THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, TA JULY 22, 1879.
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May llTh", 1870.
CHAINS LEAVE HARRI8BUKG AS FOLLOWS
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. My stable Is still In care ol the celebrated
J March 18, 1879.1 J. A. NEWCOMER.
TIE MANSION HOUSE,
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THE NEPHEW'S TRICK.
RUPERT SMITIISON, in spite of
his flneChrlstlan appellatlon.was "a
crusty old bachelor," and I hammer my
brains for a more fitting description. A
cruBty old bachelor he undoubtedly was,
more than fifty years of age., with griz
zled hair, heavy grey eyebrows, a thick
gray beard, and a rough voice and man.
ner. It is true that he was always very
careful to keep the crustiest side of his
nature on the Biirface, aud had been dis
covered in the act of committing secret
ly deeds of charity and kindneBS that
belled utterly his habitually surly tone
and abrupt manner.
Twenty years before, when the gray
hair was nut brown, and clustered in
rich curls over the broad white forehead;
when the brown eyes shone with the
fire of ambition, the clear voice was
true and tender, Rupert Smlthson had
given his heart to Katie Carroll, neigh
bor and friend, and little sweetheart
from childhood. Urged by love as well
us ambition, he had left his home In, a
small western town and gone to New
York, to win a name and fortune to lay
at Katie's feet. The fortune and fame
as a successful merchant came to him,
but when ho returned to Katie he found
she had left her home to become the
bride of a wealthy pork dealer in Cin
cinnati. Nobody told Itupert of treachery to
the pretty Katie, of letters suppressed,
of slander circulated, and parental au
thority stretched to its utmost iu favor
'of the wealthy suitor. lie hud no record
of the Blow despair that crept tover the
loving heart when the pleading letters
were unanswered, of the dull apathy
that yielded at last, and gave away the
hand of the young girl when heart
Beemed broken. All that the young,
ardent lover knew was the one bitter
fact that the girl he loved faithfully and
fondly was fulse to her promise the
wife of another. lie spoke no word of
bitterness, but returned to the home he
had fitted up for his bride, and the busi
ness he had hoped was his stepping
stone to happiness and to a life of loneli
ness. Ten years later, when his sister, with
her Bon and daughter, came to live in
New York for educational advantages,
Rupert the First was certainly what his
saucy nephew called him a crusty old
bachelor. Yet, into that sore, disap
pointed heart Katie's desertion had so
wounded, the bachelor uncle took with
warm love and great Indulgence his
nephew and niece bright, handsome
children of 10 and 12, who, childlike,
Imposed upon his good nature, rioted
over his quiet orderly home till his Btaid
housekeeper declared they were worse
than a pair of monkeys, caressed him
stormily one moment and pouted over
some refusal for a monstrous indulgence
the next, and treated him generally as
bachelor uncles must expect to be treated
by their sisters's children.
There wbb some talk when Mrs. K I tu
ber ly came to New York, of making one
household of the family, but the idea
was abandoned, and the wealthy widow
selected a residence three doors off, in
the same block.
" Rupert was so set in his fidgety old
bachelor ways," she said, " that it
would be positive cruelty to disturb
him I"
Probably young Rupert and Flora did
not consider their uncle's tranquility ;
but it is qultd certain that out of school,
No. 40 their uncle's houBe saw them
quite as frequently as No. 43 where the
mother resided.
With the Intuitive perception of
children, they understood that the ab
rupt, often harsh voice, the surly words
and the undemonstrative manner, cov
ered a heart that would have made any
sacrifice for their sakes ; that loved them
with as true a love as their own dead
father could have given them.
As they outgrew childhood, evidences
of affection ceased to take the forms of
doll and drums, and cropped up in
Christmas checks in ball dresses and
bouquets, a saddle horse, and various
other delightful and acceptable shapes,
till Rupert came of age, when he was
taken from college into his uncle's
counting house, and a closer intimacy
than ever was cemented between the
younger life and the one treading the
downward path of old age.
There had been a family gathering at
Mrs. Kimberly's one evening late in the
month of March, and a conversation
had arisen upon the fractional customs
and tricks of the first of April.
"Senseless, absurd tricks!" Rupert
Smlthson had called them, in his abrupt,
rough way, " fit only to amuse children
or idiots."
" Oh pshaw, Uncle Rupert I" Flora
said, saucily, "you played fool tricks
too, when you were young."
" Never ! Never could see any wit or
sense in them. And, what's more, Miss
Flora, I was never op re caught by any
of the shallow deceia- V
" Never made an A j-il fool ?".
" Never, and neverN 111 be," was the
reply. " But there, child, go ploy that
last nocturne you learned. It suits me.
I hate sky-rocket) music, but that Is a
dreamy, lazy air and I like It."
" The idea of your liking anything
dreamy or lazy I" said Mrs. Klmberly.
" I thought you were all energy and
activity."
" When I work, I work," was the
reply ; " but when I rest, I want to
rest."
" Uncle Rupert," broke in Rupert
suddenly, " what will you bet I can't
fool you next week ?"
" Bah 1 The idea of getting to my age
to be fooled by a boy like you I"
" Then you defy me ?" .
" Of course I do."
" I'll do it. Keep your eyes open."
" Forewarned is forewarned. But
come, stop chattering. I want my
music."
Pretty, saucy, mirth-loving Flora,
with her dancing black eyes and bril
liant smile, did not look like a very
prominent interpreter of "dreamy,
lazy muslo ;" but once her hands touch
ed the keys of the grand piano forte, the
gill's whole nature seemed to merge
Into the sound she created. Merry
music made dancing elves of her fingers
as they flew over the notes; dreamy
muslo drew a mesh of hushed beauty
over her face, and her great black eyes
would dilate and seem to see far away,
as the room filled with the sweet, low
cadences. She would look like an in
spired Joan of Arc, when grand chords'
rolled out under her hands in majestic
measures, and sacred muslo transformed
her into something Balntly. Once the
rosewood case was closed 8t. Cecelia be
came pretty, winning Flora Klmberly
again.
There were few influences that could
soften the outer crust of the manner of
Rupert Smlthson, but he would hide his
face away, when Flora played, trying
to hide the tears that started, or the
smiles that hovered on his Hps, as the
muslo pierced down, down Into that
warm, loving heart he had tried to
conceal with cynical words and looks.
Bo when the final chords of the noc
turne melted softly into silence, the old
bachelor stole away and left the house,
bidding no one farewell. They were
accustomed lo his singular way, knd .no
one followed him: but Mrs. Klmberly
sighed as she said :
" Rupert gets older and crustier every
year."
" But he Is as good," Flora said, leav
ing her piano stool with a twirl that
kept it spinning around very giddily.
" Why don't he get married ?" said
Rupert. " It's a., downright shame to
keep that splendid house shut up year
after year, except just the few rooms
Uncle Rupert and Mrs. Jones occupy."
" I mean to ask him," Flora exclaim
ed, impulsively.
"No, no," said Mrs. Klmberly, hasti
ly ; " never Bpeak of that to your uncle,
Flora, never."
" But why not?"
" I never told you before, but your
uncle was engaged years ago, and there
was some trouble. I never understood
about it, exactly, for I was married and
loft Wilton the same year that Rupert
came to New York. But this I do
know, the lady, after waiting three or
four years, married, and Rupert has
never been the same man since. I am
quite sure he was very much attached
to her, and that you would wound
him, Flora, if you jest about mar
riage." "But I don't mean to jest at all. I
think he would be ever so much happier
if he had some one to love and some one
to love him in return. It must be terri
bly lonesome in that house with no
companion but Mrs. Jones, who is 100
years old, I am certain."
" He ought to marry her," said Ru
pert. " She alway calls him dearie."
" Don't children, Jest about it any
more," said the mother, " and be sure
you never mention the subject to your
uncle."
The first of April was a clear, rather
cold day, the air bright and snapping,
and the sky all treacherous smiles, as be
came the coquettish month of sunshine
and showers.
Uncle Rupert, finishing his lonely
breakfast, soliloquized to himself:
" I must be on the lookout to-day for
Rupert's promised tricks. He won't
find it as easy as he imagines to fool his
old uncle. Who's there?" The last
two words in answer to a somewhat
timid rap upon the door.
It was certainly not easy to astonish
Rupert Smlthson, but his eyes opened
with a most unmistakable expression of
amazement, as the door opened to admit
a tall, slender figure, in deep mourning,
and a low, very sweef voice asked :
"Is this the landlord?"
"The-the-whatl"
" I called about the house."
"What house? Take a seat" sud
denly recalling his politeness.
" Is this No. 46 W Place ?"
" Certainly It is."
" I have been looking out for some
time for a furnished house suitable for
boarders, sir, and I find this one suits
me, and the rent is not too high"
"But,!' Interrupted the astonished
bachelor.
" Oh, I hope it is not taken I The
advertisement said to call between 8 and
9, and it struck 8 as I Btood upon the
doorstep."
"Oh, the advertisement 1 Bo, so,
Master Rupert I This is your doing, is
it? Will you let me see the advertise
ment, Madame?"
"You have the paper In your hand,
sir," she said, timidly. "I did not cut
It out."
" Oh, you bow it in the paper I"
He turned to the list of houses to let ;
and there, sure enough, it was
"To let, furnished, a three-story,
brown, stone front, basement," and
rather a full description of the advan
tages of the premises with the emphatic
addition, "Call only between 8 and 9
A. M."
" Bo as to be sure I am at home, the
rascal !" Bald Rupert Smlthson, laying
aside the paper. " I am sorry, Madame,
that you had the trouble of calling upon
a useless errand."
. "Then it is taken I" Bald she, in a
very disappointed tone, and the heavy
crape was lifted to show a sweet ma
tronly face framed in the sadest of all
badges, a widow's cap.
" Well, no," said the perplexed bache
lor, " it is not exactly taken."
"Perhaps you object to boarders?"
"You want to take boarders?" he
answered, thinking how ladylike and
gentle she looked, and wondering if she
had been long a widow.
" Yes, sir ; but I would be very careful
about the references."
"Have you ever kept boarders be
fore ?"
"No, sir. Since my husband died,
six years ago (he failed in business, and
brought on a severe illness by mental
anxiety), my daughter and myself have
been sewing, but we have both been in
poor health all winter, and I wish to try
some way of getting a living that is less
confining. I have kept house several
years, but I have no capital to furnish,
bo we want to secure a house furnished
like this one if possible."
Quite unconscious of the reason, Ru
pert Smlthson was finding it very pleas
ant to talk to this gentle little widow
about her plans, and, as she spoke, was
wondering if it would not make an
agreeable variety In his lonely life to let
her make an experiment of keeping a
boarding house upon the premises.
Beelng his hesitation, she said earnest
ly. " I think you will be satisfied with my
references, sir. I have lived in one
house and have had work from one firm
for six years and, if you require it, lean
obtain letters from my husband's friends
In Cincinnati."
"Cincinnati!"
" He was quite well known there.
Perhaps you know of him, John Mur
ray, street?"
"John Murray I"
Rupert Smlthson looked searchlngly
Into the pale, sad face that was so plead
ingly raised to his gaze. Where were
the rosy cheeks, the dancing eyes, the
laughing lips that he had pictured as be
longing to John Murray's wife? Know
ing now the truth, he recognized the
face before blm, the youth all gone, and
the expression sanctified by sorrow and
suffering.
"You have children?" he said, after
a long silence.
"Only one living, a daughter 17
years old. I have buried all the others."
" I will let you have the house on one
condition," he said, his lips trembling a
little as he spoke.
She did not answer. In the softened
eyes looking into her own, in the voice
suddenly modulated to a tender weet
ness, some memory was awakened, and
she only listened, with bated breath and
dilating eyes.
" On one condition, Katie," he Bald,
" that you come to it as my wife and its
mistress. I have waited for you twenty
years, Katie."
It was hard to believe, even then,
though the little woman let him caress
her and Bobbed upon his breast. This
gray haired, middle aged man was so
unlike the Rupert she had beleived false.
But, after the whole past was discussed,
it was not hard to believe there might
be years of happiness still in store for
them. -
Rupert Smlthson did not put in an
appearance at the counting house all
day, and Rupert the Second went home
to his dinner in rather an uneasy frame
of mind regarding that April fool trick
of his.
" I must run over and see if I have
offended beyond all hopes of pardon,"
he said, as he rose from the table.
But a gruff voice behind him arrested
his steps.
"So, so! you have advertised my
house to let," said his uncle; but, spite
his efforts, he fulled to look very angry.
" How many old maids and widows
applied?" inquired the daring young
scapegrace.
"I don't know. After the first appli
cation, Mrs. Jones told the others the
house was taken."
"Taken!"
" Yes, I have letlt upon a lease to"
here he opened the door" my wife 1"
Very shy, blushing and timid, " my
wife" looked in her slate colored dress
and bonnet, as her three hours' husband
led her in , but after a moment's scrutiny,
Mrs. Klmberly cried :
"It is Katie Carroll!"
"Katie Smlthson!" said the bride
groom, with intense dignity, " find my
daughter Winifred."
There was a new sensation as a pretty
blonde answered to his call, but warmer
welcome was never given to relatives,
and to this day Uncle Rupert will not
acknowledge that he got the worst of
the joke when his nephew played him
an April fool's trick by advertising his
house to let.
Which Way Do You Look ?
THERE are two ways of looking at
things. Two boys wentto hunt
grapes. One was happy because they
found grapes. The other was unhappy
because they found grapes that had
seeds in them. 0
Two men, being convalescent, were
asked how they were. One said : " I
am better to-day." The other said: "I
was worse yesterday."
When it rains one man says : " This
will make mud." Another : " This will
lay the dust."
Two children looking through colored i
glasses, one said : " This world is blue." '
And the other said : " It is bright."
Two boys eating their dinner one
said : " I would rather have something
better than this." .The other said : "This .
is better than nothing."
A servant thinks a man's Louse is
principally kitchen. A guest that it is
principally parlor.
" I am glad that I live," Bays one man.
" I am sorry that I must die," says an-
other.
" I am glad," says one, " that it is no-
worse." " I am sorry," says another,,
"that it is no better."
One man counts everything that he
has a gain. Another counts every
thing else that he conceives a loss.
One man spoils a good repast by
thinking of a better repast of another.
Another enjoys a poor repast by con
trasting it with none at all.
One man is thanjtftil for his bless
ings. Another is morose for his misfor
tunes. One man thinks he is entitled to a
better world, and is dissatisfied because
he hasn't got it. Another thinks he is
not justly entitled to any, and is satis
fied with this.
One man makes up his accounts from
his wants. Another from his assets.
Pay Before Burial.
Mrs. William A. Matthews, aged 68,
of 141 East Thirtieth street, died on last
Thursday, and the body was yesterday
put Into a rough pine coffin and taken
off to the morgue, preparatory to burial
in Potter's field. All the preparations
hod been made for a funeral of a very
different kind. The dead woman's sis
ter, a Mrs. Murphy, of East Seventy
ninth street, had been notified of the
death, and coming to the house, had
given orders for a proper burial. Un
dertaker Daniel Sheridan, of 143 Third
avenue, attended the summons, and pre
pared the body for burial. The funeral
was set for the following Sunday at 10
A. M. On Saturday morning the body
lay in a costly rosewood coffin, and at
the appointed hour a hearse and six car
riages drove up to the door. Undertaker
Sheridan then demanded the money for
the funeral expenses $125. He looked
to Mrs. Murphy for the money, but she
did not have it, and the undertaker said
that the body could not leave the house
until payment was made or security
given. Mrs. Murphy referred him to
her sister's lawyers, Dupre & Veitch, of
200 Broadway, and together they went
to see them ; but the lawyers refused to
advance the money. After that the
body was taken from the casket, and It
lay in the house until Monday morning,
when the police were Informed. By the
police the board of health was notified,
and yesterday morning the body was
carried away, it is said, to Potter's
field.
Mrs. Matthews owned the house in
which she died, and which is worth
$10,000. New York Snn.
Be Wise and Happy.
If you stop all your extravagant and
wrong notions in doctoring yourself
and families with expensive doctors or
humbug cure-alls, that do harm always,
and use only nature' simple remedies
for all your ailments you will be wise,
well and happy, and save great expense.
The greatest remedy for this, the great,
wise and good will tell you, is Hop
Bitters rely on It. See another col
umn. In order to rent a postofflee box
in Paris, one must have a certificate of
character aud sign seven different
documents.