The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

| Thomas" she said. family, ''it would
be exceedingly painful TO our most sacred
nsiblllties.bui-but we might consent
10 disposing of some OF our-so TO speak
-Larcs and Pcnatcs. We could spare
what would completely furnish a small
house without the fact becoming apparent
10 IA casual observer. DO you think
Thomas that you could find us a GUS
toner who would regard such a trans
action as-as confidental2'
Hillary looked doubtfully about the dim
dra wing room whose treasures of old
mahogany, rare china and quaint brlc-a-
braC, fruits OF the voyages OF adNen-
turous ancestors. would have caused
| connoiseur TO swoon with rapture. But
! II may as well be at once admitted that
| the young attorneys ideal home was that
OF his sister Celia, who, at sixteen, had
married rich plumber and had gone TO
] Peoria TO reside" according 10 one or
| the local papers. in one OF the most cle-
CANT mansions OF which our entcrpris
| ing city can boast" The plumber was
! a generous man who had been quite
ready To undertake the maintenance OF
| his wife's mpecunious relativcs but
| Tom. although only boy AT the time,
| had elected to remain in his native town.
where he had managed to work his way
| through The law school and later Into
J good practice by dint of pure grit and
| determination.
He had. however. made frequent visits
In Peoria. where he mad been innoccntly
elatcd 10 find his mother and sister Nv
ing in an aggrcssivelv modern house, of
which the architecture was as venal as
which furnished with all the un-
chas,encd splendor OF a Pullman palace
car.
1t would he unjust to condemn unre-
servcdly my hero on that account, for
the average man, unless he has been
coaXed or bnlied by some cultured sister,
mother. Wife. or sweetheart, into an ap-
probation OF the modern craze for the
antique In household art, evinces the
same fondneSs for mcretric!ous glitter
and barbaric brightness of color thai is
to N IN he oh of l1n ttuf re
The csthcric warnings of lIillary's
mother and sister were as yet Of that
rudimentary character which finds full
expression in machine made furniture OF
golden oak brass beds with silcsia lined !
lace ''shams." red plush parlor sets. and |
walls hung with expensive SILT papers |
and adorned with various Kitchen utcn- !
sils violently hand painted" and deco
rated.
Wife he had none. nor sweetheart
since a day when pretty Cynthia Lam
parents 10 Paris Ia complete her educa-
ton and 10 recover from "a foolish
schoolgirl infatuation' for n certain inn
pecunious law student. Although several |
years had passed since then, the Lam
berts were still abroad. living in the
various cities OF Europe where rich
so il happened that this big fellow who
radiated Cheerfulness and good humor
like some great Newfoundland puppy.
carried about with him hidden hurt
wil"s OF the charming girls who smiled
SO kindly on the rising young lawyer
and no cultured damsel had ever had the
opportunity of teaching him proper APP
probation Of old mahogany and faded
Persian rugs.
As to the Misses Buckingham pride
and poverty had OF late years erected
barrier between them and their kind that
even the most braZen OF collectors" had
not ventureG 10 penetrate. and although
the ladcd rugs and old mahogany were
IF. 81, L..
lEes were as ignorant as Hillary himself
ot the market value OF their household
gods
At their request the young man made
a list OF those articles with which they
had decided to part, following them sub
about on tour of inspection
rom atric TO cellar But hs viewed with
out emotion the treasures thus revealed
from the dining and card tables with
their claw-a ball feet. the ChppendaIe
ana Sheraton sofas. chairs. highboys and
'rs carved in pineapple designs in the
down 10 the black oak drcssers
IN the kitchen.
IN bet no one would take that heavy.
eTcntly.
BY his business friends Hillary was
To have more heart than COM
ncrcial instinct and IL would therefore
nave been no surprise to them IL they
l9d overheard him on his return TO the /
linn drawing room offer TO become the ,
'uItutSeG OF WHAT WIS In his estimation
distinctly undesirable lot of household
goods at a price which caused the two
lld women TO gasp with incredulous de-
light
But Thomas. what can you want Of ;
e? cried Miss Marila. 'Do YOU con- ,
emplate entering the-the holy bonds of
she added with q faint ,
blush. Tor 10 Miss Marlla there was ,
navorinE Of improprietv I'm
mentioning such subject to one OF the
opposite sex,
IIillary's sunburnt face flushed like
girls. ,
Not on Your life," he said hurriedly.
But I'm expecting my mother TO live
With me. I've bought the old Willard
,lace. and I-er-think IL would be 4; good .
,lan TO have the furniture sort OF match ,
he house. {
But I'm afraid Il isn't worth all that +
money" quavered Miss Lucinda !
We'll, you see. Miss Lucinda" re-
oined the young attorney promptly /
there's so much wood in The furniture Z
IF yours that at the present price of {
umbcr ! wouldn't feel justified In offer
ng less
The two old women looked innoccntly :