Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-07-01

loosely by one hinge, and one OF Two .
scrubby lilac bushes forlorniy 'oSss
their foliage in the wind!
slow slrearv il looksi" thougnC hacnei,
with 4 little shudder, as she WONDERED
WHETHER the coachman had really meant
to stnn there. But Uncle Ben at once
seized her carpet bag and umbrella.
s.Come. NV DEAR" he said 20 Rachel.
as this the place ?" she asked.
"This is the place." Uncle Ben an
swered, with sudden paroxysm of
coughing. ''Glte's little out of order,"
as that useful mode Of ingress became
suddenly detached from its sole remain
ing hinge, aud fell with crash to the
ground; ~but that's sooE set right with a
screw-driver and half dozen screws"
Alas poor Rachel! What were her
sensations, us she looked blankly around
the neglected, dismal spot which was the
sole realization of her fairy dreams? This
the home Uncle Benedict had given them.
And for an instant our poor little heroine
felt as if she could repel the unwelcome
gift, and tell Uncle Benjamin plainly that
| she could not spend her days i'll hover
! like this,
But then came sober, second thoughts.
UNCLE Ben dict had meant kindly; tney
were poor, and could not afford 10 us
pense with even the meanest OF roofs over
their heads. No, she must gratefully ac-
cept the present i'm the spirit In which 1t
was given, and check in the bud all her
trebellious and ulailnable repinings.
II told you it was a cottage, you know,
said Uncle Ben, keenly scrutlnizing her
face, as they stood on the door step walt
ing for the door to be opened.
4 4 ~ anil RoahQI OI1npInO
round with brightning eyes. sThat is a
very choice climbing rose over the will
kOw, il it was only properly trained.
''It's rather lonesome" said Uncle Ben.
IL like the country" Rachel answered,
hopefully.
As she spoke a slipshod old woman APP
peared, to let them in, and led the way
to the best room, a green-curtained apart
ment. with a shabby carpet on the floor,
and a fire in the crate that emitted far
more smoke than calOric.
"SmOky chimneys, eh?" said Uncle
Ben.
1.-The draught seems to be poor" said
Rachel, "but dare say it can be altered.
Il hadn't any idea the ceilings were Sc
low" grumbled the old gentleman.
It's partly the effect of the large pat
tern of the wall paper" said Rachel
with glance at the red and green mon
strOslt1es. "a narrow-striped pattern
will improve it." - IS
$ What queer little cupboar,ls by the
sides Of the mantel y said Uncle Ben.
''Oh. they will be nice for our best
china" said Rachel.
My DEAR" said the old gentlemen, 81
believe you are determined To be pleased.
DO you really think you shall like this
placer. - m Htt
II shall like any place where Hugh
is said Rachel, brightly.
| She went all over the house with the
old gentleman, planning improvements
and suggesting and contriving until he
really began to think she would make an
Arcadia out of the tumble-dOwn old farm.
And If she shed few tears on her pillow
when she went to rest under the caves OF
the roof, in an apartment which must
have been built for Tom Thumb, Uncle
Ben Benedict never suspected it.
There was the chariot at the door when
Rachel arose from her breakfast of bread
and butter and coffee the next morning.
"COme, my lass" said the old gentle
man, Il want to show you place further
up the road, which has been taken by a
friend of mine." IFE
4 4hC utltC StIiu tIic uCliclOttS OcpiCuOct
air were like an invigOrating tonic to our
wearied little bride; and picture after
the style of Vatican awaited them i'm the
exquisite villa, with its rose-clad bay win
a 96i a fS dRaips styaS Sdl9pie
ing branches of the elins on the lawn,
and mirble Cupid, holding up carved
conchshell, scattered bright rain into a
flOwer-bOrdered basin directly in front OF
the gates.
.Oh, how beautiful ~ cried Rachel. 81
never saw such superb scarlet geraniums
in my life; and what a lovely marble
paved hallm
You like the appearance 20
..Oh, yes, it's beautiful"
.Come i'll, my dear, and see how you
| like the Interior said the old gentlemen
serenely.
| Lit was perfect, from the drawing rooms
with their superb Brussels carpet and eX
quisite silk hangings, to the chambers
all in white and pink, like the insi lie Of
Il roses heart, and the fairy conservatory
all stocked with camelias, heliOtrOpe and
fare fuchsias, at the south end of the
house.
at is like fairyland!" cried Rachel, Ell.
Enthusiastically. 'Do tell me Uncle Ben
who is to live here?''
Uncle Ben turned round AMI faced her
"You, my DEAR
"An Hugh, of course?"
40 be sure -
But, Uncle,' gasped little Rachel
quite overwhelmed by this unexpected
good luck, /" the other house"
THAT'S onlya little joke of mine. This
is the real home, and give it you with
all the more pleasure that you were dis
posed to make the best of the bad bar
gain Gou thought you was in for. My
dear, the cOntented mind you possess is
worth a thousand hOuses!" So
And Rachel felt something warm and
wet upon her cheek, like tear, as the old
gentleman stopped to kiss her.
| When Hugh came home, to find his lit
tie wife upon the veranda, all welcoming
smiles to greet him, he exclaimed, 6 Why,
Uncle Ben, this is a perfect casket!'
|" But none to good for the little jewel
that inhabitS it." Uncle Ben answered.
And Hugh read i'm the tone that his
young wife had won the capriciOus old
gentleman's heart.-World $ ,-s9 s.
Several Glasses too Much.