, 1870-05-15
FIEL'6 nELlCATE-CkgE,-


/: Wien Mrs. Eicl war btAe, III tho rrecta- /
tom agIeed that sha vas pretty aud intarest-
hbo caue TO FL cut Bat abe nover did nj
out on tho contgsrJ, Time, that stole her
yea1a AWAY, robbed har Of plumppess, too
add aftcr thirty anniversaries Of thst wedding
day. hhe was considerably more slcnde1 than-
1t starting. She wore c,ir1s, and black band
!ound her foEehoad, and nittens--not knowing
thai these things Ind long ceased 10 naza her
ATTRACTIVE, and. 90 = dtat Introduction, 1onld
Lave Struck yon gencrsily Is being sonaNhat
Of guy; but > better vile yon would scarce
mo1e IMPORTANT than comcliness and tasteful
attire. q you viii o1n before you hare been
married Tor quarter Of = century.
Excellent u al tiuaes, Mrs. Finl eliminated
seen him It breakfast, natural iratahlity in
Mr. Flers dspotlfiou had becn almost entirely
cured b. little soothing coCoforta and Gt-blts-
Hn Vas solicitor. with m Office IN London,
and seuidctached villa in tho Bubutbe, who
bad to leave tho hitter at 70 reach the for,
mer by 10 every morning. This neceesatated
breakfast II 8, but even at that ea1ly hour
Mr. Fel saw TO eyory detail herseH-
It would haso ahAkan ve15 confirmed bach
elor 70 have seen hs1 table one spring morning
tho tea 20 black, the water-czesses and rad !
ishes 30 fresh, the m21ulaAde and apElcot jam |
% daintly SGT cut, the eggs 80 new-iooklng, |
the loaf 30 brown and czusty, tho dtJ toaAt sq
crisp and thin. And when shs heard tho tread
Of her husbands foot on the staircase, and the
iou1ieL on LIS noae which invariably hcrzlded
| lis approach, she rang the bell for the ApPe-
| tizing little covered dish, which matched and
[ fitted the slop-hasin to be brought up THIS
contained f1izzled slices Of ham q bacon, deli
! cate and cutled, 4 BAusAEe, kidney, or the
| s1vou1J thigh of = chicken. Nay ouch be
| your only domestic hroils!
A hale neat man; with sharp gray eyea, and
] very good opinion OF himself, entered and
looked At his letters, selecting and opening
Wen, Martha said he, the chipehov
has arrived It last"
"You don't aay SO Then M1. Iobyear will
BE- hs5e sa 2ps p9e1fay tbaE VIII he come to stay with
III don't know, You tsd better hAve bed
! ready though expect no has not como to
England with the idoa Of shutting himself up
with an old man and woman four miles from
the Marble Arch stu IS everything VII he
tation for night or two"
This MT. Thomas Lobyear is rich-is he
not !" -
me vez1 liberal orle1s, absurdly liberal orders.
about him Ftum living 60 long amongst
sayages, the old man must havo lost al ideA Of
the value Of money. However, there Ia plenty
Of i .ccamulat'ng' and it docs not matter to
1 "Don't you think" said Mira. Fiel, sit
night be we'll to LAvo Sarah homs :"
sarah, the only child Of the Fiels, via 1t
inishinG.school at Clifton, frut she was seven
"Ah, ID, al r laughed the lawyer. "At
your. matchmaking, old lady7 From what I
EN- xdJse3, he Is proof against FOUR atteupts
Bestlcs which, it would be sonething like
treach OF truat old Lobyear has evidently
At pzcsent-at anyrate TO an Englishwoman.'
:: why, he would neRer 60 and match lin
With hca,ttlheu, with ring through her nose
aont know that, " replied aIr. F1el laugh
inc 81 il he could discover a uew wned or =
freeh variety OF black beetle by It, lie certainly
It wss of good augury forMrs Fel when ber
husbandlAughed,A and better when he replied to
Lcf observaiionr, instead OF looking deaf and
g1unting, which ho generally did II she a1ud-
I'd 10 his clients or thoir business; for IT
showed that be was willing to bo pumped, and
NIrs. Fiel'a thirst tor information vas great,
though j: vas rarely slaked- In the present
iustance, howover, tho lawyer thought he
11icLt require feminine aid in the task which
; | he had undertaken, and was therefore not un-
willing 10 admit his wife into his confidence:
"Ah, said be, j" TINT was curious idea
for rich mAn, to Danish himself completely.
and giro up civilized LIE. for tho sake Of
studying botany and butterflies In Japan. For
poor man, indeed, it would be explicablo il
. he expected TO make something by it ii the
end but from what you sag, Ml. Lobyoar has
, more money than he know what to do with aa
: Yes he waa we'll OF originally, and got =
good property through hia wife besides
-" Al, poor man ] daresay grief for hos
"eaF aFaSdge!" Sa;o j" - exclaimed Nj. F1el somewhat
Z rudcly. 'He was glad enough TO DO Tree te
" go hunting On bis 1avo1ite hobby. If she had
ived another ysaF it. Is -, ny 10 opinion 'h4t he
D s. All, we'll" said Mrs. Ficl, "it is = fortu:
Q nate thing for him, Or It any rate forthis son
!, that he h1ed on so good man Of business ii
d yourself to look after his interests"
Ia Well" replied her husband complaeenay
J. In houses situated in a rapidly improving
n.ighborhood, and that the tenants are mp G
n I'LL sorts Of lodges to avoid hay
, ing their rents raised perhaps IN asen
hers ae snd snd there. Far Rstancs, tho.e was :,
* application for removal OF Aloase the othe
v dsy, md discovered that tho tenant, who ha
h bean paying forty pounds year. had under
s. let for the last three years at a hundred Al
u ten"
N 4 Lor, how eha1p you arc!"
rs "Wel, waa not 6usn IN Yorkhhiro X
IN ! nothing. do not know Of moro than enc pc
of son whoever regularly took me in-that youu
ed rascal, Tom Scott, who robbed mo five yea
;es - All, that was very ahocking,' saidtho got
M wife soothinslr; =" bat then, 5cs know, he VI
.er brought up IN Eprt cfs:ce-'
St vs that he learned dishonesty therol inover e
his pcctc1 an cpigIam Of that sort from 20
a mouth l would have you know thAt I cou
le- rrt at least couple thousand a year In q
pocket from this Lobsear property sion
9th dishunorab1e.
liam sufo never meant to can yon
crsg1am, or anyother name, cried Mrs. Fl
est0nished at this outbreak a. only 8,
Ia ~ $orf fAn& Ga
,ov because he li.a been 0nder you for some Tin
~" IN. and probably lie had opportunities"
am ',as "Oh, TINT is different" said her husbar
mi cracking y egg. It Has not tender ct
-, =, though Priding himself upon keen shrewdnc
o1 hu was perfectly upright and trustworthy-t
tho thought Of Tom Scott There Ia this
advantage in reckoning yourself to bo clere
r. .h1n the rest Of the world, that il over you
nh, rIe Tom Scott always ir1itated him He had ta1
= T fancy to the sharp 1xd, and pat him Ia
!" cf1ico. where he favored, encouraged, I
\ trusted him more and moro every year i;
tho result had beon cunning bit Of rogn
M had caught the seoundrel, who wzs senteD
Ky iIp.s to two years. Imprisonment Had Tom *
g of got of with isnpunisy, his hoast would h
sts been uaaf breaking.
ny, "I suppose this young gentleman Wis qt
'uen lad when his father weat to foreign part
,c;.- said Mrs. ffel, presently, returning 10
H. 1hn :" As be is not Of ago yet, suppose he N
csri have been," replied her husband, continuin
sLa fow.
Iet s "wss be educated il England before
cLos went out to hia father p
IN !" don't know. Nj. Lobyear norer 4
! hJe tened him before, have writteu regnlarl
n sdvise hin how his An1its stood, and he
= from ti1ne to time briefly acknowledged my
0',c tese, declaring liuase:! satisfied, telling q
ANN, an6. do what thought ss. saying vhete be vi.
some ~: - - ,,..5a.tEn nUI n.,4.;- Aoe,rs;ssa
Iaens y. ~ for him connected with his pursuits,
~. not At al with my business t
I: uns over, IS he has slwaye behaved vcry h
- ~ ~ some1y, have done my best to ohligc
"a ua "a. ard mean to do 20 still thouch this pre-
- -" Job Is rather deli ite affair, and quite OF
n, ~ my line; what call regular bit Of
:, i ":es H.
y 4afr r. "Iee. It seems that tho young uuau b,
nol9 hrfited his fatbc1s fancy fot d rowing
tsoast though not his scientific tastes. He has
= s ~ liyidg in Borneo for como yea1s, sailing
~ = ~ M with eapedisions against the pirates,
2 ? 'ns 10 don't know what Ill. Mr.. Lobyear, *
tsnnS so ~ ago; and his son joined him at Hong-I
ioun : ~ where he intinAted desire to 90 to En-
o say 49,, "' Tba F..i,,- ~ r;f,;nc ornrrh
ta,nS - him do 80, and gave him 4 letter Of cres
~ ~ me-, AID he started in ono Of the tea q
es WAS s:aS ;.Ta-m.t;a,. nau -. - fx;a.'
called Seuo.' asS.'So ~. - - S: - I.'. =
t;nnns England was the hope OF meeting NTH q
,.,.ns ventures, whose acquaintance be had M
49,, Calcutta, and whom, in tho ar1or OF
=. ~, rassiou, be desired To n,A1y. The lad
~. ~" o.her siewa at tho time; but had since
s,'i hy letter Oh his suit and she is 4 most