THE TIMES NEW ULOOM FIELD, l'A , JULY fi, 1681.
A Lucky Move.
"V1
'1VA, ih'ii r, It's i-oiiilng neur the
llrftof May."
And gen tie Mrs. Ktyuer ltiid down
Hie I'liut Hint wus ioi-petuitlly bccnmlng
eibowles, and looked Hcross tlie lump-lit
table with anxious eyes.
"Yes, liiiiiinnii, I know," u trllle
wearily.
Vlvt, a slender, pretty girl, with dark
brown liuir Katbereil loosely behind
shell-pink ears, and lips red m the
cactus llo wee, met her mother's gn.e
with eyes blight with wistful thought
ful y ess.
"And we must move, l course," cried
a shrill young voice from the sofa,
where ut Jessie, a volatile, overgrown
school girl, "because the front gate Is
oil' Its hinges, and the roof leaks, and
the-"
" Yes, Jessie, we all know the reasons
for moving, but give nmtnnuv an oppor
tunity to suggest where."'
" There's hardly much choice about
that," the pale-faced little woman said
sadly. "Home place where the rent
would be moderate; but" a sudden
look of longing shining out of the pain
woru face" I would give all the world,
dear, to see the country again. I feel
stifling here."
A gleam of quick determination came
into Viva's velvety-brown eyes.
"And so you shall, mamma," she
said, emphatically.
"My darling, how?'' in mild sur
prise. " Well'' Viva pucktrd up her low,
white brow, and tried to look wise and
business like "you see we could get a
cottage In some of the suburban villages
at half w hat a city house would cost.
Besides everything is so much cheaper
iu the country, and we could return to
the city the coming winter. There!"
" But your pupils, Viva?"
" I could manage to give all the les
sons in three clays of the week taking
Hie train in, you know, Is almost 'as
cheap and do work for Crumley the
intervening days. Now, mamma!"
triumphantly.
" It looks plausible at first sight, my
pet, but I'm almost afraid to hope.
Dear, dear! how that boy does wear out
his clothes."
Viva came over and clasped two
maroon merino arms around the invalid
figure before her.
" Hope as much as you like, mamma
darling," she cried gaily ; "for we'll
watch the papers till we see a treasure
advertised 'cheap' in italics, you know
and theu "
The rest was too glorious to describe.
Three days later, Viva danced lu, out
of a blinding April thower, with rose
red cheeks and starry eyes.
"Here it is, mamma," she cried,
enigmatically, with a hearty kiss and
hug that almost demolished the small
figure in the arm-chair. " Xow listen."
And from the open paper of that
morning, she read aloud :
TO RENT IN NUBl'RP. AN VILLAGE.TWEN
tjr minutes vide from tlie city, mi elfiht room
cottage, wttu Harden attached, t'iienp, to good
tenants. Apply to Clifford Chandos, Koum U, 7i
E t.,c:ty.
"I am sure this will suit 'cheap,' iu
italics, as I said, mamma. You will
have our happy countryfied summer,
after all," with an exultant little laugh.
" Now, for a while, good-bye!"
" Where are you going, dear ?"
" To see about this, mamma. Lessons
are over"
"Yes, but I do not quite like your
going alone, Viva."
"What! An old-maid music teacher
like me? I almost acquire the dignity
of age in this voluminous waterproof
and green veil. Green! Just think of
it! I might as well have red hair and
spectacles. My nervous old darling,
I will be back before you know I'm
gone."
And with this decidedly sweeping, but
scarcely possible assertion, she was out
ngain under the rifting, drifting April
sky, and going cityward as fast as the
btreet cars could take Ler.
Iu the thickest, busiest portion of the
city, up two flights of dingy stairs went
Viva.
A timid knock at room 12.
"Come in."
She turned the buLdie, and w ith the
green veil down, went in.
. Two or three :eutltmeu, writing at
biize-covered desks, looked up carelessly
us she entered, and went on with their
work.
A gentlemuu enveloped in clouds of
cigar smoke, with feet considerably ele
vated above the level of his head, glanc
ed toward the door, as the graceful
figure in threadbare waterproof came
timidly In. Down came the feet, out
went the cigar, and Clifford Chandos,
pushing a chair forward, bowed gravely,
questioning, to the lady before him
" I I called to inquire about a cottage
advertised."
"The cottage? Ob, yes, to be sure!
Will you please to be seated, and I will
give you the particulars ?" ,
And Viva, taking the proffered seat,
, listened while the tall, grave man, with
straight, black brows and keen, kindly
eyes, explained the terms with pleasant
courtesy.
And when she lifted the obnoxious
green veil a moment, to conclude some
necessary arrangement, Clllford Chan
dos started ever so slightly ns he saw
the pretty, girlish face before him, as
serene and dignified in its grave busi
ness like composure as though Its owner
were elglit-and-llfty Instead of eight-and-teu.
" When will you look ut the place,
Miss-"
" Itnyner !" supplemented Viva.
" Miss llayner. Bhall we say to mor
row at one?"
"At two, if as convenient."
" Certainly. Two, If preferable."
Then he held the door open as courte
ously as though she wore sealskin and
diamonds, while with a quiet grace she
bowed slightly and passed from the
room.
And Clifford Chandos went slowly
back to his chair, a softer light in his
keen gray eyes, and actually for once in
his life he forgot to relight his clgai.
The day came at last when, from the
stuffy city house, the Itnyners moved to
the pretty, roomy, raftered cottage,
where honeysuckle and wild roses strag
gled at their own sweet will over roof
and porch.
And Viva, coming home from the
dusty city three evenings iu tlie week,
pale and tired, brightened and laughed
her own low, happy laugh at the sight
of her mother's face grown young
again at the window, at the sound of
Dick and Jessie's boisterous laughter.
It was curious all the repairing that
cottage needed after they moved in. It
was more curious that their quiet, hand
some landlord should Insist on super
vising it all himself.
He grew into their simple lives in
those days. Mrs. Itayner came to think
tlie cheery voice better than any medi
cine, the children to shout lustily at
sight of him, and Viva to listen for the
sound of his Arm footstep on the garden
path'.
One eveuing, when the soft May wind
was swaying the 'lady-fingers." as the
children call them, over the door, Viva
snatched up her hat and strolled down
to the pretty rustic gate.
Just a little more tired tliau usual
aTter a desperate struggle to teach an
irritably obtuse pupil the mysteries of
crotchets and quavers and deml-semi-quavers.
She stood there, a fair, girlish figure
in her soft white dress, a great bunch of
blue nieadow-violets at her slender
throat and waist. The scented wind
gently loosened the dark-brown hair
and blew a fitful drift of rose-bloom into
the pure, pale face.
Very pretty ?
Well, Clifford Chandos thought so, at
all events, as he came along the uneven
country road with- his light, Arm foot
fall. " Good evening, Miss Itayner."
She turned suddenly, the faint flush
deepening to carnation.
" Good evening, Mr. Chandos."
I think a person can give one a very
tolerable shake hands without holding
one's fingers quite a minute. But ap
parently Mr. Chandos thought differ
ently. " Miss Itayner, will you come for a
walk just a little way down the road ?
There is a showy place there I should
like to have you see."
He asked pleadingly, hurriedly, as
though fearful of a refusal.
"Is it far?"
" No," eagerly : "quite near. Besides
Miss Viva, I have something to tell you
or, rather, ask you."
They were already strolling slowly
on. She paused and looked up iu vague
alarm.'
" To ask me, Mr. Chandos ?"
"Yes. Viva, I waut to ask you to
leave Rose cottage."
Was he mad ?
' To leave Hose cottage!" she repeat
ed, blankly.
She stopped short, and looked up at
him with browu, bewildered eyes.
"Are you not satisfied with us as ten
ants? What will mamma say ?"
" I did not ask your mother to leave
Rose cottage" and his voice was trem
bling and low "I asked you!"
" Me ? Why, Mr. Chandos"
' She broke oil abruptly as be Baw the
look in the eyes of the man regarding
her. Such a look as would make more
successful wooers lu the world to-day
a look of passionate love and resolute
determination to have her iu spite of
herself.
"Viva, my darling my darling!" ho
cried, all the mischief in his voice swept
away in his fiery earnestness, "won't
you understand? I love you very dear
ly, Viva, and I want you for my wife 1"
" Yes I understand," she said, sim
ply. " I am not a rich man, dear, hut I
would give my life to made you happy."
She looked up at him with bright,
outshining eyes, and though her cheeks
flamed hotly, she said, iu her gentle,
straightforward, girlish way :
" I would be honored to be your wife
were you penniless, Mr. Chandos !"
"Mr. Chandos!" sternly. "Little
wife, say 'Clifford I' "
And, her band in his, she said it,
simply :
"Clifford!"
In a short time they paused before a
massive entrance gate and pretty gothic
lodge.
" This is tlie great place of the neigh
borhood, Viva. Shall we go up ami look
at It?"
They paused at the great stone steps
of an ideal country-seat, stretching,
verandahed, portioned, with huge stone
lions on guard at the door.
"Come in, dear!'' holding out his
hand, with a curious smile.
" But the owner ?"
" I go with his permission."
Then, passing the servant at the door,
lie led her through rooms where the
mighty touch of Midas was Boftetied and
made perfect by the mightier touch of
taste. Through a conservatory where
birds and flowers were drowsily fulling
asleep, and marble statues gleamed
palely forth from tropical, dusty nooks.
" It's a handsome place, dear. Isn't
it?" lie asked, when once again they
stood 'neath the darkening sky.-
" Handsome ? Oh, Clifford ! " with au
ecstatic, long-drawn breath.
" I hardly know how much rent I
ought to charge you, little woman," he
uried, quizzically, drawing her closer to
him ; "but I'll be moderate. Suppose
we say one thousand kisses per an
num !"
" Yours !" she gasped. " You said you
were not rich."
' Well, not Rothschild nor Vander-
bllt, love, but," with a sudden chance
of tone, "richer than all the world,
sweetheart, in you."
So, after all, Viva graces a home
worthy of her. And Jessie sententious
)y remarks :
" "i'was a lucky move."
And Viva nods and smiles ns she slips
her little sparkling hand into her hus
band's loving clasp.
Woman's Wit.
THE following circumstances actually
occured in Dublin a short time back.
Mr. L was much attached to Miss
C , the young, beautiful, and accom
plished heiress to a property of Borne
15,000 per auum ; but, being him self
lord of no other earthly possessions
than talents and good looks, he "never
told his love," fearful not only of a
refusal on the part of the lady to recip
rocate the sentiment, but of the probable
imputation of mercenary motives by
her friends. Miss C , however, had
sufficient penetration to discover the
genuine and disinterested affection of
the swain, and the highly praiseworthy
sensitiveness which caused him to
shrink from its avowal. She was by no
means indisposed to encourage his suit,
but the consciousness of his comparative
poverty rendered more than the ordin
ary encouragement given by a lady to
her suitor necessary to stimulate his
courage to propound the decisive in
quiry. How was she, then, to give
expression to her sentiments regarding
him, without at the same time over
stepping the bounds of "maiden inod
esty. " She proposed a game of cards.
"For what stake shall we play ?" ask-
ed Mr. h .
" There's my stake," said the lady,
throwing down a sovereign ;" if you
win, you wlu it if win, I win your,
svff. I am aware I have Sio chance of
winning, though, against so expert a
player as you."
Mr. Ij was, indeed, about the best
player In Dubliu, while his fair antag
onist knew little or nothing of the game.
Strange to say, however, ou this occa
sion his luck deserted him. Tlie poor
gentleman was so unfortunate as to lose
both the game and himself and won
the helrcsn! Their marriage was cele
brated at St. Peter's two mouths ago.
A Comical Mistake.
A MOST ridiculous scene occurred at
a church in New Castle, a few Sun
days ago. A policeman was passing the
church as a gentleman came out. The
man jokingly accosted the policeman
and said he was wanted inside, meaning
that the minister would be glad to have
him seek the truth and enjoy a peace
that passeth all understanding. The
stupid policeman thought there was
trouble lu church, so he went lu. The
sexton, seeing the policeman, was
anxious to give him a favorable seat, so
he said, " Come right iu here," and took
him to a pew and waved his hand as
much as to say, "Help yourself." There
was a deacon with a sinister expression,
as the policeman thought, lu the pew,
and be supposed that was the man they
wanted arrested, so he tapped the deacon
on the arm and told him to come along.
The deacon turned pale and edged along
bb though to get away, when the police
man took him by the collar and jerked
him out into the aisle. The deacon
struggled, thinking the policeman was
cia.y, and tiled to get away, but lie was
dragged along. Many or the congrega
tion thought the deacon had been doing
fomelhing wrong, and some of them got
behind the deacon and helped the officer
fire him out. Arrived at the lock up
the policeman saw the man who told
him he was wanted iu the church 'and
he asked him what the charge was
against the deacon, and he didn't know,
so the sexton was appealed to, and lh;
didn't know, and finally the prisoner
was asked what it was all about, aud he
didn't know. The policeman was asked
what he arrested the man for, and he
didn't know, aud after a while tlie
matter was explained, and the police
man, w ho had to arrest somebody, took
the man into custody who told him he
was wanted iu tlie church, and he was
fined five dollars and costs. He says he
will never try to convert a policeman
again, and the policemau says that he
will never go Into a church again if
they get to knocking each other down
with hymn books.
Why Stone Walls are Damp.
The walls of a stone house aud some
times of a brick house are covered with
dampness. This is due to the very same
cause by which dew Is deposited on
grasses, or moisture on the side of a
glass r a pitcher that is tilled with ice
water and is brought into a warm room.
The walls become cold, and as stone is a
nou-conductor of heat they remain cold
for a long time. When the weather
chauges suddenly from cold to warm,
the air becomes filled with moisture, for
the warmer the air is, the more moisture
it will absorb. When this warm air
strikes the cold walls the moisture is
deposited on them, and as the warm air
is continually coming iu contact with
the wall, the dampness accumulates
until it appears like dew upon them and
pours down in streams at times. It is
easily prevented. No plaster should be
put directly on the brick or stone, but
furring strips should be nailed to the
wall and the lath put on these. Cellars
are frequently make very damp in the
same way by too much ventilation iu
warm weather. The warm air pouring
in is cooled and its moisture is deposited
ou the walls and floor until they are so
wet as to surprise the housekeeper, who
wonders how it is the cellar will not dry
and the more it is aired the wetter it
becomes.
Brio-a-Brac.
It is not generally known from whence
the term brie a-brac, so frequently used,
is derived. I met with the following
explanation of it not long since; The
word probably cauie from an old French
expression, dc brio ct de brogue, which
literally translated, means from right
and from left from hither aud thither.
The word brie in old French Is used to
describe au instrument to shoot arrows
at birds with, and the word brae is some
etymologists say, derived from the verb
brocantcr, to exchange or sell, the root
of which is Savon, aud the origin of the
word "broker." In pure English its
real signification is second-hand goods,
but of late years it has been used to
indicate objects of artistic value made
in olden times, and esteemed by modern
collectors.
Hot Ico.
The latest scientific curiosity is hot
ice. Dr. Carnelly, of Sheffield, claims
to have frequently obtained ice at so
high a temperature that you couldn't
touch it without burning yourself. Be
sides, he has frozen water in hot glass
vessels ; aud also maintained ice as such
at temperatures far above the boiling
polut for a considerable time. Experi
menting ou the boiling point of sub
stances at low pressure, he was led to
conclude that unless the pressure upon
a solid was above a certain point, called
the critical pressure, no amount of heat
would melt It. J. Ballantine Hannoy,
the artificial diamond maker, writes to
Nature that he has Independently arrlv
ed at Dr. Carnelly's results.
A Singular Fact.
Electrio light will sunburn you. In
other words, if you object to the bull in
that expression, it is true that if a person
of fair complexion exposes himself to
the electric light for some time in ex
amluing the action of lamps, the hands
and cheeks will show all the symptom
of "sunburn," even in midwinter, and
he will develop freckles.
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Ambition, competition aud over-exertion
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