The Washington herald., 1919-07-28

~ vie for such qualities as
wgr. @. .res.r well. She could read any
IG-.-s isu book without much spelling;
bue fOl picking. preserving and cook
C-y. none could excel her We were
ever UnstIntIn- Of our hospitality. and
our Eooseberry wine had great reputa-
ZION. so that our cousins. even to the
fOrtjetn remove. remembered their at-
Fntty without any help from the
lerald's office. and came very fire.
4ventIy 10 see u.
Ny children were weIl-formed and
healthy Two daughters, who. 10 con-
rsaI nothing. We're certainly very
handsome: Olivia. Of luXuriant beauty,
md SOPHIA. soft. modes. and allurinC-
Nv eldest son. George. was bred at
oxford. while Moses, my second boy.
-ece.vcd "a sort of miscellaneous edu-
cation at home.
But, alas. BY a sudden stroke of i'll
luck. my entire fortune was swept
away aEd out of fourteen thousand
rounds [ had but four hundred re-
n1aininE. This caused my neighbor
Mr.. Wilmot. TO break off the engage
-nent existing between my son George
and his daughter, Arabella Mr.. Will
Mot had one virtue in perfection.
which was prudence. too often the
only one that is left US at y.
We were now poor. and wisdom bade
ne conform to our humble situation.
him to London to DO the best he might
fcr himself and for US. found a
small cure Of hfteen pounds a year
n 4 distant neighbOrhoOd. and thither
Es- al once repaired.
on our journey we fell in with one
Ir BurCheu. a pleasing and in
strUcLIVe companion. who told me
much rf Squire ThOrnhilI. our new
landlord. who. it seemed. was he
pleasure-I0vIng nephew Of the great
and worthy Sir William Thornhm.
Mr.. BurChell had the great kindness
to rescue my daughter Sophia. who
had the mischanCe to fall into a
rapid stTea m, and. who. but for mis-
timely ass stance, must have been
drowned. On this. my wife imme-
dia:ely built a future romance for
the two young people I could not
but smile. to hear her. but / am
never displeased with those harm
less delusions that tend to make us
more happy.
Our landlord. Squire ThornhilI.
became a frequent visitor at our
little habitatiOn. Iured. perhaps by
my wife's venisOn pasty-Or perhaps
by the charms of my pretty daugh-
ters. Mr.. BurchelI. too. came often.
so we were not at loss for merry
company. My wife. ambitious to
hold our heads little higher in the
world. desired that I sell our colt
at a neighboring fair. and buy, in
stead, a horse that would make bet
ter appearance at church or upon a
visit
She sent Moses. who was a most
discreet bargainer, and whom his
sisters fitted out braveIy for the
fair. They trimmed his locks,
brushed his buckles and cooked his |
hat with pins He wore a thunder |
and lightning coat and a goslIng |
green waistcoat: but. alas. at the |
fair he was imposed upon by a |
prowling sharper. who. after Moses |
had we'll bargained away the colt, /
managed to get the purchase money |
from him in return for a gross Of
green spectacles in shagreen cases! /
and so, as usual, Unforeseen disaster
frustrated our attempts to be fine.
Ny daughters planned a pleasure
expedition to town. and this Mr.. Bur-
chell so strongly disapproved of that
a quarrel ensued between him and
my wife, and the gentlemen left our
house in a At Of anger, nor could
Sophia's pleading looks stay him.
The town trip being still in prospect,
my wife decreed that l go to the fair
myself, and sell our one remaining
horse But when one would be pur-
chaser examined the animal. and de-
elared him blind in one eye, another
observed he had a SPAWN, third per-
reived he had a wingall. fourth said
he had the bolts. and 50 on, l began
TO have a most hearty contempt for
the poor beast myself. for reflected
that the number of witnesses was a
strong presumption they were right,
and St. Gregory himself is Of the same
opinion. However. I at last sold my
horse. but had the misfortune to re-
,eive in payment a forged and worth
ess draft. the same being indeed, the
wicked work Of the very man who
aad sold Moses the spectacles
Mr.. Burchell being absent from our
ireside. only Sophia missed him, for
he rest OF US were greatly pleased
W the visits of our landlord. who now
,ame often II must be owned thatI
ny wife laid a thousand schemes toI
,ntrap him as husband for Olivia,
md used every art to magnify theI
merits of her daughter. The results
however, being small. my wife sought
o rouse Mr.. ThornhfPs Jealousy oyi
uniting OF Olivia's marriage with