Newark post., 1911-05-17

hills to the north.
The front OF the house looked upon
brick sidewalks and a narrow street,
on the opposite side OF which was
bakery with a bell on the door, the
continual jerking Of which, and the
outpouring of Ita,lln laborers testified
20 a brisk trade. adjoining the bak-
cry were a harness shop and jewelry
store, the after seeming apparently to
poke the ribs of the Methodist Church
with elaborate mention. Time was
when the Methodist sect was ruling
power on the whole peninsula, but at
the day of which | speak, Presbyterian
ism was far in ascendancy. The room
assigned to The Devines was OF mod
crate size. with one window looking
out upon the punlp-"D hills IN
the distance Robert added-and an
tyr, a southern exposure, surveying
ne street. These windlws were so
small and high that Marion's little fig
ure might stand in vain on tip-toe to
see what passed without, but the si.ls,
were broad and commodious, and soon
held row o. blooming plants.
The furniture which Professor De-
vine and his wife were permitted to
I use was the kohinoor Of Mrs. Caves
eyes. Philadelphia. not Old Shipton,
| had produced thac set" Made to
order, the order had been a generous
one, and the pattern was correspond
ingly SO Into a vaster bedStead two
| medium-sized peOpe never strayed.
The mass Of carved fruit at the top,
which touched the ceiling, leaned over,
and threatened the Devlnes like the
sword of DamocIes.
What if it shou come down" sug-
gested Marion, on waking up. the tirsl
! morning after Their arrival.
"Thmen we shouldn't have to live
here any longer" said Robert, cheer.
July.
The owner Of the house preceding
Mrs. Cawes-it had had many owners
had inserted marble manr es in thi:
| and other Of the better rooms, ant
here Marion, wishing she had a breadth
Of dark cloth to throw over THAI star
ing whiteness, arranged her ornaments
and photographs. They had brough
| their bookcases, and when the vol
umes, some OF which were rare anC
handsome. were in rhelr places, The
whO.e meagre room seemd to shrinl
back befgOre the imposing company
She remarked vaguey that these sim
PIE decorations looked for more mag
nticent here than they had done among
the abundanr preitinesses OF her owl
home. Her husband, too, she thought
had the same sort of exotic unfitnes
for his surroundings
On a shet where she could mos
conven entlv lay her hand upon Then
she had p laced her favorite books
These were Feneton, the Guerir.
Marcus, Aurcllus, and the literary re
mains Of Keats. In a small open case
to which they had fastened strips 0
seal oped lea her, were Roberts pro
teSslonai TONES, some Of which serve
to hoist Marion on a chair, when sh
wished to look out OF vhe window Thu
in Old Shlpton, with principles whic
Marion told Robert must not be shak
IN by circumstances, the Devne
, commenced their married lie.
We are accustomed to speak OF Ger
tain Deop,e as 0. insular temper an
mind; but this form Of egotism mus
| not be cOnfOunded with that of PENN
sula people, which is one OF degree:
|
Inc with a fair breadth of enlighten
inent and openneSs 20 conviction. tn
characteristics OF the inhabitants ru
outward or downward in a continual
narrowing groove of comp.acency, TN
I'll, at the extreme end o. the soil, yo
have so the extreme climax OF ope
refusal to learn aught OF the universe
Old ShlptOn was nearer the contin
ental boundary line than the termina
point. and had therefore, what super
lority the situation afforded. To hav
migrated from the Eastern Shore
was a greater claim to distinction tina
the trlAing honor of having com
over III the May Flower" or wit
William the Conqueror" Even Georg
CaWeS, who ,aS a rule, secuted as
sumption of any kind spoke OF 9Th
place where he was born at" with NOR
han ordinary unction. But there wer
other and still more determining line
than those of birth in the society q
Old Shipton. Methodisrs and Baptist
rare.y exchanged calls, and betwee
PreSbyterlanS and EDiscopaliaus ther
was a great gulf fixed The Presbyter
ian element predominated, but tn
EpiScopallans claimed the wealth
a modest competency passing for opu
ence IN Old Shipton. The viilag
DelleS were as prominent as Nor
b anc is TO the face of Nature. a.
though not half so cold, and Georg
Caves had achieved the phenomer;
: feat of doing Niagara Falls witho,
paying a gate fee, Simply" he saic
l by telling who he was"
: The town was laid out, its inhab
, tants said, and as you might see iroi
any of the neighboring hills, in tn
! shape of coffin, widening into a fe
cross streets at the head, and taperin
, into the turnpike at the foot. Its on
5 main street extended straight away fc
mile and a hat thckly studded wit
. dwellings, and stores that hugged tt
: thoroughfare. Few dwellers there hs
deemed it prudent to retire behind
avn, thus cutting themselves off fro
4 the operations and scanaalous beha,
! Of t11a,r