The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-07-26

seemed to be. And l knew it was per-
sectly impossible
"How did you know it, may l in
quire!"
"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 l kept sceing
how beautiful it would be with those
gold.colorcd satin curtains Of your amt
SOphy's falling back from tho windows
on each sile Of it. And I sat down and
stared Mt tho spot, and felt rs ii I didn't
want tho house at NIL il I couldn't have
that cabinet. And I thought you might
go without your cigars and your claret
and your horses n couple Of years, and
We could easily have it"
Kind OF you, and cheerful for mo.
"Oh, I didn't think anything about
that part of il. Just fancy I Thought
you wcrc tho most selfish man in the
world, md was the most unhappy
woman; and all men were selfish, and
all women wero slaves; and-and that
ebony and gold cabinet was obscuring
my whole outlook on life. I felt SO
angry with you, and with fate, and with
everything, that hot, scalding hot tears
would have shaken down il you had
happened to come Just then. Well, Just
then tho whirlwind camo up, and the
window places being open, all tho dust
of the building, all tho slavings and
splintcrs and lime and saudabout, seemed
to make sudden lurch into tho room,
and couldn't sec across it. And there
I was in my new hat And made for
the door Us fast ms my feet could fly"
"Sillicst thing you could do"
al suppose so; for when I was out
doors, the boards Of tho scaiIollings
were pitching through the mir at such Il
rate that could neither stay there nor
go back and I saw that little shanty
Just round tho corner, and ran in"
"That WIS sensible"
"Thanks. Aud there she was, pots
and pals about the door, and hen Just
blowing in before me, and parcel OF
dirty.faced, barefooted children tum-
bling round. And such place! 1t
fairly made mo low-spirited to look at
it. was in mortal fear Of getting n
grease spot on my dress. But l was
in before / knew it, and there was no
help for it, and tho wind WIS blowing
so l had to stay"
"And the Indy Of that house read You
u lcssoni"
"Such lesson You'd have thought,
to begin with, that it was n palace. She
did tho honors like little duchess. 1t
didn't occur to her, apparently, TINT
things were squalid. And that made it
so much easier than il she apologized.
She was tritle vcxcd because tho face
of one of tho children was not clean,
and afterward she repentfngly gave him
tho molasscs jug to keep him quiet; but
another OF the children was such little
darling! Well, presently her tongue
was loose, and had the benefit OF her
experience. And know she has a
good-for-naught Of IL husband, whom
she loves great deal better than l love
you-oh yes, sho does, for she seems
never to have thought one hard thing
concerning him, and WIS thinking so
many OF you, YOU know And there
she is, and has been, with her cooking
stove and table, her two chairs, Il bed,
and crib, with Il contcntcd spirit and Il
patient soul, and hor highest ambition
and hcr widest day-drcam just to
have -
can ebony and gold cabinet I"
"Oh, no, no! Do drive faster,
Lawrence. How this horse does crawl
want to get it up to her tonight. A
bureau. To think OF it, only bureau
You needn't laugh Mt mo. I've m awful
cold in my head. And l mcan she shall
have it. 1 think l can get what she'll
consider n beauty, though, for twelve
dollars, or thcrcabouts. l do feel i'll
such n hurry, when it takes such n little
bit to make woman happy"
"Au ebony and gold cabinet, for
instance"
"Oh, nonsense! How you do love to
tease, Lawrence! Inever want to hear
of such thing again. l wouldn't have
it now."
"Stop, stop, good wIol You'll say
too much. You silly little woman, didn't
you know that ebony and gold cabinet
which you and Mrs. Watrous saw was
made for the place between your
windows Z"