The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-30
IN GREAT PERIL.
How Mr.. Burford Was Saved from
Complete Ruin.

Mr.. Burford, having scanned the
evening paper for the latest news. and
finding nothing satisfactory, with q
good-naturcd growl over the lazincss of
the editors and the dcgeneracy OF the
time, arranged the delinquent but
b'amoless sheet as shield between his
eyes and the lamp, and seated himself
in hs sleepy-hollow chair for COM
Portable nap.
''fhe Moirs are going to move" said
Mrs. Burford, rising hastily, and CIV
ing hr sewing machine vigorous
push toward its place in the cor
ner Of the room. John has taken
. tiree-years lease of an elegant house
in BrhAol So there's good chance for
u.s."
'Eha don't see it," was the re-
sponse. in very Indifferent tones.
"T1,ere. Tilly," continued Mrs. Bur-
ford, ignoring her husbands reply. and
tossing the work on which she had been
engaged to q young girl lounging near
the winow. "Hope t will suit now,
with all those new buttons and braid
twice ~ much braid as Grace Moir has
on hers; and the extra rows of stitching
-what's tho matterp don't you fancy
the buttonsp''
''Mean-lo0king things for such nice
dress. If you'd only bought the onyx
ones that wanted!' said lilly. scowl-
ing scorn.ully.
''Always wanting something you can t
h~uo cok;ofsoI ~ rok,, rv,oI N
mother. with heavy sigh; and yet inn
mediately resuming, in her usual brisk
way. her talk about the house-a mat
ter on which she had been Illuminating
several hours. $50 handy to town;
and to tho store. William. that house Of
tho Moirs is. You always always liked
it. Sunny and slightly, and the most
attractive place anywhere about-Tve
heard you say"
"Tte king In his palace sat high one day /;
ono day, one day:
4 huckster strOde by with his ware that
way, that way, that way
sang Mr.. Buford. gayly beating time
with his feet.
"Grand garden there. too. And it's
very hcalthy-gardening is. 'Twould
do You heaps Of good-and the boys.
too-oapital work for them. We might
raise all our vegetables and fruit"
"os, snug little home for myself 'twould
be; 'twOuld be, 'twould be.
And a very fine Held for my turnips said he,
sail he. said he,"-
went on the song, and louder and moro
emphatic the gestures hands accom-
panying feet; for Mr.. Burford, bit of
. wag IN his way, attempted q little
drollery now and then, especially as a
means of heotoring his more matter-of-
fact wife.
When she mounted her high hobbies,
as he styled laying plans for the ad-
vancement Of the family, this was par
seeing her mettle; and, to use his own
which she bore with rare good ma
turc. Her plegmatic Temperament
not being easily aroused = and.
poor rider as she was, even in this
figurative sense-if she did at last get
an ignominious tumble, and founder
about in her endeavors at argument,
she never would acknowledge defeat
had always reserve forces to be brought
forward on the first favorable opportu-
nifty, returning to the onset with deter
mlnatlOn aS StrOny as ever. ana IN tne
-afterinnumerable skirmishes, per-
haps-she gained her point; her hus-
band, amused by her adroit finesse, or
her well-calculated strategy, yielding
willngly--indecd, oftentimes, with q
happy concession-tO her superior
judgment.
So Mrs. Burford. until the boys, Har-
ry and Frank and Earnest, came in
from their half-hour's study in an ad'
joining room, continued her enumera-
tion. OF tho advantages of the MoiI
house, Though no direct encourage
mcnt had been given her suggestion
(she hardly dared consider II
plan) yet the feet were al
last still. and from this, and the
gradual subsidence Of the singing to an
innrtioulate murmur, she had strong
hope of ultimate success-she had only
TO bide her time to bring the desired re-
suit. Now the boys and their lessons
claimed her attention. lilly, in thu
bright vista of the future afforded BY