The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

her su sgestion TO hire this little place oi
yours ior tue ming year"
Ny gDd gr,clousf said voice
b hind us spd there stood Sally. ~ red
~ the feathers in the duster she held la
her hand :,
Yes, Mrs. Brown" ssid Black," "
f we've always been iond OF this little
place. and really believe We shall be
nappy here in our adver.ity a. you will
in your fine new house"
, Perdiiion seize my new fine house,
snd every one that has led me into thl-
muddle! / cried, beside myself with
right and vexation. You know well
that chant have the money TO 60 on
with it. 1t will be all ! can do to keep
from bankruI tcy mys If
God forbid that i ,hould refuse T.
aid my husband in this extremity J.
said Sally, with great nobility OF accen,
and msnner "We'll make the sacri
ice our-eIvss, Joe we'll keep our Own
little place; we'il 20 on in the old way
dear. We II stay here our.eiver, Joe.
"Pm obliged to you for your consid
Grafton, madam" | replied, but when
the horse is gone it's too late TO shut the
stable door. The house is let and-aDd
the furniture is sold "
"My furniture sold ~ sbrieked Sally
'Oh oh ! oh my furniture, my dear
old furniture taken from me Why
t,ey can't do i'll they sha'n't! It's
niue 1t amt yours. They can take
my tbi' &. for your debts.
Just wsit." said |, "will you, till
you're called upon to pay my debts ?
You gave orders for the furniture to be
spld and the house to be rented yourself.
The agent told me this morning that q
young married couple had taken them.
Wen have to 90 to town and take iur
nished fat"
A furnished fat" echoed my wife,
sioking into a char, and covering her
ace with her apron" furnished fiat !"
And although can safely swear she had
time and again held this way of living
to be domestic felicity, there WAS an
unspeakable misery in her view OF
It now. 81 wi-h | was dead !" she said.
"Pd rather go to my grave thsn to a
furnished Ast-just in the lovely spring
time, when the Brahmas are beginning
to set, and the strawberry bed is one
mass of bloom. Oh, my poor child ~
he cri, d to Rosslie, who had run in and
! hrown her.eli on her me'her's knee
your Mr. G cen has turned out TO b.
nasty deiaulter. A young married
couple have deprived us Of house and
home. and your father has the cruelty
to talk TO me OF q furnished fiat"
He isn't my Mr.. Green" Eosalie
broke in, "nor ever was, and the marie d
couple won't rob YOU o; anything but
hut "a bad, undut,ful daughter. You
hall STAY here, mother, and-and Boz
Beb. snd l will 90 to the city and take
the furnished fiat
"Am | TO understand" said /, ad-
vancing to this dear, blusbing, weeping
child, and feeling a singular warmth
and cheer creeping about my fainting
neart tam to believe that you and
Bob are the married couple in question:
r sale hung her sweet head, and my
wife cried out to me. with the coolest
assurance. that she told me how it would
be all along, and thst all further opposi-
on on my part would be useless.
You'd better go to the trsin, Joe"
she said; "poor old Black has been
gone this ten minutes. And bring
home some garden seeds with you, and
bring Bob to supper. Well all live
here together. And please God, my
darling" she said, fing,ng her arms
bout our little daughter, we'll all be
happy yeti Hsrrer's Weekly.