The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-21

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dare to look them in the face. The idei
of grudging my servants"
go Clara, you're perfectly hope
less" then Rex wound up. And at tina
l cried, and of course then he had to con
sole me; and it was great deal nice
than if we hadn't quarreled.
&" Pm sure l want to economize,"
said. 81 wear silks, but Kitty make:
them; and think they're cheapest in the
long run, and one feels so much more
comfortable. And then you always useC
to like TO see me in silks"
And so | do now. OF course | do. Il
isn't that l would deprive you of a single
trifie, Clara, my darling, for anything il
the world; nothing is too good for you
l"s only-Only- Why, you never
scrutinize an account"
81 deal with honest people. I'd be
ashamed to-"
Well, the consequence is that you
don't even know the price of mutton,
and the tradesmen whack on any price
they choose. Now what if we should
lose our income by any hocus-pocus?-
such things have happened. What
should we do?"
Do? Why, do whet other people do.
Everybody seems to get along. Creditors
allow you something, don't they-so
much a day." And then Rex burst out
in great laugh, and cried: You are
certainly incorrigible, you lovely little
idiotw And we were off for a drive, and
that was the end of that lesson.
Every once in while Reginald used
to have one of these fits of economy.
His mother would say to me, when she
came over: AcquiesCe in it; agree with
him; do your best to meet his wishes,
when the fit is on; he'll soon get all he
wants of it." And so he did.
You know our little place on the
Nauginog Beach? Well it is so lovely
that we determined to make it our per-
manent home, and go to the city and a
hotel for two or three of the worst winter
months, but give up the city house and
have only one establishment. Gen. Dur
ceau's is at the head of the cliff, and he
lives there all the year round, and Mrs.
Gleason's directly adjoining, and we are
down below on the Long Beach, where
don't know how many ships have come
ashore, and no end of flOatsam and let
sam, as Rex calls it. Spars come ashore;
bales, bottles holding letters, drift-wood
half ground to powder; once pickedup
a sailors cap, and once, do you believe,
a cradle with little baby in it, sound
asleep, and rocking so sweetly on the
waves l did so want to keep it; but of
course a mother had to turn up, rescued,
too, on the other side of Gen Durceau's
cliff. Well, one afternoon Rex and
were walking on the Long Beach, max.
ing believe look for the quicksand. 1t
was after dinner-time had expected
Col. M Manus, but he hadn't come-and
of course | was nicely dressed. always
do dress for Rex, but l had taken I'M
usual pains to-day, for Rex had some
business reasons for desiring to make an
uncommonly good impression on the
Colonel. The Colonel was securing
charter for some tremendous undertake
CotopaXi or the Atlantic,
or something of the sort, sure to make
the everlasting fortune of all included,
and Rex wished to be included; and the
Colonel was so irascible, and so impcr-
tant and pompous and naughty, that we
wanted he should have the best of every
thing; so in his absence magnificent
dinner was spoiled, and my superb
toilet lost had never worn my dress
before, either; it was just the last and
lOveliest shade of royal purple, melted
amethyst, and it was deadened and half
covered with black lace, my best and
dearest, fine as a cobweb. OF course it
was no dress for beach walking. Let
us have tive-minutes' stroll, said Rex.
a." Perhaps the old bloke went to the
other station; I'll send Terence round;
and had just thrown on my scarf, and
gathered my dress up out Of harms way
the beach couldn't hurt my gold cable
chain, nor my pink corals, born of the
sea itself-and had run after him. We
hadn't taken ten steps before | found
that the tit was on, and that he had it
bad. The fact was that, comfortable as
we were, Rex had become discontinued
among richer people, and was nursing
the idea that he should like to be
and there were some excel
lent schemes and chances for capital
that he knew about, and it veXed him to
think he had no capital to spare; and he
dwelt on it and dwelt on it, 1t seemed
to him so ignoble to be living on his
grandfather's entailed estate, and to be
making nothing of his own; and as we
spent every penny every year he decided
that the one way to get any capital was
to save some, and that | was the one to
save it, and if he could only force me
into beginning the thing would be done
by natural momentum. But there
could he change the spots on the leopard?
See here" said he, that afternoon, as
we walked; look at that. Enough wood
to last US the year round thrown on this
shore, and nobody picking up stick of
itw
cts nothing but chips" said 1.
"Chips?" said he. I" Let me tell you,
chips make as good blaze as heart can
wish We could burn these chips in
every CRATE we have; and some of them
are goodly pieces"
"And 60 without our beautiful sea
coal ireW
"Our sea coal costs us thirty dollars a
ton, and these chips cost nothing
suppose if they cost thirty dollars ton
ships would be chartered to bring them
from the ends of the earth AS it is,
Terence could be gathering them when
he has nothing else to do. And as for
bpautv Clara | shOnld like TO hear any,