The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-07-30

under the bed and behind the doors, and
in ten minutes that bureau Was SO full
you could not shut 4 drawer. Then /
took them oil out and fixed them al over
again. st is ours, Jim n. says /; and
then l just sat down and cried. - =
THE OTHER SIDE.
"Well, Lawrence, I'm SO glad you've
come. thought you never would. And
I've had such lesson read me-"
.: s'Lesson !! Who's been reading my
wife lesson should like to know -.
@'"Who do you think? Nobody but that
little absurd woman there-that Mrs.
Jim. But never had such lesson.
Drive slow, please, and let me tell you
al about it. this horse does throw the
gravel in your face so. I'm expecting
every moment to see the spokes fly out
Of the wheels. There now that's reason
kble. This horse is perfect griffin-has
legs and wings too"
; :t"Well-steady, Frolic. Now let's have
your lesson. If there 5 any one can read
you lesson, Mrs. Fanny Mulgrave, l
should like to hear it,"
"Now, Lawrence. However. you know
I came up to look at the house, for I've
been having my misgivings about that
big room. And whenI went in, it did
look so big and bare. I was dismayed.
paced it off this way, and paced it off
that way. and thought about what could
put in the corners; and how that window
with tho sea view would be as good as
picture; and how the whole mantle. piece,
from dado to cornice. with it's white mar.
bic carvings and guiding and mirror, was
. perfect illumination and how must
confront it in that great square alcove
with a mass Of shadow; and we haven't
single thing to 60 there; and how mag.
ni6cent an ebony and gold cabinet like
that Mrs. Watrous and saw at the ex.
hibition-the one that went into costa
cies over, you know, that goes from floor
to ceiling-would fill the place. And the
more thought of it, the more indispen.
sable such great ebony and guilt cabi.
net seemed to be. And knew it was
perfectly impossible-''
"How did you know it, may enquire?"
'Oh, they cost-oh, hundreds of dol.
lars. And Of course, the house itself takes
all you can spare. But felt that it
would be utterly out Of my power to make
that room look anything like what
wanted without it. And I kept seeing
how beautiful it would be with those gol,:
colored satin curtains of your aunt So.
phys falling back from tho windows on
each side Of it. And I sat Down and
stared at the spot, and felt as if didn't
want the house at all if couldn't have
that cabinet. And I thought you might
60 without your cigars and your clarct
and your horses couple of years, and
we could easily have it,
'Kind Of you, and cheerful for me-"
ooh, didn't think anything about
that part Of it. Just fancy. l thought
you were the most selfish man in the
world, and was the most unhappy wo.
man; and all men were selfish, and all
women were slaves and--and that ebony
and gold cabinet was obscuring my whole
outlook on life. Ifelt so angry with you,
and with fate, and with everything, that
hot, scalding-hot tears would have shaken
down if You had happened to come Just
then. I'm so glad you didn't, Lawrence,
dear: I couldn't have spoken to save nv
life> and should have run directly out Of
the room for fear, if did speak. I should
say something horrid."
"Should you, indeede And do you
imagine l shouldn't have followed"
ooh, should have been running"
And whose legs are longest, puss!'
"Well, that's nothing to do with it.
just then the wh'rlwind came up, and the
windowpiaces being open, all the dust Of
the building, all the shavings and splin-
tiers and lime and sand about. seemed to
make 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 my feet could fly"
"Silliest thing you could do"
81 suppose so; for when I was out
doors the boards Of the scaffoldings were
pitching through the air at such rate
that could neither stay nor go back !;
and l saw that little shanty just round
the corner, and ran in"
"that was sensible
''Thanks. And there she was, pots and
pals about the door, aud hen just blow
ing in before me, and parcel of dirty
faced, bare.footed children tumbling
round. And such place! 1t fairly
made me low-spirited to look at it. Twas
in mortal fear Of getting a grease spot on
my dress. But was in before knew it,
and there was no help for it, and the
wind was blowing so Ihad to stay
"And the lady of the house read You
lesson o.
''Such a lesson! You'd have thought.
to begin with, that it was palace. She
did the honors like little duchess. 1t
didn't occur to her, apparently, that
things were squalid. And that made it
so much easier than if she apologized,
and you were forced to tell polite fibs and
make believe it was all right, you know.
She was trifle vexed because the face of
one of the children wasn't clean, and
afterward she repentingly gave him the
molasses jug to keep him quiet but an
other Of the children was such darling |!
Well, presently her tongue was loose.
'Humph -
"Humph! Didn't you want to hear
about it! Oh, l know the whole story Of
!; my =, tongue but find you like to listen to
$50 I do, my dear, so 1 do. And
then?''
"Well, as I was saying, presently her
tongue was loose, and had the benefit
Of her experience. And l know she has
a good-for'naught Of husband, whom