Smyrna times., 1883-02-07

lifferent"
Away down in the depths of her
ender heart Mrs. Royal heaved a sigh.
Yes, everything was different in her
ather's house. Life there was a
splendid sham, gilded bubble ready
20 burst if but one creditor put SO
much as finger upon it. She remem-
Dered we'll how the thousand dollar
check so conspicuous among her we'd
ding presents was afterward coniscated |
by the paternal Brown to pay several
pressing bills. She could not tell her
friend this, however, so she said,
"You speak and look as though l
ought to be pitied, Ara. Why, I'm the
happiest creature alive, and my home
a second paradise"
Then, in order to clinch these asser-
tions, she took her friend all through
the house.
Z" haven't got many things might
have had had not Will and l resolved
not to receive wedding presents outside
of our own immediate families, and, in
addition to that, determinedly regulat-
ed every purchase"
She remarked further, as they left
the sweet simplicity Of those upper
chambers, with their stained floors,
home made rugs and drift-of-snow beds
for the lower floor:
1--WE could have had solid silver and
all that sort of thing, only we thought
we might on some future occasion feel
embarrassed by not being able to re-
turn their full value. So, as you see,
everything is plain and many things
homemade, yet all the more precious. "
They had entered the parlor again
over whose floor shadows of rose vines
came and went like the waves of some
fairy sea, and where the air was per.
fumed with the heliotrope's purple
and the mignonette's bronzy-greer
blossoms that overhung the rustic
stand on the porch outside the win
dows.
Sis wanted to give me bookcase,
continued ALICE Royal, surveying he
precious volumes fondly; 81 but Viii
and his brother Courtlandt togethe
put up these shelves, and 1 like then
ever so much. Then they two bull
this frame, with its compartment owe
the mantel, and set these squares @
looking glass at the back, making
divided mirror. l think it's one of tn
prettiest novelties that l ever laid eye
on"
Certainly it was, ALICE Royal, eve
without the reflection of that swee
face of yours, with its wild-rose blooI
and glints O. gold hair. With these
was assuredly a marvel of beauty.
"Then, in spite of innumerabl
directions in howl I-furnished-m
articles, 1 found we couldn't make
! comfortable sofa without springs an
considerable upholstery, so we bougl
this rattan lounge. In cold weatht
my silk quilt will do nicely for bot
j.. under and upper cover"
All this was very well to listen t
y especially as Mrs. Royal was contil
ually making pictures of herself in
. pink dress and bit of an apron, al
with her bright eyes, red lips and gil
O. golden hair. Now she stood ne
the Indian-red curtains, now under Il
mirrors flash, and again where lie;
= colors blazed in the open CRATE, b
:. Araminta Dykandyke was not satisfi
" with these dissolving views, fascinatil
: though they were.
"a She was exceedingly curious to knC
a how her friend, who had always NOV
g in brilliant circles, and who was mi
" Fied to man whom she supposed W
40 in easy circumstances, came to be
n duced to so pitiful strait as this
:. which she found her.
;. Pressing the question, she learn
a that the year previous Will Royal h
~ honorably failed in business, and n
10 occupied a position as clerk in a who
. sale dry goods store. The you
~ couple, who had been looking forwi
to far different future, and VIII
tas wedding day was appointed before
,,s was lost but honor" concluding Il
,o could better wait for wealth Il
ho for happiness, were married at
~ hour named, just as though moth
- had occurred to mar their plans.
81 "Aunt Alice, for whom was n;
la ed" continued Mrs. Royal, "gave
-nr this beautiful cottage. Having no 1
onr to make up, we can live Spugly, pa,
=" ~ we go, and put by little-someti
it's very little-for a rainy day."
81. "But after all. now confess, Al
u doesn't it take vast amount of CT
- age to live this wayP" inquired ]
in Dykandyke, with a singularly e'
"a look in her dark eyes.
al Nothing like the amount of C
~, age it takes to run into debt, and 4
rLa greedy creditors on every hand"
piled Mrs. Royal, emphatieally.
nv Her friend was positive "the
the was drawn at q venture" Never
ase, less, she turned her face square toy
Iged the window to hide the flame bla
,uId out on her oheeks-the arrow
i've struck homes Although she hui
am her departure the tell-tale color
well burned as she passed through the
e. I entangled gate and out upon the st
able Riding homeward she felt hersel
captive, bound and double-iror
the Then concluding it couldn't be he
the threw off the impression, and b
sun wondering how she should hay'
silk dress made, and whether or n