The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-13

| self-made, and makes no secret of it;
on the contrary, think he is rather
proud of it--as he ought TO be, Mr.. Dali
las MS he ought TO be. Yes, he is with
out wife or child--a widower, yes.
Well, you know, on the whole il was
rather a good thing when poor Mrs.
! Peach was taken away--an estimable
creature, but quite untitled for an am
bilious man like Sir Thomas. Iremem-
ber when he was chosen sheriff that ]
called on her. She persisted in calling
me 'ma'am,' or, rather, num- And she
was so distressed because the dean
would not eat any sweet things with his
tea. She assured him they had cost
three shillings n pound, and it was not
until he told her that sugar in any form
was death to him that she would he
pacified. oh, very good and worthy.
and all that. but always exceedingly
uncomfortable when she found herself
out of her own sphere. Now, Sir Thorn
as is n man of great ambition, who
takes a pride in improving himself.
The whole town does not know it, but
when it fell upon him TO entertain the
duke he behaved in the most sensible
way possible, for he came to me and
asked me plump TO coach him in all thar
he would have to do"
you don't mean it?"
"Yes. he did, and as took great
pains to explain every detail, he got
through beautifully and with much
dignity" Mrs. Blake continued. II
confess that / take great interest in
Sir Thomas future, and, if he only mar
ries well, he may do great things yet"
In due course of time Sir Thomas did
marry again. but as he went far afield
for his bride, Northtowers people were
obliged to possess their souls in pa
ticnce until the bride made her ap-
pearance in the town. heard from
Mrs. Blake that. the new Lady Peach
| really was lady, and so she proved TO
be when Rosey and called upon her,
| which we did the first of the three
| days on which she was announced to
| receive.
We found her quite young and ex-
| ceedingly pretty, with curious, shy
| grace that was not little out of keep
| ing with the more than middle-aged
| man who was her bridegroom. liked
| her and so did Rosey, who was not al
ways easy to please about people, and
| who was possessed of feeling that
the match had more of money than of
/, love about it, thing to which my wife
was strongly opposed. But we both
| liked young Lady Peach, and perhaps
! what made us like her most Of anything
was the half shy air of Difference with
which she treated her elderly husband.
| AS for him-well, he watched her
| moving about the room with an air OF
anxiety mingled with pride such as
was quite pathetic. Isn't it wonder
! full thing, Mr.. Dallas" she said to me
nt last, when our eyes happened TO
meet, that pretty young thing like
| that should have taken an old hulk
| like me for her husband? Why, she
night have had the pick of the town."
In truth, i fully agreed with him,
although / should not like to have said
so in plain words, for even parsons
must study the conventionalities lit
tie, and not go saying plump outright
! just what is in their minds. So, in
stead of saying that il was q wonder
full thing that pretty girl and per-
feet little lady, as she was, should have
! chosen to marry such plain, homely
sort Of man. MS he was, / went in for n
little mild prevarication. and said that
doubtless Lady Peach knew her own
mind best
We got used to young Lady Peach
after Zine, and as she never seemed
TO be the least unhappy, gave up con-
| jecturing as to the why's and where
fores Of her married life. Rosey, in
particular, gave it as her opinion that
there was no romance at all, no story,
and therefore that no further pity need
be wasted over her.
"My dear joe" she remarked, one
evening, when we had just come home
from big dinner at the Peaches; "de-
pend upon it that Lady Peach was like
u good many other girls-a lady tired
! OF keeping up position on nothing.
There are plenty of girls brought up
With everything that makes position,
who have TO count the cost of every
| pair of gloves they buy, who hardly
ever know what it. is TO have nice,
fresh frock; who positively don't know
the luxury of having n few spare shil-
llngs in their pocket, and il a real good
match happens To come along they
accept it thankfully and never know
the higher glory"
looked ut Rosey in an admiration
which was almost spcechless. l ad-
mircd her always-she was SO versatile
and so original in everything that she
did. and In the way that she did every
thing. And / think that l admired
her most Of all when she waxed elo-
uuent, as she sometimes was apt to do
when she was particularly interested in
her subject.
"Rosey."I said. finding my voice at
Inst: "nm | understand from
that that you look upon me in the light
Of the higher gloryT"
"Ioc. YOU ridiculous old thing" she