Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-10

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oh! Pringle, do hook at your feet
marks; YOU are 80 careless IN walking
and have actually come 10 without wip
ing your boots"
Mark veiy quietly slipped into the hall,
and relieved his soles from making un
pleasant impressions, but he made n"
further effort 10 carry off the Intended
caress though this circumstance proved
no bar 10 his iady's intensity of applica
,ion in finishing before dinner her task
OF covering the sofa squads.
Tha, day, for the first time, Mark
Pringle unalyzed the dishes; aud highly
credi,able as the investigation must have
turned out tor the invention aud ECONOMY
of the confriver, 1t said bat lutte for the
state of the larder, and less for the skili
Of the cook aud Pringlc, who was rather
in his cuisine in the days of his bachelor
ship, veutured To suggest that the sum
allowed for housekeeping ought to afford
better dinners.
Mrs Pringe laid down her knife aud
fork took them up again, looked earnest
" at her husband, and burst into tears.
could with the money she had laid none
oul ,ha, he did not know of nothing ior
hrrs-ll-- It was all IN lhe house and in
tended for his comfort.
And the lady pushed away her plate,
sai back la her char, her h0som beaving,
her brow gathered mp with every evl-
dcncc of martial afiliction, and her little
foot beating he floor, with arapIdIty II an
Edgewood Turner might have envlcd.
Mr. Prlugle, in his torn, was greatly
moved; he rose from his seat, assured
her that for moment he never doubted
mat, bui that such continuation o' sitmS
did not do for hun; he thong hi a soup and
Joint, with variation q! fish and poultry
could be afforded; =; and he seconded the
amendment by wIping away these first
tears from the smooth cheek %; his Young
wife with hlI own carnbric, and pressing
her very rcassurlngly to his breast. h
was bnt word he meant not 10 find
fault with her mdnageneni-Ii II was real
" wonderful ~ one So Uew 10 all hat
sort Ol thing, bat his ride made hlm peck
ish. and there was Iiule or nothing io eat.
.Nmporic, Mrs Pringle ielt she had
comprehensive played with her pocket
handkerchicf--look down at her little
finger, and up ~ her husbands Inre and
finally finished her dinner, aud took wine
with him a. Usua! And though, tor a
day or two, the bill OF fare was altered
It soon returned to ils primal Two Joints a
week, with certain dishes of the genus
,.h htt, ,,I IA ,t Il
rIrs Mark pungIe never satisfactorily
A-c"rtaincd
Iuue wore on, and the mistress OF
Rose Cottage fully established her rrpu-
iafion as the most notable person IN the
neigh Iorhood. AS particular IA Mrs
Piingle, became n sort Of domcsii by
word, ard 'Inok how beautifully Mrs
Pring = windows are kept or, 'lust see
the way IN which the Priugles path is
Cl"a,cd, the daily charge al mstresses
10 their maids
Bat, ~ the mean timc, poor Pringlc
began To grow skeptical as To The reality
OT" Cleanliness being next 10 Godl:ness,'
an axiom on which Mrs Pringle worked
in the most literal way Imaginable. Il
purified, IN her self-loyiag eyrs, many
an actual vice. Old friend, (who serve
lay association To keep awake old aHec-
'inlS and human sy ympalhlcs) we're soon
bansh"d from their hearth. " ho wonld
wait where the drawing of a chair from
its accustomed place, or the putting down
ynnr hat or paras0l an one forbidden, so
Il a., al
ly restrained herself from removing them
~ your presence, and looked unhappy
tIll your departure gave her an opportu
niy Of putting things straight again:
Oi course, hospitality was out oi the
question:; and, "a for irice blessed charity,
IN Keeping the entrance gate locked she
boa,led othavny shut eat the annoy ance
of bcggars, and had, At the same time,
closed her ears go the appeaIugs OF want,
mud her heart from the sweet exercise of
bcncvolence.
Her husbands comlu,t was as nothing
I" the ridiculous eNactions 0f her white.
washed aud polished Females; every ap-
pi,ancc "t enjoyment was turned into a
source Of discon,ent, aud that quality
that can make rags decent, and Ihe meau-
est cot respectable, became lby being
carried 10 the exiremc) the bane of
home rcpIete with every means for do
mrs'Ic happiness. Upon the principle
of a "pIace for every thing, and every
thing IN ITS place." china and plate, Sc
were locked up for show, and com
mon articles substituted for their own
u9e. Willow pattern def did duty
Tor double service Of china, and
the worst specimens Of pollery-ware
for The elegant eqnlpage Of Marks bach
cior tea-table 4; the house was sheeted
from the attic 10 the hall, for fear of soil
ing or wearing the carpets; the mahoga-
nv polished TO such specimen OF perfec- /
iipn, that II became too fine for use. aud
p"or Mark dined on wa,er-zeuclchy, ser
we'd nn a deal table; II he threw himsc Il
"n sofa, look, like n rang of uneasi.
n,s~. aorend over Mrs. Prlngle's face,
J., Il hr should put the cushions out oi
snap" ~ dIsa'Jnnge the false cover he
s'rCry dncj lpproach farther than
thr sc,ap"r IN h', boots, and had only
The pnvclrge of one peg in his own hall
where he mIgnt unobtrusIvely hang his
nat. As Tor bOuks, II was a treason to
disturb them. There they stood, like
the Artificial volumes in he hiatus OF n
library; TO all appearance books; but no
one saw gap ~ their closely marshall
rd array. ll disturbed Mrs Pringle for
The day to see u gap between them, and
"h"oev"r Mark did "nwardiy read, - no
sDOger was the book oul nl his hand than