Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-04-26

little mousse, WIN loVe 10 brighten the low
ceilings and beautify the maple wood fur
niture.
Grace is a pearl of price, thought the
young husband, as he watched her at her
thrifty housewilery, and some day she
shall shine in a proper setting as well as
Gustavus Lindley's conceited doll of wife.
She shall, or my name is not Walter Gen
lis =
Mrs. Linley did not find herself entirely
inconsolnble when Walter Geulis accepted
an offer from Californian firm to come
out as head nschinist, and her sister went
away.
It's Just as well' thought Myra, for l
wanted to give series Of Germans this
winter, and couldn't have invited them,
and of course they would have been NOR
tally offended. Now it's all right
The years passed by, and Myra Liudey
forgot to answer her sisters letters so often
that at length Grace left off writing, and
Mrs. Lindley became bright star in the
world of fashion, and enjoyed the false, ar
tticial life as Que enjoys foyercd excitement
of any kind
One evening Mr.. Linley came in late,
but he often did that. Myra glanced
)anguidy up from the book she was skim
ming over, not because she enjoyed reading,
but because it vas fashionable work aud
she wanted TO say she had read t--and no.
ticed that his face was perturbed.
What is the matter she enquired, a lit
tie startled By his look
The matter returned Gustavus, seating
himself deliberately before her, 'is that We
are ruined
What do you mean p
simply that we are penniess--beggar red
nave u cent in the world, and debts en-
ough to sink the Spanish Armada y
Myra looked at him in blank dismay.
And what are we going to do p
DO? Why, do as other people do y ga
vagely answered her husband. Go into
the second story of n tenement house and
starve'
Mrs. Linley fell into weak, sobbing hy-
sterics. Her husband, not h.cding her,
sat staring moodily at the iOor.
1t must be horrible dream groaned
Myra it can't he true y
But unfortunately it was true, and in
something less than a week Mrs. Liney,
her husband, and her three children. found
themselves the inmates of a tawdry, third
rate boarding house, while Gustavus voin-
~ tried 10 obtain situation somewhere
rs clerk, and Myra cried and scolded alter
nately, and wished SO many times day
that she were dead, that Gustavus finally
lost all patience, and intimatcd, darkly,
that he wished so, too
And then Myra called him 'horrid
BRUTE and cried more persistentlY than
ever.
"A carriage at the door, and to zee me
1t can't be possible y said Mrs. Ln!ey,
pceping over the blinds of the window.
" was Mrs. Gustavus Liniey the lady
asked for, ma'am--a bright, pleasaut-spo-
ken lady as ever seen, said the maid Of
"'I YGI' igF "t6Ht Htjhyup' here, la IA nS1Sqa,
recAIessy, as she hurriedIy smoothod down
her neglected hair and twitched at the but
tons of her faded silk wrapper.
why, Grace Genlis ! it isn't you y
1t was Grace Genls, nevertheless, in q
superb black silk, and q priceless India
%,.""'l' St' ""a ,ronl diamonds in her ears, but
Grace Genlls al the salne-eagcI, loNin8
and impusive.
we heard about Gustavus' failure, cried
Grace, hu4ging 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 triumph,
and he has concluded to settle in New
York, and Walter owns the Genlis Iron
Works, and we should like Gustavus for
book keeper, and OF course, you'll all come
and live with US, and--that's all, Walter,
dear, isn't it p
All | should think it was.' said Mr..
| Geulis, who had listened smilingly TO his
wiIe's avalanche of words, and pretty
mess you've made Of it. There, stop crying
we'll be all right again, presently
It's $3.50 trying sobbcd Mrs. Linley
that Grace should De rich, aud wear dia
monds, and l.
Didn't l always tell you / should pu
my little wife in her right place one Of these
days, although was nothing but mocha
mic = demanded Walter. Why, here il
Liudley, declare. Give us your hand ,olC
! fellow you haven't changed Bit
And Gustavus Linley listened with hum
Bile thankfulncss to his bruthor-in.law's OF
fer to make him book keeper to one of tn,
branch establishments of his famous IroI
| Works.
But how did you strike this golden vein?
inquired he, when he had accepted the po
siti,I, with many thanks, and Myra haC
! whisperingly commented 0n their being re
duced to such an ignohe fate.
1t was all through an invention of Wal
ter's,' said Grace, glcctuly: 4 alway
knew Walter would make his way in tn,
world. But come--get your things on
Pm going to take you away with me, Wal
ter and Gustavus can walk and there's lott
of room for the children in the carriag
with us y
Mrs. Lindley was thankful enough Il
leave the cramped limits of this third-rat
boarding house, aud return once more to
spacious brown stone front, where the hall
were paved with mosaic marble, and tn
ceilings iIescOed in dove color and Id
But it was none the less u sore cOme-dowl
for her pride that the house was not he
own, but that of the simple minded httl
sister wi o had married a common mocha
nic.'
Who would have thought it, ten years
ago i sighed Myra.
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