The Delta independent., 1889-10-15
MEMORIAL MINpow.

A spacious edifice is Calumet Lodge,
sixty feet square, OF brick, with u brick
annex that gives to the whole pile
shmething of the appearance of an aris-
tocratic ladies' seminary. Across the
whole front runs porch, twenty feet
wide. supported by heavy granite col
unins. On every side is lawn, thick
set with flowers. hedges and rare
palms, and the brick walls of the house
are gracefully masked with climbing
roses and honeysuckles and ampelopsis
interlocking its bright green figures.
found Mrs. Logan more cheery and
sunny than she has seemed before
since her great sorrow. When / told
her ny errand she said. "Why, yes.
why not? / will show you the house
and iAs curious equipment, and you may
write whatever you p,ease about it,
for you write with n friendly hand, and
: thero areSmanyawho have n, right to
1,n,w what hassbecome OF their splen-
did affeTT6gs tt%he generals memory. p"
"You are a literary workman aSaiia
yourself;'' I said, land appreciate the
exigencies."
She smiled and answered.: Yes and
the Homo Magazine under my man
agement is thriving;-now just make .
note of .th;.t before you go any farther"
and she offered me, fsr- 4 seat, gener-
Gus leather cIs~fr.
"How c<,fme you ever to buy this
hopse?" i ventured to ask.
she cried. "you think it
doesn't look like u poor mans cabin?
Wen. Ill tell you. We had existed in
boarding houses for twenty-five years.
Do you know what that means? Very
we'll. After the election OF 49, Darling
was reelected for the last time, we
eanio back here just worn out and we
tallaed it over and said Now let's buy
a house We meant to get some quiet
place easy of attainment. But /
head OF this big double house and
cane to look at it and was delighted.
The general vetoed my ambition. 1T
is tso big he said, hard to pay for
and impossible to furnish. Its eight
largest rooms are 20x25 feet square,
But we had some rugs and chairs and
-deslss and bookcases, of course,
enough to furnish two rooms, and l
said Darling, see here, you give me
$3.50 and / will. furnish that mousse )
knew it couldn't be given an outfit OF
modern furniture for twice that, but l
resolved to get old mahogany. You
see succeeded. 1t Is set in solid
wool, mostly mahogany, from base
ment to roof. But it required economy
and heap of thinking. This central
hall was always u favorite resting
place for the general
I rose and inspected 1t. It was
twenty feet wide and contained q spa
cious stairway in the rear, rising. right
and left to the high floor above. A
double fiat Office desk was in the CEN
ter, with chairs and equipments fol.
writing.
"rhis piece near the door," said tho
lady sis composite. The fine mahog-
any table was old DIR. Sims's. The
great gold-framed mirror behind it,
that must be 100 years old, l got
down town at an antique store, and its
side supports IRE those two great
mahogany -fedsieadposts." ] had to
CONFESS. even to myself. that it was en-
tirely symmetrical aud handsome.
..These old mahogany settles are
from Fredericksburg. That tall clock
is from Germantown and dates back
almost. to William Penn. You will
hear its Cathedral chimes. This other
hat rack was made from design BIZ
the general to hold that grand cllS's
uStu prOJectluB from Inc OHk-leai neck
lace in tho upper panel. Poor Ed.
McCool shot that Elk aud sent the
head as "a present. The branching
antlers are some five feet long. This
wooden panel on the wall is very crude
and inartistic, you see. 1t was taken
& from the Guadaloupc church in Santa
Fe by q priest and given 10 the Gener-
al. Formerly it framed the paintings
Of saints. Beside It hangs shield and
buckles OF rawhide believed to have be-
longed TO some soldier al Cortez. 1t
bears, you notice, r.,dely painted, .bGt
not greatly faded, the arms OF the
Spanish conquest. the towers OF CASTLE
and the lions OF Leon. 1t is from
Mexico"
Upon the walls OF the hall is paint-
cd horn OF pulqne from Mexico (though
"a pilfcriDg da-iey with strong
stomach has nearly drank it up and
thefe- -ars IndidRrelics -moccasins or
nnmshted bows andarrows, caps, tobac-
co pouches, ncclsiacos Of she'll md silver,
gADtlSA sashes from She Maquis and