do not know of more than one
person who ever regularly took me in
that young rascal, Tom Scott, who robbed
me five years ago"
,"Ah, that was very shocking" said the
good wife, soothingly;" but then, you
know, he was brought up in your office. ;
"Why, Martha Do you suppose
then, that he learned dishonesty there
Ineyer expected an epigram of that sort
from your mouth. I would have you
know that / could put at least couple
Ofthousand year in my pocket from the
LObyear property alone, without a chance
of detection, if l chose to be dishonor,
OF am sure l never meant to call you
an epigram or any other name," cried
Mrs! Fiel, astonished at this outbreak. " /
only said that breach of trust was easy
for That Scott, because he had been under
you for some time and probably he had
Opportunities" "t
a@oh, that is different" said her hus
ljRpd, cracking an egg. II was not ten
def conscience which made Mr. Fiel &C
touchy-ior though priding himself upoI
keen shrewdness, he was perfectly up