The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-04-27

When that sofa came home, and was in
stalled in the place of honor, the old fash
toned sofa was removed TO u chamber.
Somehow it did not seem to set of the room
as much as it was expected to. 1t looked
out of place, as Mrs. Hall could not help
cOnfessing to herself, though she was not
disposed to speak of it. The plain but neat
kidderminster carpet looked decidedly
cheap in comparison with it. However,
Mrs. Hall resolutely shut her eyes to this
| unpleasant fact. and continued enthusiasts
tically to expatiate in praises OF the new
| sofa She could not be contented until Mrs
Savary had called and expressed her opin-
ion of it. This happened before long.
my dear" said that lady, taking acr1ti.
cal survey of the apartment, "your sofa Ia
a handsome one, l acknowledge, but will
| you pardon my suggesting one thingW l:s4
Certainly, Mrs. Savary."
"Then allow me to suggest that dark
Brussels carpet is necessary to have 1t
show to good advantage. Now this Kidder-
minister, dare say, is tolerably good one,
but 1t couldn't have cost more than dollar
. yar. ....
only eighty-soven cents" said Mrs.
Hail. little confused ~ "a
80 supposed. Well, you see, carpet
ateighty-seven cents yard doesn't CORE
spond very well with a fifty dollar sofa. To
tell the PLAIN truth, the old-fashioned sofa
looked more appropriate"
Mrs. Hail almost wished that she Dad
never bought the new sofa, but, having
done so, she was determined, IL possible,
to have every thing to correspond. She was
too wise 10 say any thing about it ut present,
but waited until a week before the next
Quarter-uay.
Then she began TO indulge IN brief hlnts,
whfch At length became more 'decidedS AT
first, George would not hearof . new car
pet. He was determined not to omit his
usual quarterly deposit this time, but at
length his wires opportunities succeeded,
aided by lurking conviction on his own
part that there was real ineongruity be-
tween the sofa and the plain carpet. The
newpurchase cost fifty dollars and trite
more, which made George look little
sober; but he could not deny, as his wife
said, that the room looked q good deai
improved. 4.
And was TINS all. By no means. !.
By the time the carpet wis put down, II
was discovered that the chairs, which were
only canesseated, looked quite inferior to
the good company which had recently been
introduced. When the next quarter-day
arrived, it was found absolutely essential
to purchase some black stuffed chairs. Aft
erwards came new mirror, and piano
was hired, for even Mrs Hall did not vent
urc to suggest SO large an outlay as the
purchase would require. So the piano was
brought, ana some Atty dollars year were
paid for its use, though, by the way, 1t was
never used, since Mrs. Hall had no eur for
music; aud therefore it served only for
ornament.
By the time the year was up, George
| found that two hundred aud twenty-five
dollars had been spent for furniture and
not one cent had been deposited in the say
ings bank. More than that, as their style
OF living had increased with their new fur
niture, which had unconsciously elevated
their ideas, George found himself some
hundred and fifty dollars IN debt At this
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