The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-11-18

little Of life at the seaside and in the
mountains; we shall make more friends
than we want; we shall learn how to
spend our quarter of A miiliOn-it Yields
that doesn't it?'
AT that rate, SO far But | shall not
receive SO much III once However, we
are receiving more now that we can com
iortably put away. have credit at the
bank. Mrs Nj"
You are really growing t. look like a
bloated bond-hoder." said Mrs Matthews,
pulling up her husbands coat a little, and
then tptoeing to give him n kiss.
"Well, " SAID Mr.. Matthews, Il suppose
You want your dresses. I'll draw YOU a
check
He took on his coat and SIT down to it.
Ii was a lahotious piece of business. but
he achieved It, She put on her bonnet,
and ran over ln the bank with it, rs he
hadc her; and fer that bit OF writing they
put into her hands-Which used to have
such hard work to extract half q dollar
ior necessary needles and thread from her
husbands purse-halt dozen liye-hun-
dred-dollAr bills the SIGHT of which might
have dazzled her but for their green tint
50 soothing to the vision. She asked to
have one Of the big bills broken into ones.
but thought better of it, and took tens
Fifty ten-dollar bills it took away her
breath. Those fifty teu-dOliar bills seem
ed more 10 her than all the five others
fifty ten-dollar bills at once But she
sent her order to the city that afternoon,
and not only sent the order, but sent the
dress-maker with it, Aud when, a week
lk No.
the family as complete as money could
make them, she moved with her husband,
Master Wybert. Miss Martha. and the
baby Gulnare into the best parlors of the
only hotel, she tet that her career had
begun
But how can Il career begin without a
carriage? The best that could be ordered
patent springs, plate glass, quilted satin,
hidden mirror. card pocket, parcel holder
became Mrs. Matthews's; and as ior
horses that drew the Broynes they were
not good enough for The Matthewscs.
TPn-thousand-lollar horses that stepped
as il they knew their worth We're the ones
that drew Mrs. Matthews and Miss Mar
thA when they took the air 50 much-for
Mrs Matthews was haunted by the idea
that She could hardly get her fair share OF
riding before she took that last ride OF
which She had once before made mention
H. that the coachman declared another
pair must be procured or these would be
runcd; and another pair accordingly
went into the stable \ ct what with the
ailments to which these costly beasts
were subject, what with the weather in
which they couldn't be out, and the hours
at which they mnst be in, and the general
tyranny Of the coachman, Mrs Matthews
sometimes doubted if She would not have
more enjoyment out of Il hundred dollar
na@ which She could drive herself But
what :; wonder that coachman was, and
Whit 4 wonder was his livery. Nobody
in that town had set up II livery before
Her; She did not set it up herself till after
their return from that journey in which
They saw as much OF the world as could
hc compressed into the vision Of d MONTH
Bnt the calm content which Mrs. Mat
theWS TOOK in That dark green surtout.
with the silver stripe and the black cock
;tde, would have gone lar to balance the
general discomfort Of the rest Of humanity
with their lot And what gorgeous
SIGHT was Mrs Matthews herself, as She
sit in state, with Miss Martha and her
gugrlMnSs lust sufficiently in the back
ground. receiving the calls OF the fine
ladies who had never known what Il love
II person Mrs. Matthews was till now !
OF as clad in royal purple velvet with
the dropping plunes of her heart's-casc-
loadeN hat ningIing with her yet bright
brown hair, she stepped from her car
riage, returning these calls, her tootman
n tl,,,.
priceless cashmere on his arm so haugh-
ty and magnificent y being himself, that
iootman, that in the old days Mrs Mat
thews would not have dared ask him q
question
Mrs Matthews had good taste in dress
ing. She WAS fond now Of showing her
husband what She could have done when
she was Young, il the means had been ut
hand. She was quite an artist in colors
.Irust me for that.' she SAID, displaying
a star of enormous diamonds that had lust
been sent in from the city to match her
necklace, for she had curtr 6lui1rlc in cX-
throat better than for her troublesome red
hands
.'But rc;dly, Mrs. NJ" said her hus-
band, I'VE are living now mt high pres
sure Don't You think it would b.; better
to hold OIL Il little and salt something
down, in case of accident ?'
"Accidcnt? n said she gayly. What ac-
cident can occur, unless an earthduakc
should tip the world wrong side up with
care? Don't you think you have enough
salted down in that mine now? No, Mr.
Matthews, let us, for the first year or two
spend all we can. In little while we
shall be too old to enjoy it let us enjoy
it while we are young eEough 1t estab-
fishes our supremacy, too, Ike nothing
else II does me good t. see Mrs. Broyne
and Mrs. Means kowtowing to me. |
want to laugh in their faces. The men
have Just found out what splendid busi-
ness capacity you have; the women are
all in love with me. If you could see
that chit of Purcell girl, who used to
my Chantilly flounce on her knees, it
would be as good as play for your y
"You'rc q smart woman" said her hus-
band lost in admiration. = You're a
trump. You do credit TO your money.
Well, have Your own way, my dear
And it is needless 10 say she did.
Mrs Matthews's way was very fine
way and a nightly expensive one. She
moved before long into the Nreeland
place, which was furnished and vacant.
She thought best, she said not to pur-
chase or build till they had made their
European tour next year, and seen what
palaces were She had a French cook
and u horde of servants; she began to
give q little course Of delectable dinner
parties; she had people to visit her
whose acquaintance she made in her
months tour; she gave couple OF
chamber concerts, with the assistance OF
the Haydn Quartcttes who CHANGED to be
IN that portion of the country. She was
finding out how to spend her money, and
even to run a little in debt. "By Georgen
said her husband once, when she dismissed
her whole retinue and imported another
household from the city, ''you cut such a
swath it would take a whole silver mihe
to keep up with you." Save in the time
for such n chance remark, she saw moth
ing at all of her husband she hardly saw
her children; She was plunged in a round
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