The Republican journal., 1877-12-06

w a ,NtbI SpIlIttlIIitS lllVlt. III
has chance to go into partnership Will
his brother out v est somewhere, and he'll
sell for q thousand"
'But John, some people like you better
than they do DR.. LangWorthy.
eyes, some people do. But the Ques-
ton is, will they like me better than the
other man who buys Dr Langworthy out
If | were that man, | should command
both practices 1t is chance, don't YOU
see But a new man coming in has his
chance to cut me out"
| see. What can be done ;"
"Nothing, with rtetul laugh. That's
the worst Of it. | can only keep on and
hope for the best But It is hard when
with this miserable thousand dollars |
could double my chances and make nice
home for you two. Sue darling, don't
cry"
She had laid her cheek down On his
arm. but she wasn't crying, only looking
sadly into the fire.
''lt we sold everything, all this which
aunty left us the home, everything
could not we get the thousand dollars "
asked desperately.
John shook his head II could not let
you do that, Cree, il any ease. You'll
want your share some day for yourself; it
mustn't 60 into buying practice for ne
But apart from that, houses sell 50 badly
now that this wouldn't realize much over
the value Of the mortgage at a forced sale
And the urniture, though worth a good
deal to keep, would 60 for nothing at an
auction That plan wouldn't do at all for
any OF us.
"Still, there's no harm in thinking
I about it. ana seeing What Wr have. and
what it's WORTH" urged. loath to rive
! up any ghost Of 4 chance We may do
/ that, maynt We John =
''Of course. 'Iiiat is Il thing YOU must
do sooner or later Look over the house.
and make ii list carefully, and Wen con
suit and fix on approximate values
Don't hurry about it. though. Next week
is time enough and | know you need
rest
'Rest is the Very thing i don't need
j and can't take" | cried impeuously
Something to i'll up the long DAYS ana
| keep us from thinking and getting blue
is what we want. Well make the list to-
morrow john.
\ little more talk and he rose to 20.
| "Did You stop at the post office, John ;"
I eyes. There was nothing for YOU"
'N"t even the InteiHgencrr" asked
| Sue, languidly
Il forgot to tell you. There has been
great fire in New York and the lnteil-
gcnccr is burned out, Abncr brought
! the news over: it was telegraphed to the
Junction. They say the building is q
total loss, so suppose there won't be amy
publication for while some days at
| least.
'l'oor auntlc how sorry she would
be- sighed Sue. "Aunty took the pap
er ever since ii began, forty tive years ago.
She never missed a number. There It al
is, up stairs stacks and stacks of it. She
was so proud of her file. It's no use at
all now, | suppose, IS 1t John -
1.-The ragman will give Il penny
pound for t. suggested ''that's some
thing.
''Nell WtIgil the lot one OF these DAYS
ana see what we can realize" sad John.
"Goou nigllt children.
1t was a ghoStly task which we set ont
to do next day. The past itself, the faint,
| fragmentaly past, seems to be wrapped
up and enclosed IN those bundles OF time
encnmber their store rooms and closet
shelves. Some ar OF antiquity eNhales as
You open Them ana mngIlng with our
modern ar produces an impression halt
laughable, halt sad. Aunt Priscilla had
been born collector. She loved old
things because they were old, apart trom
use or value, and instinct and principle
conplned llad Kept lef lroM ever throw
ing away anything II her llie HAD she
been richer her &arret Wouid indeed have
proved a mme ot treasures for the hrc-a-
brac hunters, no TN peddler would have
lald eyes on her andirons her CLAW
legged tables would have held their place,
her Spode and Worcester wares sat ln-
disturbed upon their upper shell century
III and out. but Aunt 'r!StlIIa had No
rlaW-legged tables, no hritsses or old
CHINA instead, we lound vast stores OF
oddS ana endS -hltS ol bN-gone dresses,
rolls OF taded enntZ, papers yellow with
age, pamphlets which no mortal had ever
! read or would read, old books, coNerlesS
or with pages torn away, scraps OF rusty
iron, screws without heads, and nails
without points, The furniture, though
neat and whole, was OF the plalnest.
Even our unpractced eyes could see its
lack OF value. Who would want to buy
the "ld-tlme dlmty curtains, with ball
trlnges seWed along their edges, or the
counterpanes, made by Aunt Priscila's
own hands out OF the ealicoes OF her
youth Our list was a very short one.
\ few chairs and tables, dozen thin
spoons and Il small teapot, in silver,
the huge newspaper heap which | had
| appraised at penny the pound these
seemed the only salablo things and We
looked comica'ly and grimly into each
others faces as we set them down.
II wish il were possible to cal Intell-
| gcncerS. said t.
"They say newspapers make excellent
| counterpanes" replied Sue ''Walmcr
4 than Blankets
''les, and they say that a teaspoon
ful of Liebig's Extract gives as much
! nourishment as ever so much roast beef, ="
retorted |, but it seemed to me when
| tried it, that eYreOt for "A taste i'm my