The Lake County star., 1877-05-17


ly upon me. Difference to the aged
knew she considered beautiful.
My aunt didn't like my boarding
place, and wasn't pleased with my
boarding-mistress. She thought we's
better Keep house, and ] spent tn,
next fortnight ouse-huntIng with her
The great desldcratum seemed to b,
the right kind of q "buttery;" 0nt
would haye supposed butter was to b'
the staff of life with us. We ut las
found "buttery', on the northwes
corner, opening Into both kitchen ant
dining-room, having the requisite
number Of cupb0ards, having shelves
that admitted of being taken out IL
houses cleaning time, painted q bewItch
inc Cream-colOE and we engaged tha
bvftery, tfeaardless OF cost or OF ths
character Of the nelghborhOod.
The next mOmentOus step was to ge
my aunt's "things" removed. Were
writing O scientific essay on psyche
logical distinctions Of sex, / shoul(
make one straRg poiSty The tenacious
attach ment Uf the -femipine mind L
''things." Ten thousand dollars In
stocks and bonds at stake In an un'
settled estate have been known To ex.
cite less interest and create less jeal.
ousy than the disp0siAasA of an odd
tableclOth. s
MY aunt was for some dsys in har-
rowing state Of indecision IS TO wheth-
er she had better have her things In.
voiced as freight or hire q car. BY
virtue ot the handsome figures learned
tQ make at Commercial college, ]
proved to-her that it would be cheaper
10 hire y car. had to 60 to her former
place Of abode to see about getting the
thllRs en- route. and I had to "mect
them with q carriagev at our depot.
felt like q collector Of antiquities just
getting an assortment over from Egypt.
I shall ever feel grateful to the small
1,Oys Of our Village for their self-re-
straint on this tempting occasion.
don't recOlleot q single OpprobriOus
epithet. They treated my loads with
a respect to which nothing but hoary
hairs could entitle them.
There was q cheese-press, aud
don't know but a cider-mill; there was
something, with four tremendously
heavy legs, always believed to be
something In disguise of bedstead.
There were seven hand-boxes -four
large and three small, seventeen COM
fOrtab!es, and great deal of crOckery,
which evidently came over in the
Mayfiower, but had much better have
put back to land In the Speedwell.
1 need not say that our residence,
when furnished, was neat but not
gaudy. I slept under " rising sun !"
bed Quilt, and had q round braided
mat to put my feet on when I got out
In the morning. sighed for my
former cOzy quarters, but remember
Ell my aunt's valuation and reasoned
that II she was my only living female
relative ON the fathers side, must
of necessity be her only living male
relative on the mothers side.
I, Soon after we were .domesticated,
found that M aunt was subject to
mysterious attacks. which attacks In
variably seized her In the night time,
and made It imE erative that should
run. for the doctor. Liability to the
attack precluded the possibility Of my
being away from home evenings, ex-
cepting Sunday and Thursday even
ings, when was expected to see my
aunt to prayer meetings and attend
her home, though Evellna went off in
an opposite direction with another
fellow. didn't know but Justice both
to myself ahd Evelina demanded that
I should have u conversation with my
aunt and set before her. in language
which even child might understand,
my views of the duties and privileges
ofan engaged man; but felt extremely
doubtful OF her sympathy and seventy
five thousand was a good deal to risk.
We had one servant, whose wages
my aunt thought IL right / should pay,
because, as she said. IL there was no
one but herself. she shouldn't keep q
girl. Our cuisine was managed with
strict regard to economy. We lived
largely upon soup, which consisted
principally of broth. My aunt highly
esteemed marrow-bones. wonder II
1t Is generally known among physiol0-
gists how long a healthy person can
subsist on q persistently boiled marrow
bone?
For two or three years 1 had been in
the habit of smoking single cigar at
the close Of the days labor. One even
ing I was sitting on the piazzi indulg-
ing in this luxury, when out came my
aunt,
"iSnm'tOei ?" cried she, "dre you
smoking? ?"
"Yes'm," very meekly.
"WeJl," said she. calmly but firmly,
snene Of my money shall ever go up
in cigar smoke" Then again, "HOw
much do you pay for cigars?"
"Ten cents"
snow. Sam'w wei, want you to take
your pencil an calculate how much ten
cents day will amount to In year,
then how much In fifty years, then /
want you to put this sum at compound
interest, and see how much II will
amount to by the time you are seventy
five years Ofage."
1t struck me that had somehow,
during my lifetime, met with similar
but conscientiOusly made
the calculation.
Aunt" cried I, "I'm perfectly ap-
palled. Never did l dream Of this.
OF what mad extravaganza have been
guiltyv" and wildly / hurled my cigar
Into the camomile bed.
,Itbecame generally known through
out our village that my aunt was
wealthy and 1 was heir-expectant,
and / soon perceived that, whether or
not ever obtained the gold, / was go
ing to have the glory. At q town
legally called, and with the
moderator In the chair, was elected
one ofthe nine prudential committee
men .duty-''to see about getting the
wuod.o Our Sabbath school appoint
ed me delegate to conference at Cum
privileges-lose my time,
pay my own fare, change cars twice.
stage ft five miles over country road
and through q November landscape;
prospects, address by Deacon Thomas
Jones; music, that rare aud intricate
compoeition, "Shall we gather ut the
river?v -a...,'''''..,.,
secured the position as watchman
ut our store every other Sunday night.
Aunt asked nre II i expected extra pay
for this service, and I said I did. Eve
lima had talked of green reps for our
parlor. but found that calculations
had now ascended to some kind Of rose
colored something, value about treble
that of the reps. 1asi
Aunt was at length seized with an
attack" Of moro than ordinary vio-
lepcs. A called three physicians, for
shrunk from exposing myself to the
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