The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-21

SO lar from being favorably impressed
WIN our surroundings, had gone away
Iully aware as he was of the exact
amount OF Henry's income-shocked and
sorry to see that Henry Arden had mar
RED a wife with so little sense and iudg-
ment; no second glance from his keen
eyes was wanting to prove to him how
terribly beyond it we were living His
observations had satisfied him that seri-
Gus embarrassments must ensue; conse-
quently he and his partners had be-
slowed the desired post and increased
emoluments upon one who if he needed
IT less than we did, certainly understood
its value better.
90 no one except my mother and Uncle
Jocelyn would be surprised, though we
imagined so differently, as we sat on and
on In our pretty drawing-room, talking
over the weary subject, and bordering
what we could possibly do. We should
have to sell off everything, or leave Am.
oerl y Villas, and begin life over
again. Henry's prospects, of course,
would be seriously damaged, and we
could never hope to thoroughly regain
the position our own folly had deprived
us OF. 1t was not pleasant to think of,
but there could be no shutting out of
the question now; it must be met and
answered Immediately. What were we
to do? Nothing very definite could be
arrived at; but one thing was clear-the
change was not very far off.
can never describe the anxiety of the
days that followed, nor tell the agony it
cost me to write and tell my mother that
we were hopelessly, desperately in
volved, and that our difficulties were so
great that it was impossible for us ever
to surmount them. What would she
say? What would everybody say?
Worst of all, what would Uncle Jocelyn
say? For the worst had come to the
worst-our house was our own no long
er; man-strange and to me most ter
rible-was comfortably making himself |
at home in our kitchen-in other words,
had taken possession! How could Henry
show his face at the office? How could |
| ever venture out again?
l shall never forget the two days that |
followed after wrote and told my moth
er; on the third, when | was almost stu
pened with the magnitude of our misfor-
tunes and during Henry's (poor Henry
bo could NOT stor o,,iotI,i ~ ho,,eoH ~
sence had sbnt m 1 no - NV roo "o
some ono knocl-od ~ +bP daan "a 49, =,
answer 70 NV ,yarr snbdrnd go wv Nv
if was GENTLY onened ond NOT SohbU as
7 had anticinatpd onnaared bnt mo 70,
miliar, friendly face Of Uncle Jocelyn.
My poor childp' he exclaimed" my
arms with all tho tenderness Of fatbar
CT onlv beard - al th;a , r,orn;nc ,' ho
said. land 7 started off ;mmad 7,
Cheer nm Kata. don,t orr;o,-o vow. IA |
nncle hT taors TbinaS coT,t bo oost
mend;nG. and 7 wnni5n,t ha boro r
hadn't come 70 holm yon
And how he be,1ed nc, Without
word of anoar or ronroaob bo Iis+anod 70
Henrv,s and NV otorv. we told II foith,
fuIIv not snar;ra or attem,,tina 70 imo+i.
fv 9nrSelvaS fnr orr o,,I,,dhia on J5
and when oil Voc confaIsod ba siuor>I,, |
wrote a check for the fnI1 amount Of Pnr
liabilities Tbo total ,ras . sor;1,,s ona
hnt we wora SoveJ NOT 81 fra,, thn
disoraco Int from, Herry,s Az n,i sso fron,
1artnersbin which afterward 1ras tho
means of our DOsseSsinp a fortune far
bevond what wa had eveT in orr rosiast
imaoinatione draomed of
By Uncle .Tocelvns advice we snblet
Amberley villas and retired TO a more
roomv house in a less exnensive and lass
fashionable locality. we sold ali orr su,
nerAuities which had becoma actIoIly
hateful to me- and we started once more
with a small hnt certain ;ncon,o
How much HAMMER We We're and how
grateful TO Uncle JoceIvn II would 70.
9uire a far more eloonent nen than mine
to describe He often came to sec ns
and never had cause TO regret the gener'