The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-12-11

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hen he concluded that there was but one
lther thing TO do. lie must break up his
nome and send Jennie back to her moth
ers Tor a time, until he cot upon his feet
again. II was a humiliating dreadful
thing to do, but there seemed no other way.
he decided not to do il until March,
when his lease expired, and not TO worry
about it Beforehand. So thew passed
through their second winter. which was
happy, in spite of the cloud that rested on
the house.
Harry used to wonder, whimsically,
sometimes, if the ''uncean spirits" men
toned in the bible were any more difficult
to live with than the clean spirit that
shared has bed and board. But he never
told has fancy TO Jennie She would not
have thought it funny.
But one day In February a letter came
which changed all their plans and altered
the current of their lives 1t was from
Boston, from the attorney OF the offended
aunt She had died suddenly, and left all
her property TO ''her dear nephew" and
had appointed him sole executor. Harry
became perfectly beside himself at this
news. He sang, he shouted, he seized
Jennie around the waist and made her
dance the widest kind OF a gallop. He
tossed the baby up in the air, and made a
futile Effort to stand on his head.
oh, dear Aunt Sarah oh, rare Aunt
Sarah!' he cried; nothing in your life be-
came ypu like the leaving of it, Jennie,
Iii buy Turkish bath. and YOU can lie in
1t ali Gay! You shall be so cleanse
clean, tear-that you'll beg for mercy
Oh, Jennie isn't it too good, too splendid2
On, dear me, must balm myself, and re-
member that I'm mOurnerw
lie understood how great the strain was
under which he had labOred by the exul-
tant relief that he felt now that it was
over.
After the first surprise and delight had
passed they began to plan what they
should do.
Lets 90 abroad" said Harry. "Tll re-
sign my position. and well lust 90 and
have whole year of enjoyment. I'm
tired to death and you look worn to the
bone, Jennie. Well take a good nurse
for the baby, and JUS have a glorious
time,"
Jennie murmured little at first, but
was finally persuaded to look favorably
upon the plan, and they sailed in Nav
Harry was like boy let out OF school.
His joility and fun knew no bounds. He
became great favorite on board and made
many friends. Jennie was sick most Of
the way over and kept her state-room, but
the baby was rs well and nearly as Jolly as
rs father. Harry was almost thanAf ul
that its mother was too sick to see how
very dirty 1t got on deck He felt il would
have been an added pang.
They reached London in the midst of
one OF its worst foas, which certainly was
depressing. Jennie could speak OF moth
ing but the grimy. dirty appearance Of
everything. 1t seemed to really hurt her,
and It was plain to her husband that she
regarded all the ''show places" as just so
much waste Of the public money, which
might have been used in cleaning the city.
The fog lifted after a dav or two. and
they went TO Westminster Abbey. Jennie
thought it ''smelt damp" and that the
monuments were very dusty" She
further informed her husband that she
was sure some of the banners chad moths
in them" Beyond this she did not seem
impressed.
The fog came back again, and one day
Harry, who had been ont alone, returned
to find his wife in tears.
''Oh, let us 90 away" she cried. 81
cannot stand it here IL is too horribly
dirty. I've tried and tried not to mind,
but l can't help it. l told Mary to change
the baby's dress wheneveritgOt soiled, and
now I've put him to bed, because he's only
got three more Oh, it is too dreadful. The
very air seems full of dirt. ] cannot stand
it. Let's 60 away
They went TO Paris, which seemed
bright and cheerful after murky London,
and their spirits rose and they were both
much more contented there. They meant
to have stayed long time there, but one
day in looking from her window, Jennie
saw fearful sight.
Her rooms looked out on court, and
across this court, on the opposite side, was
a sort of covered piazza.
There" said Jennie, taking her hus-
band and leading him to the window,
''there is the very place. There was some
milk split over there, on the floor and on
the steps, and / saw man come out and
wipe it up with a dish-towel. l saw him
with these eyes"
"How do you know it was a disb-towel,
Jennie ?"
"Oh, 1 am sure Of it, 1t looked ike
one, and he wiped plate with the same
towel afterward"
WELL" said Harry, cheerfully, The isn't
our cook anyway. These apartments front
on another street"
at has gwen me horror of them all. }"
she said mournfully. They are probably
all alike. ] have ALWAYS suspected they
were dirty, they garnish so much! 1t must
be to cover up. Just think wiping up
the floor with dish-towelr'
1t was not a mere fastidious dislike to it
that she felt; it was a spiritual recoil.
They did not stay much longer in Paris.
Jennie seemed TO taste that dish towel in
everything she ate, and the flavor was so
disagreeable that they determined to es-
cape from it and seek fresh fields But,
alas they took the inherited vice with
them. and it drove them like a gad-hy
from place to place.
1t found dust under the bed at Strass
burg, and queer stains on the towels in
Cologne. The washing was miserably
done in Brussels, and the sheets were
damp at Client. The inside OF the pitch
ers was black at Antwerp, and Jennie
found two flies in the soup. One she
might have forgiven, but two did look like
a gratuitous insult.
But things improved from the time they
entered Holland, and Jennie's face lost It's
worried, anxious expression, and became
strangely peaceful They went one day to
a little village few miles from Amster-
dam. Jennie was wonderfully pleased
with ali she saw, and her face grew brighter
at every fresh step. The clean little tiled
rooms where the cows were kept seemed
to impress her more than any cathedral,
and the arrangements Tor tying up their
tails drew forth the expressions OF positive
rapture.
She was so delighted that they stayed
I 4 Il Il.