The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-04

balance Of trlfiing account. MY iriehs
summsrssies twho Is really a notsel'
coloris) was I'm treaty with possible
buyer over one of his pictures. and NIGH
soon be expected 10 repay me the a
which. after mis- custom. he has borrowed
10 buy the frame. Yvette has written q
song TO order for an amateur composer
All these were pink checks fdttering IL
air Summersales's excepted whlen
would arrive in e5 postal orders, or per-
haps, CO and an abiect apology
Lymchurch was the second haltns
place we had marked on the reduced
ordnance map when We planned that LONG
holiday which was 10 take ia everything
lovely and desirable in two or three eoun-
ties.
We found Lymchurch very cheap and
Inaccessible, and we stayed there. lt was
there that we had first counted out our
money. and found how little there was OF
II when II WAS spread out. And eat the
end OF the three weeks there was so 1T
tie left that kept II In my pocket for
fear my wife should depress herself by
counting It, But she knew exactly how
much there was.
'oh. dear!' she sighed one morning
across the breakfast table we ought
never 10 have come for holiday now.
We ought TO have waited"
She looked thoughtfGiiy as the bits OF
bread and butter on our plates. and The
heads and tails of the shrimps In the
slop basin.
"As far as spending money goes time
= ft4er "a
our money wherever we are Whether at
Naishapur or Babylon--you know. And
here at least there ir no temptation TO
waste II by paying anything on account
and here We two can smile at that last
quarters gas blll which lies besotting IL
self where the buttered toast has been.
She glanced doubtfully at IL as IL lay
there pale and greasy.
II suppose there Is nothing one can DO
30 earn money here. III we caught
shrimps we could but eat them land II
would cost as more than that I'm the colds
we should geO. Or We might spear eels
IN the marshes. and the same destiny
swould be theirs. wish publishers paid
ready money
Every one wishes that about every
one else returned. II expect the butch
er wishes
"He can't wish IL more than DO" she
interrupted. Some people black their
faces when they are at the seaside, and
sing and play, and make heaps OF money.
and go back first class.
al Lymchurchg'
"No: we ought to have gone TO Mar
gate. So few OF them play the mandolin,
and I'm sure none Of them play the gui-
tar as we'll as do"
''Let us take the mandolin" / said
briskly. land the guitar in the baize bag
We Will walk inland to the little green
squares on the tourist map. Those are
parks where the wealthy mobiles dwell
We win call on the wealthy mobiles and
endeavor 10 cheer them in their 'agricul-
1ural depression
Yvette took the mandolin from the lit
tle horsebair sofa and laughed.
f'WelI, go now she said. but they
won't give Us anything, and / believe a
j. p. could convict you for being found
with a guitar"
stunt i said gayly.
''But we'Il go; it's our clear duty. II
Shey don't give us anything wa shall have
done our part. and shall wear the mack
tntosh cloak"
Put Ii on said. "It must be a hope
Iessly incumbered estate that hasn't two
pence TO send out by the butler to an
artist. Let us GO
And we really did Go--then and there.
We walked along the street. hiding the
mandolin: we left the guitar at home
for IL was I'm delicate health. We hid the
mandolin till we were past the tall black
and white windmill that hounds the yil-
lage, and then we took the pleasant
winding marsh road at "a quick march
stpummed by yvette. The knot Of blu.
ribbon WAS beside her neck. and the sun
came out little though it was a late
sad autumn day.
AZ times We sat down by the waysiG,
and corrected our way with "A map And
% by many long footpaths We drew neai
TO Farringwatcr Park. and saw IL al
length before us, ~ higgledy -piggledy pill,
of mellow red brick mixed with gray
beams. appearing suddenly ms we turnet
the corner OF row OF elms. BY thu ias
elm We sat down on the grass at III,
roadside and read the pages Of the oil
and shabby guideboOk that told us how
the Tukes had acquired the manor from
the Crown-Edward WIS topping crown
-~and how James III slept there on MS
flight from Isondon-'I wonder how thel
know he slept" said YVette--and how IL.
architecture was irregular and pi:t
ureEQue-and how the picture gallery ogn
tained three Rubcnses. "A vandyck and
Bartholomew van der Hcllst
Then Yyette shut the guide book on,
put II away In my pocket. and we screw
eel up the string of the mandolin Yvctt
went first. and ! think it was not Gnsi
we had arranged ourselves by the porch
which Was a iitle stone por,ico Wit,
lichsLtd slabs and a d,ca Wing long gfetl
Hc3t- that We We're distracted anl pdt Il
olcen shame by the thought that We ha,
not settled on tune aad song In GA
ngitotion We were pressing the MANDOLIN
on each other when the door was fun
back
tall very tall. stalwart woman
with a large, tightly shut mouth and iro
gray hair. hurried out and looked TO IN
sides OF the porch and down the waikN
Ftooo uneasiy searching our minds 10
the ioyors abandon OK our minstrel clas.
Our turn came az last She stood IN th
attitude of Tcnshun. her very larg
hands folded below tne large came
brooch on her stlf black silk bosor
..Tes. ma 'am?" she said with stern in
ouiry.
That settled Il Buoyani and careless ~,
deed must he the tunefn wanderer VIA
could have then produced the mand0llf
begging 10 be allowed 20 waken her iight
er emotions.
The family SIS not AZ home" said IN
woman but she took The card betwcc
Two muscular fingers, aud ] could hay
Ia