The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-04

younger said, presently; "but saw you
out with the gardener to-day, and
thought you might like some of the
seeds and bulbs that were left when the
garden next to ours was made"
''NOw, that GOGS thoughtful" Mrs.
Heth said, undOing the tiny packages,
and looking as happy as boy with his
first top. at is all so new to me, and
so sweet, too-this having little farm
to do just what l please with; and I
mean to have every inch of it in bloom
before long. Youlive next door, then?"
"Hes, next door on your right. We
came there only last fall, and l don't
get as much time for outdoor work as
[ would like. My baby is exacting, and
as I rather encourage him-I suppose I
do with little shrug of the shoulders)
since everybody says so-and as [ do
not keep nurse, he takes nearly all my
time"
''But your garden is lovely and your
lawn ! Why, it seems incredible you
could make it so beautiful in so short a
time"
"'Where there's will there's way
you know; and we are so fond of flow
ers. Besides-n
And so they chatted on for an hour,
part of the time out on the lawn where
the young grass was like velvet, and the
sunshine was like gold, tucking away
the tiny seeds, perfectly at home with
each other, and at peace with all the
world.
"plI go to my baby now," Mrs. Mel
vile said at last. "Fve left him too
long already, l fear. But time just flies
when I'm out among the flowers, and /
wanted you to feel, too, that your lot
had fallen to you among friends; that
is, if you cared to"
An hour later Mrs. Heth received her
second call. She had had many such
in the past, and she knew well Just
what they all amounted to. There was
an elegant equipage before her door, a
cOachman in livery on the box, and for
| her VjS-G-Uis, a lady painted and frizzed;
lady in faultless costume, with deli
cate perfumes like incense all about her;
a lady whose familiarity with the edicts
submitted to by society's creme de Ia
creme was unquestiOnable, and who
could never be persuaded beyond her
depth, which was lamentably shallow.
"TOO artificial for any use in the
world" Nelly said to her husband that
evening, "and too languid even for low
ing, 1 do believe. What aOere such
women made fol? ?"
''Made for? Why, to get away with
the profit of stocks, of course; and-and
why, to be admired. l thought there
was something else"
"Then surely they are filling theil
mission, for they are encouraged to be
just what they are by the very admira-
ton you allude to-"
"Ah?n
ayes, and nobody knows it better
than you; and tell me, please, what
chance in the gay, social world would
the lady next door have? She is a
lady, good wife and a good mother
doing her best to make her home sweet
and to keep her husband out of debt.
She nurses her own child, works-actu-
ally works among her flowers and
plants, and gets along with one servant
a Chinaman at that"
"And what of it? Many women dc
their own housework, take care of half.
a-dozen babies, and"
Take in sewing! Granted, and they
may be ladies proper, for a. that. But
what gentleman pays them honorable
attention ?r
Harry was silent and Mrs. Heth con.
tinued:
"Now, I've had two calls to-day, anG
both from near neighbors. To the lit.
tie young mother my heart went out al
the very first touch of her hand, and we
didn't gossip a bit, either, even about
books. But the Other-why, Harry
she couldn't discover me, though We
walked side by side forever"
"And there is the difference"
"Yes, there is the difference. AND
yet in our world-the one we've left be.
hind us, [ mean-the lady of my liking
would be wall-hOwer surely"
"But none the less happy, perhaps
By-the-way, Yellow Jacket is goine
down little"
"'Prophet,' said I; thing of evil,"
laughed Nelly.
"Oh, it'll come up again before the
week ends" Harry answers, assuringly
"And how much will you lose if i
does not?"
"Only two-fifty. I didn't 60 in heavy
on the start, you know"
But the weeks end brought no change
The "two-fifty" were past redemption
and
$50 the world goes" sighed Harry
''It wasn't much; but straWs shov
which way the wind blows. Heigh
no /" and he lighted his tenth cigar ant
, smoked out his chagrin in solitude
while Nelly and her next-door neighbo
chatted across the jessamine on the Low
wall dividing them, and planned
: hundred happy things to do to MAX
their new homes in the new land sweete
for the dear ones.
, Harry heard their talk, and mental,
resolved to run no more risks, but to at
J tend strictly to his legitimate busines
"henceforth and forever.n,
And, so far, he has kept his word.
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