Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1884,

white handkerchief about her neck crossed
and pinned in front, and a tall white
turban on her head, which stood up so
high that 1t fairly trembled when she
walked, moved around as il she were the
very soul of Importance. She soon had a
tempting supper on the table and a
splendid cup of tea. The ladies had been
to their own rooms, bathed and refreshed
themselves. Mrs. LIE Verrier and Mrs
Honfleur, claiming the privilege of age to
make themselves comfortable, both re-
turned to the tea-roOm with dressing
gowns on, and sat over the tea-table en-
jOying their tea and chatting until it was
time to retire. Arthur and Clare had left
it long before, and had gone out on to the
Veranda and seating themselves there,
where the moonbeams glinted through the
foliage of the vines which shaded it, told
anew the beautiful story of their love, and
contrasted their present surroundings
with those which they had left behind
them. Arthur said, in conversation on the
difference between the scenes they had
quilted and those they had come to:
ave seem to breathe a purer atmos-
phere. Could anything be more touching
than the welcome your mother received
from her servants? Love is the wealth Of
life. Your mother is rich indeed in pos
sessing the love of so many humble
friends in addition to those of another
class, and crowned with that of her peer
less child" he added, as he fondly pressed
the hand he held.
"But that love is divided one, Arthur"
"Yes," he replied, ''and how blest am
in sharing it-hOw unworthy to possess
such a boon, but it shall be the study of
my life to deserve it. l sometimes feel as
if business was debasing to a man. We
meet with so many who are striving to
take the advantage of us that it makes
us suspicious of rybody, and before
we know it we are striving to do the same
thing ourselves. 1t is Young, l think,
who says:
g The worlds infectious; few bring back at
eve
Immaculate the manners of the NORM
No wonder that purer and more healthful
influences pervade society in the country
than in the city, where contact with men
is so polluting. We feel our dependence
more here ON the great GiVer Of all good,
where we receive our blessings, as it were,
directly from His hand. Though prOsperi-
ty or adversely come alone from Him, yet
none realize it so much as the planter.
He sows the seed which is to yield him his
supplies with the full consciousness that
unless the rain and sunshine is melted out
to him in their needed proportions he la
bOrs in vain"
'And would you be satisfied, Arthur, to
live in the country after having been so
long accustomed to the excitement and
risks of businessW
sit has been for years my desire-in-
deed, it is what l am labOring for to get
the means to buy plantation and people
it and stock it. l was telling mother a
few weeks ago that another twelve months
OF business success as great as the last
had been would fully meet our simple
wants in this respect.''
"Does your mother think that she would
like the cOuntryp
"She far prefers it to city life. Mother
lives very much within herself. She
dwells a great deal upon the past and
reyels in it, more, L often tell her, than is
healthful for hel, but she says her buried
love is more to her than all the living
forms of earth. Mother is not unsOcial,
either. When in company she always en-
joys it, yet seldom seeks it of her own ac-
cord. she loves her books and pen and
flowers; but you will soon know her for
yourself, Clare, and l am sure you will
love her."
81 do that already. l could never do
otherwise than love your mother, Arthur"
II think if mother had a country home
to preside over" continued Arthur, ''lite
would have new charms for her-she
would find a restful calm in looking after
the various duties which demand atten-
IlOH Vi InS uedu VI d uuuSIOuS uOusS-
hold"
Until late hour Arthur and Clare
fingered there together. Two or three
times Ma'am Dinah limited to them that it
was time to shut up the house, but they
were Oblivious to all her hints. When
Clare proposed retiring Arthur insisted so
strongly on her remaining longer that she
sat down again. Several times they
started before the consent OF both was OBJ
m IaaUp W
brought themselves to the point of sep
arating, they mounted the staircase arm
in arm. and Arthur imprinted a kiss upon
her brow as they parted for the night.
Glare found Rosa widely awake and in
her glory. She was so happy to get home
again that she hardly knew what to do
with herself.
DDS yer been look soothing like Hbin',
Miss Clare, to get home once more. Pse
tired an sick er stayin' in sech outland-
Usher place.
Chow is it Outlandish, Rosa?v
she hab to pay for eberyting he get,
miss, even potato or han'ful er ghuba
peas. When he de pick up few from a
basket in de market an ole woman call he
tief. Me done been tell 'em he tief he
self am got no sense, am cuss 'em old Mig
ger, an tell 'em he lib in town tell he get
so stingy he can't glib away ghuba pea,
dat eff he come where l lib he git plenty Of
'em tor nuffin'.'
1.-THE old woman had to pay her money
for them, Rosa, and of course she had to
get money for Them"
"Eberyting mean dere, missis. Dey
keep house mighty slack dere, too. No
sich white sheets like desc, an tings been
sOrter helter-skelter all about. La mis-,
eff you done bin in dat kitchen; he no look
like missis own"
"Wen, that will do, Rosa. You must
not talk about friends" said Glare, re-
proyingly.
"He no frien's OBJ mine, mis-"
EsBut they are friends Of mine, and that
is enough"
These hushed up her structures for that
time, but she had no use for New Orleans
nor any person nor thing she had seen
there.
Although Clare would not allow Rosa to
draw comparisons unfayorable to her
aunts housekeeping, the difference be-
tween the management there and at her
own home was very apparent to her.
Everything here wore such an air of
neatness and comfort; there, as Rosa had
well expressed 1t, helter-skelter. The
sumptuOus and expensive furniture at
her aunt's was abused and neglected by
servants until it had lost its freshness,
modern as it was. At her own home old
fashioned furniture richly carved, and the
quaint antique chairs of varied styles,
though they had been used for many
years, and the large and richly-gilded
frames surrounding the looking-glasses
were so we'll kept they might have been
taken for new. The mahogany of tables,
bedsteads and bureaus, and indeed of ali
the furniture, and the banister Of the
staircase, and the doors of the rooms
which were of the same costly wood, were
rich with age, and ever wearing the
highest polish of which this richest of all
woods is susceptible; and the well-trained
servants of the household who so thor
oughly understood their duties, and so
faithfully performed them, all combined
to make Glenside a model home. 1t was
always attractive to visitors from the air
of culture and refinement which rested
on all its surroundings, and which is not
the growth of wealth, for we witness it
often in the homes of people
in moderate circumstances, while,
on the other hand, we miss it
sometimes in the dwellings of the rich.
But the hospitality of this home was its
browning grace. Both Mrs. Honfeur and
Glare devoted themselves to their guests
with unselfish kindness, and both we'll I'M
derstood the art of making them feel at
ease, and assured that they were well
come.