Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-12

NJ " ~ lOveliest. 8 W Q ct G
~ ~ y debutante. of the sea
NRUN son. and before the
~NA end of il she proved
- the most fortunate.
0\ ~ for she carried oil
Charlie Van Essen. who was conccd-
ed the prize of the year Marguerite
had done this. too, without having a
single ENHANCEMENT with any OF the
many entangling bat undesirable
young men who haunt the fairy foot
steps Of all debutantes.
NIr and Mrs. Van Essen we're Eat
home 10 their friends on Mondays, In
a charming house. furnished with ex-
quisite taste. Although Mrs. Van
Essen knew little of housekeeping,
her housekeeper and butler knew an
amazing amount. aud so her house
hold affairs ran much more smoothly
and comfortably than did those of her
more knowing neighbors, for in house
keeping, "a well as in many other mat
ters. Il Is not what one knows. but
what one does not know which makes
life worth living.
IntO this Elysium came one day
Miss Abigail Van Essen. with small
trunk. a judicial air. hundred thou
- I'D dollars, and sixty years 10 her
Ylit. Mr.. Van Essen had prepared
wife for tue coming OF his aunt
You VIII love her. / know, Rose
bud. he said she was always aw
fully good 20 me when [ spent my va
cations with her She is rather-ah,
al Il. Il.
ey matters. and you may think some
OF her financial arrangements a little
peculiar: but try not TO mind them.
for my sake, love, and you will get on.
I'm sure
Aud he Used the pretty. wistful
faced turned up to him. and vowed to
himself Aunt Abigail, who was a dear
old girl in spite of her peculiarities,
would love his flower before she
knew it.
Aud Aunt Abigail did
One might fancy there could be nc
sympathy between song bird aud d
very domestic hen, but after all there
IS. A choice morsel is of equal inter
est TO each, aud neither wants TO bt
caught by a hawk Everyone knows
common love or a common hatred Is
a bond between women, and as these
women both thought Mr.. Van Essen
the one man Of the universe and al
other men shadows, they got on very
well indeed
Mrs. Van Essen had never looked
very sharply after the money matter.
of her household. Her husband gave
her monthly allowance, and W hen hel
bills ran over il he paid the difference
She used 10 wonder what she woult
do if they came within the allowance
but as such thing had never beer
known the question did not interes
her greatly
In "a journal devoted to women sh,
once read story of wife who savet
her every spare dime and dollar 70,
fifteen years, aud then, when her hus
band failed in business, delighted an,
amazed him by producing $40, 900
The tale had made "A deep impression
upon Marguerite, and she thought
little of doing the same, but she coul,
not help telling the story to Mr.. Val
Essen, and his comment on it ha,
completely upset her faith forever AT
ter in the woman's journal as a guild
III financial affairs. He had cried, dis
gustedly:
Great Cesari No wonder the maj
failed. with $40, 900 dead capital in tn
housei Why, if she had given it T.
him to put in his business, or place,
1T at interest. they might have beei
millionairesi"
Aunt Abigail soon thought she dis
covered that Marguerite had as mucl
idea of the purchasing power of dol
lar when expended for groceries rs tn
flower for which she was named
Moreover, her distrust of the butte
was only equaled by Marguerite
confidence in him.
why, I've never seen him Civ
her any change YETI thought the oil
lady Indignantly. And she neve
had, for the butler kept book i
which all moneys received and ex
pended were carefully entered. IT