| Show I 1 written far gleasom Glea soa pictorial I 1 I 1 TWO SIDES TO THE PICTURE BT ALICE B NEAL I 1 mrs mra john clarke felt great inward tion as ale he walked down the street main c treet street of toddsville with her cousin from new I 1 york mrs clarke s husband was a well to I 1 40 0 o mechanic of that he had always called himself bini gelf a carpenter cir penter until the past I 1 year yar when a new sign was put ov over erthe the great door of jib shop with john clarke builder in in large blitek black letters on a white ground I 1 this I 1 was the sua suggestion of mrs clarkes charkes Cl arkes cousins husband mr spears pears lemuel spears B they directed all letters letter for he was in business in new york city that is is to say ay was boak bookkeeper in in some wholesale establishment I 1 I 1 on oa the wharves he was always particular as to th ohp wholesale wholes olp nature of the trade and moreover I 1 spoke of it 0 o u the possessive plural on oft allucca all acca lona as ae our stock air oar counting room I 1 bout our eu customers our b bink mic account the unsophisticated ears of I 1 mrs dirk always I 1 drank in in thew thee business igims when mr and mr darks clarke talked business inea of evenings and her opinion of the tank rank and position ot of her city cousins grew accordingly A allusions I 1 to them thein were frequently made to her acquaintance coupled with I 1 blomi of mrs Spara fc s elegant dress dresa and mahogany parlor furniture to the glories of the I 1 last lait she had never been eye eya witness this was I 1 a pleasure ich in anticipation ever since ance ann jackson who had gone to the city ns as a drefes bakera apprentice originally had married mr spears mrs clarke had been P promising ro herself at least leaa a fortnights fort nights recreation 0 n I 1 but in ill the spring there ther was bouse cl cleaning emiling in the summer company and in 10 t the he au autumn house cleaning again with sickness among the children I 1 I 1 or apprentices mr blaike always carded his bis apprentices s which was one of hia wife s chief tro troubles ables pa particularly in vew of the frequent desertion and general transitory nature of the toddsville help a particularly gnap inappropriate prop ri 0 title so far as mrs Cl clarkia clarkes Clark arkes ca experience was vlas concerned I 1 I 1 meantime Mein time mrs never neglected to pay anbuhl vi to the country she was now the mother of two children very similar in I 1 age and size and the proprietor of a half grown I 1 gi girl cl nano nancy wh ahrn m sue she denominated her nurse I 1 however inconvenient it might be to mrs olar clarke e to have four members added to her large a rge family she he always made tier her cousin wele welcome and to use her own language did the best she I 1 could for lier her 1 which consisted in doing z all ail ta the aw I 1 extra work and really taking tabing all the nil nii bilty of oe fhe two tro children giving up kip the spare 1 room and parlor to ta the almoas exclusive use ol of her gai guest st and crowding the table homely delicacy that the season deaso n afforded bi r ner her bugy li hicls could produce sla she looked upon it outwardly as a great agrest proof of her cousins cou ins WS affection for iter her which might reas reasonably mably have been diminished now that hat she had beco become me such a i lady 1 and inwardly ag aa a great n on the part of mrs spears shears d considering oili dering that th thy y lived I 1 so 0 o differently I 1 if mrs spears did condescend in occupying the two large airy apartments lolling about in A rocking ch chair ir and and reading novels all day day and living livina on the fat at of the land it was ivas a much I 1 elfe cheaper abing to do than to pay four dollars for herself and as much more for the nurse and children at very inferior country lodgings nearer the city city her physic physician physicist it ln she alever never sid doctor I 1 asars as mrs clark edid did havig having ordered I 1 country air aar for the children childre ii besides it was ng mg to te be ahon n lion to her r cousin and the e I 1 middling class of toddsville g generally brally 46 for r she e dressed quite bite as handsomely as mrs squire e todd herself and was a much more age genteel tej 1 looking person perso iq altogether th than ar the te lawyers wife I 1 I 1 I 1 As we commenced with sa saying y inet mrs clarke felt herself a proud and happy woman to be I 1 I 1 walking doerma down main in street I 1 with her cousa cousin n on I 1 sunny bunay afternoons or up the middle aisi aisle 1 1 of the I 1 I 1 I 1 meeting house sunday mornings moin ings knowing as she ahe did the s sensation e i the tau tal showy figure of mrs spears created then too she sha hwd had the advantage I 1 I 1 of all tf gnp tp latest new york fashions her mantillas cantillas man tillas and dresses being made after cousin fin anns patterns she vla always ys made a formal tea party f for oi her and the same at attention tilt lon I 1 was paid b ti the e city ity lady by mra edwarda the bakers wife mrs johns thi the butchers butcher s and mrs I 1 williamq william nose husband hade mast most thriving shoe ahoe bore 0 in town towne and did not work at the b bench I 1 I 1 1 I himself I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 itis itis true that after 1 each I of these summer I 1 I 1 visits it took some me time e to to 1 establish the e hoi houdei ase hold iq 11 the calm tenor of its way wa y gnei noiseless seless it n never eve r could be eald by stay any poetical I 1 or I 1 rhe rae I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 figure whatever everything 1 0 was upset 11 I 1 another Qt darkes irkes favor favori A aud aad express expressive give I 1 J I 1 terms for genital general disorder and the g goo ao ladys awn wn mind was pretty p etly inu buah alida in the sit hanaa me con candi di I 1 I 1 tion tian the th e furniture ai always ways looked common the I 1 I 1 carpets carpels flider the tale table more an d I 1 the ip apprentices prentices more eulara lara vu x word of nf mrs spears I 1 introduction arid and used in in opp opposition position vo to het her equal cajori fay onte te sg enteL 1 I 1 I 1 we have often noticed that with people of I 1 the saraa same stamp the two words are used to to cha I 1 raeta rac terise xe every th aig there is is no half w wiy ulyst state ate or condition no plain cov sivil il manners 1 I 1 an in g good od plain people no tiri tion of natures nature I 1 s gen gentle tle man mal ri in in unfashionable attire gt good 4 breeding is not so BO much a as a named hamed among them I 1 but a I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 s howy bwy exterior is ther their coin boin current like the I 1 lady ady in the child splay always balway rs gevel geh teel I 1 I 1 finally binally mrs clarke took up her husbad husbands aps 1 I 1 occupation in n one be serfie ase of f the word building bul ding castles however instead of bar barisand barn sand wood I 1 sheds and bep began n to have log reveries reve cies ove over i r her needle work what if john could be e ap pp persuaded to sell off and move to new anew york her heart beat beit faster itt at lire what iche bour hould I 1 I 1 ana aken she coula have her bath room and I 1 her nurse criers e her mal mahogany logany chairs and her handsome silk bilk dresses S she he had heard hearal mr spears I 1 she nevea never ventured to say lemuell lemuel to such suc h a genteel personage who always alway swore r wore patent I 1 leather bootee boo tees saad and used white pocket handkerchiefs handi I 1 tell her hiis husband band many times that I 1 new york was the pace for a man of enterer enterprise 1 e I 1 I 1 and he might be worth his thod thousands if he would I 1 only make up his mind to risk a u little thou 1 I 1 sands ands five thousand d say what a fortune half as much as squire todd the rich richest e st man in the I 1 I 1 village who lived on 9 his moril money BA i the sunshine in the frari front yard vard was waa not brighter than mrs clarkes charkes Cl arkes visions of tl the future I 1 as she looked out unconsciously and saw i it t I 1 playing through the elm tree branches and on them the close green grass beneath then she die N I 1 I 1 I 1 along the trellis at the large clusters that would soon be purple in that same un I 1 I 1 clouded su suna ashine hine and down t to 0 the flower bor t ii BO nest and trim for mr clarke had alioe a nice 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 nl I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 taste for gardening and prided himself on bulbs bulba and rose trees and thrifty annuals spen spending i more in in athria and even money on his garden than in fixin fixing up the house I 1 sometimes es greatly to mrs alarm charkes clarkes Cl arkes annoyance however it had kept jum urn as a poor man from loth into vices vice and now made hi his 8 opinion respected in floral fiord affairs by the hest best people in todd alle mrs clarke s was certainly a very pleasant home everything being kept in such auch perfect order without and within and her children neatly clad arid and rosy with health if th thea y lacked mote more regular regul beauty arbeauty but then they had no piano and wore chintz chintzes chint zes instead of and silks silk while do ill all that she could to prevent i it eien even in the face and eyes of mr spears mr clarke would dine in his bis shirt fi leeves and shave only every other day mrs clarke was very long lix in jetting getting her household in in order for the long contemplated visit that was at last to he be paid ar r clarke was to come down for her a as s be had a lumber eon tract to attend i to in the city and there was wag her chance to persuade Der suade him to move down how flow she would come back to the next summer and be lionized thought the good wo man she had set her heart beart upon a white crape shawl in the altin spring r she knew john could atford to give it to her if he chose and she men tn anut at to have a blue blile drawn silk bonnet with artificia ls and a changeable silk at the very least mr clarke did not find dinner ready readi when he came i in p and spoke rather sharply about it for it was at least the fifth offence offense within a fortnight and his time was very valuable to him just then mrs clarke scolded the g girl arl and boxed little johnnys ears as a prel prelude tide to the meal when it did come on the uble table where it was eaten ats ap quickly and unsociably as possible herb her husband wondered 4 what in the world hd come over emel ermelin Eru elin and for his big part he should be glad when the visit to new york was done and finished I 1 I 1 he did not know how low much reason he be hadl had for say baying ingao ao the change in liis his cifes once cheerful sunny temper had been gradually ira dually taking place for a year she had become thoroughly ro discontented and discontent is as sure a dastur disturber ax W M domestic peace lieal as jealousy she longed to live in in a c city ity 0 to o dress dregs handsomely to have two servants and note not as she fretted it out at dinner time be always slaving sla y ing in tile the 11 I 1 kitchen I 1 there was a great deal of excitement and interest in the short trip to tile the city she was up an an hour before daylight and waited three hours after mr spara sp ara made hi his is appearance to escort her from the boat hoat to the house she ried to make inoke the time pass as agreeably as possible I 1 by albrig a long talk balk with the mulatto chamber maid to whom she ab g gave ave a plan of her proposed enjoys enjoy enjoyments ments detailing her expected pleasures leabu reg her cousin mrs spears she was astonished that the girl did not know where mrs spears lived ws was a very stylish woman vonnah and had a splendid chrep story brick house she olie visited elegant r ant people and of course she should have a great time did alipy keep a carriage carriaga e the girl inquired and it nd mrs barke felt a little uncomfortable at the expression of the girls face when she answered in the negative that was an alp of to which her imagination never had bad I 1 1 soared I 1 I 1 rit she thought the cab in which mr shears did pla place ce her TL a very uncomfortable vehicle to say the least nei her cousins husband look like the came same jaunty fu individual who always astonished as Todd avile 4 le wit with lillis his ipa collars te ollars and whiskers both looked rather neglected in the strong ag morning light but then iq he might have burred to kneet wea her at the boat new york on conj the whole did not me make a favorable first impression on mrs clarke who wondered when they were going to betout get out of th the close dirty streets strewn wi with ith garbage and hea heavy 7 with the ir tainted tinted atmosphere now ava and then v they passed some rows of good houses or crossed some I 1 wider cle cleanlier street and then hen she was sure they must have arrived at the residence of mr spears but brit no the carriage stopped before VL a three story brick house it is true but sharing in the dirty dilapidated look of tile the major majority ity of those site she had passed the steps untidY fly i the shutters droop ingon on theu hinges and the door knobs decidedly discolored colored the hall ball was dark ai and dirty the room into which chich she w was s shown in iii a perfect chaos of disorder the carpet had been been a good in Us Rs i day but now had been trodden out of its original origin ol 01 thickness arid and color I 1 the mahogany chairs were scratched and maryed marred the annuals on th the centre table faded like the cover and the frames of the mirror mirror and oid ordinary nary engraving on the wall were specked and tarnished as ii if through much haud handling lina and little care if mr spears looked changed d vis his wife in her dirty mou de laine wrapper dressing sown grown she called it was hardly to be recognized she gave her cousin a most demonstrative welcome which ba had d the effect of being put on I 1 to conceal real coolness or annoyance b and which I 1 by no means added to mrs Clar clarkel clarkes Cl arkes keys cheerfulness norbid nor did the breakfast when they wert ere summoned to that hat meal by cook who announced it verbally it at the parlor door contribute towards relieving the home sickness that was fast f finishing th the depressive pre feeling which excite I 1 meni and fai faintness atness for want of food had bad commenced mence d the fhe cloth was dirty the dishes in i di disorder tap the tea weak and cold the butter durable afi mrs rs clarke seldom alp butter 1 during the rest of other liar stay one onethia tria was sufficient i she never I 1 repeat repeated edher her one visit to llen n nor or did she wonder that teat mrs spear hearp went into imato afas it as seldom is as possible berhe perhaps s if she had jhone moro more frequently things might have been beem different mrs clarke bad ad gone down to press out her best dres dresse des ad and when through thought she would wash her hei hands pd ana 9 so ogave save the be trouble of in mounting three yair r of si Eairs there was no xana basin and she could not venture th the e grease of the dish pan na towel bowel but bui the solitary I 1 dishcloth tin in bridgets hages in fact xa to mrs Cl charkes clarkes Glar arkes kea ex experienced perlen ced find and housewifely eyes th there ere seemed fl to be in nothing to to do with aind d she ceased in part to won derat the iiii miserable balile pablp and add or at to mame blame the t the cook I 1 I 1 for it I 1 sty she soon fiand that her cousin cousia never dres dressed seo except on going out when by sarane necromancy see became a as handsomely afraid arrayed aschen drawing all eyes in n when visitors called which Oa was svery very beld el doHi she e almost always sent arre air excuse c mrs clr clarke discovered that the second floor was rented to another family nily and aaa that I 1 the parlor furniture was second hand I 1 I 1 I 1 the from the front of the house wa was a TOW of similar tep tenements cements once occupied by |
