The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-22
ROYSHAM'S HORSES.

Roysham owned . little estate ut RIDGE.
ton, on the Hudson. and managed q small
produce aud commission warehouse in New
York. But ownership does not ALWAYS
imply control. as al Of Royaham's 40.
qua'ntances c'me to understand, for, IL.
though the head Of the family, paid tho tax.
Is on the p operty, and paid, also. the
bills OF the butcher and grocer, 1t vas
generally known that Nm. Roysham vas
sole manager Of the family and its home,
and from the many blunders Roysham
committed in business it was believed that
Mrs ysham had . great deal to saw
about the doinss of her nominal lord and
master at the Office in New York.
Whatever the case may have been, It vas
noticed that as Roysham gained response
o'lities he seemed to loose worldly posses
SONS. As his two boys and four girls
reached adult years they became renowned
Tor dressing in worse taste and materials
th.n any other young people in the neigh.
oorhood. This was no bar to their eniov-
ment Of all society that was about them, but
something else was.
New York overlooked in their direction.
and in q single year several farms on the
edge OF Ridgeton were cut up into villa sites
and dotted with the very obtrusive and I'M
slightly structures in which the New Yorker
generally INDUCES when he makes his homo
In the country. The city incursion had q
had sudden and peculiar feet upon the
koyshams. The sons and daughters, greatly
against their will were entirely withdrawn
Iom local society. The family changed its
uew in church from . long bench against
the wall and we'll to the rear to two short
seats in the main aisle and not far from the
chancel. Roysham, senior, who for q dozen
years had been compelled by his wife to re.
fuse the oft proffsred position of church
warden. was no forced into that dignity by
Mrs. Roysham, and, more important than
all else in the eyes of the lady
of the house, the head of the family sold
ont one of his life insurance policies and
bought with the proceeds pair of spirited
horses and handsome carriage.
The meaning of all this was that Nrs.
Roysham had determined that all her chill.
dren should marry into some of the city fam.
lilies who had arrived. In her eyes any one
who came from the city, built now house.
wore handsome clothes, drove good horses.
aid was in business in Wall street, vas rich,
and as she had never cea>ed to regret that
she did not marry money, she was resolved
III her children should avoid her error
and profit by it. By appearing exclusive,
she was sure her sonsaud daughters would
attrac the attention of the city people, and
she trusted to the family prominence il
chur h-the only church In the village
and the horses aud carriage to do whatever
else WAS necessary.
AZ time went on, the horses continued to
impoverish tho family. Mr.. Roysham
economized bravely in one way or another,
until one winter it Was remarked by some
observing neiGhbors who had always known
them that tho daughters went to church.
they seldom went anywhere else-withou,
cIeaks, and the boys wore heavy erecting
Jackets, instead of overcoats, with business
suits under them. Aud all this time the
family had not made q single visiting &C.
q alntance among the city people.
But perseverance at last found its reward.
In front Of one of the Roysham psws sat tho
family of old Grentham, . rich, private
banker. The Grenthams had never given
any indication that they knew of the ex
istence of the Royshsms, which the latter
family declared vas real mean, for all the
Roysham girls wildly admired young Plat
Grentham, who wss cry handsome, and
wore clothes that fitted him perfectly.
Through their servant. who knew ore of
the Grenthams' servants, the girls learned
at Master Plat wss rather . Wild boy,
and sometimes went on terrible sprees, and
that MS father talked to him savagely; but
the young ladies explained to one another
probably rich young men could not help
occasionally being little Wild. and that
PIatt needed only . wife to make him q
model member of society. A he was An
only son, of course he must some day be-
come very rich.
One very rainy Sunday Miss Eunice
Ro, sham happened to be the only one OF
her family who attended service; BY .
strange coincidence Plate Grentham was
the only occupant of bis familys pew.
The young man looked very forlorn, and
Miss Eunice imagined from his appearance
that he had recently been more dissipated
than usual. and had been driven to church
BY mixture of remorse and repentance.
She was quite right in her suggestions. and
as there were no prayer books in the Gren-
than pew, at which the young znan ap'
peared much disappointed, Miss Eunioe
timidly ventured to offer him her own. He
took 1t with sad but grateful smile, and at-
ter service he returned it with few words
OF thanks, which the young lady dextrously
maze toe beginning of q pleasant chat that
lasted two or three minutes.
Within five minutes the whole Roysham
family learned what had happened, and
AIRS. koysham had planned to go to New
1ork the very next day and get at least two
ne" dresses for Eunice. She also instructed
nef daughter t. be more distant in her man
nef toward the young rector, who had bean
somewhat attentive for . year but whose
salary was small Between new dresses
ana ne" hopes Miss Eunice looked quite
pretty a. she lounged on the lawn in the
ls'e afternoon. when every ono was astir.
Ana - Flat esansham osn walked pat