Smyrna times., 1883-05-02
Yachting.

Yachting.
Almost by intuition it daNned upon
them that their getting married was but
another name for them to become in
their working harness a committee of
"Ways and Means" Eva to take the
craftsmanship of the ways" Arthur
that of the means y" little one
sided it is true and similar to keeping
a horse and carriage on shares the
carriage representing the ways"
and the horse taking all the "Means."
This truth would have occurred to
Arthur sooner if their partnership had
been limited as however it was not,
they happily agreed to accept as final
and for the best whatever each did in
their respective departments as the
committee of ways and Means"
They had net as yet begun house-keep-
ing because Eva could not reconcile
herself to the Aesthetic" tendencies
in household adornments her married
friends too plainly evinced in copying
from each other. This was wrong, and
not in correct taste. To be Aesthetic
must be, to be in everything, original
and there was nothing original in
walking down the street to see in almost
every window, one passes, tier upon
tier ofred painted flowerpots, and withal
the straining after effect in nearly every
thing with "Of" colors, here white
and black, then red and black with &
dash of gold, bit of lace ON a back
ground of yellow,-truly what did i
all mean, fOrsooth!
Arthur, too, deprecated the so called
aesthetic tendencies of the times a
producing too sudden and violen
changes, and he looked with unalloy
ed pleasure to at least one blessini
vouchsafed to us that could not b
affected by these art changes" ant
that was babies,-they cooed an,
kicked, showed the dimples in thei
pretty cheeks and held out their arm
to be taken as they did fifty years age
And at night to tuck them in thei
little bed to receive their loving goo
night kiss, and then to seek your ow
couch happy in the consciousness c
possessing such a treasure. And wear
with the toll and struggles of the da
:; to pass at once into gentle sleep onl
y to be aroused at the midnight hour b
|, a sharp piercing yell resoundin
y through the house of, g want dink
81 want dink!" Of course there
no help for it, things not subject
change are very apt to keep on yellir
until gratified, and perhaps the night
g prayers would have amounted to som
'e thing if the expedition down stairs fl
y water, did not come into contact wit
= an orphan tack sitting up all night
his head.
Arthur and Eva would sometim
think that point Of land jutting o
IL into a meadow with a silvery broC
. coursing through it seeking the b;
N waters in the distance, a bit of WOO
land on one side, cultivated fields
the other, while the lowing of the XII
and the music ofthe birds, would be col
pany sufficient, but some medical friel
said "chills and that ended it.
One day after this Arthur came
with face beaming with joyful int
ligence. Would Eva like to take a {
weeks trip with him to North Carolil
and at little or no expenseP "Certai
ly would by all means" replied e,
nd "b9t how and in what way" sue al
ed. "Well" said Arthur, "this mol
ing 1 met Captain Joel Cook of t
rk fore-top mast, strike-mast, section
schooner TSCiR Brothers, believe tina
in how he called it although he 81
people persisted in calling them lem
go squeezers'. At any rate" continu
Arthur, she offered me his entire tru
-. as he termed it for the trip to Peml
Sound and back for twenty dollars
to furnish it. told him that l did
think we could accept as we had ne
~ tried to live in so small n place a
u trunk. He seemed t0 he amused
this, and said laughingly, 'Oh NJ
mean a cabin, with berths and lock
!. in it, OF course you see Eva,
Ss made q difference and l told Capt
Cook that wanted to take just sue
trip, and would come dowR In
Is, morning with you to see the 7
BROTHERS" Eva was delighted. H
was chance fer something in
original line especially as they wer,
. do their own furnishing, and on a |
too. So the next day they wen
look at the TtUin Brothers as she la,
,m mud fiat, the tide having gone
"a and left her high and dry. Apract
eye could not have discovered
thing trending to the beautiful in
~" long, straight sides, low gGnwale
I. bluff bow and quarters with the /
80 rudder at the stern. The Brothers
'ost- drifting into Aestheticisln, for the
were painting the gunwale green.