The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-08-09
tMAr LlrrlE rLACE ~ nWOWNr.


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THAT LlrrLk rLsCE Ur nWOWNN
The place ~es mine, AMI 49, lsvvsl N
rrsil, III r.. my wife anil little daughter
anil l. ~ hfls Ia u nrAt, until III,
lslaeks, same old friends III ourr firm,
III. city. came ~ livc III our ncivhlnr.
hsssl.
We wers 81 supper one night when
my wife told ma.
They're gusng IN take The French.
rootesl hunsc around the corner. !" eei,l
Sally, with The hie extension AMI The
conservatory. AMI a. I happened h. i.
Walking oni Just ~ thc trncks came
down ! ronl,ln'' help seeing that tile par.
lor tnrnitnrc " " crimson satin ,lAmNsk
AMI ebony - think its ebony, hut /
won't II sur. continued my wife. .hnt
NJ any rate It's inlaid.
WILL, that's \ comfort, anyway. !"
sail |. - II your positive It's inlala.
salls, ron can perhaps go On with your
"Yes." she said, NJ prcoccupisx, with
her theme that she hadn't eaten NOR.
ssl, "ani there's Che abandonment btxl.
room MT for Jane that most ever laid
my eyes on TIA ono ri these dressing
h,,reaus, due, with \ magnificent plate
glns~ that reaclles down 10 Tho floor.
"Thnt's good, Maid I. "Yon can run
around thcrr when you have your next
gown fitted, and soc thu hang of IL"
- don't expect 81 rum around there. !.
NMf kAifW - Lx.s
turning MP the end of her noac. and
drawing her lip~ down.
Why, what's the matter p sajd /.
Wasn't Jane triendlyY Two done
many Rood tnrn for D(ack Ia my day.
an,l ] hope they'rc not going 10 turn tho
cold shoulder now
ION, rl,e waa fricnly enough. /" sai,l
sally, " hut W. emit expect, Jor, that
people living In that kind III styir can
bn on terms III intimacy with people that
live ~ W. To- There arr certain rcstric.
toils Ia soclety---'
|" Restrictions hc hnngc,ll" said /.
I'm ~ sood man ~ Black any ,l.y Ii
the week"
You're ~ COOL ~ tho prcsi,lcn.. for
TIM. matter. said Sally: "bn. ia all
like u pair III scales, doe: when one
goes mp another goes down, and. from
The way things look, i.'Il take pretty
heavy weight on the Black side to bring
them down 10 onr position.
! must own this kind VI logic yexed
~. y little. knew pretty we'll Low
Black stool comnerci ,lly, and / told
Sally ilsre wasn't II feathers weight ON
hlr nitc, ~ fnr IN thu favOsH III fortune
Nrf. .alleernrl. III h. i.As Il mind Ia
live above I'm means, said /, .hc can
10 n and take thu consequences. ]"
liz has N Rood il right 10 liy. above
his ~. anr, snid sally, "Ms You have h.
LIVE beneath yours.
This wns her larthian arrow mn went
ulit 81 illo door, aud ranked little NIL
ths WY .sawn In the train, tho none
sharply tint found black The center 81
Nh nslmirlnR beyy ut the depot. He Ind
quite M imposing makeup and glib
tongue. which l,a used In inveighinR
against our ssstem III paving. He com.
plainel 81 the condition ~ 4 good many
tl'inRs IN our young township, and
seemed % gnin popularity with every
fanli TINT lie found. Al last lic sp,.d
me-, anI WIN exceedingly loud aud ell'n.
rIvr IN Its kAlHtafiOn
Halo, Brown I" hc raid, shaking nv
hand again mud again, nnl declaring "a
the people about him TINT was M nld
ttield whom he WIS glnd 10 unearth.
W. run yon down, yon Wy fox. That's
very snug little place around the cor.
iief, worry snug, indeed"
! wo,ldnt have believed il possible
could iAse heen nneh m ass AN "a feel
battered by this familiarity ii Dlack,s.
but found myself smirking and nod.
tiing with great c0mpla0ncy. Here
were ~ least half dozen VI tic gentry
H',ont me- who lived Ia big houses III my
nelRhboFl,oewi, TINT had boon Roinu III,
aud down 10 tho city with Tor years. vt
Ncaroely knew item we'll cnongh for Nh
exchange 0f rivilitieH, and here was
black already hand aud glove with the
iinc.t u them. II makes ma sick nov
when | remember TINT ] turned INV bnck
on sp0r old White, aud went to;nlyinu
IN with this aristocracy. White lived
IN even D smaller house than mine. and
Ind hArsl enough work ~ pay for that,
liz had fnilesl in business so,ns, years be.
lore, .nd ! don't know what thew wonld
have dune without their hoy Bob lie
VIA with ne In thu CITY. and I I'm. y
tl'at y Roodly portion ~ thu Lads earn.
tugs were given over 10 Tho snpport ~
tho house. II was rather hnrd iur n,h
I,ii he lore III. los with great rcsignn-
uol. lln cnnin over pretty 0fsTn 10 have
game u cFibbagr anil talk over busi.
iiesA naeters will, me-, and I found him
sharp enough " both. Then he hal !
pleasant way with tho women. Oar liz.
tle Il 'salia wAs little moss than chill.
Int ssliy naed ~ brighten W when l,ol,
came IN. TIL size not into thai kink about
tho blacks.
You'll alay here with Rosslie. won't
You, hob. till W. come back :" I said
1, Young White; and Il. I spoke fell
ntlly give savage pinc, u my arm,
No supter were W. out tho door than
sir i,r1an about poor i,,b.
II yun l,as. III rig srd Tor your tlaush
nF's future, .nh cheese VI throw III,
away ~ u pDOY miserable hcQraY likc
Bob White =" began Sally.
" Why. my Icar, " broke II. !" Roxa
iie'r mere child. Don't bu9in 10 plsn
about her future. ] bug 81 you. 5he's
.aafcely LIFT IN ler pinaiores. and II ever
tlisfe VIM maiden meditation, fancy
fres, anywhere. II lies In thu brown eyes
III our Hosslie."
By this tinln VIZ hal reached The i'm.
psaing portal 81 lilarks house, aud wer.
sDon usliored into thu pTescncn III tha
satin md daiaa.k ob~ny. Blacks chill.
iTen we're none ri them grown. lint wars,
prarusioua IN ugh 10 take tlle lead In
conversation: md W. mt Tor d whole
mortal hour and listHned 10 tl.e eldesi
nri hammer nut o. tho piano what Mn
black called r0vtfje." was glAI
when BlArk tOnk mn into h,s library.