The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-03-05
THE TEAK-wOOD CABINET


THE TEAK-wOOD CABINET
so the Bernadottes are to be
sold out at auction ?" said Nh 5.
Price, as she seated herself at th e
breakfast table, in a rich costume Ot
gray cashmere, heavily faced an d
trimmed with claret-c0lored velvet
"On Wednesday next" said MIR.
Price behind his newspaper
ANY one might have known 1t at
the rate they were going on" said
Mrs. Price. Dresses from Paris, ln-
deed-bonnets at seventy five col
lars"
"Bernadotte was a fellow that new
er would take any ones advice,
said Mr.. Price. 1T was that last ill
vestment IN Wisconsin railroad
shares that tloored him"
Poor dear Clara Bernadotte, "
said Mrs. Price, rehectively butterlng
a roll.
Il shall miss her Wednesday
evenings. One always enjoys ones
self there
Pm told the horses were dispos-
ed of at private sale, " SAID Mr.. Price.
OF course they didn't bring half
their value"
Is il not NJ. de Rouchfoucald, who
saws that lin the mlsfortunes of our
best friends, there is something not
altogether disagreeable to US ?" And
thsre Is a deal of truth iii the saying
of this keen French satirist. The
Bernadottes were ruined out and
out, and their society friends talked
OF the failure for an hour, and then
forgot that such family had ever
been.
Il think | shall 90 to the auction"
said Mrs. Price. Il am told that
great bargains are to be had at auc
tions; and | always coveted that
sweet old teak cabinet, with its plush
Innings and delicious carvings
"Pshaw," said Mr.. Price.
Mrs. Bernadotte gave tive hun
dred dollars for it in San francisco"
said Mrs. Price
Its deal too big for our rooms,
said he.
But we don't always expect to
live in this little cramped-up place,
said Mrs. Price, with contemptu-
Gus glance around the room which,
although snug and cozy in the most |
superlatlve degree, was not what one /
could call absolutely spacious.
Il don't approve of second hand |
things" said ae shortly.
And you are quite right" said
Aunt Clarissa, the elderly maiden
relative whose opinion always car
ried weight, in consequence OF the
money she had to leave.
Mrs. Price was silent. She did not
venture 10 rebel against the public |
opinion OF the family; but all the
same her mind was made up-tor
Mrs. Price was one of the women
who always want their way in little
things and big; and who contrive to
have it, too.
Il will go to that auction" said |
she to herself, "in spite of what
Price and Aunt Clarissa say-and |
will have that darling old teak-wOod I
cabinet"
Mr.. Price was meanwhile chuck
ling to himself, as he rode down
town on the elevated road.
II wanted to give Susan some
thing nice for her birthday" thought /
he. "and III go and bld on that
lakewood concern. 1t can't run
above a hundred dollars, I should /
think.
Aunt Clarissa, in the meantime,
was more open in her tactics.
MY cousin Lavinia is just fur
nishing her country house" said /
she. Il think shall recommend
her husband to 20 to this Bernadotte
auction and bid on the cabinet. Ii
it goes for reasonable price, it will
be quite a nice article for the par
lor."
But | wanted the cabinet" said
Mrs. Price.
Folly and nonsense T. said Aunt
Ciarissa. Your drawing room is
over furnished already"
And Aunt Clarissa nailed the
matter-in her own opinion at least
by making an appointment for
Mrs. Price to spend the day with a
cross old relative at Yonkers, on that
special Wednesday.
Il was thinking of going to the
auction, Aunt Clarissa," faltered Mrs.
Price.
Your husband don't approve of
auctions y said Aunt Clarlssa, land
you II do great deal more good in
reading the Bible to old Mrs. Bene-
dict"
She's as deaf as post. and can't
hear word | read !" painted Mrs.
Price.
mo matter" said Aunt Clarissa
"The motive is just the same, and
Mrs. Benedict likes s little atten-
ton"
But if Aunt Clarissa fondly be-
lieved that she had thrown her niece
off the scent of the auction sale, she
was mistaken. Nor had she prop
erlv gauged the length and breadth
and depth of Mrs. Prices obstinacy.
Mrs. Price set off, as if for Yonk-
ers, but she did not 60 thither: She