New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05

I, in the interest, stepped into jewellers shop
and bought her just few rings, necklaces and ether
| ornaments. Peggy actually wept when told her
what had paid for these thIngs-I wanted 10 CITY
myself when settled the bl-but comfortod her oS
pointing out that a moderate supply Of jeSeFy was
10 be regarded as among the staples OF the lfo sne
| was called upon to lead. And also reminded her
That We could MAKO good the outlay by efrcnchihg
10 The bone In some other direction. wouh nave
hked to have been able prove h her that relatVeN
was cheaper TO buy diamonds than not to buy men,
But l did not quite how could make IL out
Well, we enjoyed the dinner Of which am bound
to say Peggy was the most charming feature IL leh
to our making severals pleasant arquaintances' ana
that led 10 Other dinners some OF which We our
selves gave. And then toward the end OF Marh wv
venturcd to give a reception. once In while dnr'hS
the winter while uving at the CrosHroshs' w
Toceived our friends OF evening The expense VI
doing merely nominal. Popcorn. say 10 cents
cider Il cents, NUS Is cents. apples cents Io'a "
cents-and counting the douGhnuts that Peggy maze
herself ian he aggIegi up to 80 or perhaps y cents
When we came to arrange for our reception IN Ne"-
York, suggested - Pegs that we were unush '"
the social npcs Of IN" metropolis, W. would do VIII
TO call 10 assistance a leading caterer and caNe
everything to him She agreed to the suggestion,
adding &c II reception turns out 10 cost US mor
than comparatively poor people can afford to paw we
Preserve the average by rrrcnckinS TO the bone IL
| some other dirccton7
Accordingly hunted up leading caterer, and told
him to GO In. lie went in. What sort Of Iecep-
uon DO you want J" said he. replied in the words
Of those who sell dictionaries, get the best lie got
It and got the bill A. glanced at The sum total
could understand how It happened that the wildly
sgtatcd hair OF the prisoner of ChiIlon and that OF
other gentlemen had been white. but not with years
ought have cautioned that caterer he interpreted
literally The bill was sl,OsO b.. kcked
rampsntly that got reduction Of $50. receiving
receipt ia full for 81 ,o3O -. The 81 cents eAa'
perated mc-a, | have shown, II was about Whst one
Of our crossroads receptions used to cost. Peggy,
may add learned until recently ~ha was 'h'
price Of that reception. did not dare tell her at III"
timc-tncrc was paralysis In her family, and was
afraid IF inducing an attack
| NAV a. well mention hight here that got Td OF
a good deal Of money during that year by loanhg II
temporarily would not be delicate for me to dwell
upon this portion OF my metropolitan experience
Enough record that discovered that the"" are II"
mundane things a. permanent a. temporary loans.
one morning toward the end Of March after sns-
piciously snuf!he the air for several moments, Peggy
exclaimed, sewer gas, I'm sure OF IL
All the air Of the Crossroads, how pure
It was could not bear the thought that
were brathne poison and rushed of for plumber
That functiunary applied the pcnnyioyal test anu me
sulphur test and some other tests 10 the pipes. an"
time. l paid that plumbers bouncing bill without
murinur And 50 the winter Gaycties wan"d. the
iariy spring came and went, and then Oh" morning
| got note from the real estate agent at"e men
toned lie wrut" that hc had most desirable place
to rent Newport, aud If liked he would give III"
the refusal Of II for lay or two Tn" uHrr came
opportuncly ny way OF rtrnchlng 10 the bone We
had determined rru.an In town all summer, trust
ing to- Central Park and the Riverside my" for our
outings But the winters social eAactonS had told
on Peggy, and | knew she would bc the better for
a change Of Acnc and All. BESIDES. while W" lived
at the Cru,s roads. in the interest Of health and good
spirits We had always allow ed ourselves out-oftown
rrlaxatIons during the heated term. Now It "a>
picnic to Ducks Pond now Joined III" ftrm"n'>
Excursion 10 Bradford Four corners. took
a buggy rdc-my employer good enough 10 loan
me hi horse OCCASIONALLY camp mr"ting at
smiths Grvc - ! rented the Newport plS +, pay
ing 5000 for III" season. II We remain at home.
| reasoned to self, and Peggy should haN" pro
trsc"d fit Of sickness, the doctors bill might b" NOR
than that. don't know but relatively II l. cheaper
to 20 Ia Newport Still frit that 5000 NOR
than We could afford. and when l"E.N, Ganc,nE
LASTLY al thu lea,", remarked: why Ri"haTl. nv"
hundred doaIs 70 reasonable for plaC" for
the season B.'cvuc-lNr, = hadn't the heart to
undc'clvc her l replied that thought myself tNat
rents went I'm Newport, 800 not an cNorbitant
figure when we got fairly settled Ncwpur
agreed that there ought to be difficulty about ~
trrnchng to The bone while We remained th"r. ""
firmly resolved TO lead conventional. rural life. and
have bread and milk for dinner We did have that
sort Of dinner for several day. but when came to
pay the butcher aud grocer at N" end OF the week
conjcciur"d that NJ" -crvrnt~ didn't take bIrad
and mix. However. while "" ate our.. It wa> com
tort TO reflect that wrr. rrtrruchnE to the bon"
and mistake. "" had charming summer In New
port number of the 4o2 whom W" hal known n
New York there. and they made things pleasant
for us 50 We were entertained and We entcr aimed:
was not accom- pliSh"d at least. not as far the
bone. We home from Newport by the LenuN
route My bump Of locality never gopl, and |
ASSURED By several Of the IO2 that that was the
only way Of returning. The idea OF spending
a few weeks among the BERKSHIRE His pleased u
greatly Not that loved Murray Hill less, but that
we felt that Ecrk,hirr, being more primitive It would
BE- easier to rrtIcnCh thereto the bone. At Maltese
CrSs rDals could get board for my self and wife, with
the Use Of a melOdrun with lovely red cover for
- - week for the two Of Us. At TrnOX IN the old
Puanic country Of frugal habits fancicd could do
about As we'll. Eut. with the caterer and the
plumber, my standard WIS by no means high enough.
The air Of the place va, bracing. but the Hills thai
werr rendered 1crr eneTatihg-thcy made mo
trd
when got back 10 New York IT well in
October We had repeatedly invited PrSgy's three
pretty sisters 10 max" nice, long visit and early
I'm November they arrived to rman until after
Christmas. OF course, We went the pace when they
with Us. forgetting in our hospitality that there
was such term as rerrrnchmcnt the bone.
Well. the of the story of thai year Is rather