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Hurstwood
’
s
residence
on
the
North
Side
,
near
Lincoln
Park
,
was
a
brick
building
of
a
very
popular
type
then
,
a
three
-
story
affair
with
the
first
floor
sunk
a
very
little
below
the
level
of
the
street
.
It
had
a
large
bay
window
bulging
out
from
the
second
floor
,
and
was
graced
in
front
by
a
small
grassy
plot
,
twenty
-
five
feet
wide
and
ten
feet
deep
.
There
was
also
a
small
rear
yard
,
walled
in
by
the
fences
of
the
neighbours
and
holding
a
stable
where
he
kept
his
horse
and
trap
.
The
ten
rooms
of
the
house
were
occupied
by
himself
,
his
wife
Julia
,
and
his
son
and
daughter
,
George
,
Jr
.
,
and
Jessica
.
There
were
besides
these
a
maid
-
servant
,
represented
from
time
to
time
by
girls
of
various
extraction
,
for
Mrs
.
Hurstwood
was
not
always
easy
to
please
.
“
George
,
I
let
Mary
go
yesterday
,
”
was
not
an
unfrequent
salutation
at
the
dinner
table
.
“
All
right
,
”
was
his
only
reply
.
He
had
long
since
wearied
of
discussing
the
rancorous
subject
.
A
lovely
home
atmosphere
is
one
of
the
flowers
of
the
world
,
than
which
there
is
nothing
more
tender
,
nothing
more
delicate
,
nothing
more
calculated
to
make
strong
and
just
the
natures
cradled
and
nourished
within
it
.
Those
who
have
never
experienced
such
a
beneficent
influence
will
not
understand
wherefore
the
tear
springs
glistening
to
the
eyelids
at
some
strange
breath
in
lovely
music
.
The
mystic
chords
which
bind
and
thrill
the
heart
of
the
nation
,
they
will
never
know
.
Hurstwood
’
s
residence
could
scarcely
be
said
to
be
infused
with
this
home
spirit
.
It
lacked
that
toleration
and
regard
without
which
the
home
is
nothing
.
There
was
fine
furniture
,
arranged
as
soothingly
as
the
artistic
perception
of
the
occupants
warranted
.
There
were
soft
rugs
,
rich
,
upholstered
chairs
and
divans
,
a
grand
piano
,
a
marble
carving
of
some
unknown
Venus
by
some
unknown
artist
,
and
a
number
of
small
bronzes
gathered
from
heaven
knows
where
,
but
generally
sold
by
the
large
furniture
houses
along
with
everything
else
which
goes
to
make
the
“
perfectly
appointed
house
.
”
In
the
dining
-
room
stood
a
sideboard
laden
with
glistening
decanters
and
other
utilities
and
ornaments
in
glass
,
the
arrangement
of
which
could
not
be
questioned
.
Here
was
something
Hurstwood
knew
about
.
He
had
studied
the
subject
for
years
in
his
business
.
He
took
no
little
satisfaction
in
telling
each
Mary
,
shortly
after
she
arrived
,
something
of
what
the
art
of
the
thing
required
.
He
was
not
garrulous
by
any
means
.
On
the
contrary
,
there
was
a
fine
reserve
in
his
manner
toward
the
entire
domestic
economy
of
his
life
which
was
all
that
is
comprehended
by
the
popular
term
,
gentlemanly
.
He
would
not
argue
,
he
would
not
talk
freely
.
In
his
manner
was
something
of
the
dogmatist
.
What
he
could
not
correct
,
he
would
ignore
.
There
was
a
tendency
in
him
to
walk
away
from
the
impossible
thing
.
There
was
a
time
when
he
had
been
considerably
enamoured
of
his
Jessica
,
especially
when
he
was
younger
and
more
confined
in
his
success
.
Now
,
however
,
in
her
seventeenth
year
,
Jessica
had
developed
a
certain
amount
of
reserve
and
independence
which
was
not
inviting
to
the
richest
form
of
parental
devotion
.
She
was
in
the
high
school
,
and
had
notions
of
life
which
were
decidedly
those
of
a
patrician
.
She
liked
nice
clothes
and
urged
for
them
constantly
.
Thoughts
of
love
and
elegant
individual
establishments
were
running
in
her
head
.
She
met
girls
at
the
high
school
whose
parents
were
truly
rich
and
whose
fathers
had
standing
locally
as
partners
or
owners
of
solid
businesses
.
These
girls
gave
themselves
the
airs
befitting
the
thriving
domestic
establishments
from
whence
they
issued
.
They
were
the
only
ones
of
the
school
about
whom
Jessica
concerned
herself
.
