Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-09-01

That is what they used 10 dangle at their
'fobs.' as they called them, and there is
one Of their turnips Of watches! dare
say II was Mr.. Kenrick's fathers. Ia-
ways think those dear old gentlemen
ought TO have been grateful to the foot
pads and highwaymen who relieved them
OF such unwieldly burdens.r
This new drawer was almost filed with
things labelled as belonging 10 .my dear
mother" Her pomander box was there,
and her equipage. This last was a pretty
little enamelled box with scissors, thimble.
needle-case and scent.bottle, made TO hang
to the waistband. Her fan was there, her
wedding ring, bonbonniere. and ring
or two, but the principal articles Of Jew
elry were absorbed in the large collection
in London. "Mrs. Richmond ought to
have everyone of these thingsr cried Luz
cy. think of perfect stranger having
all these keepsakes and all those pocket
books too! l can't keep them. She shall
have them! At every turn am remind
ed of the injustice l have done these pee
pley"
"Nonsense, Lucy! No doubt she got
her share of her mothers things, and if
she did not, she can't have these! You
are to forfeit all you have if you give up
any part of it, and you surely would not
lose all you have for the sake of giving a
few faded gimcracks to a cross old woman
with great deal more ill-temper than
silly~
"No one can accuse you of sentiment,
Lettice!"
Il don't know. L am sensible just now
because you are so foolish on other occa-
sions l have my due share of the useless
commodity! Come. we have made a dis
NAL morning for ourselves with this STUPID
old cabinet! Shut it up, and let us go
out"
They went into the garden, and on into
the wood. Lucy still looked as if she had
not forgotten the contents of the cabinet
Mrs. Mostyn set herself the task of dissi-
pating this cloud IL wish to make two
remarks to you Miss Lucy" said she.-
"One is that Mr.. kenrick's behavior to his
sister shows that she must have treated
him very i'll, and that he could not forget
it-and the moral of that is, mind that
you always treat your sister well,and obey
her. The other is, life is short, and short
is the time in which we can be happy
That over, we are fhuddled out of sight,
and all of our little treasures are stuffed
away too, perhaps into the pigeon-holes
of some old marquetry cabinet. You will
be very simple if you let that happen to
you without your having some happiness
in the meantime! Now, really, with this
lovely place, and with all the nice things
you have, you ought to be the happiest
girl in the world!'
II know l ought, and l will try to for
get about these Richmond's-aftera all, it
was not my fault"
"Of course it was not! You will soon
find you have enough to do with repent
ing your own sins. have, I can assure
you! Come, let us enjoy this sweet place.
think l like your London house better,
thought don't believe l really like the
countly-at least, don't want more of it
than have at Hazelwood, You have a
great deal too much of it here! All your
birds and beasts come far too close to the
house, anlse doethestrees. They bring
those odious midges and all that endless
noise of birds-my life is burden to me
with your midges, Lucy! In fact, think
I hate q place where insect and animal life
is so rampant as it is here Men and wo-
men are quite pushed out of the world!
What with the midges biting, and the
wasps crawling about the carpets and
singing ones feet if one forgets to put
pair of slippers on, and ones fingers every
time one picks any thing up,and the doves
and pigeons coohooing from daybreak till
dusk, all about nothing too, and the hens
making such an idiotic fuss every time
they lay common egg, and your ill-tem-
pered old turkeys gobbling, and rocks
cawing, and geese and COWS and pigs and
donkeys conversing necessarily in their
own very unseemly language-one can't
get a moments rest! Talk of the quiet of
the country, what mistake! + like a
place where everything is not given up to
birds and beasts and insects London is
the best place! You have nothing to cope
with there, but the noise of human beings
and carriages! Lucy, let us go to London
for week OF two"
The truth was that Mrs. Mostvn had
come to the conclusion that in Lucy's
present excitable and uncomfortable frame
OF mind, Calder Grange was most unde-
sirable place of residence for her and
wanted to get away to some place where
she could have more change of scene, and
less time to torment herself with her own
thoughts. Lucy quite understood this
quite saw the drift of all Lettice's ram
bling and pathetic Internationally she
wished to stay where she was and said so.
She had made up her mind to stay at
Calder Grange till November, and she
begged Lettice not to try to persuade her
to leave it, for her decision was unaltera-
ble."
"Well, have said my say, and you do
not agree with me; but you would be
much happier if you moved about more"
Il am going into the village with Aunt
Esther almost directly"
misunderstanding" said Lettice II
got enough of that at home. I flannel
petticoated and stockinged every old wo-
man in the place before came away. I
shall never forget how fluffy the air was
for hours after it was over! Give me a
book and shut the windows. for those birds
of yours deafen me. Now go to your old
women. am all right here"
Lucy and Aunt Esther walked into the
village. They wanted to see one of the