Sentence:  There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, boxing-gloves, a model oar, and other modest trophies or mementos of his college boating club; and all these articles, together with small knicknacks dating from Oxford days, made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly <WSD>cherished</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.