The morning call., 1893-02-11
TO BE HAPPY.

| Cut your coat according TO your cloth Is
| an old maxim and wise one; and if people
/ would only square their ideas according to
! their circumstances. how much happier
might we all be! If we would only come
| down peg or two in our notions, in &C.
cordance with our waning fortunes. hap
! piness would always be within our reach.
1t is not what we have or what we have
not that adds or. subtracts from our felic-
! ity. 1t is the longing for more than we
have, the envying OF those who possess that
more and the wish to appear in the world
| of more consequence than we really are,
which destroy our peace Of mind and event
! ually lead to ruin.
! | never Witnessed man submitting to
circumstances with good humor and good
sense so remarkably as my friend Alexander
| WiIlemott When first met him. since our
! school days. it was at the close Of the war !:
| lie had been a large contractor with the
| GOyernmentlor army clothing and sccouter-
| ments, and was said TO have realized an
| immense fortune. although his accounts
were not yet settled. Indeed, it was said
| that they were so vast that ii would employ
| the time of six clerks, for two years, to
| examine them, previous to the balance sheet
| being struck. AS | observed, be had been
at school with me- and on my return from
| the East Iudes | called upon him to renew
| our Cd acquaintance, and congratulate him
upon his success.
My dear Reynolds. am delighted to see
| you. You must come down TO Belem Cas-
| tie; Mrs. WillemOtt will receive you with
pleasure, Pm sure. You shall see my two
| girls"
| consented. The chaise stopped at
| splendid mansion and l was ushered in by
a crowd of lveried servants. Everything
was on the most sumptn0us and magnlh-
cent scale. Having paid my respects 20 the
| lady OF the house | retired to dress. as dinner
was nearly ready. it being then half-past
O'Clock. 1t WAS before we sat down. To an
| observation that l made, expressing a hope
| that had not occasi0ned the dinner being
| put off. Willemott replied. ION the con-
trary, my dear Reynolds, we never sit down
| until about this hour. How people can
dine AT or O'clock | cannot conceive l
could not touch a mOu.hful."
The dinner was excellent and paid the
| encnmiums which were its due.
do not be afraid, my dear fellow-my
cook IS an artistic eXtraordinaire-a regular
Gordon Bleu You may eat anything with
out fear of indigestion. How people can
live upon the English cookery of the pres
ent day cannot conceive. l seldom dine
out, for fear OF being poisoned. Depend
upon it. good cook engthens your days.
and no price is too great to insure one"
When the ladies retired, being alone, we
entered into friendly conversation. ! ex-
pressed my admiration Of his daughters,
who certainly were very handsome and
elegant girls.
Very true; they are more than passable,"
replied he I'VE have had many offers, but
not such as come up 10 my expectations.
BaronetS are cheap nowadays, and Irish
lords are nothing; | hope To settle them
comfortably. We shall see. Try this elaret
| you will find it excellent, not a headache in
hprrc nod 1f ir low nrla Hrir II
| port | cannot imagine"
The next morning he proposed that /
should rattle round the park with him. l
acceded. and we set off IN a handsome open
carriage, with four grays, ridden by pos
tilions at rapid pace. AS we were whirl-
ing along, he observed, I'm town we must
Of course drive only a pair, but in the
country l never go out without four horses
There is sprlrg in four horses which is de-
lightful; /. makes your spirits elastic, and
you fee that the poor animals are not at
hard labor Rather than not drive four. |
would prefer to stay at home"
Our ride was very pleasant and In such
amusements passed away one of the most
pleasant weeks that l ever remembered.
Wiemott was not the least altered-he was
as friendly, as sincere. as open-hearted, as
when a boy at school. | left him. pleased
with his prosperity, and acknowledging
that he was we'll deserving of ii, although
his ideas had assumed such scale of mag
nificenee.
went to India when my leave expired.
aud was absent about four years. On my
return | inquired after my friend Willemott,
and was told that his circumstances and
expectations had been greatly altered. From
many causes. such as a change in the Gov
eminent a demand for economy. and the
wording OF his contracts having been differ
emily rendered from what Willemott had
supposed their meaning to be, large items
had been struck out of his balance eet.
and instead of being millionaire he was now
gentleman with a handsome properly.
Belem Castle has been sold. and he now
lived at h chmond, as hosptable as ever,
and was considered great addition to the
neighborhood. l took the earliest oppor-
tunty OF going down to see him.
"Oh. my dear Reynolds. this is really
kind Of you to come without invitation.
Your room is ready and bed we'll aired, for
it was slept in three nights ago. Come
Mrs. Willemott will be delighted to see you"
| found tie girls still unmarried, but they
were yet young The whole family ap-
peared as contented and happy, and as
friendly. as before We sat down to din
man attended. The dinner was good. but
not be the artistic extraordinaire
praised everything. Yes" replied he,
''she is a very good cook; she unites the
solidty Of the English with the deiicacy of
the French fare; and, altogether, | think IL
treasure" After dinner, he observed, 'Of
course you know have sold Belem Castle,
and reduced my establishment Govern
ment has not treated me fairly, but am at
the mercy Of the commissioners, and a body
of men will do that which, as individuals,
they would he ashamed eff. The fact is, the
odIum is borne by no one in particular, and
it is only the sense of shame which keeps
us honest. | am afraid. However. here you
see me, with comfortable fortune, aud al
ways happy TO see my friends, especially
my old school fellows. VIII you take port
or claret; the port is very fine. and so is the
claret. BY the by, DO yuu kn0w-Pll let
you into family secret; Louisa is 10 be
married TO Colonel Wller-an excellent
match. 1t has made us all happy"
The next day we drove out, not in an
open carriage as before, but in chariot and
with pair of horses.
"Thess are handsome horses" observed l.
Yes" replied he, IL am fond of good
horses and only keep a pair | have the