Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-03-05
MY wIFE,s LEGACY

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Out OF consideration for the printer
omit indications of the emphasis with
which she usually spoke If the reader
will kindly consider every second word
printed In small caps or italics, he will
have some faint idea of her manner of ex-
pressing herself.
1t Is a very handsome set" | re-
turned, glancing about our modest din
ing room, "apd will hardly accord with
our furniture.
ut wouldn't look at all well with that
sidehoard, y returned my wife promptly,
at is SO DIRE idfully shabby oh, of course
mean the sidebodrd, not the silver;
don't be 81 smart.
81 suppose, then, if such thing were to
happen, you d have to nave a new side
board. "
She nodded complacenty.
81 saw such a lovely one down town TO.
day; antique oak, beautifully carved.
do admire oak so much.
But the rest Of the furniture is walnut, ="
| objected.
"Walnut is altogether out OF style, es-
pecialy for dining rooms" she replied
with disdainful glance at the chairs
which we had once found very good to look
at; and, after ALL the sideboard is by so
much the most expensive piece of furni-
ture in 4 dining room that it doesn' cost
much more to get whole set than Just
that one piece. And even walnut side
board new, would not look well with those
chairs and this table.
| said nothing, and the tacit surrender
was accepted by my wife. Tbenceforth
Il was understood that if Aunt Jane
should bequeath us the silver, We were to
purchase a new set of dining ,oom furni-
ture.
The next evening as we were again at
dinner, my wife remarked:
81 have been looking at carpets to- day,
and saw one that just suits me; rich and
subdued, you know, but not dingy.'
Carpets " repeated in some surprise.
81 dida't know that there was one needed
this season.
why, stupid, " rejoined my wife, pet
u,duty land the emphasis was all upon
the pet Dame), did we not agree that the
dining room must be refurnished? And
this carpet is so old and worn of
course it would not do at all with new
furniture
Again acquiescad silently, aud she
proceeded to make plans for meeting me
the next day to examine and choose the
carpet and furniture to be purchased later
on, Well, if my wiie's relations left her
handsome silver, must, of course, pro-
vide things IN keeping with It.
She met me according TO appointment,
and, having inspected the articles, gave
me to understand that my taste was so ex-
ecrabe as MT to merit a moments consid
Grafton, and announcing her own choice,
suggested cooly:
And now let's go look at the wall
paper
"Wall paptr?' | echoed banky.
"Of course; the room must be repaper-
ed it it is refurnished. As for the wood
work, ! suppose there is no help for that
it will have to be regrained Can they
make that natural wood finish on wood
that has been painted? p
stared aghast; that silver was going TO
cost me pretty sum. But | was helpless,
entirely SO; my wife bad made up her
mind.
That evening she was much elated at
the prospect of being surrounded by such
things as she had that day selected.
There was but one cloud on her
horizon.
The dining.room will be nicer than
the parlors," she remarked, plaintively;
II am afraid that they will really look
shabby"
said nothing, hoping that if she were
not contradicted she would not pursue the
suhjest further.
Vain hopel She had it fixed in her own
mind that silence gave consent, and when
came home the next evening had assumed
that the parlors were to be newly fitted.
Don't you think, " she said, cOaxingly,
that as long as the parors aud dining
room are to be torn up, and we are TO have
the naiutels and paper-hangers here, we
might as well have the whole house doneY
it would be very little more trouble. and
then it would all look nice together
1T would be considerably more eXpen-
sive. | demonstrated, family.
you might draw the money out Of the
Building Association, she suggested. and
tten knew that our savings in that in
were doomed
Aunt Jane fingered long time. In
justice to my wife | must admit she
had become obivious Of the fact that all
these improvements depended upon a
legacy which codd only be possess
ed after the death Of her venerable rela-
tive
A day or 50. after she had decided that
the house wastO be thoroughly renovated
my wife said TO me-
Il have been examining fhe psrlor car
pets, and hnd that by using the best parts
of both. and buyinga wide border, | can
get quite new carpet for our led room,
absolutely unworn.
Indeed !" | remarked, with pleased
surprise; there was one thing that she
would not want anyhow.
Yss,a the carpet that is now on 1t IL
enough good to cover the children room,
ri put the worn part under the
bed. Or maybe id better put that
on the spare room, she added, refsc-
lively, and give tsal on9 to the chill
dren Tbeir's get such hard wear that
an old one will not last auy time
hardly.
said nothing, but felt greatly re-
lieved.
As long as we don't have to buy a
bedroom carpet, she remarked, insinuat