National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-26
HOW | VISITED NEW YORK,

Where and how shall begin itl Unlik
C.auiug's knite-grinder, hqre a story t,
tell, but to live thing and to relate it ar
81 different
| wonder if tho humble moth. safel,
sheltered beneath the protecting greener,
o. some household cabbage, ever feel,
thrill of envy when the gorgeous butterfly
with wings all ablaze with velysty maroon
au. gold, ai4h-s close to him Ifso til,
moth mus. tee lust as felt when Cornell,
hYdeXter sat in our poor Ii e parlor tha
November day, with her CHAINS and rings
and looPed-up draperies of cashmere, anC
nr.mrose-colored kid gloves buttoned Will
Inks Of gold.
1t was rather hard for could remers.
Der the old days when Cornela and |
Went 10 school together, and wrote her
COMPOSITIONS for her, and looked out hard
words in the French dictionary There is
oo republic like school, and Cornelia
Was thankful TO be allowed to sit next to
Mt then; and now she actually presumed
20 pHtronlZe me no, not exactly that,
either; for Cornelia Bydexter. notwith-
sanding her lack of brains. was an honest,
warm hearted sort of girl. But the poor
are sensitive; and although WAS pleased
TO see my old schoul-mate, the pleasure
was not unmiXod with bitterness.
Yes, we 1sre poor; and the fact stared
l4e IN the face whenever | ventured to
0ok. That We had been rich was no
natter Of consolation. The room was
.ned with i!l-assorted relics of furniture
that had once been splendid in rosewood
s'ne ana CLEANS of satin and brocatelle
lie carpets, now worn threadbare, were
o. royal velvet and Administer, and the
"4oIe apartment bore vestiges of that
s-4oby sentilty, that poor pretense of
AeNneSS and freshness. which is more
thotlc by far than the undisguised front
OF poverty. | was tired Of arranging the
curtains 50 that the darned spots should
'dl in the inner folds, | was weary of
putting glued chairs in tho least used cor
1grS, and setting mended china vases in
!ue shadowy hooks of mantel and table
Where was the use Did not every body
.' through our miserable devices We
were poverty stricken, and there was an
cad OF il.
And yet poor papa sat there in that
''.'fn, second-rate little room like Wis
t..Iut In I;, ,.o,,,,4;,, oL,,,lo. ~
..9q ever sinca tbn noraIy,ic s,rol'o ha
Wd seemed 10 believe in bimseIf 10 = !
degree could NOT nossihly attain to and
" imagine that the world also put faith
Lin Nor wonld W. bava had II other.
r.,, ~, ''i' ''''' - VI NJ
n,k aurbt eIsa tI,@n a IoJv in erita ~
Aended aces and oft.tnrnej silks never
u'd him of the daily contests viii rnraid /
butcher. dissatisfied baker and cla,nor.
ou~ly insolent candlestick maker And
annette and I, lust at the AGE when Tfe
ought according to all we had read and |
heard-to wear its snnniest asnect crew
up in the shadow. cryinp softly to onr.
selves when it was btterest to endure in
'lence-tor it was a part of our domestic
ICED to keep all the disagreeables from
!oor papa.
Yes said papa, nodding his head as
lie sat in a gorgeous Turkish dressing
gown by the window. his slippered feet
on an embroidered ottoman, and one
white slender finger inserted between tho
pages of the book he had been reading all
the morning." YOU are quite right,
Miss Bydexter: Octavia is growing very
pretty"
And could feel myself blushing scar
Let, be-, cen nv deiirbt at receiving p
comp uent 6 m mana and NV ombar-
rassnen Mt = alinq ali the family ewes
Miss Rvdev,e - inoIndodS TUNED nnon
me.
Its n shame sbe .bonld be shut ND