New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-24

The Dowcr,house at Lliord was fixed upon
shortly after hN general consent. 1t Wa, an old
house. hui showed lis original fabric cuciiy in the
tall stacks of chlmucys which guaranteed MS hos
puabe hcartho from sholc. and gave an
lng. the walls of which were all matted i'm
honeySuckIes, roses, and every climbing nlouf
nnn,, th " ,' '"'P' "U'lIHH lh'!h,clN YES
titled every crcyicc And the pleasure Of furnishing
upon which Mir. Ioschy had been cunning cnou IN
To ch'alt' aS an in"Hcencnt to the ladies 10 take
posse, jon Ol tins cid dwelling place. proved N oroot
ANA deigltiul as ne had represented IT to be- II
was pressure "hich none OF the three had ever a.
yet experienced. Even Mrs. Mouutford had never
known the s4l'l4cilon almost greater than chat #
dressing ones h'll-ihc delight and amusement ol
dressing One house and making it beautiful She
had been taken bride to the same furnitrro
winch had answered for her predecessor AMI
though in the course of the last twenty wear, soma
thing had no doubt been renewed, there is no huch
qualification in new carpet or curtains WHICH
must be chosen cithcr to suit the rIrt'i,us T,,i
tuIe, or OF those hOmcy tlntS, which, according to
the usual formula of the Shops w0uld look " eli
with anything, as in the blessed task Of T Wri
do here new papers bliss ioT vou NAV ,''',E +"
body bat Mr.. Morris on this important subcctl and
Wh0le array OF new old furniture. They ana not
transfer the things that had been left at Monmt
winch would have been Mrs. Mountlord felt the
right hing to do but merely selected "A few articles
from the mass which nobody cared for. The result
they all BATTERED themselves was line Not a trore
OF ncwncss appeared in all the carefully decorated
rooms; simulated suspicion OF dirt. IA ghost of
possrn'pp' uuS'' was cnluufru up by the painters
skill 10 make "VcINthln pcrfcct-nOt in the way of
" vulgar copy Oh iudl precious element which
soitehS down the too perfect freshness but Inv a
Sklltu touch of art, reversing the old princinlc Of
economy and making the new things look ns
wccrs the AUDI This process with ali IFS drliroI@
difficulties, did the Mountiord family good i'm cvrrv
way. 10 Anne 1t was the most salutary and heoltR
giving discipline II gave her scope for the exercise
81 all those secondary tastes and fan ,jcS which
Keep the bigger and more primitive sentiments m
balance. TO be anxious about the harmony IF tLa
new curtains. or concerned about the Garnet il sauna
times salvation IN Its way and there were SO many
questions to dccIdc-thngs for beauty and thinos
Tor usethc character OF every loom and the mean
ing OF 1t, which are things that have to he studied
NOWADAYS before we come far down rs to consider
ihe consequences OF It, what you are to st upon or
lie III on, though these two question almost of
ne ana death. Anne was plunged into the midst
OF all these questions Besides her serious business
IL The management of the estate which Mr. Losehv
had taken care should occupy her more nd more
there a hundred trivial play-anxicties oIynVs
waiting Tor her, ready to fill up every crcyice Of
thought She had, indeed, no time TO think The
heart which had been deeply wounded which
had been compelled to give up its ideal and dron
one by one the illusions il had cherished seemed
pushed INTO corner by this flood of occnpatinn
Annes mlnd indeed, was i'll u condition of cx hans
ton, something similar to that which sometimes
deadens the sensations of mOurners after n death
which III anticipation has seemed to involve thu
loss Of all things. When all is over and the tor
lures of imagination no longer added to those If
reality, n kind of calm steals over the wounded
soul. The worst has happened; the blow has
fallen. In this fact there is quiet at least involved
and now the sufferer has nothing to think of but
how TO bear his pain. The wild rayng of all his
forces to meet catastrophe TO come is longer