Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-25
1910,

one that would make himself agreeable. /
| feel restless; / want TO talk, and do believe
you are half asleep again. Patience, sucn
sOmnolency must surely be a SYMPTOM OF ap-
preaching illness-brain disease or typhoid
fever most likely. Jisn { naturali It's lethar-
"Leon-what9 saw that again. please. 1
could not take the whole word in al once
"Patence, don't be provoking. Talk 10 me
a liuIle. please; 1 want TO be amused. And
YOU have not told me one syllable OF news.
Any new scholars coming after the holidays
''Two-reesie Wilson's little sister and
"TeeSie wilson Tn L child is well named.
What a torment the little wretch Isl Confess
now-dOn, Z your fingers often ache TO give her
3sometimes. Then Rosie Gray is coming
back, and / have the promise Of two more
Mr.. RalstOn s oldest girls The school VIII be
full again when they come, and think mat
ters look very fairly altogether. And you
how are you getting on, Adder"
'Oh, very well. The children tease me some
times, but Mrs. Jameson is very kind, and
always uphOlds my authority. And then the
girls are really fond OF Inc, and the whole
family made me such pretty presents. must
show them TO you as soOn as my trunk ar.
Tives."
We were alone in the world, we two sisters
Patience Carr, the school-mlstressi ana J.
Adelaide, the gOVerness. Ten years before We
had known The extreme Of luXury-a house
in fashionable quarter Of New FORK, horses,
caruages, servants, French dresses and dia-
mOuds FOR Patience, broad saShes, worked
muslinS and velvet suits for me. That Was
when Antartic Mail was selling at one
hundred and thirty, and Richard Carr, our
father, was considered one OF the shreWdest
and most successful Of Wall street speculators-
Then, one bright day, ADtartic Mail took
downward leso, and carried my fathers Tor
tune with it; his reason followed, and, in The
end, his life. 30 one morning woman and
a child patience and u set forth in the world
to seek, not our fortunes but our daily bread.
There vas diu. renee OF Twelve years be
tween Patience and myselt-years that We're
expressed by neat row OF nve little graves
R1th elegantly carved tombStones out at
Greenwood, where cur brothers and sisters
slept a calm slumber that 10 depreciation in
Antartic Mail had power 10 disturb. Ouy
mother had died when 1 was only two years
old; she, too, had gone where Wall street
ceases from troubling, and the bul and bears
are at rest. So Patience took care Of me for
SIX long years, and then l. being eighteen,
went forth to win my own bread as gov
erness.
which novel writers describe as Detailing
every yOnng woman, whether attractive or
otherwise, who goes out IS a gOvernesS, ever
happened 10 me. No handsome YOUTH the
only sOn OF the family IN which 1 taught
English, French, the rudimentS Of German,
music and drawing, ever fell at my feet and
besOught permission to remove me to "a more
cOugsuial sphere ! found out no dark and
deadly mysteries, no hidden maniac OF
undiscO sersd crimes; nor was I ever sub
Jected 10 a series OF petty sights aud IN
lulles from EprfoW-"liGe1 Weres Qc JdWttte
/ was usually very well treated and fairly
paid, so l never had chance OF posing
myself either as a victim or heroine
Of romance. At the time Of which l write
was indeed as pleasantly situated as II is pos
81 bic for gOyernneSS 10 be. Ny employers
were cultivated, kind-hearted people, my eld-
est pupils intelligent, Well-brOught-up girls
and the rest Of the children not more unruly
or tOrmeLting than healthy children, especi-
ally boys, are apt 10 be. 80 that particular
Christmas eve Of which / write found me very
much inclined 10 enjoy my holiday, and fully
prepared 10 enter into al the little festivities
Of the season which might fail To my share.
'We are to have roast turkey for dinner to-
morrow ~ remarked Patience after brief 81
lence.
''GOurHauote, Uc ,'
.'And what do you say to a matinee as
pleasant method % passing the day?"
'Nou know love play above all things.
Where shall We goe-to Wallack's? Booths?
the Fifth Avenue?'
'Choose for yourself, Addie; you are com
pany, you know. There is the newspaper on
the table,
sat down to pore over the advertisements
with as much eagerness and excitement as
though my twenty-five years had been sud
denly diminished by ten al the very least. At
last looked up: "PatienceI
"Wel, deare'
Don't you wish that something would hap
pen 10 u.s. as often happens in plays9-ihat Is,
don't you wish that some unknown relative
or ricu Old uncle would make his appearance
and shower untold wealth upon use
Il am sure we are very comfortable now.
And what Is the use Of wishing such things?"
Not much use, only some amusement.
Castles in the air are very easily erected, and
cost nothing Tor bricks, mortar, or labOrers'
hire"
ayes, but when they tumble down. as they
invariably do, you NAV chance 10 get a rap
on the head from some Ot The flylng tllnoers.
Best stay on terra UFHtI, Addle."
laughed, and bent again over my paper.
But, the moment1us question Of the Christ
mas matines once settled, AID the newspaper
thrown aside, my thoughts reverted TO my
airy castles, and, instlnctively, I began 10
rear them again. We were both silent. Pa
JIeuce leaned back, halt asleep, in her rocking
chair, whilst l sat on a low stool al
her Ieet and gaZed dreamiy into the
glowing Goals = the CRATE. I saw myself
lively, laughi & child again, flying down the
broad staircase Of our FlfIh avenue mansion
in embroidered muslin and floating silk ash,
en- route Tor some childish party or OIher: and
then / remembered q certain dinner-party
which my father had once given, and how I,
peepibg slyly through tie chink OF the din
lng-rOOm door, hau thought privately that
sister Patience in her mauve silk and pearls
was the prgJtest lady there. Poor. dear Pa
tiencei the preltiesi still remained, though
the silk aud the pearls were things Of the
lection Of an odd story told me IN those lar
Cd days. 1 would wake Patience up, aud She
would tell me ali about f.. 50 I faced round
ana looked mp iutO the fair, placid face
that showed SO sweet and calm in the ruddy
fire-glow.
up and talk TO me, or l shall go straight back
to Mrs. Jameson 5 tomorrow morning. You
hurt my feelings by treating my arrival so
''Do they feed YOU on minced dictionary at
MrS. JamiesOu'Se' uueried my much put
upon sister, opening her eyes in very languid
manner. You do use sLch very long words"
u think you must have been going to sew
eral classical concerts lately. You look as
though you had scarcely recovered from a
severe attack Of Upuses in X minor
Il am not asleep, child; l was only think
ing"
Is very bad hab't for a lads 10 indulge in
'Well, am wide awake enough now for
anything. What IS q you want me 20 doe
Il want yen 10 tell me story. Is there not
v-efan FfF old
and precious stOne@'
"Our grand-uncle- yes. Did you never hear
about stephen Carr, Our fathers uncle, and
how oddly his fortune disappeared?"
"Long ago, when 1 was a very little child, I
SuppOs-, for my remembrance Of the affair is
as vague and uncertain as pOSsi ble. There
was something about voyage 20 Europe and
a lost Jewel, nut recOllect nothing definite.
1 want you TO tell me al about il. Begin al
the very beginning, please. Come, now, I'm
all ready 10 listen. once upon a time
Well" said Patience, gazing at the Goals as
though trying 70 read there the commence
ment Of her narrative, "yOu must remember
ynat our iatheT laIllly was lar rom pelng a
very ariStocratlc one, at least on our grand
fathers side, Ior there is no better b OOd in
New York state than tnat Of our grand
mother. she was a Miss Van LOrten."
"1Ou remind me OF that woman in Hard
Times whose mother was a Fowler Go on.
81 will not unless yo1 promise not 20 inter
rupt me. Where was /" Oh, yes! Our grand
father had an only brother, an old bachelor,
who was by trade not exactly a jeweleT,
but diamond broker u think
they cali sCch persona man
who buys and 1- Is ursr.0rT stones. He
used 10 go .huB+r u..t d.. a...a a year fOr the
purpose Of Nisili - Wsguulolsers' establish
neuts and secondhand dealers in search OF
gems that might be chesply purchased, as
well as Tor the usual transactions Of his busi-
ness. He was grave, taclturn man, and
never discussed his a.tdlrs with anyone, not /
even with our grandfather, to whom he was
much attached. His picture used 70 hang in
the Old Carr mansion heavy-brOwed, close
Tipped, steru-lOoking face, with nothing genial
o. communicative about il.
Now, as regards the curious part Of the
story. remember only speak from hearSzy-
I tell the tale as 10 came 70 me from the lips
o. our grandmother wnen was quite a child; |
and the old family servants also were fond OF
discussing this rather mysterious family !
legend; but since our grandmother's death
aud the breaking up OF the OLD establishment !
.a.l Of which happened when 1 was about I
nine years old / have heard scarcely any
,hing aOout II, except few words which my |
father once let fail on the subject. But heard l
the story so often IA my childhood that il [
made d deep impression oD my memory.
''One year, about forty years ago, should
think. somewhere between lsD and 1885, my /
grand uncle set out on his annual pilgrimage
10 EurOp-. lie took with him all his dispOsa- |
BE funds, varying ~ report nom twenty 10 |
forty thousand dollars, but probably nearer |
.he former than the latter Before he sailed /
be siguihed 70 our grandfather his inter- |
non ion OF maklng a., sqnewhat on extended
be cuntem plated making a purchase Of uu-
usual Importance and magnitude. II he had 4
been little more explicit much trouble /
might have been saved, bat 10 was never
BIS way 10 talk much over his affairs with /
any one.
"He sailed early in the spring, and reached 1
he old world in SAFETY. 1 nave seen some Of i
.he letters he wrote during that last journey
All brief, curt epistles, telling little but The /
state Of his health, the place from whence ne /
was writing, and the probable date OF his de- 4
Darture Tor another point The last country 4
% which he went was Holland. He stayed /
'0me time at Amsterdam, and then went to 4
where he remained several wee ks; \
lut, as usucl, his letters contained no iutelli-
renee respecting his business transactions. I
AZ length word was received OF his approach
ng return. He took passage direct from Rot I
erdam ia a sailing vessel, but be was not \
destined 20 reach home alive. The cholera Z
broke oct on board Of the ship before she 1
had been many days out OF sight OF i
and, and SteDhen Carr was one Of It's earliest 4
lictims. Il was supposed that the Vlrulence 1
# the disorder, aud its speedy termination,
prevented him from making known any
nj inc rssnectiug his prOpgrtV. He was accus-