Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-02-27

| confusion. At nrSt we trlcu boarding
but the people with whom we boarded oh
iected to our breakfasting at odd mo
mcnts betweenS and y and thought il
unreasonable that we should expect
little suppers at midnight And
besides, they also complained that
Denys-then only twelve, Int already de
veloping the artistic, used their best sau.
GERS, plates and things to mix paints on;
and when the dear boy borrowed the mar.
BILE slab OF the parlor table for the same
mcrltonOus purpose, they became so very
violent we were obliged to leave. Then
we tried furnished rooms; made coffee over
the gas in the morning, and dined ut the
restaurant in the evening. But we were
soon obliged to give up this mode Of life,
the principal reason beng that the bill OF
fare proved such mptatiOn-and to our
shame be it said-haying the most unCcr-
tain of inCOmes-that when our ventures
were unsuccessful we weekly succumbcd
to the tempter, and ate birds on toast, and
broiled chicken, and omelctte-soutilc, and
terrapin, and all sorts of expensive good
things, as long as our money lasted, and
in consequence were restricted to bread
and cheese and dried beef in the privacy
Of our own apartments for week or more
after At last after having dIned sumpt-
uously one day with few invited guests
off a medallion and three columncd sto-
ry, and then being obliged to live for two
weeks on one short column, We concluded
to try boarding once more, renting room
at the same time in the Rachael building,
where Gerald could fling his clay and
plaster about to his hearts content, and
Denys, who wouldn't 60 to school, and
wOuH paint, might be ont OF the way OF
the landlady's china. But, my dear aunt,
the other fellows were in the studio from
morn till night; indeed, several of the
most impeCuniOus spent thcirnights there,
and there was very little work done, and
such bills for beer
"I'hen fortnately-that is, not fortu-
natcly, but providentially-no, don't
mean that either, but | won't waste time
seeking for the proper eXprcsSion-Gcr.
aids old uncle died and left him this
house. Let's 60 to housekeeping said
|, and we went. Heaven save the mark!
| never could make change; neither cOnld
Gerald; and us for Denys, he and the
arithmatiC are and always have been per-
feet strangers. The result of his ignOr-
mce could not fail to be but an expensive
one. Everybody cheated us. The servant
girls wore my best dresses to wakes and
parties, and one of them once had two of
her friends concealed in the house for
three months, waxing strong and stOut on
my provisions, and when at last they were
discovered, declared that she never knew
they were there ut all at ALL
"And we were forever in debt, and fast
losing our senses, when my dresS.makrr,
Il dear, good-hcared English woman, who
used to give Inc advice, housekeeping adj
vice, in Il mOtherly sort Of a way, which
would have taken if could have remem-
bered it, died, after Il long illness, leav-
ing Il fifteen-ycar.old daughter. The
child looked up at me with those wonder
ful brown eyes when asked her, after her
mothers funeral, And what will you do,
my dcar?' and said, | don't know, ma am;
have no relation but a grandfather out
West, and he has Just married again, and
! don't think he wants me. gave her Il
kiss, and told her to come home with me.
And she came, and since then life has
been more than endurablc. She proved
to be the cleverest little thing that ever
lived, intimately acquainted with the
arithmetic and heavens first law, and
has learned to manage everything and ev-
erybOdy in the house with marvellous tact
and skill And the manner in which she
understands my absent-mlnded ways and
contrary orlers is absolutely wonderful.
Who else, for instance, would know that
often when say shoes ! mean hat. and
vice versa? and who else could translate
both dark and white meat and the Chi
nese, you know my DEAR, into chicken
salad and rice pudding?' She's treas.
ure-rhymes like bird, poses like an an
gel and"
"Ilas she no overs?' asks the elderly
lady, looking solemnly overher spectacles.
"Lovers bless you, no. Never the
slightest sign of one. Her mother was an
old maid; that is, she wasn't whcn-l
mean she was before she was married.
Lovers! good gracious! don't speak of
such thing. should murder them.
And I'm quite sure Alice-thcnam of my
next heroine she explains, in answer to
a questioning look from her aunt-"has
never dreamed-Was that knock at the
door? If it be Alice, enter; anybody else,
depart immediately"
The door opens in obedience to this com.
mand, delivered in loud voice with
much emphasis, and Z" Alicia" enters
with dOwncast eyes and blaCk-cdged let
ter in her hand.
81 don't want it! | won't have it," al
most screamed her mistress, al hate black
letters. Take it away"
ut is not for you, ma am. 1t is mine;
and-and" with faltering voice." fear
must leave you"
leave me!' shouted Mrs. Glenmore-
land, starting to her feet and dropping
the cat, and in her excitement she seized
the worn garment the elderly lady has
been carefully patching and darning for
the last hour from that worthy persons
hands and rends it from top to bottom,
Leave us! What can you-'what do you
mean?"
my grandfather has sent for me,
ma'am His wife is dead, and he says it is
my duty to come and live with him. us |
have no other relative in the world"
And you are gOingp" demands Mrs.
Glenmoreland, in tragic tones.
"a do not know how TO refuse"
"Gerald! Denysl" calls Mrs. Glenmore-
land, loudly, running across her room and
finding the door wide open. Come here
Instantly"
In flies her husband, a lump of clay in
his hand, and down rushes Denys, palette
on thumb.
Thunder and Mars! my darling, what's
upp" asks Gerald.
by Jovel mother, how you frightened
mel though the house was on fire. says
her son,
"Gwendolen--Jessie- -Browneyes--
cia--she, pointing at the weeping girl,
lis going away, never 10 return"