Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14

)errieS, and Wnen MIS- IlgEl" EeUOA
itrated at this falling of the careful man
informed her that all the strawberries had
been preserved by Mr.. Rubicles order TOR
MS own use. Thus by.degrees the gilt Was
of the gingerbread; but 1t was not
until the final audit came that MIR. Phi.
yrim discovered how well up in the art OF
q furnished house was the simple
priest vito whom hshad to deal. Mr. Ru-
bicle, accompanied by the careful man,
went round the house and premises and
turned out Of sl sorts of unnouced corners
q motley collection of riekety forms and
chairs, damaged crockery, worn-out brooms
and tubs and buckets in the last stage OF
dissolution. These, Mr.. Rubicle remarked
turning withs smile toa clause IN the agree
ment. Mr.. Pilgrim was bound to make
yood; but in order to save trouble Mr.. hu-
bicls would give q full acquittsnce Tor al
damage in consideration OF an extra check
for twenty-five pounds.
NJ. Pilgrim returned to the Chaplain
Road well nigh sick Of country houses, so
Ioud and deep were his o6Jurgatons
against all who let them that was rather
surprised to hear from him at the end OF
last June that he WAS going to tempt for
tune once more in q little place called The
Pines. IN a perfect situation aoout forty
miles from town. Mr.. Pilgrim gave me so
slowing 8 description of this last venture
that | was almost disposed to accept bis
invitation to visit him there, though q
not slept out of London for thirty years
But the force of habit was too strong, and
| decided to await his return aud hear
whether the later experience was worthy
of the early promise.
st the beginning Of October Mr.. Phi
grim returned an altered man. When l
vent over to see him, and asked him hoW
be had enjoyed his outing, he smiled q
faint smile and took refuge in some gen
~erslitv, | led up TO the subject again and
again, but always in vain. His manner at
last became so peculiar that grew certain
there was some mystery at the back OF this
reserve. determined 10 lay the matter
before Simpson the next time be called,
and 10 ask him to find out for me an ex.
PLANTATION Of Mr.. Pilgrims altered mood.
The very nextday he made his appearance.
I placed the details Of the business before
hum. told him the name of the village IN
which The Pines were situated, and oaue
him 90 and ascertain what there was IN
the place to have sent Mr.. Pilgrim back
n town with the air Of a man who had
forged a will or committed a murder In
stead of the h~sppy-looking. oPen-tsced
gentleman he was when he left town.
In less than q week he came back with
the following story:
81 do not wonder hat your friend was
taken with The Pines, for q pret;ier little
residence | never saw. Il must originally
have been q very coy cottage, and the
pressnt owner mas built q drawing room on
cneiside, and a smoking room on the other
he has patched on po:ches and verandas
wherever he could find room, and thrown
out bay windows in all the principal rooms.
/ The flower gardens around it are lust what
/ English flower gardens should be; 1t 10
covered from ground 10 caves with roses
and towering creepers Of all sorts. Be
yond the garden is q sloping pasture, at
/ the foot OF which runs q little stream Just
big enough for . beat, and ~ the back
. rises a wooded hill sufficiently high to keep
oil the northern winds. 1t gives one the
idea ef being something more than o mere
Summer r~esidencer The veraldas must
b. cool and grateful during the brief spell
Of heat, and the easements fit perfectly,
I and the stoves rsdiate well. These latter
, virtues Mr.. Pilgrim no doubt appreciated
when there came that bit OF January which
nowadays always falls upon US unprspared
in the middle of July. The landlord left
tor the tenants use q pretty little pony
carriage, o smart brougham, a pony, and a
horoe. tRo excellent cows and a gard tull
OF trait, ripe and ripeRing, and for the hrst
week Mr.. and Mrs. Pilgrim At strawberries
and cream four times a day.
But all the above named eXCellences
faded into u~othingue5s and all their inet,
tec,ual fires when compared with two other
treasures which your friends found left for
their use They found a perfect cook and
a man servant who seemed to combine all
the virtues one hopes to find in an honest
steward, a careful groom, a sober butler,
snd a clever valet. Timbury-tor he was
so called-was not only able to do every
thing that any one expects to be lone by
stewart, groom, butler, or valet. He was
ALWAYS ready and willing to show his efici-
en.e. One morning u couple OF delicious
tout we're seryei up for breakfast. They
we're two which Timbury had taken out OF
the stream the night before. He could
concoct the most wonderful salads and the
most seductive Summer drinks. In short,
i | were 10 give you a catalogue OF his
virtues, | should have no time TO tell you
the rest OF my story.
Mr.. Pilgrim spent much Of his time IN
the garden, but somehow he could not get
out OF the flower beds at The Pines the
same amount Of pleasure that he could get
out of the narrow strip OF garden in the
Chaplain Road. He felt q trile lonely at
times from the want of heighbors and OF
that bi-Seekly trip to the city on the top Of
a bus. so he used to chat very often with
Timbury as that person was polishing the
or folding the napkins. ..
You knows Jsmsiky, | see, Sir, said
Tim5nry one morning, took the liberty
OF looking at the Kingston Erald, az was
lawn on the library table seem as | was
once q regular subscriber to the Journal
"'Oh, you knew Jamaica, do youY said
Mr.. Pilgrim.
"'Oh, yes, Sir: | was born there, OWN
10 my father 0ein' a storekeeper's clerk;
but | usyer liked the place, and rs soou rs
| could do tor myself | coined ONE.
And when did you leave the island,
Timbury2 said Mr.. Pilgrim.
ut were in lS43, Sir, and | was very
near leaving this world as well, Tor was
steward on board the Sarah Jarvis, Of Lon
don, which ship. you remember, went down
AZ sea on the voyage home.
As Tmbury mentioned the name OF the
Sarah Jarvis Mr. Pilgrim started slightly,
and looked up with an expression OF sWak-
ened iuterest.
The Sarah Jarvis2 he said; 1 thought
she ~foundered and that not soul on board
sscspsdY
she went down right eaough, Sir, but
nine of US WAS saved in the longboat, and
was picked up BY a bark bound for Rio.
Mr.. Pilgrim put down the newspaper
and walked to the window. There was q
look OF something like CONSERVATION on
his face.
But my-but | knew some one on
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