Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03

rive from the dining room. hona vo,-
husband Is duly grateful to me for al.
lowing MIN off this social ordeal Nv.
ccept perhaps John 1 don't think +boro
Is person here fit to discnss tbinas
with him. -'0U'' Vnlles
Oh, MIR. Marsden does not care ono
straw whether they know his subjects
OF not so long as people will listen to
nlm' ana I'm sure he was quite eager
10 come, but l wanted Godfrey to have
little pleasure. I'm so sorry for moor
Godfrey" And Mrs. Marsden sottIod
herself down to condolences. lyon know
ne lost all his money two years ago
through no fault of his own. 1t was
simply the stupidity of his partner, who
was quite common man and could not
carry out Godfrey's plans
My husband might have belped fine
firm through its difficulty. bnt bo
was quite obstinate and very unlSind
also He spoke as if Godfrey had been
careless and lazy, when the poor fellow
really injured his health and had to 90
TO Brighton for two months to recruit -
Yes, remember, put in Mrs. Les
lie. I'VE happened to be at the Metro
pole one week end, and Godfrey looked
utterly jaded"
You have no idea how much he suf-
Tered, Florrie, and how beautifully he
bore the trial. Why, had it not been for
me he would not have had money to
pay his hotel bill, and that was dread
ful change for man like him. He has
always been very proud and much pet
ted by people.
The poor fellow has never been able
to find a suitable post since, although
he spends days in the city among his
old friends, and can see how it is tell
ing on him. And-Florrie, wouldn I
mention it to any one except an old
friend-Mr. Marsden has not made our
house pleasant to poor Godfrey"
You don't mean to say that here
fleets on his misfortunes. "
Doesn't he? It's simply disgusting
what he will say at times Only yester.
day morning-this is absolutely be.
tween you and me one must have some
contidant-Godfrey made some remark
in fun about the cut of Toms coat. He
will not go, you know, do what like,
to proper tailor"
Godfrey is certainly much better
dressed, said Mrs. Leslie, ethan either
of our husbands"
Perhaps it was that made Tom an.
CRY, but at any rate he said quite
shortly, L can't afford to dress better,
and of course Godfrey knew what he
meant 1t was cruel in the circum
stances, for many men spend far more
on their clothes than Godfrey. He sim
ply gives his mind to the matter and
takes care of his things. He will spend
any time selecting color or getting &
coat fitted.
SIS your brother quite-dependent or
his friends, Trixy?"
Eyes, in the meantime, and that il
the reason why we ought to be the
more considerate. / wished to settle
half my income ON him, but it is only
a third of what it used to be-some
thing to do with investments has re
duced it--and Mr.. Marsden would no
hear of such thing. He allows God
frey e100 a year, but that hardly keep
him in clothes and pocket money"
"Still, don't you think it's all God
frey could expect" And Mrs. Leslie wa
inclined for once to defend this abused
man. Few husbands would do as mucl
for a brother in law"
"Oh, of course he does it for m!
sake, and he means to be kind. But
Florrie, Mr.. Marsden 10 SO careful anC
saving, always speaking as if we wer
poor and had to lay up for the future
while know he has a large incom
and sure business. "
why, he would not leave that hor
rid street in Highbury, say what
could, and owe it to Godfrey that w
have come to Putney. When Tom wen
out to Alexandria, my brother simpl,
| took our present house and had it fur
nished in Mr.. Marsden's name, and
when he came home from Alexandrl
we were established in the cottage.
"John is the best of husbands, but
dare not have changed our house IN HI
absence. And Mrs. Leslie began to &c
| new VIEWS OH lIlc Sltudtioh'
Marsden not rather startled
He was inclined to be angry VIII
/ Godfrey, but l sent the boy off to Scal
borough for month, and he is neve
hasty to me, only tiresome-you can
imagine how tiresome. "
SIS it the statistics?"
Worse than that. He has begun IN
Reformation now and insists on readln
from some stuffy old book every ever
ing, Dumas history, l think IN
wish there never had been such thin
and we were all Roman Catholics
Every likely he would have rea
about the popes, then, or the saint
NV dear girl, you don't wish to nay
your mind improved. You ought TO
Drond of your husband. Most men slice
after dinner with an evening paper
their hands and are quite cross
thew re Weakened. But there they com
and we must have Godfrey's last song
CHAPTER III.
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