The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-09

of the family. A square stand and q
sewing-machine completed the furni-
ture. Not a stray newspaper or maya
zine, not a half-read Sunday-schOol
book. with its dog-eared pages, peeped
out anywhere, for Mrs. Newton dis
liked to "see things lying around"
All was horribly grim and ugly. The
children, indeed, made two or three
futile attempts to render the place more
attractive. by making a couple of wall
pockets of silver cardboard; but when
that their mother said they were just
the thing for the spare chambers, and
they were accordingly hung there.
1--WE might Just as well not have
made 'em,'F pouted Lily. "Of course
they make the house look pretty. but
nobody ever gets to see 'em, poked
away off up there"
The swing on the back balcony,
which the little ones had gleefully
planned, was never put up. "It would
bring all the children in town here, and
the porch floor wonld be tracked from
one end 10 tho other. No, indeed. you
can't have a swing" said Mrs. Newton,
and that settled the matter. Nor did
the projects of the separate playhouse
and the quadrille party meet with bet
ter success. dance on my body Brus-
sells, indeed! They must be crazyr' was
her indignant comment.
"Botheration! l wish we hadn't
bought good carpets for our house."
grumbled Sam. .sI think oilcloth or
mating would have been ten times
nicer. Then we needn't always be so
'fraid of spelling it, and could have
some fun occasionally, like other
boys"
You ought to be ashamed to talk
so. SAM" replied his mother, severely,
"when you have better home than
any boy or girl in Brompton. There
isn't one of 'em but would be glad to
exchange their little cramped up house
for ours"
somehow" said Sam, drawing his
brows together with perplexed ex-
preston.
The knowledge that their new house
was more costly than their neighbors',
and was supposed to be attractive in
every way by their associates, who saw
not satisfy Sam and Jack Newton, when
they felt, though they could not express
it, that their fine surroundings lacked
the essentials of home.
The long winter evenings now came
on, but the pleasant spectacle of fam
ily group gathered around a capacious
table, or which there was plenty of
room for elbows and books and states
and games of work. was not found with
in the cramped sitting room-of the New
tons. The little stand was never drawn
out from its place against the wall, and
even had it been, it was not large
enough to admit of much more than the
lamp being placed on it. The house
was heated by a furnace, so that the
cheerful glow of fire-light was wanting,
and it is not strange that the Juvenile
Newtons wearied of this dismal corner
of their fine cage, and painted to get out
among less favored children.
- had a notion to invite Johnny
Lewis to come up here this evening to
get our arithmetic lessons together; but
If had, don't know where we could
have slowed him." observed Jack,
moodily, one night as they came in
from the kitchen, where they had been
eating their suppers. ga fellow can't
I'm going to have tho rocking chair,
any way;S' and he made a spring to-
ward it, just as Lily, who had foreseen
what he was about to do. seated herself
in it.
81 got here first, and I'm going to
keep it." said the girl, stoutly, trying
to shove her brother of.
"No, you're not. You sat in it night
before last for a whole hour, and you
just now heard me say wanted it, and
you thought you'd head me of. and that
isn't fair" retorted Jack, persisting in
his efforts to secure the coveted seat.
"Tut, tut! What's all this hubbub
about?" inquired Mr.. Newton, coming
in at that moment. "You can't both
sit in the rocking chair, children. Go
into the sitting-room, Jack, and bring
out another one."
The children stared. Did father
really mean it? But Mr.. Newton had
already started back to his Office, and
Jack, instantly recovering his senses,
fearful that the order might be counter
manded by his mother, hurried into the
front sitting-room and reappeared q
moment after, hauling a gayly up
holstered folding-chair, which he drew
| up before the stand just as his mo ther
appeared in the doorway.
| "Dear mel" she exclaimed. "l
don't see what your father means by
allowing you to have that nice chair OH
here to spoil. The cover will be SC
black in a week that it'll never do to be
put back into the sitting-room."
"Well, what's the use of putting il
back there to be shut up and never pu,
to any good useP It's the very thing
to rest tired boy" laughed Jack
"The Lewises have chair like this in
stylish; and tell you they take solid
comfort out of it. think their sitting
room is the prettiest place in Bromp
ton."
s'They haven't got very many nict
lisped Jenny, the youngest of the five
ats for use. and not for show, ant
it's pretty enough for any body, too; ant
I wish ma would let us go down there
every evening. They always have
such good times at their house." an
swered Jack.
81 don't see why you children cam
be more contented at home," remarked
Mrs. Newton. '.If we had a palace
of gold, verify believe you'd be sigh
ing to get away from it to spend you
evenings in somebody's garret. Blu
that's the way with some people-they
never know when they're well off," anC
she sighed to think how little he
deluded progeny appreciated their bless
ings.
Notwithstanding all their supposed
advantages, the discomfort of the New
ton children did not grow less, ant
their desire to spend their evenings a
the homes of their school-fel.ows in
creased. Their playmates rarely visited
them, intuitively feeling they were no
very welcome to the female head o
AZ Il Il
such a muss and racket" was he
comment
One bright day in early spring. Mrs
Lewis who was sometbino Of an invalid