The March's House

1) Im not ambitious for a splendid fortune, but I
know, by experience, how much genuine happiness
can be had in a plain little house, where the daily
bread is earned, and some privations give sweetness
to the few pleasures.
2) It was a comfortable old room, though the carpet
was faded and the furniture very plain, for a good
picture or two hung on the walls, books filled the
recesses, chrysanthemums and Christmas roses
bloomed in the windows, and a pleasant atmosphere
of home-peace pervad