Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-01-06

had to dress herself, and go to market.
Walking in the open air made her tooth
worse, Instead of causing the pain to
abate. When she came home, she was
so completely exhausted as 10 be CON-
PEELED TO lie down for an hour. This
brought twelve o'clock, when Maggy,
Willy and Mary came bounding in from
school, hungry and impatient, and the
mother had to see about getting them
their dinners, and attending TO their
numberless little wants, until il was time
for them TO go TO school again.
Half past one came, and two was the
regular dinner hour. Remembering her
husbands last words about punctuality,
Mrs. Lundy went into the kitchento see
what progress the cook was making
She found Sarah pairing the potatoes,
and looking as unconcerned as if it was
yet two hours TO dinner time.
Your dinner will be late again, said
Mrs. Lundy. Why is it that you keep
things back in this way, when | have
told you over and over again, that we
wish dinner punctually at two O'Clock ?
My fire got down. replied Sarah, in
differently.
Why did you let it get down ?
1t got down, MAN. Sarah answered,
with toss of her head.
Well satisfied from former experience
that dinner would be only retarded by
any efforts she might make to hurry Sa-
rah, Mrs. Lundy retired, and waited with
kind of nervous dread the return of
her husband, her tooth and head, mean
time, aching with dull, boring, fretting
pain,
Punctually at two she heard the street
door open, and Mr.. Lundy's decided
step along the passage.
Is it possible Too bad--too bad =
she heard him say, as he paused, on
his way up stairs, at the dining room
door, and saw that even the table was
not set. ! wonder what good it is fol
man to have house of his own, if he
can't have things as he pleases.'
Il declare, Agnes, Pm out of all pa.
tience' he said, entering her chamber
few moments afterwards. 6 | told you
when l went away this morning, that
wished DINNER at this hour, and there
isn't even the sign of its being ready
1t really looks as if it were done on pur
pose
If I had the cookig. sSuimJ3 20,
-v,.ouiJ never ,,GS, = .-l ..IuuIu111 can
AiNas ca7ke sS1hts do y re
Piled Mrs. Lundy. -
That's all nonsense | don't beG J
a word of it. wonder how I'd get a
long in my business, if | were to let my
clerks do as they liked. | have GER
tain order in my business, and every
subordinate has his duties, and knows
that they must be done. Reduce all our
household matters to like order, and
keep every one strictly to his duty, and
you'll have things right, and not with
out
Mrs. Lundy feared her husband or,
rather, dreaded and shrunk under his dis
pleasure. But she was meek, patient
suffering woman, who rarely spoke Of
what she felt, or resented an indignity
She did not reply TO her husbands
dogmalc and dictatorial words, any fur.
ther than to say in subdued manner
If you had ignorant, careless, self
willed Irish girls TO deal with, instead o
intelligent clerks, you might find it al
difficult as | do, TO have all things in or
DER
Send them away, if they don't do al
you wish. I'd never keep girl in thu
house an hour, if she didn't do every
thing as directed
'You don't know anything about it
MIR. Lundy. 1t is easy 10 say, send Of
your cook, if she is ten or twenty min
ulcs too late with meal, or serves it NJ
badly, or does any other thing that i
dsorderly or Objectionable. But it j
worse to have no cook than bad one
and as TO good ones, they are hard to b
found
Mr.. Lundy met this with one of hi
sweeping specimens Of augmentation
and completely silenced his wife.
But, SAID he, lmpaliently, Il can
wait your cooks movements. My bus
ness has to be attended to-
And away he founced from the house
In ten minutes the bell rung.
Tell Sarah that Mr.. Lundy couldn
wait, and that don't want any dinner
said Mrs. Lundy to her waiter.
As for the very punctual and amiabl
husband, he went to his store and 81
through the entire afternoon, withot
putting hand or thought to business.
little more patience would have lost hr
nothing, and made both himself and h
, wife happier.
After Mr.. Lundy left the house, h
wife tried to do some plain sewing ft
her children that was very much needed
But what with the binding pain in he
head and face, and the hlinding tears
her eyes, she found il impossible to tax
r stitch correctly. So she laid aside h
/. work and took the baby, thinking
i nurse her if she could do nothing els
i But the baby, wide awake and full
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