The Placer herald., 1872-10-12
UBURN PLACER COUNTY CALIFORNIA OCTOBER u, 1872.

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Grace is pearl of price," thought the
young husband, as he watched her thrifty
housewitery, 'and some day she shall shine
in proper setting as well as Gustavus Lin
Iey's conceiied doll Of wife. She shall or
my name is not Walter Genlis."
Mrs Linley did not find herself entirely in
consolable when Walter accepted an offer
from California firm to come out as head
machinist, and her sister went away.
''lt's just as well, thought Myra, "for
she wanted to give series Of Germans this
Winter and couldn't have been mortally
offended No'c its all right y
And the years passed by, and Myra Lin
ley "forgot" to answer her sisters letters so
often that, at length, Grace left off writing,
and Mrs. Linley became bright star in the
world of fashion, and enjoyed the false, ar
tifcial life as one enjoys fevered excitement
of any kind F!
zone evening Mr.. Linley came in late,
but he often did that. Myra glanced Ian
gudy up from the book she was skimmine
over, not because she enjoyed reading, but
because it was fashionable work, and she
wanted to say she had read it-and noticed
that his face was perturbed.
CIV hat is the matter?' she inquired, a
little startled by his look.
"The matter, returned Gustavus, delib-
erately seating himself opposite her. ''is that
we are ruined y
"What do you mean?"
"Simply that we are penniless-heggars
haven't a cent in the world, and debts
enough to sink the Spanish armada p
Myra looked at him in blank dismay.
"And what are we going to do?"
"Do? Why, do as] other people do y
savagely answered her husband. "Go
into the second story of a tenement house and
starve y
Mrs. Lindley fell into weak, sobbing hys-
terics. Her husband, not needing her, sat
staring moodily at the floor.
cit must be horrible dream" groaned
Mvra 'it can't be true y
But unfortunately it was true, and in
something less than week Mrs Lnley, her
husband, and her three children, found them
selves the inmates of Il tawdry, third-rate
boarding house, while Gustavus vainly tried
to obtain situation somewhere as clerk, and
Myra cried and scolded alternatively, and
iSItu ~ IliIiy lHbCo ~ way ltdb shC WCit
dead, that Gustavus finally lost all patience,
and intimated, darkly, that 'he wished so,
too"
And then Myra called him a horrid brute,
and cried more persstently than ever.
GA carriage at the door, and to see me
1t can't be possible p said Mrs Linley peep
ing over the blinds of the window.
''It WAS Mrs. Gustavus Lnley the lady
asked for, ma ana bright, pleasing spoken
lady as ever | seen, said the maid of all
work who had brought up the message.
"Te her to come up here" said Myra,
re, kle SLY, as she hurredly smoothed down
her neglected hair and twiiclled at the but
tons Of her faded silk wrapper.
"Why, Grace Genlis it isn't you ?"
1t was Grace Genlis, nevertheless, in a
superb black silk, and priceless India shawl
and diamonds in her ears, but Grace Genlis
all the same-eager, loving and impul-ive.
awe heard about Gustavus' failure, ="
cried Grace, hnggng her sister and laughing
and crying alternately, 'and Walter said we
would come TO New York at once and see
what we could DO for you. We are rich
people, now, Walter and l." said Grace
with spice of innocent Griumph and he has
concluded to settle in New York, and Walter
owns the Genls Iron Works, and we should
like Gusta,us for book keeper, and of course
YOU II all come and live with us, and-that's
all, Walter dear, isn't il 2"
"All | should think it was" said Mr..
Genlis, who had listened smiIingly to his
wife's avalanche of words, "and pretty
mess you've made of it. There, Myrl. stop
crying ng-we1l be all right again presently"
"It's.so-.o trying" sobbed Mrs. Linley,
90 that Grace should be rich and wear dia-
monds, and ], ,-"
"Ddnt always tell you that | should
put my little wife in her right place one OF
these days, altbough was nothing but Il
mechanic ?" demand Walter "Why,
here is Lnley, declare. Give us yonr
hand, old fellow; you haven't changed bit. "
And Gustavus Liney listened with humble
thankfulness to his brclherin-law's offer to
make him bookkeeper to one of the branch
establishments Of his famous Iron " orks.
"But how did you strike this golden vein!'
inquired he, when he had accepted the posi-
ton, with many thanks, and Myra had
whlsperlnSly cOmmenteO on IheT pe'"S IT,
luced to such an ignoble fate.
"It was all through an invention of Wal
ter's," said Oracle, gleefully; 81 always
knew Walter would make his way in the
world. But come--get your things on--lm
going to take you away with me. Walter
and Gustavus can walk, and there's lots
of room for the children in the carriage with
u.s."
Mrs. LinIey was thankful enough to leave
the cramped limits of this lhird'rate boarding
house, and return once more to spacious
brown-stone front where the halls were paved
with MOSAIC marble, and the ceilings frescoed
in dove color and gold. Bnt it was no
less sore come-down for her pride that the
house was not her own, but that of the sim
vIeminded little sister who had married "a