Children's stories; Young women -- Juvenile fiction
For the gratification of those of our readers who would like to
know how these young people spent the evenings of the remainder
of their honeymoon, a few words more may be added. Dane
secured a small room which could be devoted to receiving stores.
Here day by day Byrom piled stacks of drygoods as they came in;
packages of tea and spices, corn starch and arrowroot, and the like;
heaps of books and paper; and thither he carried all the
heterogeneous articles which had been sent home during that
eccentric New Year's expedition. Here also he provided a store of
packing-boxes, of varying dimensions, with hammer and nails and
marking-ink; much speculating to himself on the peculiarities of
the service in which he found himself. It is true, Byrom had been
now some time with Rollo, and had, as the latter said, got used to
him. He was an English servant, trained and steady as a mill,
eminently respectable, and head groom now at Chickaree.
These things being provided, as soon as dinner was done every
day, Mr. and Mrs. Rollo repaired to this room of supplies. Here
they amused themselves with packing the boxes. It is quick work,
reader, if you have plenty of materials to choose from. To help in
the selection and secure the better fitness of assortment, Rollo had
had a sort of circular letter copied and sent to several hundred of
the addresses with which he had been furnished. This circular
requested details as to the circumstances and special wants of the
family. The answers were directed to be sent to Hazel; to whom,
by the way, the reading and arranging of such answers when they
began to come in, furnished occupation for not a small part of her
mornings.
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