Show HOW confrey GODFREY CHOSE HIS SIS WIFE godfrey old boy 11 said henry clayton as he illtyd tilted bach back baek back in his chair and put put his feet upon the mantle piece when ewhen is the wedding to be whose wedding miss laura somers or jenny which is it 1 I dont know I 1 am sure inow enow now dont be iny mysterious godfrey you know you are a constant visitor and all our set are talking about the match dont pretend you have not selected e one of the sisters how do you know that either elther of them will have me dont be absurd old boy come be frank which is the favorite sister well frankly then I 1 cannot tell you I 1 have visited the family for several months as you know but I 1 can not decide laura is certainly the handsomest est with her flashing black blaek eyes and queenly eniy enly manner but jen jenny ny seems a although ique the younger to be tho tho the more womanly az and useful of the two yet i 1 I cannot he be sure of that my entrance ithe athe is the signal for c cordial 0 adial we leonie and add sm smiles iles lles and let me eal cal at whatever hour I 1 will they are always well ivell dressed and apparently disengaged to be sure I 1 always ill in the morning have to wait sometime before laura is visible pop in unexpectedly and natice the internal economy ghow chow how cani can 1 A card at the door will put my lady on her guard or even the notice of a gentleman visitor 11 go there in disguise As a washwoman for instance 11 good I 1 will 11 go there as a washwoman cried clayton 0 94 not exactly but I 1 will obtain admittance to a mornings privacy weli weil well jowell let iffe ifie the result laura and arld jenny somers somera were the only I 1 y children of a widower who although in moderate circumstances moved in fashionable society at the period of my short sketch he was about to supply ade the lamented mrs somers place after r nearly learly ten years mourning and although a kind and indulgent paree parent b had no objections to his lira daughters marr marriage biage Liage and indeed had told them so laura whose high spirit resented the probable supremacy of a stepmother step moth mother er had already selected godfre godfrey v horton for her future husband and J jenny eany who was aruto the younger and gentler in spirit had tried to conquer a carefully conceived preference for the same person ail all his attentions were ascribed by her to a brotherly regard though every act of kindness and courtesy touched her to the very heart it was the mornin gafter a large ball and the sisters were in the breakfast room together laura her glossy black hair pushed negligently off her face with the rough tumbled braid of last last evenings coiffure gathered loosely into a comb I 1 wearing a soiled wrapper torn stockings and presenting rattier rather ana an alarming contrast to the brilliant brillian fc ballroom belle was lounging on a sofa jenny in a neat morning dress with a large gigham apron and hair smoothly brushed in a pretty knot was washing the breakfast dishes there therb is an old man mah atthe at the tho door with artificial flowers 11 said the ser sen servant servalia I 1 opening the dining room door will I 1 you see him 1 no said jenny yes cried laura send him up the servant descended to obey th the last order in a few moments the old man came in he was waa poorly clad with a coarse blue cloak which was much too id large largo 0 for him kis his hair was white aad hg he e wore a beard and moustache cleaf of the same snowy hue making a r low bow he placed the large basket upon a table and 0 opened P ened it 1 I have a bunch of blue flowers here said lie he taking them from the basket that will just suit your golden hair miss 11 and held them up before jenny I 1 tji til it was my sister who wished to look at your flowers said jenny quietly yes bring them here was lauras I 1 imperious mp erious command the old mans eyes followed jenny as she washed wit shed wiped and put away the dishes swept the room and lusted dusted it and then sat beside laura who was still looking over the basket see see sec jenny this scarlet bunch will it not be lovely with a few dark beaves to wear with my new silk 41 but said jenny I 1 you cannot amford afford it just now yes I 1 can father gave me some money yesterday to pay the last dry goods bill well I 1 can have that carried to my private account oh laura I 1 hate to hear you talk of that private account I 1 I 1 nonsense it will stand till tilli I am married then I 1 can easily save it out of my housekeeping money I 1 1 I wish to marry in debt said jenny the fedeler looked at the sisters you had better take this blue bunch miss he said to jenny if it aint convenient to pay for it now I 1 will call again 11 no I 1 shall not take them athey they are very becoming miss look in the glass 1 I wish my hair was light said laura id like to weal blue godfrey horton said last night that for get me nots bots were his favorite flowers jenny colored and placing the bunch again in the basket said come laura decide you are keeping one waiting whose time is probably valuable and then passing a chair she added jae seated sir you must bo be tired lam 1 iam I am tir tired ed indeed 11 was the reply 1 I will take that bunch and those red camelias camelius cam elias and this white cluster 11 said laura albut but nut t sister sister you cant afford if 13 7 iye yes I 1 call can godfrey esrich sold the old oid man bit his lip Th think illk Ilik said jenny in ill an undertone if if you u love him how much it wilt will grieve him if he should discover this deceit nonsense well ill tell lell you how to remedy it lend me some money out of the housekeeping funds laura steal from father there dont preach miss jenny a servant ent entering er at that moment the dinner has come fe 17 jenny left thoro thero orm orn I 1 and lid laura laulin s still fill the gay gar gay flo fio flower wet whilo while the old man pointed out their ali nii ties hein heln he in the meantime was running over tim the disordered hair shabby dress and lazy inzy position while he lip mentally contrasted them with Jenny jennyss Si neat attire X not ot decided yet said jenny returning abr ing after a short absence no como here 1 I cant father has sent home a head and I 1 am afraid it entirely to margaret I 1 must sub sup superintend the dinner mako make a pudding and the parlors must be duste dusted dand tand land there is my my white mull to be ninis finis finished lied if before id be the drudge that you are cried laura I 1 drudge nonsense I 1 have plenty of time for enjoyment and father cannot have a comfortable house if some bile blie one does not superintend these things 7 when I 1 marry marr you may do it she laughed merrilly n cly fly t As if I 1 should not marry first said laura there I 1 have chosen all I 1 want shall I 1 call again for the change said the 1 01 I shall be happy to put the misses somers on my list of customers yes call again said laura so the took up his basket and walked home threw aside ills his wig beard and disguise and wrote an aloiv avowal of his ills hand and heart to miss jenny somers accepted laura somers had bad two sources of profound speculation onedas one was why godfrey godfroy horton proposed to jenny instead of lier iier herself the other 1 I wonder why that old man never called to bo be paid for those exquisite flowers 11 A young spring goose 11 was exhibited 1 e d in in salem alem mass marked by john bradstreet of on tuesday weighing k seventeen pounds this was one of four hatched by an odd goose seventy eight of age the average get weight of the tho four was fifteen j pounds |