. American lands and letters. RS. strongest picturings of liiiman loves and embroil-ments, were beyond measure. And if there weresome harsh notes, due to sharp and needfuleconomies, blending with the harmonies of thatearly home, what an aureole of golden light allthose little economies take on under the pleasantnarrative of the devoted wife ! * The SurveyorsMp and Life at Lenox. No such aureole belongs to the chinking goldcoin which soon after has a little intermittent out-pour from the till of the Salem Custom-houseupon his domestic paths ; the place of Surveyorin that old town — whither he p
. American lands and letters. RS. strongest picturings of liiiman loves and embroil-ments, were beyond measure. And if there weresome harsh notes, due to sharp and needfuleconomies, blending with the harmonies of thatearly home, what an aureole of golden light allthose little economies take on under the pleasantnarrative of the devoted wife ! * The SurveyorsMp and Life at Lenox. No such aureole belongs to the chinking goldcoin which soon after has a little intermittent out-pour from the till of the Salem Custom-houseupon his domestic paths ; the place of Surveyorin that old town — whither he presently wendshis way (1846), came to him during the adminis-tration of President Polk ; f and again he findsshelter under ancestral roofs where was to ripenthat wonderful story of the Scarlet Letter. It is delightful to see the exuberant spirit inwhich Mrs. Hawthorne makes note of the change * Memories of Hawthorne., edited by Mrs Rose James K. Polk, b. 1795; d. 1849; President, 1845-49. SALEM CUS TOM-HO USE. 227. The CustomHoiise, Salem. in their financial iiorizon; she writes under dateof March, 1846 : •My husband is nominated by the President . It is now certain, and so I tell it to you. .The salary is twelve hundred dollars. . Will youask father to go to Earles and order for Mr. Hawthorne asuit of clothes; the coat to be of broadcloth, of six or seven 228 AMERICAN LANDS &- LETTERS. dollars a yard; the pantaloons of kerseymere or broadclothof quality to correspond; and the vest of satin — all to be black? But govornment place and pay do not promotequickened work from the Romancer ; how rarelythey do ! A few half-finished sketches, get full iVUf;^!^ AVHawtj-iouxic SII \V} Reduced Facsimile of Hawthornes Stamp as Surveyor. equipment; all the while, too, his eyes and earsare intent; and those ancient retainers of theGovernment Avho loll in their chairs — tippedback against the walls in the Custom-house Hall— and tell of fat, gone-by dinners, and u
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