The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-07-04

preCocious enough 20 takethe 9 III col,
versation. and wetat for II whole mortal
hour and listened to The cldesteir ham
mer out upon the piano what Mi:' BLACK
called n reyerie,p / was glad when
Rack took me into his library, where
there were some good cigars and some
pretty fair wine, and we lett the women
TO themselves.
But a goodly quantity OF poi'on w%
inlu-ed into SalIy's system and mine NC,
fore we let the big luxurious house, ana
VIC went home together az cllahgea NJ II
touched by the rod o. an enchanter'
"Dear mt , sald Sdly, "what n little
cubby hole this is! / declare its quite
like q baby hCu cl uho
rIl Ike to have a library IKE
Blacks" said |, taking up the relra'h
cts nice to hav. n room,' ! continued
t1 Bob White, "where a man can taSe
his friends. II would be lar PIeaSanlcf'
for instance, i you and c1uld nave our
little game Of cribbagc without the on
tinual gabble OF women in our ears
con, | don't think So" raid Bob-""l
| don't think 80 at ALL"
The lad looked over at Resale and
bIu-hod inceniOu.ly, The color deepen
ed in Resale y cheeks Ill 1t went lar
ahead o, the crimson in Blacks SaLin
dama.k upholstery, and u shy CLEAN ,hol
from her brown eyes that sent a HOOD %
light into my ob'ue cfaniHm'
| began to think that SaIlte was right.
Bob White was all very well IN ms way,
but no sort of Il match for my daughter
Resale. She wa4 my eve lamb-the
bonnicst best and dearest little girl tn
run ever shOne upon, And besides all
this, there wss the secret CONSCIOUSNESS
thar she could il shG wanted ~, dress
"in silk attire, and slIler haze to spare"
| hadn'J lived in a plain way all these
yeags for nothing People about me he,
gan to realize that although Brown llY d
in n small house he was u man OF no IN
considerable mcars Black had man
aged to convey this intelligence to them
and | found no fault with this frlendll-
ness on his part. cd White never
thought of such n thing ~ taking the
seat beside mc now on our way down IN
the train; IL way generally Ii lrd by more
popular parties, and / began to take
quite an interest in the social and politi-
cal points of discussion.
All this cost me considerable in the
way OF time and money. My games OF
cribbage were few and far between, and
| put my name to all the subscriptions
they choose to get up; but didn't mind
the mons y and | had long d termlned
the less X sale saw of young White the
better. The color grew a little less vivid
in her round1d cheeks, and the light IesN
mi4chievpu+ and yous in her eyeH bur
Sarah said | thought this WIS really a
more suitable name ior my wlle's years
and d%ignity-that her beauty was grow
ing more ana more refined every day.
1t had even lately attracted the atien
ton OF Mr. P,rcival Green, the junior
member Of Blacks firm, and Green va
one of hose live, ACTIVE, business fell
lows who was sure to make his mark IN
the world. | told my wife to sp ~ no
expense for Rosalie's advancement and
happiness, but was sorry to see a lack OF
upon her part and Il quiet denial
to partake of these new pleasures OF
popularity.
Onc thing was certain-radica mea-
8u ca must be taken 10 put Il guilt be
tween her and Bob White that could
not readily be bridged over. The whole
White family wee An proud IA Luc f-r,
and | knew that | should have very lit
tie trouble in convincing them that the
intimacy had better he broken off NJ
new house on the Boulevard began TO-
lake noble dimen-ions, and had already
cost me a mint Of money lts marble
halls weresp tcious enough to chill me I"
the bone, and there was quite a melan
chnly expanse of mud and masonry III
its vicinity.
II r,rh slr ris'd me when I put our
snug little place in the han's f an
agent, that nv wifi, WIS 50 wiling to
p ri with the fri urn TOO. thought
a f If the fuui r old time rytrs
might be used TO an advantage some
whtr' ia the new hor s., and | conf SO t"
n feeling # keen Cistppointment when
CHE deci led that ever, tli"g mus 90
{ We don't want to ct mp in p s'cond
hand junk shop on the Boulevard" siil
and | was fs AIMED Ct my
f = ,inned sentiments, ii one mrruiHg |
R0s Die or ing owe my old arm-
chair il the sit ing room. 1t wss "
bnugling old tr,p, covered With queer
pattern Of CT tz, wher' the tsi Of each
! ir !-Of-paraGise had gradually faded
vim many a washing. Bat the bulgy
back seemed to have fitted iLsr + o my
weary spine, and the well-worn arns'f
the Chair were always cordially held Out
TO me.
"Tm glad you've got a tear or two to
spara. Rsy," | sill, cat psr,iog with
old frienLs I'll never set another 50
leui Mt with my rick"tv homes"
"Iil never parC with i, father" soi
Rosn'ii. And di int care to tell her
of her moth, RS decree.
In the mean time however, | had
broken the intel'i 5ence to poor Bob, as
kindly as | could, that it would be bet
ter to cess, his yisi to the house. ]
think, rs well as | remember, that di
put the blame upon my wife. ! was
glad to see that he toOk my c0mmunica.
ton in a manly, practical way, and bore
up under it wonderfully. 1t troubled
me hat R)salie seemed 70 take the mat
ter so much to heart. Young Green :
turnout was seen quite frequently at
IL door that winter, and | wa. tired OF
my wife's apologies about the house and
its appurtenances. Every day that drew
me nearer the d~raughty chaos on the
bouvelard lent a warmer charm to the
snug little home | was leaving, and ]
found | was no alone in my rpprecis
ton. No sooner had it become known
that my little place was in the market
than offers began to pour in from differ.
ent quarters. All these offers were re.
ferred to the agent, who told me one
morning as he was passing that the house