The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
THAruTTLEPLAcE OF BROWNS

The place was mine, and we lived a.
CITY there, my wi and little dau ghter
and ], as birds Ia nest, until the Blsck-
snme old friends Of our, rom the city,
came to live in our D. hbnh-od.
We we're 1t supper one night when my
wife told me
They're going to take the French.
roo'ed hou-e around the corner" said
Sally, with the big extension and the
conservatory and ~ bsppened to be
Walking out just as the trucks came down q
couldn't help seeing that the parlor
turriture l. Of crimson satin damask and
ebony--I thinks it's ebony, but won't
be sure,' Continued my vie; "but al
any rate it's iniaid.
well, that's n comfort, any way
ssia l. at you're po.itive it's inlsId,
Sally, you can, perhaps, 90 on with your
Yes" she said, 70 prsoccupied with
sci, "sni there's the hanisomest bed
room SGT for Jane that most ever laid
my eyes On; it's one of these dressing
bureaus, JJe. with magnificent plate.
glass that reaches dawn TO the foor"
Chats good said / you ca1 run
around there, when you have your next
gown fitted. and see the hang OF 1t
81 don't expect to run around there,
said sally, craning her neck up II I'll /,
turning up the end of her nose aud draws
ing bes lips down
Way, what's the mstter9" raid /.
"Wss u Jane friendly? I've done manv
a good tu,n for ack in my day, and !
hope they're not going to turn the cold
shoulder how"
'Oi she was iiendly enough" said
Sally; "but We can't expect. Joe, that
people living In that kind OF 8 yle can be
upon terms OF intimacy with people that
live as we do There are certain restric-
tions In society"
Restrictions be hangedp | cried.
SIN NJ Y ,od man AS Black any day 10
the week"
You're a. good as the president, fr
that msrer," said Sally; "but it's all
like pair of scales, joe, when one gov 3
mp, snnber r. es down, and, fr m the
way things look, it III take a pretty
heavy weight on the Blacks tide to
bri, & them down to our position"
must own this kind oi logic vexed
me little ] knw pretty we'll how
Back stood commercially, and / told
Sally there was II q feathers weight on
his side. NJ tar ~ the .avors OF fortune
were concerned. If he has mind to
live above his mesns,' said /, he can
do 1t. and take the consequences"
"He ha. just as goot right to live
above his mesns," said Sally, "as you
have to hv. beneath yours.
THIS wss her ParthIan arrow A. l went
out the door, and 1t ranked a little all
the way down in the train, the more that
found Black the center of an sdmiriDg
bsvy at the depot He had quite an i'm.
posing make up and glib tongue, wbich
he us-d IN inveighing against our syst m
paving. He com plslned of the conduit N
OF . good many things In our young
township, and ~emed to gain popularity y
with every fault that he iound AT last
he sp,ed me, aud was exceedingly loud
and ELUSIVE In his salutstion
Halo. Bn~n he said, shaking my
band aesiu and again. aud declaring Ia
the people ab,ut him was an old ri-nd
whom he was glad to unearth. ~ ve
run you down, you sly fox That's g
vCs ohuk usttO pt5C6 uIOuuu Lno CORNER
very snug indeed 7"
! Iwouldn have believed 1t possible
c,uld have been such an ass as TO EEL
fAttered by this familiarity of Black,
but l ound myself smirking and nod
ding with great complsc .ncy. He Z
were IT least halt = dozsn ot the gentry
about me who lived in big houses in nv
nrighborhood, that hal been going up
and down tn the city with ;or years, yet
scsrcely knew them we'll enough Tor an
exchange of civiliiies, and here wa.
Back already hand IN glove with the
finest o. them. II make, me SICK now
when ! 70 member that / turn,
my hack ON poor old White, and went
toxdying ON with this aristo<r.cy
White lived 10 even Q smaller house
than mine, and had hard work
e~ugh 10 pay ior that. He had
failed 10 bu-iness some years before, snd
] don't know what they would have doue
without their boy, Bob. He was with
me in the city, and knew that goodly
portion Of the lads earnings were given
to the support of the houss II was
rather hard for Bob. but he bore his lot
with great rrs'gaation. He cane over
pretty o tel to nave a game of crbbage
and u over business matters with M,
and l found him sharp enough Al both.
Then he had pleasant way with women.
Our little RossIie wa. little more than
chi d, but Sally used to br ghten " zen
B'h sm~ in. III sfe got into that kiuk
about the Blacks.
i.a Il -.xy here with Roalie, won't
you. BIB, till We come back?" l said to
youni White; and as spoke frlt Sally
give savage pinch to my arm. No
soon-r were We outside the DIOR than she
began abaut poor Bob.
you have no regard for my daugh.
ter's future and choo~e to throw her
away ou poor miserable beggar like
B,b White" began Sally.
Why my dear, broke in, +" Ro .alie's
mere child. Don't begin to plan about
her future, I beg Of you. She's scarcely y,
let of her pinatores, and II there was a
maiden meditation, fsncy-iree, any
where. It lies in the brown eyes OF our
Rosal O."
B. this time We had reached the im-
posing ppftal Of Black hou e, and were
ssnp uahered into The presence Of the
sssia daaask ssd stoay. Biack's chii-
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