The Van Buren press., 1875-08-03
THE OTHER SIDE.


well, Lawrence, I'm so glad you've
come | thought you never would. And
Eve had such a lesson read me-
Lesson? Who's been reading my
wife lesson, should like to know
Who do you thlnk7 Nobody but that
little absurd woman there-that Mrs
Jim. But | never had such a lcsson
Drive slow, please, and let me tell you
! all abont it-.his horse does throw the
gravel in your face, so ! lam expecting,
every moment, to see the spokes fly out
of the wheels There, now, that's rca-
sonable The horse is perfect griffin
has legs and wings, too
Well-steady, Frolic. steady how,
let us have your lesson. II there's any
one can read you lesson, Mrs. Fanny
Mulgrave, l should like to hear it.
Now, Lawrence! However you know
| came up to look at the house, for I've
been having my misgivings about that
| big room. And Wien went ! went IN
:. ~I.lis~,- - hio and harel ! WAS dis
mayed ! paced it off this way and that
way, and thought about what could put
in the corners and how that window,
with the sea view would be as good as n
picture; and how the whole mantel piece
| from dado to cornice, with it's white mar
bic carvings and gldings and mirror, was
perfect illumination and how l must
confront it IN that great square alcove,
with mass of shadow; and we haven't
single thing to go there; and how mag.
nl6cent a,f ebony and gold cabinet like
that Mrs Watrous and saw at the eX'
hbition-tne one | got into ecstacies
over, that goes from door to ceiling
veuld fill the place. And the more !
thought of it the more Indispensable such
great ebony and Silt cabinet seemed to
be- And knew it was perfectly impos-
sible--'
How did you know it, may in
quirc2
.Oh, they cost-oh, hundreds Of dol
lars. And, Of course, the house itself
takes all you can spare. But lelt that it
would be utterly out of my power to
make that room look anything like what
wanted without it. And kept seeing
how beautiful 1t would be with those
gold colored satin curtains of our aunt
Sophy's falling back from the windows
on each side of it And sat down and
stared at the spot, and felt AZ if l didn't
want the house at all il couldn't have
that cabinet And thought you might
90 without your cigars and yonr claret
and your horses couple Of years, and
we could easily have it,
Kind Of you, and cheerful for me-
.Oh, | didn't think anything about
that part of it, just fancy though,
YOU were the most selfish man in the
world, and the most unhappy woman
and all men were selfish, and all women
were slaves; and-and that ebony and
gold cabinet was obscuring my whole out
look on life. felt SO angry with you
and with fate, and with everything, that
hot, scalding hot, tears would have sha-
ken down, il you had happened to come
just then. I'm so glad you didn't, Law
renee, dear; | couldn't have spoken to
save my life, and should hayer run direct
ly cut of the room for fear if did speak,
| should say something horrid'
Should you, indeed? And do yon
imagine | shouldn't have followed 2
'Oh, | should have been running
And whose legs are longest, pass
well, that's nothing to do with it.
Just then the whirlwind came up. and the
window. places being open, all the dust OF
the building, all the shavings and splint
crs and lime and sand about, seemed to
make a sudden lurch into the room, and |
couldn't see across it. And there | was
in my new hat And made for the door
as fast as could fly.
'Sillest thing you could do
Il suppose Sc; for when | was out
doors, the boards OF the scatFolding were
pitching through the air at such rate
that / could neither stay there nor go
back; and saw that little shauty just
round the corner, AMI ran in
THAT was sensible,
Thanks. And there she was, pots and
mills around the door, and hen just
blowing In befare me, and aparcel otd
ty faced. barefoo,sd children tnmbing
round. And Guch place 1t fairly made
INC low. spirited to look at it was in
III mortal fear Of getting 0 grease spot on
INV dress. hut was in before knew it.,
and there was no help for it, and the wind
was blowing, so had to stay
And the lady of that house read you