Richland beacon., 1878-02-23

l. iubOin with women. anu ui' wv ".''
the kce,i delight many would iaN- ie' ''''''
the mere possession oil her h"u,eho'' "e"'
ures. -, 7
She hail no taste for dainty cooking at" 81"
mn, care +, be. ia the kitchen for hours Tor tie
satisfaction O; placing some trump" " '"'
inary art before her husband
sarah. the servant cooked most things s"i-
i.,,c,or iy. though Harry lovingly declared
Lnius ham aud Linus pudding H'"
licions flavor all their own.
Tia. Iiule wife did not .u>pec, bow mnch .
of her husband : praise for her few eiiodS /
in household work was a tender device 10
.,s.n a derper interc>, H. the home HAT was !
I Harry pride.
She d,I ~; realize how much sell s'rr'
/ fee the pretty appointments about her rep
| resented.
P.rhap, the gooi. aid chauels might have
! no.,.ssrd u higher value III I.n'u : eyes h""
! .h, know n how much more than mete money
they cot.
Bat HAIRY did net tell Ter that tie pretty
! MCKEE stand WAS the result 81 u'a' lees rr
| gar. a mouth: that her dai"iy e'a2e'e was
saving upon The winter suits and "Ner'"a'>;
that the pi.r~gass upon which She SCI hP'
heart was the re suit at close economy III ne
| matter of town luuche0n-.
| SIN. lad di,p.ayed all her treasures Ia her
friends. she could tust Sarah with The Work,
a,.d ,h.. Inn. ua.sed wrarily when Harry WAS
.wav. for Lulu Was hot fond oi intellectual
pursuits
Her idea of pleasure consisted IN the cx
ci,-men, of society or public eXi'i'.'oi' ana
she tre:ted at the enforced quiet oi her rural
home.
Suddenly great ilea doomed upon her
mind
She wonli coax Harry 10 move into he
civ and 10 lge ~ hotel. :" she w""t' be u"
n( lie bother of housekeeping. and he once
more near her friends
TIN. re,ul, of north Of persistent effort
il shown in the conversation with Mrs. urn
d,r.o, Loving h, lie more Than his home,
Harry had yielded.
Il wonder If Harry is willing to leave the
home he has made so perfect, Mrs HeN'et-
son said salty.
"Wnliny.' Lulu cried; ''he would not lis
ten 20 ii far "A long time. believe there Is
bit of his heart IN every saucepan.
And you will make Inn give up all he has
collected with ST. much care!
"Oh he will soon get over all that wneh
he does not see them. II is nearly the ilr>t o
Nav. aud we viii not take the house Tor all
other year
"And the furniturc?'
1--WE will have good price for that. We
can live a Iong time on what We o"-ht to &c
for the things ard Harry can save his salary
Poor saving, Lulu. You may deeply re
yret this. dear Few men feel so deep an IN
terest in home as Harry, and it is dangeron
work to destroy tina, Interest.
But Lulu was resoiutr, in spite o! harry
ID evident re'ncianre, nothing moved by his M
r. pe,ing touch upon many OF la: bousehol
goods, purchased with such proud delight.
". Her first regret Was al the sale.
Il Ii was painful Ia see the dainty treasure
of Harry han collected passing into strans
,et hands at about one fourth their value;
watch round men tearing down the furni'u'
nv and taking it away TO see dirty hands pas
il ing over the cut glass ana CHINA, ahd game
ing up pretty ,riies 10 take them away iro'
,e. the home they had adorned.
AS, Sarah. sobbing over the packing, and wal
NE ing over the desoa,ion was a keen reproac
But the morning nap in the private ho:e
the fact that Harry had only one square
ep walk Instead of three or four miles TO nd
md the absence of all care Of the table, raist
Lulus spirit again, ami she was quite rea'
IN. to enjoy the first ,iay Of liberty.
so Ii was not so pleasant IN tue evening, wh'
Harry, after CHANGING at the newspapers, we
he, out for an hour or two.
of The other dodgers were strangers, and LII
OAK found her room lonesome.
Harry after ais hong ride from bnsine:
her had been glad to don slippers ami dressing
ew gown, and draw up an rasy char. TO ENJOY
quiet evening in his COSY >itii'.-rooin.
cen Chatting, reading scraps Of his paper, p!a
his ming ga'den WORK, had made time pass que
~, and early rising neccssitated early reilrit
nan. II was all different IN hu'e whlie
W. Harry was only too welcome among
sing former friends, and his evenings were sp'
of abroad, while Lulu gathered her friends
her own room, and, wiIhont realizing IT, h
rful band and wife were drifting apart little
no, little
ions Aunt Lucy, with Sinking near, saw
the result she dreaded " as coming with e
-nlu steps lar more rapin man hef WORST iears
only dictated
yer, Harry mas soured by his wfes want
,.ed ! appreciation for what he valued !.iahiy.
, ;n- determination to accomplish her own lies
even when Sue saw how painful the sacri
had was To him.
sb a II hardened him.
.c,ed And I.nlu was mortified and anger
be when she fonnd iha. Harry. instead at b'
low her escort 10 evening pleasure, a, she
iondly anticipated, pref red to seek his G
ouse. companions and pursuits!
n bi. EACH evening he stayed a little later az
will, from the roam that il Was mockery tn
veliy nome, and gradually he found himself d'a
into friendly games OF cards. that were N
IMAM interesting If there was a small stake. tho
and il was "a long time before he called his am
bus. me,d by the ugly name of gambling.
ouse. Worse still, in the fevefed excitement
the game. tne glass was tn ,ften lifted IN
, had lips, and Lulu shnddeded at the 'li,k sPe
who and hageard eyes that ,oI The story of d
re- he drinking For her own part, the pleasure
had anticipated proved far greater in il
Cor. ination than IN TACT
, aud II was not p'rasant' when her inen"s
TO s,end the evening, tn have them conn
X Of wiyingly upon the fact that they never
IS or Mr.. Carton.
D buy IL te:ame annoying tn depend upon G
i, col escorts than her husband when che wantt
goods 60 out, and che thrown into compat
ship with those that were far from pleas