The Dickinson press., 1892-08-13

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And here little Maggie
Denton h~ositatea, Ii was
ve1yniae, rom the !lea, Iii
tie drawias-room, SIMPLY
bu; elegantly ta:nisllai rish;
~ away 10 .Ae Kitchen. where
~ evegy:hla ->Aonea.am. And
Tom had 90; everything 90
se;hs- " eighteen months. 200. when
.he .ass hal change. Ani lis w..,;H.
III s., once C; 20 bs appreciated. Ras
IS Magic pax il. st.sse wSs Il rrld-
III. drawback, consisting OF IL" atSove
in -he DRAWN. room whleh woUlduev-
er-io, never .ook complete without 81
piano.
".Auia piano youSha.l have,"Tom
said, looNiu.. up heartily from the
breakfast bacon. II had Il good slice
OF lucklust week which l never expect
ed. You remember that long love
story I wrote three years ago. and
which I sent to petty we'll every mag.
azine in London. Well Ned Hartley
advised me to send it to the Wo-
mans Companion, where it was ac'
copied. They paid me f35 for it, not
quite half Il crown II page, but it is
better than nothing. Don't you think
| could get IL decent instrument for
the money!"
Maggie smiled pleasantly. She was
extremely fond OF music and, being a
managing little soul, equally fond OF a
bargain. 1t would he far better, she
said, %sapiently, for Tom to keep his
eyes open than to 60 direct to a max
er, by which he might save at least
flO of his hard-carned money.
"Thcre are lots OF them advertised
every day in the Telegraph" she OBJ
served. Give me the aper and Twill
show what | mean. Now listen to this
one"
FOR SALE-A BARGAIN; MAGNIFI-
cent piano, by we'll known maker; upright
grand, overriding. doub!c-clcck action,
Stcinway soft pedal. steel frame, ull com
pass, tri-chord throughout; the property OF
a lady going abroad; cost G15 but a few
months ago; will sacrifice for f25. Apply
"Bccthovcn.' lM Gunncr,bury road,
Grcentho,pe Park, Hampstead, or person.
ally any day this week.
Tom nodded approvinsly. An in
strument costing but Il few months
ago upward OF "thrce-quarters OF a
century" to be disposed OF for a third
OF the amount struck him rs the very
thing he desired. 1t was % little
strange, though, an outsider would
have decided, that so valuable 4
property should have gone SO long
begging, OF that the lady going abroad
did not get TO see the folly of adver.
Using regularly in the Telegraph ut
the rate OF FL per week.
81 tell you what it Isl" said Tom,
Gas Gunncrsbury road is close, III
JUST walk over there after dinner and
interview Mrs. Beethoven personal.
ly. Ii / like the look OF the instru.
ment you can come over afterwards
and try it,"
So it was arranged, and Tom re.
tired to his writing den, where fol-
three solid hours the anticipated pur-
chase was forgotten. There was
plenty OF work now for the young
writer and journalist, who for thelast
five years had found it q .terrible
struggle to keep himself, and find
Maggie, who had until recently beer
out as governess, with those triline
Injuries whic, even the princely
salary OF q governess does not afford
But the tide had turned now, and al
though Tom would be n great
novelist Of brilliant cssayist, hi
earned q comfortable income, which
by the end OF the year promised to
touch close upon four figures. II
seems % lot OF money, but | know
more than one OF the quiet ones o
general public have never heard who
are doing quite as well. 1t is so easy
to get n living in literature ifyouh have
the ability and know how to SCI
about ESPECIALLY know how to SCI
about it, which, perhaps, in the Ion!
run is better than ability. But this
secret is only learnt by much grief ant
pain and bitter disappointment.
So Tom finished his morning
work, and after dining comfortably
walked over to Gunnersbury road,
pleasant, semi-genteel street, will
neat little houses, ali bearing a stron
family likeness to each other and al
striving to look as if they were semi
detached residences and not the oc
cupants of n common terrace. n,
4 1876 was, perhaps, a little cleaner ant
neater than it's neighbors; the doc
: had been painted within recent mem
DRY, there were extremely white cul
i tains i'll the windows, and o neat lit
tie maid took Toms card ate
"A she had ushered him into a tin
$ drawing.room, the furniture whic
> struck him us being new and cheaI
= But tawdry as his surroundings were
Tom speedily forgot them as tn
door opened ana q lady entered hol,
ing his card in her hand.
q 81 presume you come to see IL
D about the piano." she said.
man, but he felt at q disadvanta!
now. The speaker was the prettie.
woman he had ever seen in his lii
She was ~young-not more than tive
!. ty-two or three, tall, with nm clega,
figure she had u wonderful mass
!, red god hair piled up i'll some bew
dering, fascinating fashion; her fe
lures were wonderfully sweet and re
ular, and her sorrowful blue eyes, hi
:; bold, wholly shy, went straight
:. TOMS heart and enslavcd him on II
spot. He was n very sensitive, fe,
ing kind OF q fellow, and when
c. noted the black dress and tiny viii
cap percled upon the golden, way
&c hair, Tom felt that he could do an
anything for her, or die happy in u
d att. mpt.
alt is OF no consequence" he sta,
10 mered, unconsciously p%araphrasi
G. Mr.. Toots. 81 did come over TO S
J. the instrument, which l thought