New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-27
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

r9ooD or c1rFsrs-sAYTNGs FOR SUNDAYS
SAILING ON THE NILE-EGYPTlAN fE Ito
AND FEILAHINFs--M AzZINIs INITIATION ~
THE ORDER OF CARBoNARI-" THREE "N-'
ERATIoNs.n nrxr1
,yRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TR'p'N
RosroN. Nav 25.-"For everything there rs
time so saith the book Of mystery; anu .1T .nthors
read Happy Thought Hail" (which koUel'' ,oono,ns,
are soon TO publish), is on lazy summer 80 a., o,,r
in the shady paror of a country house. VI :" - -;
acbt whom breezes are soft and skies are talr mean
time will YOU have the sketch in outlhe' W oe iine -
with the necessary shading "hen 'no O0oA 49,.
"Happy.T Thought Hail" was inahor-nouso III O"p"'
"a ~ p,ct,Vtck would have been Its fttest guest AS
80 y, tho Roston illuminate said, the other day. the
80 "a built in mind before IL is built in marbe;'
a. the Happy Hall first Happy Thought Inis
,boueht was ITO get country house Tor 'he
winter To I'LL IL with friends To haVe one
wing for bachelors. Another wing for maidens WIN
,laperons To have the Mare 1t were OF the mousse
Gov tbe married people" The next step after this In
snration Is the inevitable ~ that yexatious, pep
perry little knight in armor who Is always confronting
ns at every turn in this predetermined ife inc Happy
Thinker has not the wherewith TO bud' but he
has what is next best 10 fortune, nend; anu lno
friend tells him that want Of means doesn't SIGNIFY
.why" he cries with enthusiasm you can always get
n budipg society 10 advance you any sum-" The ques-
ton Of security raised but that OF course "ou NC
the tito deeds Of and estate Title deedsi "naV
a happv thought Nextthey plan the house. Inc ROOMS
are all en- suite be there are no stairs put they
can be put in afterward, and mean time, there IS a
tenniscourt and q racquetcOurt, and billardToom
Then they consult an architect They had thought OF two
thousand pounds as probable cost The archectsays
eight thousand and six months to build II. But tna'
would bring late in the season, so the oea must oo
abandoned. Then Cazell. the Friend, has Happy
Thought Let them take house for the season. the lo
OF them together and each ask his own friends ms
f. carried unanimously Chlvern thinks he knows Just
the place 10 suit about an hours ride from town. DO
they start 10 look at t-Chlvern, Caze Boodes null
burd and the Happy Thinker, himself IFS queer ola
Mace and queer old woman shows them round H.
Every one is ecstaces. There is drawngroom WIN
an orel window. There are wonderful old chambers
Oak panels, diamond panes, remains OF tapestry con-
tanning probably fine collection OF moths Ola rusty
armor on the walls. Strange ouof-the-way staircases
leading 20 postern doors and Offices. PLENTY OF mice
says Caze looking at the old woman for confederation
Eyes in Winter time" she says. And ratsW inquiries
Mnburd ave met 'em on the STAIRS" replies the old
lady. quite cheerfully
Ghosts, tooi" suggests Boodels. lie has become
what melancholy OF late and says that ne Is so
ing the phenomena of Unconscious Ceienr i
which Mnburd explains IS only name Iof .nllHnS 81
nothing without knowing IT. Boodels' III consequence
thinks Mlburd mere buffoOn1 l.. ,....or-ot,,c,
We'll my husband" she answers IN natter,9i-iaet
way my husband he see the Ghost 'n'uA IL "oio
last Christmas twelyemonthD ~. .,,o,, io,orostod
neasontly as possibe There; the marks the floor
OF stain where she was murdered THERE that gen
Good gracousl so / am. duh sort of mulberry
colored stain It won't wash out" she goes i've
tried it. And it won't plane out, they've tried that
And So" she finishes with sniff, there 1t Is"
Absorbed in contemplation Of the stain the Happy
Thinker remains little after the rest and when he goes
out upon the landing nothing Of them anywhere
He feels somewhat nervous but he opens door and
goes down little winding staircase. He has
HaDpv ThOught-There such things ghosts.
On the whole, I'd rather meet ghost than rat or
The diminishing scale Of what would rather not meet
staircase at night is, the burglar, rat black
hear s something moving below or above
LOOK cautiously back round the last corner
Happy 'nhougM-To shout ont, chi you fellOws!"
nTe M se TSp On oF ghost
No descend few more steps; something
c!s a. ns An e SSHT;e % But
quicker IN not bit nervous, only the sooner m
out OF this the better.
Having got down the stairs he TO a locked door
and can't get out SO he has TO go up again. He feels
nervous, and remembers that some one has said
that nue natures are always nervous. Then he has
another
Happy ThOugM.-when nervous reason with your
say to myself reasoning this is not fright; this
not cowardce it's simply nervousness You would MT
this addressed TO MYSELF be afraid of meeting
for instance :. say ghost
No Why should. yOui You've never injured ghost
and as to burglars the house a. does mt o be-
80, ~ s,,,, ,,,ia On tbe contrary I might no
loosely polite; might say Make yourself at home;
you've much right here as have. But. on
second thoughts, would, or could come here to
rob this place It's empty E"
So consoling himself he goes up the stairs but he
not find the door he went out Of He thinks of the
Aistletoe Bough, and commiserates Gnevra. But he
goes till he out the leads Of the roof and
there be finds Chvern, and begins TO breathe freely.
OF course they take the house. to which they give the
name Happy Thought Hall-Orel windows, old tapes
tries rats, mice, and ghosts There 16 bedrooms,
besides servants rooms They must arrange about their
guests They want young ladies. OF course there
must be hostess ehapeOn. Boodels offers to lend his
grandmother for three weeks The accept eagerly
grandmothers are respectable. But the need Of
ehaperOn suggests Happy Thought Why shouldn't
there be sserhoOd Of chaperOnsf "Oh" says young
lady 81 can't go there" wherever 1t is because I've
no ohaperon." Let her go the Home, the
photographer, and select her chaperon. What
an excellent profession for ladies Of good
family and education, Of certain age, and
on uncertain ncomei Boodes's grandmother, itturn-
out, deaf Here, again, what recommendation for
ehaperon, and how few other employments there are
for deaf ladies' Having settled upon the hostess and
elected the Happy Thinker himself host and President
OF this domestic republic they decide upon the guests
There must be old man, they conclude, since too
much youth would be monoonous for Boodelss grand
mother. Happy Thought One old man TO talk to her
through the eartrumpetl Then they choose scientific
man. Captain OF dragons, and then the difficulty Of
choosing Just the right one suggests another.
Happy ThOughL"-Why not start new Brotherhood
social ana sOcabe one An order.
.'Wbat do I mean I" asks Milburd
Hosts are 60 ofAn IN want Of some one to hl up"
guest dsappoins them al the last hour and where are
"weIi," says Boodels "how is another TO be got"
Easily. H. in a central situ4tion, there House,
large House, where male guests OF all sorts could be
IeInIain novself moro CLEARLY